The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger Song Details

Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger's 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' had a release date set for January 1, 1962. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:39. This song does not appear to have any foul language. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 15 in the song's album "The New Briton Gazette, Vol. 2". In this album, this song's track order is #13. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. Based on our statistics, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face's popularity is below average in popularity right now. In our opinion, the overall tone is not very danceable and projects negative sounds, such as being sad, depressed, or angry.

BPM and Tempo

With The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger having a BPM of 141 with a half-time of 70 BPM and a double-time of 282 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 jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

D 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 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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