A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash
A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash runs at 200 BPM in the key of A# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 200 BPM
- Key
- A# major
- Length
- 3:44
- Genre
- country
- Mood
- wistful
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A wistful country track with explosive energy and a swung feel at 200 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Acoustic guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus. A warm male vocal delivers a restrained and conversational performance. Field-recording ambience adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 200
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- country
- Harmonic instrument
- acoustic guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- wistful
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus
- Textural detail
- field-recording ambience
- Vocal style
- restrained and conversational
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Johnny Cash. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.