Ike & Tina Turner's ' "Why Should I" was released on its scheduled release date, February 16, 1963. With This song being less than two minutes long, at 1:29, we are fairly confident that this song is not explicit and is safe for all ages. Based on the duration of this song, this song duration is much smaller than the average song duration. The track order of this song in Ike & Tina Turner's "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" album is number 4 out of 12. In terms of popularity, Why Should I is currently not that popular. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.
We consider the tempo marking of Why Should I by Ike & Tina Turner to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 94 BPM, a half-time of 47BPM, and a double-time of 188 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. Activities such as, yoga or pilates, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song is in the music key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.
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| Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song) | The Ikettes | A♭ Minor | 4 | 1A | 111 BPM | ||
| Can You Feel It | The Jacksons | B Major | 6 | 1B | 125 BPM | ||
| Baby Let Me Kiss You | King Floyd | D♭ Major | 5 | 3B | 75 BPM | ||
| Dancing in the Street - Edit, 2025 Remaster | David Bowie, Mick Jagger | E Major | 10 | 12B | 131 BPM | ||
| Hi-Heel Sneakers | Tommy Tucker | F Major | 5 | 7B | 81 BPM | ||
| Radar Love | Golden Earring | D♭ Minor | 5 | 12A | 102 BPM | ||
| Save The Last Dance For Me | Ike & Tina Turner | C Major | 9 | 8B | 138 BPM | ||
| Jumpin' Jack Flash | Thelma Houston | A♭ Major | 7 | 4B | 133 BPM | ||
| Light My Fire | Jackie Wilson | D♭ Major | 5 | 3B | 116 BPM | ||
| Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - Single Version | The Marvelettes | B♭ Major | 6 | 6B | 126 BPM | ||
| Knock on Wood | Wilson Pickett | B♭ Major | 4 | 6B | 121 BPM | ||
| I Can't Believe (What You Say) | Ike & Tina Turner | E♭ Major | 8 | 5B | 87 BPM | ||
| Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight | A♭ Major | 5 | 4B | 93 BPM | ||
| Resurrection Shuffle | Ashton, Gardner & Dyke | C Major | 9 | 8B | 99 BPM | ||
| Walkin' Back to Happiness | Helen Shapiro | A♭ Major | 5 | 4B | 98 BPM | ||
| Gimme Some Loving (Live) | The Spencer Davis Group | A Major | 9 | 11B | 149 BPM | ||
| What a Man - Remastered Single Version | Laura Lee | F Major | 8 | 7B | 164 BPM | ||
| Soulful Dress | Sugar Pie DeSanto | G Minor | 5 | 6A | 88 BPM | ||
| Poor Fool | Ike & Tina Turner | A♭ Minor | 4 | 1A | 118 BPM | ||
| It's Gonna Work Out Fine | Ike & Tina Turner | C Major | 7 | 8B | 108 BPM | ||
| Big Bird | Eddie Floyd | E Minor | 7 | 9A | 115 BPM | ||
| Night Train | James Brown | D♭ Major | 7 | 3B | 131 BPM | ||
| It's A Shame | The Spinners | B Major | 8 | 1B | 199 BPM | ||
| Let The Sunshine In (Reprise) - Remastered 2000 | The 5th Dimension | B Minor | 8 | 10A | 118 BPM | ||
| Sweets for My Sweet | The Drifters | C Major | 8 | 8B | 119 BPM |