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Hurting Each Other

Hurting Each Other is in E major at 93.7 beats per minute.

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Tempo

94 BPM · Andantemedian of 144 analyses · 92.3–93.8 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
75%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
144people who ran the extractor
One beat
640.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.4Hz · -2.5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.2dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.422Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.071Essentia'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

144 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 75% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 144 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 92.3 to 93.8 BPM.

At 93.7 BPM one beat lasts 640.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 160.1 ms and a dotted eighth 480.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 46.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 187.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.4 Hz, which is 2.5 cents below 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 6.2 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 0.422 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 E 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 E major

Each of these differs from E 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 94 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42561.40.39
Half note21280.70.78
Dotted quarter1.5960.51.04
Quarter note (one beat)1640.31.56
Quarter triplet0.667426.92.34
Dotted eighth0.75480.32.08
Eighth note0.5320.23.12
Eighth triplet0.333213.44.69
Dotted sixteenth0.375240.14.16
Sixteenth note0.25160.16.25
Sixteenth triplet0.167106.79.37
Thirty-second note0.1258012.49

Half time 46.9 BPM · double time 187.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (640.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Why WorryDire StraitsE major94BPM
  2. Hey BabyNo Doubt featuring Bounty KillerE major94BPM
  3. A Question of LustDepeche ModeE major94BPM
  4. Rag DollAerosmithE major93BPM
  5. Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)Lady GagaE major94BPM
  6. ClosedownThe CureE major94BPM
  7. From TimeDrake feat. Jhené AikoE major94BPM
  8. Down on LoveForeignerE major93BPM
  9. Gift From VirgoBeyoncéE major94BPM
  10. My Father’s EyesEric ClaptonE major93BPM

Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 94 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E majorAll songs at 94 BPME major at 90–99 BPMCarpenters

MusicBrainz collapses 13 recording ids into this one. Recording id e9751a0d-6525-4115-b160-e967d31c6360.