Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck
We got it good
6:51 January 1, 1999
BPM
67
Key
A♭ Major
Camelot
4B

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Things Ain't What They Used To Be by Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck Song Details

Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck's 'Things Ain't What They Used To Be' had a release date set for January 1, 1999. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. This song is part of We got it good by André Previn, David Finck. The song's track number on the album is #6 out of 13 tracks. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 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

Since Things Ain't What They Used To Be by Duke Ellington, André Previn, David Finck has a tempo of 67 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Adagio (slowly with great expression). With Things Ain't What They Used To Be being at 67 BPM, the half-time would be 34 BPM with a double-time of 134 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty slow for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

A♭ Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-27.33 dB
Acousticness
91%
Danceability
44%
Energy
4%
Instrumentalness
88%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
54%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
26%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records