Follow the Drinking Gourd - Richie Havens Information

Richie Havens made "Follow the Drinking Gourd" available on August 13, 1991. The duration of Follow the Drinking Gourd is about 3 minutes long, at 3:23. Based on our data, "Follow the Drinking Gourd" 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 25 in the song's album "Songs Of The Civil War". In this album, this song's track order is #8. Based on our statistics, Follow the Drinking Gourd's popularity is below average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

Follow the Drinking Gourd BPM

With Follow the Drinking Gourd by Richie Havens having a BPM of 121 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 242 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 walking. The time signature for this track is 3/4.

Follow the Drinking Gourd Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. 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.