Welela by Miriam Makeba Song Details

On May 1, 2012, the song "Welela" was released by Miriam Makeba. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:17, 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. This song is part of Welela by Miriam Makeba. The song's track number on the album is #6 out of 10 tracks. The popularity of Welela is currently not that popular right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

Since Welela by Miriam Makeba has a tempo of 174 beats per a minute, the tempo markings of this song would be Vivace (lively and fast). With Welela being at 174 BPM, the half-time would be 87 BPM with a double-time of 348 BPM.In addition, we consider the tempo speed to be pretty fast for this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 8B. So, the perfect camelot match for 8B would be either 8B or 9A. While, 9B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 5B and a high energy boost can either be 10B or 3B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 8A or 7B will give you a low energy drop, 11B would be a moderate one, and 6B or 1B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 5A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.279 dB
Acousticness
2%
Danceability
51%
Energy
56%
Instrumentalness
8%
Liveness
12%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
3%
Valence
96%

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