Goodnight Irene by James Booker Song Details

On January 1, 1997, the song "Goodnight Irene" was released by James Booker. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:32, the duration of this song is pretty average compared to other songs. This track is safe for children and doesn't appear to contain any foul language, since the "Explicit" tag was not present in this track. There are a total of 11 in the song's album "The Lost Paramount Tapes". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, Goodnight Irene's popularity is not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Goodnight Irene by James Booker having a BPM of 129 with a half-time of 64 BPM and a double-time of 258 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Minor. Which also means that the camelot key for this song is 1A. So, the perfect camelot match for 1A would be either 1A or 12B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 1B or 2A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 10A and a high energy boost can either be 3A or 8A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 12A would be a great choice. Where 4A would give you a moderate drop, and 11A or 6A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.943 dB
Acousticness
35%
Danceability
48%
Energy
50%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
30%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
81%

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ISRC
ushm20332740
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records