Motherland by Mulatu Astatke Song Details

Mulatu Astatke's ' "Motherland" was released on its scheduled release date, September 26, 2025. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:37, 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 Mulatu Astatke's "Mulatu Plays Mulatu" album is number 9 out of 11. On top of that, Germany appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Motherland is currently not that popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Motherland by Mulatu Astatke to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 104 BPM, a half-time of 52BPM, and a double-time of 208 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of C Minor. Because this track belongs in the C Minor key, the camelot key is 5A. So, the perfect camelot match for 5A would be either 5A or 4B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 5B or 6A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2A and a high energy boost can either be 7A or 12A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 4A would be a great choice. Where 8A would give you a moderate drop, and 3A or 10A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-13.267 dB
Acousticness
89%
Danceability
65%
Energy
41%
Instrumentalness
87%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
78%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
75%

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ISRC
DEG932501666
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records