TempoPeek

David Bowie · Station to Station

Station to Station

Station to Station is in G major at 122.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

122 BPM · Allegromedian of 207 analyses · 122.1–123.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
49%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
207people who ran the extractor
One beat
491milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.23dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.515Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.43Essentia'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

207 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 49% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 207 readings; 92% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 122.2 BPM one beat lasts 491 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 122.7 ms and a dotted eighth 368.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 61.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 244.4. 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 6.23 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 0.515 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 122 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note419640.51
Half note29821.02
Dotted quarter1.5736.51.36
Quarter note (one beat)14912.04
Quarter triplet0.667327.33.06
Dotted eighth0.75368.22.72
Eighth note0.5245.54.07
Eighth triplet0.333163.76.11
Dotted sixteenth0.375184.15.43
Sixteenth note0.25122.78.15
Sixteenth triplet0.16781.812.22
Thirty-second note0.12561.416.29

Half time 61.1 BPM · double time 244.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (491 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Thorn in My SideEurythmicsG major122BPM
  2. CongaMiami Sound MachineG major122BPM
  3. She WolfShakiraG major122BPM
  4. Have a CigarPink FloydG major122BPM
  5. DisintegrationThe CureG major122BPM
  6. MoneytalksAC/DCG major122BPM
  7. Stand by My WomanLenny KravitzG major122BPM
  8. Miss the MiseryFoo FightersG major122BPM
  9. Stop WhisperingRadioheadG major123BPM
  10. Drive My CarThe BeatlesG major123BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 122 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 122 BPMG major at 120–129 BPMDavid Bowie

MusicBrainz collapses 72 recording ids into this one. Recording id c10aed72-5b0e-4c38-afdf-a838dcee5099.