Florence + the Machine · Lungs

Falling

Falling is in C major at 112.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

113 BPM · Moderatomedian of 132 analyses · 112.4–112.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
132people who ran the extractor
One beat
533.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.46dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.39Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.91Essentia'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

132 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 132 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 112.5 BPM one beat lasts 533.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 133.3 ms and a dotted eighth 400 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 56.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 225. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 5 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 6.46 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 0.39 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 113 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42133.30.47
Half note21066.70.94
Dotted quarter1.58001.25
Quarter note (one beat)1533.31.87
Quarter triplet0.667355.62.81
Dotted eighth0.754002.5
Eighth note0.5266.73.75
Eighth triplet0.333177.85.63
Dotted sixteenth0.3752005
Sixteenth note0.25133.37.5
Sixteenth triplet0.16788.911.25
Thirty-second note0.12566.715

Half time 56.3 BPM · double time 225 BPM. Every row is one beat (533.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. These Are the Days of Our LivesQueenC major113BPM
  2. I’m Your AngelCéline Dion duet with R. KellyC major113BPM
  3. My Shining HourJohn ColtraneC major113BPM
  4. I’ll Tumble 4 YaCulture ClubC major112BPM
  5. Hats Off to (Roy) HarperLed ZeppelinC major113BPM
  6. The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 1: EntranceNick MasonC major113BPM
  7. Sleeping BagZZ TopC major112BPM
  8. Wrote a Song for EveryoneCreedence Clearwater RevivalC major113BPM
  9. Summer in the CityThe Lovin’ SpoonfulC major112BPM
  10. HatefulThe ClashC major113BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 113 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 113 BPMC major at 110–119 BPMFlorence + the Machine

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 524495d8-b9d8-48ee-b46f-1126733a72f2.