Depeche Mode · Speak & Spell
New Life
New Life is in G major at 156 beats per minute.
Tempo
156 BPM · Vivacemedian of 207 analyses · 155.7–156.4 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 90%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 207people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 384.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442.3Hz · +9 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.13dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.762Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.422Essentia'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. Most of them — 90% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 207 readings; 91% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 156 BPM one beat lasts 384.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 96.2 ms and a dotted eighth 288.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 78 BPM, counted twice as fast 312. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.3 Hz, which is 9 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 5.13 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 0.762 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 156 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1538.5 | 0.65 |
| Half note | 2 | 769.2 | 1.3 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 576.9 | 1.73 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 384.6 | 2.6 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 256.4 | 3.9 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 288.5 | 3.47 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 192.3 | 5.2 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 128.2 | 7.8 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 144.2 | 6.93 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 96.2 | 10.4 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 64.1 | 15.6 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 48.1 | 20.8 |
Half time 78 BPM · double time 312 BPM. Every row is one beat (384.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Teen Age RiotSonic YouthG major156BPM
- Lonely PeopleAmericaG major156BPM
- Rocky RaccoonThe BeatlesG major156BPM
- Paperback WriterThe BeatlesG major156BPM
- Blaze of GloryJon Bon JoviG major156BPM
- EverlongFoo FightersG major156BPM
- Life Goes On2PacG major157BPM
- Take It on the RunREO SpeedwagonG major155BPM
- Running Gun BluesDavid BowieG major155BPM
- Wild ThingsAlessia CaraG major155BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 156 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 156 BPMG major at 150–159 BPMDepeche Mode
MusicBrainz collapses 24 recording ids into this one. Recording id 0b64a4de-8df7-4ed6-8b74-ad94e6e6daa5.