TempoPeek

Björk · Debut

Human Behaviour

Human Behaviour is in C sharp minor at 109.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

109 BPM · Moderatomedian of 306 analyses · 108.9–109.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C♯ minor4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
69%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
306people who ran the extractor
One beat
548.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
455.5Hz · +60 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.58dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.901Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.257Essentia'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

306 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 69% — put it in C sharp minor, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 306 readings; 94% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 109.4 BPM one beat lasts 548.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 137.1 ms and a dotted eighth 411.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 54.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 218.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 455.5 Hz, which is 60 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.58 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 0.901 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 C sharp 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 C♯ minor

Each of these differs from C♯ 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 109 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42193.80.46
Half note21096.90.91
Dotted quarter1.5822.71.22
Quarter note (one beat)1548.41.82
Quarter triplet0.667365.62.74
Dotted eighth0.75411.32.43
Eighth note0.5274.23.65
Eighth triplet0.333182.85.47
Dotted sixteenth0.375205.74.86
Sixteenth note0.25137.17.29
Sixteenth triplet0.16791.410.94
Thirty-second note0.12568.614.59

Half time 54.7 BPM · double time 218.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (548.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Words of Wisdom2PacC♯ minor110BPM
  2. How LongCharlie PuthC♯ minor110BPM
  3. Follow the LeaderEric B. & RakimC♯ minor110BPM
  4. Cruel SummerAce of BaseC♯ minor110BPM
  5. JoleneDolly PartonC♯ minor110BPM
  6. TreasonTim DaviesC♯ minor108BPM
  7. Head GamesForeignerC♯ minor108BPM
  8. Body ElectricLana Del ReyC♯ minor111BPM
  9. That GirlStevie WonderC♯ minor107BPM
  10. KnightsCrystal CastlesC♯ minor112BPM

Recordings in C sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 109 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C sharp minorAll songs at 109 BPMC♯ minor at 100–109 BPMBjörk

MusicBrainz collapses 74 recording ids into this one. Recording id ffb680e8-d587-4f37-88b9-2b330fbf5014.