Ball and Chain - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin Information

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin's 'Ball and Chain' came out on August 12, 1968. Since Ball and Chain is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The song is number 7 out of 11 in Cheap Thrills by Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. Ball and Chain is average in popularity right now. Although the tone can be danceable to some, this track does projects more of a negative sound rather than a postive one.

Ball and Chain BPM

The tempo marking of Ball and Chain by Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 81 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Ball and Chain Key

B Minor is the music key of this track. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10A. So, the perfect camelot match for 10A would be either 10A or 9B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 10B or 11A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7A and a high energy boost can either be 12A or 5A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 9A would be a great choice. Where 1A would give you a moderate drop, and 8A or 3A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1B allows you to change the mood.