James Taylor made "I Was Only Telling a Lie" available on 1977. The duration of I Was Only Telling a Lie is about 3 minutes long, at 3:22. Based on our data, "I Was Only Telling a Lie" appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. The track order of this song in James Taylor's "JT" album is number 8 out of 12. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, I Was Only Telling a Lie's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.
We consider the tempo marking of I Was Only Telling a Lie by James Taylor to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 131 BPM, a half-time of 66BPM, and a double-time of 262 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.
This song is in the music key of D Major. This also means that 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.
Track | Artist | Key | Energy | Camelot | BPM | ||
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Break Away | Art Garfunkel | E Major | 3 | 12B | 103 BPM | ||
My Old School | Steely Dan | A♭ Major | 7 | 4B | 128 BPM | ||
Everytime I Look at You | Daryl Hall & John Oates | C Major | 4 | 8B | 82 BPM | ||
Streetlife Serenader | Billy Joel | D Major | 4 | 10B | 141 BPM | ||
Undun | The Guess Who | G Major | 4 | 9B | 136 BPM | ||
Near You | Boz Scaggs | C Major | 4 | 8B | 121 BPM | ||
Walking Man - 2019 Remaster | James Taylor | A Major | 3 | 11B | 76 BPM | ||
Another Grey Morning | James Taylor | E Minor | 1 | 9A | 156 BPM | ||
Soul Companion | Mary Chapin Carpenter, James Taylor | D Major | 6 | 10B | 114 BPM | ||
Kind Woman | Buffalo Springfield | A Major | 2 | 11B | 105 BPM |
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