TempoPeek

Elton John · Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Harmony

Harmony is in E flat major at 132.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

132 BPM · Allegromedian of 166 analyses · 131.7–132.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
96%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
166people who ran the extractor
One beat
453.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.5Hz · -2 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.18dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.675Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.1Essentia'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

166 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 96% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 166 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 132.2 BPM one beat lasts 453.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 113.5 ms and a dotted eighth 340.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 66.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 264.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.5 Hz, which is 2 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 4.18 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 0.675 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 E flat 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 E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ 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 132 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41815.40.55
Half note2907.71.1
Dotted quarter1.5680.81.47
Quarter note (one beat)1453.92.2
Quarter triplet0.667302.63.31
Dotted eighth0.75340.42.94
Eighth note0.5226.94.41
Eighth triplet0.333151.36.61
Dotted sixteenth0.375170.25.88
Sixteenth note0.25113.58.81
Sixteenth triplet0.16775.613.22
Thirty-second note0.12556.717.63

Half time 66.1 BPM · double time 264.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (453.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Don’t Leave Me This WayCommunards with Sarah Jane MorrisE♭ major132BPM
  2. The Way You Look TonightFrank SinatraE♭ major132BPM
  3. The Long and Winding RoadThe BeatlesE♭ major133BPM
  4. Afro (Freestyle skit)Erykah BaduE♭ major133BPM
  5. Lazing on a Sunday AfternoonQueenE♭ major132BPM
  6. Dirty DianaMichael JacksonE♭ major131BPM
  7. Come a Little Bit CloserJay and the AmericansE♭ major133BPM
  8. Marshmallow Attack!Tim DaviesE♭ major133BPM
  9. Take Back the CitySnow PatrolE♭ major131BPM
  10. BargainThe WhoE♭ major133BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 132 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 132 BPME♭ major at 130–139 BPMElton John

MusicBrainz collapses 7 recording ids into this one. Recording id b0a5811c-c53a-4253-be28-716a8398db4e.