2016Released
4:23

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Interesting facts and trivia about KARATE. By Songfacts®.

The lead single from Metal Resistance, this was released on March 25, 2016. The Japanese lyrics are about never giving up and always moving forward, no matter what happens in your life. Co-vocalist Moametal explained to Kerrang: "Karate is a martial art based on the principal of facing yourself."

The readers of Kerrang voted this as their best song of 2016.

Metal Resistance peaked at #39 on the US albums chart and #15 on the UK albums chart, in both instances the highest position reached by a Japanese band. Solo artist Kyu Sakamoto achieved a higher ranking in the US in 1963.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of KARATE.
GKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
180BPM

Album

The album KARATE is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released KARATE.
Cooking Vinyl Limited
(C) 2016 BABYMETAL RECORDS / Amuse Inc. under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl America Inc. / 5B Records Inc.
(P) 2016 BABYMETAL RECORDS / Amuse Inc. under exclusive licence to Cooking Vinyl America Inc. / 5B Records Inc.

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