The Need to Be - Gladys Knight & The Pips Information

Acousticness
45%
Danceability
36%
Energy
52%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
86%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
31%
Popularity
Loudness
-8.146 dB

Summary

Gladys Knight & The Pips's 'The Need to Be' came out on 1974. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:12, 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. The track order of this song in Gladys Knight & The Pips's "I Feel A Song (Expanded Edition)" album is number 8 out of 17. Based on our statistics, The Need to Be'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.

The Need to Be BPM

We consider the tempo marking of The Need to Be by Gladys Knight & The Pips to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 143 BPM, a half-time of 72BPM, and a double-time of 286 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, jogging or cycling, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

The Need to Be Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records

Section: 0.6091103553771973

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