TempoPeek

Bob Marley & The Wailers · Uprising

Redemption Song

Redemption Song is in G major at 117.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

117 BPM · Moderatomedian of 133 analyses · 114.9–117.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
92%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
133people who ran the extractor
One beat
512.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
Dynamics
7.18dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.265Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.099Essentia'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

133 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 92% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 133 readings; 94% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 114.9 to 117.2 BPM.

At 117.1 BPM one beat lasts 512.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 128.1 ms and a dotted eighth 384.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 234.2. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.5 Hz, which is 6 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 7.18 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 0.265 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 117 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42049.50.49
Half note21024.80.98
Dotted quarter1.5768.61.3
Quarter note (one beat)1512.41.95
Quarter triplet0.667341.62.93
Dotted eighth0.75384.32.6
Eighth note0.5256.23.9
Eighth triplet0.333170.85.86
Dotted sixteenth0.375192.15.2
Sixteenth note0.25128.17.81
Sixteenth triplet0.16785.411.71
Thirty-second note0.1256415.61

Half time 58.6 BPM · double time 234.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (512.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 3: ExitNick MasonG major117BPM
  2. PegSteely DanG major117BPM
  3. Hot DogLed ZeppelinG major117BPM
  4. Midnight FlyerEaglesG major117BPM
  5. Be My LoverAlice CooperG major117BPM
  6. The RiverBruce SpringsteenG major117BPM
  7. Hunting BearsRadioheadG major117BPM
  8. ShelaAerosmithG major118BPM
  9. Sweet Painted LadyElton JohnG major118BPM
  10. Brass MonkeyBeastie BoysG major116BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 117 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 117 BPMG major at 110–119 BPMBob Marley & The Wailers

MusicBrainz collapses 40 recording ids into this one. Recording id 44f78249-8f06-42b4-adb7-31573a463e30.