Grass Roots by Mongo Santamaria Song Details

On 1970, the song "Grass Roots" was released by Mongo Santamaria. With this song being around four minutes long, at 4:14, 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 Mongo Santamaria's "Mongo '70" album is number 9 out of 10. In terms of popularity, Grass Roots 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 Grass Roots by Mongo Santamaria to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 118 BPM, a half-time of 59BPM, and a double-time of 236 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. Activities such as, walking, 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 A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.793 dB
Acousticness
55%
Danceability
69%
Energy
73%
Instrumentalness
74%
Liveness
43%
Loudness
80%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
82%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records