Why Do Things Happen To Me
B.B. King
The Blues
2:48 January 1, 1957
BPM
92
Key
B♭ Major
Camelot
6B

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Why Do Things Happen To Me by B.B. King Song Details

B.B. King's ' "Why Do Things Happen To Me" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1957. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:48. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Why Do Things Happen To Me's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 12 in the song's album "The Blues". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Why Do Things Happen To Me is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Why Do Things Happen To Me by B.B. King having a BPM of 92 with a half-time of 46 BPM and a double-time of 184 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

B♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-5.221 dB
Acousticness
70%
Danceability
48%
Energy
66%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
29%
Loudness
91%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
76%

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ISRC
USVI20700050
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records