What Is This Thing Called Love? by James P. Johnson Song Details

James P. Johnson's ' "What Is This Thing Called Love?" was released on its scheduled release date, October 8, 1991. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:09. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 20 in the song's album "Snowy Morning Blues". In this album, this song's track order is #1. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, What Is This Thing Called Love?'s popularity is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With What Is This Thing Called Love? by James P. Johnson having a BPM of 152 with a half-time of 76 BPM and a double-time of 304 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) 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 running. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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