Alice in Chains · Dirt
Rain When I Die
Rain When I Die is in C sharp minor at 120.5 beats per minute.
Tempo
121 BPM · Allegromedian of 143 analyses · 120.4–120.6 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- C♯ minor4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 99%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 143people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 497.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442.3Hz · +9 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.17dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.91Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.29Essentia'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
143 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in C sharp minor, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 143 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 120.5 BPM one beat lasts 497.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 124.5 ms and a dotted eighth 373.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 60.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 241. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.3 Hz, which is 9 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 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 0.91 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 sharp 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 121 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1991.7 | 0.5 |
| Half note | 2 | 995.9 | 1 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 746.9 | 1.34 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 497.9 | 2.01 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 332 | 3.01 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 373.4 | 2.68 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 249 | 4.02 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 166 | 6.03 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 186.7 | 5.36 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 124.5 | 8.03 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 83 | 12.05 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 62.2 | 16.07 |
Half time 60.3 BPM · double time 241 BPM. Every row is one beat (497.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Out of My HeadThe Black Eyed PeasC♯ minor121BPM
- All I’ve Got to DoThe BeatlesC♯ minor120BPM
- MapsMaroon 5C♯ minor120BPM
- Till It Happens to YouCorinne Bailey RaeC♯ minor120BPM
- The BrainwasherDaft PunkC♯ minor120BPM
- ArrivalDaft PunkC♯ minor120BPM
- Groove Is in the HeartDeee‐LiteC♯ minor122BPM
- Head Over HeelsABBAC♯ minor122BPM
- Harlem ShuffleThe Rolling StonesC♯ minor122BPM
- It’s a MiracleCulture ClubC♯ minor119BPM
Recordings in C sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 121 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in C sharp minorAll songs at 121 BPMC♯ minor at 120–129 BPMAlice in Chains
MusicBrainz collapses 11 recording ids into this one. Recording id 616cf1e6-cb9e-40a2-a59c-de0ead5c18ae.