Dolly Parton · 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs

9 to 5

9 to 5 is in B major at 105.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

106 BPM · Andantemedian of 184 analyses · 104.9–106.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B major5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
93%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
184people who ran the extractor
One beat
568.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440.3Hz · +1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.73dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.814Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.244Essentia'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

184 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 93% — put it in B major, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 184 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 104.9 to 106.1 BPM.

At 105.5 BPM one beat lasts 568.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 142.2 ms and a dotted eighth 426.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 52.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 211. A score would mark that Andante, 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 5.73 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 0.814 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 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 B major

Each of these differs from B 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 106 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42274.90.44
Half note21137.40.88
Dotted quarter1.5853.11.17
Quarter note (one beat)1568.71.76
Quarter triplet0.667379.12.64
Dotted eighth0.75426.52.34
Eighth note0.5284.43.52
Eighth triplet0.333189.65.28
Dotted sixteenth0.375213.34.69
Sixteenth note0.25142.27.03
Sixteenth triplet0.16794.810.55
Thirty-second note0.12571.114.07

Half time 52.8 BPM · double time 211 BPM. Every row is one beat (568.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. You Oughta KnowAlanis MorissetteB major105BPM
  2. You Oughta Know (Jimmy the Saint blend) / Your House (a cappella)Alanis MorissetteB major105BPM
  3. Song for SomeoneU2B major105BPM
  4. Snow ((Hey Oh))Red Hot Chili PeppersB major106BPM
  5. Going Away to Collegeblink‐182B major104BPM
  6. Take a Chance on MeABBAB major107BPM
  7. Let’s Stay TogetherTina TurnerB major104BPM
  8. VegetableRadioheadB major107BPM
  9. Kill YouEminemB major107BPM
  10. Hard to HandleThe Black CrowesB major104BPM

Recordings in B major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 106 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B majorAll songs at 106 BPMB major at 100–109 BPMDolly Parton

MusicBrainz collapses 24 recording ids into this one. Recording id f989fa05-7e2b-4e88-8a95-b5d68480b539.