Andra Day · Cheers to the Fall
City Burns
City Burns is in F major at 116.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
117 BPM · Moderatomedian of 128 analyses · 116.9–117.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 98%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 128people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 513.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 7.05dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.16Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.979Essentia'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
128 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 128 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 116.9 BPM one beat lasts 513.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 128.3 ms and a dotted eighth 384.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 233.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 5 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 7.05 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 0.16 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 F 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 F major
Each of these differs from F 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 117 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2053 | 0.49 |
| Half note | 2 | 1026.5 | 0.97 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 769.9 | 1.3 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 513.3 | 1.95 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 342.2 | 2.92 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 384.9 | 2.6 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 256.6 | 3.9 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 171.1 | 5.85 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 192.5 | 5.2 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 128.3 | 7.79 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 85.5 | 11.69 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 64.2 | 15.59 |
Half time 58.5 BPM · double time 233.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (513.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Tunnel of LoveBruce SpringsteenF major117BPM
- ChangesMiles DavisF major117BPM
- Led BootsJeff BeckF major117BPM
- Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)Mötley CrüeF major117BPM
- Baba O’RileyThe WhoF major117BPM
- Even the Nights Are BetterAir SupplyF major117BPM
- Long Long Way to GoPhil CollinsF major117BPM
- Bette Davis EyesKim CarnesF major117BPM
- Soul SurvivorThe Rolling StonesF major117BPM
- Niki HoekyAretha FranklinF major118BPM
Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 117 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F majorAll songs at 117 BPMF major at 110–119 BPMAndra Day
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 931b5e73-3863-4cdc-89ce-5c255fcf0b76.