TempoPeek

AC/DC · Stiff Upper Lip

Can’t Stand Still

Can’t Stand Still is in E major at 110.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

111 BPM · Moderatomedian of 136 analyses · 110.5–110.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
91%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
136people who ran the extractor
One beat
542.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.7Hz · -1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.17dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.894Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.413Essentia's danceability, 0–3

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

What the numbers say

136 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 91% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 136 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 110.6 BPM one beat lasts 542.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 135.6 ms and a dotted eighth 406.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 55.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 221.2. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.7 Hz, which is 1 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.17 dB: that is how far the level wanders from its own average, so a small number means a loud, flat master and a large one means a recording that still breathes. Its average loudness is 0.894 on Essentia's 0-to-1 scale, which is not decibels and is not comparable to a streaming service's number.

10 other recordings here are in E major; the ones listed below are the closest in tempo.

Beats per bar are not in this dataset. AcousticBrainz's analysis reports a tempo, a key and a loudness, and no time signature at all, so this page does not print one — a 4/4 here would be a guess dressed as a measurement.

Keys that fit with E major

Each of these differs from E major by at most one accidental, or shares its tonic. That is the whole of what a mixing wheel encodes; here the relations are named instead of numbered.

Delay times at 111 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note421700.46
Half note210850.92
Dotted quarter1.5813.71.23
Quarter note (one beat)1542.51.84
Quarter triplet0.667361.72.77
Dotted eighth0.75406.92.46
Eighth note0.5271.23.69
Eighth triplet0.333180.85.53
Dotted sixteenth0.375203.44.92
Sixteenth note0.25135.67.37
Sixteenth triplet0.16790.411.06
Thirty-second note0.12567.814.75

Half time 55.3 BPM · double time 221.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (542.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. True Men Don’t Kill CoyotesThe Red Hot Chili PeppersE major111BPM
  2. FlyCéline DionE major111BPM
  3. On the Road AgainWillie NelsonE major111BPM
  4. Hollywood WaltzEaglesE major111BPM
  5. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All RightBob DylanE major110BPM
  6. Road to NowhereTalking HeadsE major110BPM
  7. Seeyadeadmau5 feat. Colleen D’AgostinoE major111BPM
  8. Life in the Fast LaneEaglesE major110BPM
  9. BackwoodsThe Red Hot Chili PeppersE major111BPM
  10. BruisesLewis CapaldiE major110BPM

Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 111 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E majorAll songs at 111 BPME major at 110–119 BPMAC/DC

MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id 8a851d3d-bfb4-4e86-9c41-3005f671fc36.