TempoPeek

Bruce Springsteen · Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is in D flat major at 128.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

129 BPM · Allegromedian of 135 analyses · 128.6–136.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D♭ major5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
76%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
135people who ran the extractor
One beat
465.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
453.2Hz · +51 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.26dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.185Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.895Essentia'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

135 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 76% — put it in D flat major, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 135 readings; 80% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 128.6 to 136.1 BPM.

At 128.9 BPM one beat lasts 465.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 116.4 ms and a dotted eighth 349.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 64.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 257.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 453.2 Hz, which is 51 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 6.26 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 0.185 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 D flat 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 D♭ major

Each of these differs from D♭ 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 129 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41861.90.54
Half note29311.07
Dotted quarter1.5698.21.43
Quarter note (one beat)1465.52.15
Quarter triplet0.667310.33.22
Dotted eighth0.75349.12.86
Eighth note0.5232.74.3
Eighth triplet0.333155.26.45
Dotted sixteenth0.375174.65.73
Sixteenth note0.25116.48.59
Sixteenth triplet0.16777.612.89
Thirty-second note0.12558.217.19

Half time 64.5 BPM · double time 257.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (465.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Red LightU2D♭ major129BPM
  2. Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsD♭ major129BPM
  3. Me in HoneyR.E.M.D♭ major129BPM
  4. Poor, Poor Pitiful MeLinda RonstadtD♭ major128BPM
  5. Someone Saved My Life TonightElton JohnD♭ major130BPM
  6. Shut Up and DanceWALK THE MOOND♭ major128BPM
  7. S&MRihannaD♭ major128BPM
  8. I’ve Got You Under My SkinFrank SinatraD♭ major128BPM
  9. Take Care of the Proper Paperworkdeadmau5D♭ major128BPM
  10. AnytimeKelly ClarksonD♭ major128BPM

Recordings in D flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 129 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D flat majorAll songs at 129 BPMD♭ major at 120–129 BPMBruce Springsteen

MusicBrainz collapses 134 recording ids into this one. Recording id 95fa8195-7bf9-4738-8682-23ce2a49fb0a.