A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads by James Brown Song Details

James Brown's 'A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads' had a release date set for January 1, 1974. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:57. This song does not appear to have any foul language. A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in James Brown's "Hell" album is number 9 out of 14. In terms of popularity, A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads is currently not that popular. 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 A Man Has To Go Back To The Crossroads by James Brown to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 104 BPM, a half-time of 52BPM, and a double-time of 208 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Major. This also means that 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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