Beyoncé · I Am… Sasha Fierce
Scared of Lonely
Scared of Lonely is in F sharp major at 86.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
87 BPM · Andantemedian of 135 analyses · 86.9–87 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 135people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 690.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.19dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.84Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.247Essentia'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
135 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 135 readings; 96% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 86.9 BPM one beat lasts 690.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 172.6 ms and a dotted eighth 517.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 43.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 173.8. 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 4.19 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 0.84 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 sharp 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 87 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2761.8 | 0.36 |
| Half note | 2 | 1380.9 | 0.72 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1035.7 | 0.97 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 690.4 | 1.45 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 460.3 | 2.17 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 517.8 | 1.93 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 345.2 | 2.9 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 230.1 | 4.35 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 258.9 | 3.86 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 172.6 | 5.79 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 115.1 | 8.69 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 86.3 | 11.59 |
Half time 43.5 BPM · double time 173.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (690.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- ChandelierSiaF♯ major87BPM
- The Sound of SettlingDeath Cab for CutieF♯ major88BPM
- RojoJ BalvinF♯ major86BPM
- True ColorsPhil CollinsF♯ major86BPM
- AloneCéline DionF♯ major88BPM
- Murder InkDr. Dre featuring Hittman & Ms. RoqF♯ major88BPM
- YesterdaysGuns N’ RosesF♯ major86BPM
- Thursday’s ChildDavid BowieF♯ major86BPM
- The Boys of SummerDon HenleyF♯ major89BPM
- One Fine DayThe ChiffonsF♯ major89BPM
Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 87 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 87 BPMF♯ major at 80–89 BPMBeyoncé
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 16ed638a-d577-4779-bc8e-1702d96a072c.