Hey Mama by Charlene Song Details

Charlene's ' "Hey Mama" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1982. With this song being around four minutes long, at 3:33, 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 Charlene's "I've Never Been To Me" album is number 5 out of 10. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. Based on our statistics, Hey Mama's popularity is below average in popularity 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 Hey Mama by Charlene to be Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) because the track has a tempo of 124 BPM, a half-time of 62BPM, and a double-time of 248 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is fast. Activities such as, walking, can go well with this song. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

C Major is the music key of this track. This also means that 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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