Macongo by Letta Mbulu, Hugh Masekela Song Details

On March 13, 2006, the song "Macongo" was released by Letta Mbulu, Hugh Masekela. The duration of This song is about 3 minutes long, at 3:19. Based on our data, This song appears to be safe for all ages and is not considered explicit. This track is about the average length of a typical track. There are a total of 14 in the song's album "The Chisa Years 1965-1975 (Rare and Unreleased)". In this album, this song's track order is #14. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United Kingdom. Macongo is not that popular right now. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

With Macongo by Letta Mbulu, Hugh Masekela having a BPM of 81 with a half-time of 40 BPM and a double-time of 162 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B♭ Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 6B. So, the perfect camelot match for 6B would be either 6B or 7A. While, 7B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 3B and a high energy boost can either be 8B or 1B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 6A or 5B will give you a low energy drop, 9B would be a moderate one, and 4B or 11B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 3A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.463 dB
Acousticness
74%
Danceability
63%
Energy
82%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
6%
Loudness
89%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
93%

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ISRC
GBEQT0597013
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records