David Bowie · Low

Warszawa

Warszawa is in B flat minor at 154.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

154 BPM · Allegromedian of 245 analyses · 77.1–154.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B♭ minor5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
54%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
245people who ran the extractor
One beat
388.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440.3Hz · +1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.01dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.357Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.859Essentia'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

245 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 54% — put it in B flat minor, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 245 readings; 78% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 77.1 to 154.7 BPM.

At 154.3 BPM one beat lasts 388.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 97.2 ms and a dotted eighth 291.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 77.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 308.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.3 Hz, which is 1 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.01 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 0.357 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 B flat 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 B♭ minor

Each of these differs from B♭ 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 154 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41555.40.64
Half note2777.71.29
Dotted quarter1.5583.31.71
Quarter note (one beat)1388.92.57
Quarter triplet0.667259.23.86
Dotted eighth0.75291.63.43
Eighth note0.5194.45.14
Eighth triplet0.333129.67.72
Dotted sixteenth0.375145.86.86
Sixteenth note0.2597.210.29
Sixteenth triplet0.16764.815.43
Thirty-second note0.12548.620.57

Half time 77.2 BPM · double time 308.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (388.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Can't Hide LoveEarth, Wind & FireB♭ minor155BPM
  2. Outlaw2Pac featuring DramacydalB♭ minor156BPM
  3. Good VibrationsThe Beach BoysB♭ minor151BPM
  4. BanquetBloc PartyB♭ minor150BPM
  5. You & Me (Flume remix)Disclosure feat. Eliza DoolittleB♭ minor150BPM
  6. HUMBLE.Kendrick LamarB♭ minor150BPM
  7. 4 AM2 Chainz feat. Travis ScottB♭ minor150BPM
  8. Bank Account21 SavageB♭ minor150BPM
  9. VerifiedA$AP FergB♭ minor149BPM
  10. Blue HotelChris IsaakB♭ minor149BPM

Recordings in B flat minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 154 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B flat minorAll songs at 154 BPMB♭ minor at 150–159 BPMDavid Bowie

MusicBrainz collapses 16 recording ids into this one. Recording id d6530ded-ec07-4ce3-96a8-c670d81f54fe.