Eagles · Hotel California

Wasted Time (reprise)

Wasted Time (reprise) is in C major at 109.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

110 BPM · Moderatomedian of 382 analyses · 106.5–112.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
73%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
382people who ran the extractor
One beat
547.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.7Hz · -1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.94dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.257Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.808Essentia'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

382 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 73% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 382 readings; 79% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 106.5 to 112.2 BPM.

At 109.5 BPM one beat lasts 547.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 137 ms and a dotted eighth 411 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 54.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 219. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.7 Hz, which is 1 cents below 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 5.94 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 0.257 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 C 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 110 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42191.80.46
Half note21095.90.91
Dotted quarter1.5821.91.22
Quarter note (one beat)1547.91.83
Quarter triplet0.667365.32.74
Dotted eighth0.754112.43
Eighth note0.52743.65
Eighth triplet0.333182.65.48
Dotted sixteenth0.375205.54.87
Sixteenth note0.251377.3
Sixteenth triplet0.16791.310.95
Thirty-second note0.12568.514.6

Half time 54.8 BPM · double time 219 BPM. Every row is one beat (547.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Song Sung BlueNeil DiamondC major109BPM
  2. FashionDavid BowieC major110BPM
  3. Praise YouFatboy SlimC major110BPM
  4. Black LimousineThe Rolling StonesC major109BPM
  5. Nice ’n’ EasyFrank SinatraC major110BPM
  6. Another RoundFoo FightersC major109BPM
  7. I’ll Be Your MirrorThe Velvet Underground & NicoC major110BPM
  8. BangarangSkrillex feat. SirahC major110BPM
  9. Dammitblink‐182C major110BPM
  10. In My BedSabrina CarpenterC major109BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 110 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 110 BPMC major at 100–109 BPMEagles

MusicBrainz collapses 9 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1f2ce3df-edbf-4da9-84a6-688ca7adbb37.