Blur · Parklife
End of a Century
End of a Century is in G major at 80.3 beats per minute.
Tempo
80 BPM · Andantemedian of 155 analyses · 80.2–80.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 94%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 155people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 747.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.44dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.827Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.015Essentia'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
155 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 155 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 80.3 BPM one beat lasts 747.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 186.8 ms and a dotted eighth 560.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 40.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 160.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 5 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 4.44 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 0.827 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 G 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 G major
Each of these differs from G 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 80 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2988.8 | 0.33 |
| Half note | 2 | 1494.4 | 0.67 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1120.8 | 0.89 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 747.2 | 1.34 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 498.1 | 2.01 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 560.4 | 1.78 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 373.6 | 2.68 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 249.1 | 4.01 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 280.2 | 3.57 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 186.8 | 5.35 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 124.5 | 8.03 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 93.4 | 10.71 |
Half time 40.2 BPM · double time 160.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (747.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Sullivan StreetCounting CrowsG major81BPM
- WordsBee GeesG major81BPM
- The Best Damn ThingAvril LavigneG major83BPM
- Here, There and EverywhereThe BeatlesG major83BPM
- Jealous GuyRoxy MusicG major78BPM
- Passenger SeatDeath Cab for CutieG major78BPM
- After the Thrill Is GoneEaglesG major78BPM
- Young AmericansDavid BowieG major84BPM
- Red 2 GoDanny BrownG major84BPM
- Winter WindsMumford & SonsG major84BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 80 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 80 BPMG major at 80–89 BPMBlur
MusicBrainz collapses 32 recording ids into this one. Recording id 163209f4-03cf-4c72-b47e-fc2e64cd6493.