Avril Lavigne · Let Go

Too Much to Ask

Too Much to Ask is in G major at 146.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

147 BPM · Allegromedian of 127 analyses · 98.6–146.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
55%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
127people who ran the extractor
One beat
408.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440Hz · 0 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.78dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.918Essentia'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

127 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 55% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 127 readings; 83% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 98.6 to 146.9 BPM.

At 146.8 BPM one beat lasts 408.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 102.2 ms and a dotted eighth 306.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 73.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 293.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440 Hz, which is 0 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 2.78 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 0.918 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 147 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41634.90.61
Half note2817.41.22
Dotted quarter1.5613.11.63
Quarter note (one beat)1408.72.45
Quarter triplet0.667272.53.67
Dotted eighth0.75306.53.26
Eighth note0.5204.44.89
Eighth triplet0.333136.27.34
Dotted sixteenth0.375153.36.52
Sixteenth note0.25102.29.79
Sixteenth triplet0.16768.114.68
Thirty-second note0.12551.119.57

Half time 73.4 BPM · double time 293.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (408.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. PatientlyJourneyG major147BPM
  2. Helplessly HopingCrosby, Stills & NashG major147BPM
  3. Already GoneEaglesG major146BPM
  4. ProofPaul SimonG major147BPM
  5. Lo and Behold!Bob Dylan & The BandG major146BPM
  6. Wild HorsesThe Rolling StonesG major147BPM
  7. Holidays in the SunSex PistolsG major148BPM
  8. Too Much Love Will Kill YouQueenG major146BPM
  9. Beginner’s LuckKing Gizzard & the Lizard WizardG major146BPM
  10. The Modern AgeThe StrokesG major146BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 147 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 147 BPMG major at 140–149 BPMAvril Lavigne

MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id 08c0e88a-49d9-4040-9f6c-8fd9ab8231dd.