TempoPeek

Carole King · Tapestry

So Far Away

So Far Away is in G major at 144 beats per minute.

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Tempo

144 BPM · Allegromedian of 219 analyses · 143.8–144.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
57%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
219people who ran the extractor
One beat
416.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437Hz · -12 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.5dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.617Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.023Essentia'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

219 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 57% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 219 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 144 BPM one beat lasts 416.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 104.2 ms and a dotted eighth 312.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 72 BPM, counted twice as fast 288. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437 Hz, which is 12 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 5.5 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 0.617 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 144 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41666.70.6
Half note2833.31.2
Dotted quarter1.56251.6
Quarter note (one beat)1416.72.4
Quarter triplet0.667277.83.6
Dotted eighth0.75312.53.2
Eighth note0.5208.34.8
Eighth triplet0.333138.97.2
Dotted sixteenth0.375156.36.4
Sixteenth note0.25104.29.6
Sixteenth triplet0.16769.414.4
Thirty-second note0.12552.119.2

Half time 72 BPM · double time 288 BPM. Every row is one beat (416.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

The same title by somebody else

  1. So Far AwayDire StraitsE major115BPM

Matched on the title alone, so this list can hold a different song that happens to share a name. Nothing here claims one is a cover of the other.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. She’s Lost ControlJoy DivisionG major144BPM
  2. Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away)Bee GeesG major144BPM
  3. Lost HorizonsGin BlossomsG major144BPM
  4. I’m a ManThe YardbirdsG major144BPM
  5. Red SailsDavid BowieG major144BPM
  6. 13 BeachesLana Del ReyG major144BPM
  7. She’s Got a WayBilly JoelG major144BPM
  8. I’m in Love With My CarQueenG major144BPM
  9. Honey PieThe BeatlesG major144BPM
  10. FearlessPink FloydG major144BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 144 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 144 BPMG major at 140–149 BPMCarole King

MusicBrainz collapses 33 recording ids into this one. Recording id 62f3141c-7da8-497b-8ed3-8716db4a8e2d.