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Coldplay · Viva la Vida: Prospekt’s March Edition

Prospekt’s March / Poppyfields

Prospekt’s March / Poppyfields is in G major at 144.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

145 BPM · Allegromedian of 127 analyses · 144.8–146.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
127people who ran the extractor
One beat
414.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
Dynamics
11.05dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.124Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.889Essentia'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

127 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 127 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 144.8 to 146.5 BPM.

At 144.8 BPM one beat lasts 414.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 103.6 ms and a dotted eighth 310.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 72.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 289.6. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 11.05 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 0.124 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 145 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41657.50.6
Half note2828.71.21
Dotted quarter1.5621.51.61
Quarter note (one beat)1414.42.41
Quarter triplet0.667276.23.62
Dotted eighth0.75310.83.22
Eighth note0.5207.24.83
Eighth triplet0.333138.17.24
Dotted sixteenth0.375155.46.44
Sixteenth note0.25103.69.65
Sixteenth triplet0.16769.114.48
Thirty-second note0.12551.819.31

Half time 72.4 BPM · double time 289.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (414.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. So I Need You3 Doors DownG major145BPM
  2. Theme for a Nude BeachThe B‐52sG major145BPM
  3. Human HandsElvis Costello & The AttractionsG major145BPM
  4. Hold On TightElectric Light OrchestraG major145BPM
  5. Times Like TheseFoo FightersG major145BPM
  6. I’m a ManThe YardbirdsG major144BPM
  7. Red SailsDavid BowieG major144BPM
  8. She’s Lost ControlJoy DivisionG major144BPM
  9. So Far AwayCarole KingG major144BPM
  10. Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away)Bee GeesG major144BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 145 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 145 BPMG major at 140–149 BPMColdplay

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id bac33bd0-8dd6-4813-a0f8-4cdd92ffc39f.