Dolly Parton · 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
9 to 5
9 to 5 is in B major at 105.5 beats per minute.
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 value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2274.9 | 0.44 |
| Half note | 2 | 1137.4 | 0.88 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 853.1 | 1.17 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 568.7 | 1.76 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 379.1 | 2.64 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 426.5 | 2.34 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 284.4 | 3.52 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 189.6 | 5.28 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 213.3 | 4.69 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 142.2 | 7.03 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 94.8 | 10.55 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 71.1 | 14.07 |
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
- You Oughta KnowAlanis MorissetteB major105BPM
- You Oughta Know (Jimmy the Saint blend) / Your House (a cappella)Alanis MorissetteB major105BPM
- Song for SomeoneU2B major105BPM
- Snow ((Hey Oh))Red Hot Chili PeppersB major106BPM
- Going Away to Collegeblink‐182B major104BPM
- Take a Chance on MeABBAB major107BPM
- Let’s Stay TogetherTina TurnerB major104BPM
- VegetableRadioheadB major107BPM
- Kill YouEminemB major107BPM
- 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.