David Bowie · “Heroes”
V‐2 Schneider
V‐2 Schneider is in G major at 123.4 beats per minute.
Tempo
123 BPM · Allegromedian of 225 analyses · 123.2–123.6 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
- 225people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 486.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 445.6Hz · +22 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.98dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.926Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.284Essentia'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
225 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 225 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 123.4 BPM one beat lasts 486.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 121.6 ms and a dotted eighth 364.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 61.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 246.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 445.6 Hz, which is 22 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 3.98 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 0.926 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 value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1944.9 | 0.51 |
| Half note | 2 | 972.4 | 1.03 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 729.3 | 1.37 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 486.2 | 2.06 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 324.1 | 3.09 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 364.7 | 2.74 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 243.1 | 4.11 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 162.1 | 6.17 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 182.3 | 5.48 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 121.6 | 8.23 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 81 | 12.34 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 60.8 | 16.45 |
Half time 61.7 BPM · double time 246.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (486.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Devils HaircutBeckG major124BPM
- Touch Too MuchAC/DCG major124BPM
- Memory of a Free FestivalDavid BowieG major123BPM
- Who’ll Stop the RainCreedence Clearwater RevivalG major124BPM
- Near Wild HeavenR.E.M.G major124BPM
- Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2Ray CharlesG major123BPM
- SpectrumFlorence + the MachineG major123BPM
- Honky Tonk WomenThe Rolling StonesG major123BPM
- Time Is Ticking OutThe CranberriesG major123BPM
- Summer’s EndFoo FightersG 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 13 recording ids into this one. Recording id e3f9cfb6-ca47-4185-b8d8-dcccfafbae87.