When Karen Comes Around by The Oak Ridge Boys Song Details

The Oak Ridge Boys's 'When Karen Comes Around' had a release date set for January 1, 1988. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:20, 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. The track order of this song in The Oak Ridge Boys's "Monongahela" album is number 9 out of 10. Based on our statistics, When Karen Comes Around's popularity is not that popular right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of When Karen Comes Around by The Oak Ridge Boys to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 138 BPM, a half-time of 69BPM, and a double-time of 276 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of B♭ Major. This also means that 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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