TempoPeek

Chuck Berry · Chuck Berry in Memphis

Oh Baby Doll

Oh Baby Doll is in A flat major at 130 beats per minute.

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Tempo

130 BPM · Allegromedian of 167 analyses · 129.6–130.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A♭ major4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
73%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
167people who ran the extractor
One beat
461.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442.5Hz · +10 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.6dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.887Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.224Essentia'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

167 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 73% — put it in A flat major, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 167 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 130 BPM one beat lasts 461.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 115.4 ms and a dotted eighth 346.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 65 BPM, counted twice as fast 260. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.5 Hz, which is 10 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 3.6 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 0.887 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 A 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 A♭ major

Each of these differs from A♭ 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 130 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41846.20.54
Half note2923.11.08
Dotted quarter1.5692.31.44
Quarter note (one beat)1461.52.17
Quarter triplet0.667307.73.25
Dotted eighth0.75346.22.89
Eighth note0.5230.84.33
Eighth triplet0.333153.86.5
Dotted sixteenth0.375173.15.78
Sixteenth note0.25115.48.67
Sixteenth triplet0.16776.913
Thirty-second note0.12557.717.33

Half time 65 BPM · double time 260 BPM. Every row is one beat (461.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. ColoursPhil CollinsA♭ major130BPM
  2. Cool KidsEchosmithA♭ major130BPM
  3. Macchine da guerraAndrea BocelliA♭ major130BPM
  4. Dust n’ BonesGuns N’ RosesA♭ major130BPM
  5. Song 2BlurA♭ major130BPM
  6. Night TrainJames BrownA♭ major130BPM
  7. Stupid GirlThe Rolling StonesA♭ major131BPM
  8. Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)Céline DionA♭ major129BPM
  9. ClocksColdplayA♭ major131BPM
  10. Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)Céline DionA♭ major129BPM

Recordings in A flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 130 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A flat majorAll songs at 130 BPMA♭ major at 130–139 BPMChuck Berry

MusicBrainz collapses 57 recording ids into this one. Recording id 367587f3-e989-4462-9812-e13e5cd205f0.