What is the best way to identify correctly if a song is in C major scale or A minor scale, because notes are all the same?

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What is the best way to identify correctly if a song is in C major scale or A minor scale, because notes are all the same?

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Tonal center. What feels like home base.

If a piece resolves to C most of the time it’s probably in C. If it goes back to Am it’s probably Am.

Example of a chord progression:

C C C G Am C is in C.
Am Am Am F C Am is in Am.
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