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Sink the Pink

Sink the Pink is in C minor at 125.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

125 BPM · Allegromedian of 237 analyses · 125.2–125.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C minor3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
78%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
237people who ran the extractor
One beat
479.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
443.3Hz · +13 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.76dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.876Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.162Essentia'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

237 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 78% — put it in C minor, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 237 readings; 95% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 125.2 BPM one beat lasts 479.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 119.8 ms and a dotted eighth 359.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 62.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 250.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.3 Hz, which is 13 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — the sort of drift a tape machine or a slightly different mastering leaves behind. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 2.76 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 0.876 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 C minor; 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 C minor

Each of these differs from C minor 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 125 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41916.90.52
Half note2958.51.04
Dotted quarter1.5718.81.39
Quarter note (one beat)1479.22.09
Quarter triplet0.667319.53.13
Dotted eighth0.75359.42.78
Eighth note0.5239.64.17
Eighth triplet0.333159.76.26
Dotted sixteenth0.375179.75.56
Sixteenth note0.25119.88.35
Sixteenth triplet0.16779.912.52
Thirty-second note0.12559.916.69

Half time 62.6 BPM · double time 250.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (479.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Birth of a HeroThomas BergersenC minor125BPM
  2. Phoenix (Basement Jaxx remix)Daft PunkC minor125BPM
  3. A Piece of MonologueScannerC minor126BPM
  4. Parallel UniverseRed Hot Chili PeppersC minor126BPM
  5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)EurythmicsC minor126BPM
  6. Uhh AhhBoyz II MenC minor126BPM
  7. A Girl Like YouEdwyn CollinsC minor126BPM
  8. SuavementeElvis CrespoC minor124BPM
  9. After MidnightEric ClaptonC minor126BPM
  10. It’s a SinPet Shop BoysC minor127BPM

Recordings in C minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 125 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C minorAll songs at 125 BPMC minor at 120–129 BPMAC/DC

MusicBrainz collapses 19 recording ids into this one. Recording id 775850e0-c982-4555-8598-12a51896fa83.