TempoPeek

Adele · 19

Best for Last

Best for Last is in G major at 99.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

100 BPM · Andantemedian of 299 analyses · 99.5–154.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
97%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
299people who ran the extractor
One beat
601.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
438.7Hz · -5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.81dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.942Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.371Essentia'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

299 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 299 readings; 81% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 99.5 to 154.9 BPM.

At 99.8 BPM one beat lasts 601.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 150.3 ms and a dotted eighth 450.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 49.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 199.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 438.7 Hz, which is 5 cents below 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 3.81 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 0.942 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 100 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42404.80.42
Half note21202.40.83
Dotted quarter1.5901.81.11
Quarter note (one beat)1601.21.66
Quarter triplet0.667400.82.5
Dotted eighth0.75450.92.22
Eighth note0.5300.63.33
Eighth triplet0.333200.44.99
Dotted sixteenth0.375225.54.44
Sixteenth note0.25150.36.65
Sixteenth triplet0.167100.29.98
Thirty-second note0.12575.213.31

Half time 49.9 BPM · double time 199.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (601.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. HaïtiArcade FireG major100BPM
  2. On the Turning AwayPink FloydG major100BPM
  3. Hands CleanAlanis MorissetteG major100BPM
  4. JungleDrakeG major100BPM
  5. Just Like Tom Thumb’s BluesBob DylanG major100BPM
  6. It’s All Over NowThe Rolling StonesG major99BPM
  7. Mary JaneAlanis MorissetteG major99BPM
  8. Do You Really Want to Hurt MeCulture ClubG major100BPM
  9. AdiemusAdiemusG major100BPM
  10. Over the Hills and Far AwayLed ZeppelinG major99BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 100 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 100 BPMG major at 90–99 BPMAdele

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 7502dd98-a7e6-41d0-90d1-16aa885f8fdb.