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This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land (single) (1945)
Deep calm, gentler than 92% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
100
BPM
This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie is 100 BPM — Andante (walking pace).
Half-time 50 BPM · Double-time 200 BPM · released 1945
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Song DNA
Notes: Folk melodies with a sing-along quality and social messages.
Recommended for: bedtime emotional release long car ride movement quiet play study
Near the stillest end of everything we measure. The track moves moderately between quiet and loud with no sudden shifts to brace for, over a clean texture. Gentle vocals riding over it, at a steady, walkable tempo. Predictable and even, it’s easy to settle into and let run. Against the 19,209 songs we’ve measured, it reads gentler than 92% of everything we’ve measured.
Cultural Context
Woody Guthrie was a prominent folk musician and activist, and this song has become an anthem for social justice and unity. Its simple yet powerful message continues to resonate with audiences today.
Listening Prompt
Join in the spirit of community as you hear the lyrics.
What to Expect
This Land Is Your Land unfolds as a celebration of the American landscape and its people. The song's gentle melody invites participation, creating a feeling of togetherness. As it progresses, Guthrie’s words paint vivid images of the country, reinforcing the message of shared ownership and belonging.
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Moods: joyful, nostalgic, reflective, uplifting, warm
Traditions: folk
At a glance
"This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie
100 BPM, dynamic range 4/10, smooth texture, soft vocals. Sits in the middle band — neither built for stillness nor pitched at workout intensity. Whether it works for a given moment depends more on mood and lyrical content than on the acoustic profile. The full sensory breakdown follows.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 4/10 is within the normal pop-mix band. There is variation between verse and chorus, but it's the kind of variation most listeners encounter routinely.
Sudden changes: none. Transitions are musically signaled — nothing will surprise you if you're only half-listening.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is high — the song telegraphs what it will do next. A sensory-sensitive listener can usually guess where it's going without close attention.
Vocal style: soft vocals.
Where this sits in Woody Guthrie's catalog
We have 20 songs from Woody Guthrie in the library. Of those, 13 are rated Safe, 7 Moderate, and 0 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 4/10 sits below the artist average of 4.7, making it the #20 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
1945 context
Released in 1945. We have 6 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.3/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 1940s.
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How fast is "This Land Is Your Land"?
100 BPM — Medium (midtempo / pop ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Steady cardio, power walking, light weights.
For daily life
Cooking, casual listening, cleaning, dinner music.
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When "This Land Is Your Land" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
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Running / workout
Maybe — at 100 BPM this is more warm-up or cool-down pace than peak-effort running.
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Sleep / winding down
Maybe — calm overall, but tempo is a bit high for deep sleep. Better for winding down than falling asleep.
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Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
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Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
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Emotional release / catharsis
Not really — it's pleasant but doesn't hit hard enough for cathartic listening.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Safe because its dynamic range stays within our low-variance band, there are no unsignaled changes, and the texture and vocal style are both in the low-fatigue range. Our methodology uses an AND rule for Safe — a song has to clear every dimension to earn the rating.
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18/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-04. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 92% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 18/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
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Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
What it’s good for
Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1945 in context
The 6 songs we’ve measured from 1945 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity18
Dynamics33
Tempo33
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "This Land Is Your Land"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie?
"This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie has a tempo of 100 BPM (Andante (walking pace)). At half-time that is 50 BPM, and at double-time 200 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie?
"This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 4/10, no sudden changes, smooth texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "This Land Is Your Land" — what is its dynamic range?
"This Land Is Your Land" has a dynamic range of 4/10. Within normal pop-mix variation. Movement between verse and chorus but nothing dramatic.
Does "This Land Is Your Land" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "This Land Is Your Land" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "This Land Is Your Land" best for?
In our library "This Land Is Your Land" is recommended for: bedtime, emotional release, long car ride, movement, quiet play, study. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "This Land Is Your Land" released?
"This Land Is Your Land" is from 1945, on the album "This Land Is Your Land (single)". It appears in our 1940s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "This Land Is Your Land"?
We tag "This Land Is Your Land" as joyful, nostalgic, reflective, uplifting, warm. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "This Land Is Your Land"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "This Land Is Your Land" good for running?
Not really — at 100 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "This Land Is Your Land" good for studying?
Yes — low dynamic range (4/10) and no sudden changes means the song stays in the background without pulling focus.
Can I use "This Land Is Your Land" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "This Land Is Your Land"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "This Land Is Your Land" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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