TempoPeek

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I’m So Glad

I’m So Glad is in G sharp minor at 142 beats per minute.

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Tempo

142 BPM · Allegromedian of 251 analyses · 135.2–151.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G♯ minor5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
26%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
251people who ran the extractor
One beat
422.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.741Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.034Essentia'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

251 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 26% — put it in G sharp minor, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 251 readings; 41% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 135.2 to 151.6 BPM.

At 142 BPM one beat lasts 422.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 105.6 ms and a dotted eighth 316.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 71 BPM, counted twice as fast 284. 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 3 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 0.741 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 sharp minor; 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♯ minor

Each of these differs from G♯ minor 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 142 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41690.10.59
Half note2845.11.18
Dotted quarter1.5633.81.58
Quarter note (one beat)1422.52.37
Quarter triplet0.667281.73.55
Dotted eighth0.75316.93.16
Eighth note0.5211.34.73
Eighth triplet0.333140.87.1
Dotted sixteenth0.375158.56.31
Sixteenth note0.25105.69.47
Sixteenth triplet0.16770.414.2
Thirty-second note0.12552.818.93

Half time 71 BPM · double time 284 BPM. Every row is one beat (422.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Eugene’s LamentBeastie BoysG♯ minor143BPM
  2. Take This WaltzLeonard CohenG♯ minor143BPM
  3. Wishing WellBlack SabbathG♯ minor143BPM
  4. I Don’t Care AnymorePhil CollinsG♯ minor141BPM
  5. Heart of the SunriseYesG♯ minor144BPM
  6. Leave My Woman AloneRay CharlesG♯ minor140BPM
  7. Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout LoveVan HalenG♯ minor139BPM
  8. Venus in FursThe Velvet UndergroundG♯ minor145BPM
  9. TroublesAlicia KeysG♯ minor146BPM
  10. The Battle of EvermoreLed ZeppelinG♯ minor146BPM

Recordings in G sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 142 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G sharp minorAll songs at 142 BPMG♯ minor at 140–149 BPMCream

MusicBrainz collapses 77 recording ids into this one. Recording id a0bc6118-ead5-48b1-b109-e02b9917fba8.