Elton John · Elton John

Your Song

Your Song is in E flat major at 128.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

128 BPM · Allegromedian of 664 analyses · 128.1–129.6 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
664people who ran the extractor
One beat
467.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437.5Hz · -10 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.49dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.653Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.029Essentia'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

664 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 664 readings; 91% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 128.1 to 129.6 BPM.

At 128.4 BPM one beat lasts 467.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 116.8 ms and a dotted eighth 350.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 64.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 256.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.5 Hz, which is 10 cents below 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 4.49 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 0.653 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 128 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41869.20.54
Half note2934.61.07
Dotted quarter1.5700.91.43
Quarter note (one beat)1467.32.14
Quarter triplet0.667311.53.21
Dotted eighth0.75350.52.85
Eighth note0.5233.64.28
Eighth triplet0.333155.86.42
Dotted sixteenth0.375175.25.71
Sixteenth note0.25116.88.56
Sixteenth triplet0.16777.912.84
Thirty-second note0.12558.417.12

Half time 64.2 BPM · double time 256.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (467.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

The same title by somebody else

  1. Your SongEllie GouldingB♭ major134BPM

Matched on the title alone, so this list can hold a different song that happens to share a name. Nothing here claims one is a cover of the other.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Come Back BabyRay CharlesE♭ major129BPM
  2. What Child Is ThisAndrea Bocelli feat. Mary J. BligeE♭ major128BPM
  3. Rebellion (Lies)Arcade FireE♭ major129BPM
  4. Pumped Up KicksFoster the PeopleE♭ major128BPM
  5. BreathingJason DeruloE♭ major128BPM
  6. Pulling TeethGreen DayE♭ major128BPM
  7. Ain’t It a ShameThe B‐52sE♭ major128BPM
  8. Superbiadeadmau5E♭ major128BPM
  9. Play It LoudThe Black Eyed PeasE♭ major128BPM
  10. Dance the Night AwayVan HalenE♭ major130BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 128 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 128 BPME♭ major at 120–129 BPMElton John

MusicBrainz collapses 65 recording ids into this one. Recording id 60572fab-c835-4733-aa5a-2864c318c9c8.