Alicia Keys · The Element of Freedom
Un‐Thinkable (I’m Ready)
Un‐Thinkable (I’m Ready) is in G major at 86 beats per minute.
Tempo
86 BPM · Andantemedian of 142 analyses · 85.9–86 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 99%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 142people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 697.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.39dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.928Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.14Essentia'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
142 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 142 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 86 BPM one beat lasts 697.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 174.4 ms and a dotted eighth 523.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 43 BPM, counted twice as fast 172. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 4.39 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 0.928 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 86 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2790.7 | 0.36 |
| Half note | 2 | 1395.3 | 0.72 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1046.5 | 0.96 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 697.7 | 1.43 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 465.1 | 2.15 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 523.3 | 1.91 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 348.8 | 2.87 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 232.6 | 4.3 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 261.6 | 3.82 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 174.4 | 5.73 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 116.3 | 8.6 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 87.2 | 11.47 |
Half time 43 BPM · double time 172 BPM. Every row is one beat (697.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- We Are Never Ever Getting Back TogetherTaylor SwiftG major86BPM
- Holding Back the YearsSimply RedG major86BPM
- If You Asked Me ToCéline DionG major86BPM
- Walking AwayCraig DavidG major86BPM
- WomenDef LeppardG major86BPM
- Crazy for YouAdeleG major86BPM
- Heart of GoldNeil YoungG major85BPM
- Lost!ColdplayG major87BPM
- Bad BloodTaylor SwiftG major85BPM
- Versace on the FloorBruno MarsG major87BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 86 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 86 BPMG major at 80–89 BPMAlicia Keys
MusicBrainz collapses 7 recording ids into this one. Recording id 302ea07a-a7a0-4c03-80ae-b53186392216.