Blur · Parklife

Badhead

Badhead is in C major at 110.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

111 BPM · Moderatomedian of 137 analyses · 110.8–116.8 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
71%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
137people who ran the extractor
One beat
541.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441Hz · +4 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.21dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.916Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.062Essentia'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

137 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 71% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 137 readings; 74% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 110.8 to 116.8 BPM.

At 110.8 BPM one beat lasts 541.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 135.4 ms and a dotted eighth 406.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 55.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 221.6. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441 Hz, which is 4 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 3.21 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 0.916 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 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 111 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42166.10.46
Half note210830.92
Dotted quarter1.5812.31.23
Quarter note (one beat)1541.51.85
Quarter triplet0.6673612.77
Dotted eighth0.75406.12.46
Eighth note0.5270.83.69
Eighth triplet0.333180.55.54
Dotted sixteenth0.375203.14.92
Sixteenth note0.25135.47.39
Sixteenth triplet0.16790.311.08
Thirty-second note0.12567.714.77

Half time 55.4 BPM · double time 221.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (541.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Changes2Pac feat. TalentC major111BPM
  2. The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers on)Nat King ColeC major111BPM
  3. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I DoABBAC major111BPM
  4. White RoomCreamC major110BPM
  5. ConfusionElectric Light OrchestraC major111BPM
  6. Tea for the TillermanCat StevensC major111BPM
  7. LostmyheadThe 1975C major110BPM
  8. Peace FrogThe DoorsC major111BPM
  9. One of These NightsEaglesC major110BPM
  10. No One to Depend OnSantanaC major112BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 111 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 111 BPMC major at 110–119 BPMBlur

MusicBrainz collapses 12 recording ids into this one. Recording id 931a5395-d1f5-4056-a344-de38860913dd.