TempoPeek

Billy Idol · Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell is in E minor at 165.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

166 BPM · Vivacemedian of 405 analyses · 165.7–165.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E minor1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
84%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
405people who ran the extractor
One beat
361.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
443.8Hz · +15 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.77dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.86Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.201Essentia'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

405 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 84% — put it in E minor, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 405 readings; 96% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 165.9 BPM one beat lasts 361.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 90.4 ms and a dotted eighth 271.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 83 BPM, counted twice as fast 331.8. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.8 Hz, which is 15 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 2.77 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 0.86 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 E 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 E minor

Each of these differs from E 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 166 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41446.70.69
Half note2723.31.38
Dotted quarter1.5542.51.84
Quarter note (one beat)1361.72.77
Quarter triplet0.667241.14.15
Dotted eighth0.75271.23.69
Eighth note0.5180.85.53
Eighth triplet0.333120.68.3
Dotted sixteenth0.375135.67.37
Sixteenth note0.2590.411.06
Sixteenth triplet0.16760.316.59
Thirty-second note0.12545.222.12

Half time 83 BPM · double time 331.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (361.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. MoonBjörkE minor166BPM
  2. I Did It My WayJay‐ZE minor166BPM
  3. Amor gitanoBeyoncé and Alejandro FernándezE minor166BPM
  4. Barrel of a GunDepeche ModeE minor166BPM
  5. White LimoFoo FightersE minor166BPM
  6. Shock to the SystemBilly IdolE minor167BPM
  7. Who Makes You FeelDidoE minor167BPM
  8. AwakenYesE minor165BPM
  9. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a PictRoger WatersE minor165BPM
  10. WhiteoutTim DaviesE minor165BPM

Recordings in E minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 166 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E minorAll songs at 166 BPME minor at 160–169 BPMBilly Idol

MusicBrainz collapses 90 recording ids into this one. Recording id 99b99f36-8cea-4df7-96e8-fe32965abc93.