TempoPeek

David Bowie · Space Oddity

Memory of a Free Festival

Memory of a Free Festival is in G major at 123.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

123 BPM · Allegromedian of 255 analyses · 123.2–125.7 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
255people who ran the extractor
One beat
487milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
436.5Hz · -14 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.23dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.632Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.073Essentia'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

255 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 255 readings; 88% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 123.2 to 125.7 BPM.

At 123.2 BPM one beat lasts 487 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 121.8 ms and a dotted eighth 365.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 61.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 246.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 436.5 Hz, which is 14 cents below 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 5.23 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 0.632 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 123 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41948.10.51
Half note29741.03
Dotted quarter1.5730.51.37
Quarter note (one beat)14872.05
Quarter triplet0.667324.73.08
Dotted eighth0.75365.32.74
Eighth note0.5243.54.11
Eighth triplet0.333162.36.16
Dotted sixteenth0.375182.65.48
Sixteenth note0.25121.88.21
Sixteenth triplet0.16781.212.32
Thirty-second note0.12560.916.43

Half time 61.6 BPM · double time 246.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (487 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2Ray CharlesG major123BPM
  2. SpectrumFlorence + the MachineG major123BPM
  3. Honky Tonk WomenThe Rolling StonesG major123BPM
  4. V‐2 SchneiderDavid BowieG major123BPM
  5. Time Is Ticking OutThe CranberriesG major123BPM
  6. Summer’s EndFoo FightersG major123BPM
  7. Oh, SisterBob DylanG major123BPM
  8. One More TimeDaft PunkG major123BPM
  9. Devils HaircutBeckG major124BPM
  10. San TropezPink FloydG major123BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 123 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 123 BPMG major at 120–129 BPMDavid Bowie

MusicBrainz collapses 4 recording ids into this one. Recording id f239a701-9798-4abb-afd2-67bd6b404b5e.