TempoPeek

Creedence Clearwater Revival · Bayou Country

Born on the Bayou

Born on the Bayou is in E flat major at 117.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

118 BPM · Moderatomedian of 425 analyses · 117.4–118.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
48%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
425people who ran the extractor
One beat
510.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
447.2Hz · +28 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.62dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.899Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.256Essentia'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

425 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 48% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 425 readings; 92% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 117.5 BPM one beat lasts 510.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 127.7 ms and a dotted eighth 383 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 235. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 447.2 Hz, which is 28 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 3.62 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 0.899 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 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 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 118 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42042.60.49
Half note21021.30.98
Dotted quarter1.57661.31
Quarter note (one beat)1510.61.96
Quarter triplet0.667340.42.94
Dotted eighth0.753832.61
Eighth note0.5255.33.92
Eighth triplet0.333170.25.88
Dotted sixteenth0.375191.55.22
Sixteenth note0.25127.77.83
Sixteenth triplet0.16785.111.75
Thirty-second note0.12563.815.67

Half time 58.8 BPM · double time 235 BPM. Every row is one beat (510.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Say Say SayMichael Jackson & Paul McCartneyE♭ major118BPM
  2. Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)Aretha FranklinE♭ major117BPM
  3. Feelin’ SadRay CharlesE♭ major117BPM
  4. The More I See YouMichael BubléE♭ major118BPM
  5. Blues to YouJohn ColtraneE♭ major117BPM
  6. No ExcusesAlice in ChainsE♭ major118BPM
  7. She’s Always a WomanBilly JoelE♭ major117BPM
  8. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on SeattleNirvanaE♭ major118BPM
  9. ApologizeOneRepublicE♭ major118BPM
  10. One SlipPink FloydE♭ major117BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 118 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 118 BPME♭ major at 110–119 BPMCreedence Clearwater Revival

MusicBrainz collapses 43 recording ids into this one. Recording id 94b57b09-73dd-49f4-b20a-0104108c68ff.