Africa by The Rastafarians Song Details

The Rastafarians's ' "Africa" was released on its scheduled release date, June 1, 2015. 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 song is number 3 out of 12 in Cry Africa Cry by The Rastafarians. Based on our statistics, Africa's popularity is below average in popularity 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

The tempo marking of Africa by The Rastafarians is Allegro (fast, quick, and bright), since this song has a tempo of 156 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a fast tempo. This song can go great with running. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of D Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10B. So, the perfect camelot match for 10B would be either 10B or 11A. While, 11B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7B and a high energy boost can either be 12B or 5B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 10A or 9B will give you a low energy drop, 1B would be a moderate one, and 8B or 3B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 7A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-11.485 dB
Acousticness
9%
Danceability
60%
Energy
40%
Instrumentalness
22%
Liveness
14%
Loudness
81%
Speechiness
10%
Valence
64%

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