Malaika by Miriam Makeba Song Details

Miriam Makeba's ' "Malaika" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1977. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. The track order of this song in Miriam Makeba's "Myriam Makeba Live In Paris, France (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées)" album is number 3 out of 12. On top of that, France appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Malaika's popularity is below average in popularity right now. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Malaika by Miriam Makeba to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 148 BPM, a half-time of 74BPM, and a double-time of 296 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.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D Major. This also means that 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.

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