What Am I Here For by Duke Ellington Song Details

Duke Ellington's ' "What Am I Here For" was released on its scheduled release date, May 15, 1961. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:07, 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 14 in the song's album "Piano In The Background (Expanded Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, What Am I Here For's popularity is not that popular right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

With What Am I Here For by Duke Ellington having a BPM of 120 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 240 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) 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

B♭ 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 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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