TempoPeek

Faith No More · The Real Thing

Epic

Epic is in E minor at 87.2 beats per minute.

4080120160200

Tempo

87 BPM · Andantemedian of 197 analyses · 87.2–125.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E minor1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
98%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
197people who ran the extractor
One beat
688.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.8Hz · +7 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.64dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.946Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.189Essentia'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

197 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in E minor, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 197 readings; 89% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 87.2 to 125.5 BPM.

At 87.2 BPM one beat lasts 688.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 172 ms and a dotted eighth 516.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 43.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 174.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.8 Hz, which is 7 cents above 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 2.64 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 0.946 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 minor; 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 minor

Each of these differs from E minor 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 87 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42752.30.36
Half note21376.10.73
Dotted quarter1.51032.10.97
Quarter note (one beat)1688.11.45
Quarter triplet0.667458.72.18
Dotted eighth0.75516.11.94
Eighth note0.53442.91
Eighth triplet0.333229.44.36
Dotted sixteenth0.3752583.88
Sixteenth note0.251725.81
Sixteenth triplet0.167114.78.72
Thirty-second note0.1258611.63

Half time 43.6 BPM · double time 174.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (688.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Cedarwood RoadU2E minor88BPM
  2. CenturiesFall Out BoyE minor88BPM
  3. Duck and Run3 Doors DownE minor88BPM
  4. Ex‐GirlfriendNo DoubtE minor86BPM
  5. Every Planet We Reach Is DeadGorillazE minor88BPM
  6. Born to DieLana Del ReyE minor86BPM
  7. Big Ego’sDr. Dre featuring HittmanE minor89BPM
  8. My Nightmare’s DreamAWOLNATIONE minor86BPM
  9. Eyes on MeCéline DionE minor90BPM
  10. Still Don’t Give a FuckEminemE minor90BPM

Recordings in E minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 87 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E minorAll songs at 87 BPME minor at 80–89 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 101 recording ids into this one. Recording id 5fce83ae-558d-4b90-be86-ac20a29f031b.