Blondie · Parallel Lines
11:59
11:59 is in B major at 92.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
92 BPM · Andantemedian of 183 analyses · 92–92.7 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- B major5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 90%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 183people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 651.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 438.5Hz · -6 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.91dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.828Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.231Essentia'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
183 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 90% — put it in B major, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 183 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 92.1 BPM one beat lasts 651.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 162.9 ms and a dotted eighth 488.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 46.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 184.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 438.5 Hz, which is 6 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 3.91 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 0.828 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 B 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 B major
Each of these differs from B 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 92 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2605.9 | 0.38 |
| Half note | 2 | 1302.9 | 0.77 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 977.2 | 1.02 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 651.5 | 1.53 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 434.3 | 2.3 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 488.6 | 2.05 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 325.7 | 3.07 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 217.2 | 4.6 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 244.3 | 4.09 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 162.9 | 6.14 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 108.6 | 9.21 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 81.4 | 12.28 |
Half time 46.1 BPM · double time 184.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (651.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Close to MeThe CureB major92BPM
- Take It to the LimitEaglesB major91BPM
- Blueberry HillFats DominoB major91BPM
- Lady Grinning SoulDavid BowieB major93BPM
- Mr. KnightJohn ColtraneB major91BPM
- You (Ha Ha Ha)Charli XCXB major91BPM
- Crying in the RainDanzigB major90BPM
- NORTHFACE$NotB major89BPM
- Still DirrtyChristina AguileraB major95BPM
- Gods and MonstersLana Del ReyB major95BPM
Recordings in B major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 92 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in B majorAll songs at 92 BPMB major at 90–99 BPMBlondie
MusicBrainz collapses 13 recording ids into this one. Recording id f6c00fdd-6f22-416e-a3e9-4a396836839e.