2019Released
3:55

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about No Roots. By Songfacts®.

Alice Merton was born to an Irish father and a German mother in Frankfurt, Germany. She spent her early life in Canada and the United Kingdom before her family moved to Munich when she was 13. This song is about her lack of a true home, due to a life spent constantly moving. She explained to ABC Radio: "I remember visiting my parents in England and being on the beach, and just realizing that I don't have a place I can call home. That's when the realization came that my home was never on the ground, it was with the people who I love, and that was then the uplifting part. But the actual thought of not really having a home was, for me, very depressing, and it was something that I was dealing with for quite some time."

Despite the sad story behind the song, it has a buoyant, defiant sound. "The reason I wanted it to be upbeat was so that I don't always have to feel upset every time I hear it," Merton explained. "I didn't want to write a sad song to remind me of the fact that I'm always moving around, I wanted something to cheer me up."

The song was a hit throughout Europe especially in France where it topped the single charts for two weeks.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of No Roots.
GKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
116BPM

Album

The album No Roots is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released No Roots.
Mom+Pop
2019 Paper Plane Records International Under Exclusive License to Mom+Pop
2019 Paper Plane Records International Under Exclusive License to Mom+Pop

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