The Sky Is Crying by Elmore James Song Details

Elmore James's ' "The Sky Is Crying" was released on its scheduled release date, 1963. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:50. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The Sky Is Crying's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The song is number 4 out of 10 in Elmore James Blues Legends by Elmore James. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United Kingdom. The popularity of The Sky Is Crying is currently average in popularity right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of The Sky Is Crying by Elmore James is Presto (very, very fast), since this song has a tempo of 179 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

G Major is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 9B. So, the perfect camelot match for 9B would be either 9B or 10A. While, 10B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6B and a high energy boost can either be 11B or 4B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 9A or 8B will give you a low energy drop, 12B would be a moderate one, and 7B or 2B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 6A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.48 dB
Acousticness
1%
Danceability
24%
Energy
54%
Instrumentalness
77%
Liveness
10%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
55%

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ISRC
GBSMU9313007
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records