Oh Mother by Generation X Song Details

Generation X's ' "Oh Mother" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1981. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:39, 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. The track order of this song in Generation X's "Kiss Me Deadly" album is number 10 out of 15. On top of that, United Kingdom appears to be the country where this track was created. The popularity of Oh Mother is currently not that popular right now. Based on the vibe, this track doesn't seem to be that danceable, however its valence properties can make this some somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Oh Mother by Generation X to be Vivace (lively and fast) because the track has a tempo of 174 BPM, a half-time of 87BPM, and a double-time of 348 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 11B. So, the perfect camelot match for 11B would be either 11B or 12A. While, 12B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 8B and a high energy boost can either be 1B or 6B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 11A or 10B will give you a low energy drop, 2B would be a moderate one, and 9B or 4B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-10.6 dB
Acousticness
0%
Danceability
28%
Energy
82%
Instrumentalness
26%
Liveness
97%
Loudness
82%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
44%

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ISRC
GBAYK8100142
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records