Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
In the Christmas Spirit
2:51 1966
BPM
101
Key
C Major
Camelot
8B

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Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Booker T. & the M.G.'s Song Details

"Sweet Little Jesus Boy" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s had its release date on 1966. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:51. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Sweet Little Jesus Boy's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Booker T. & the M.G.'s's "In the Christmas Spirit" album is number 9 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Sweet Little Jesus Boy is currently below average in popularity. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Sweet Little Jesus Boy by Booker T. & the M.G.'s to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 101 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 202 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-26.777 dB
Acousticness
75%
Danceability
19%
Energy
8%
Instrumentalness
98%
Liveness
11%
Loudness
55%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
3%

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ISRC
USAT20402989
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records