Foo Fighters · Sonic Highways
Congregation
Congregation is in D major at 151.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
152 BPM · Allegromedian of 132 analyses · 110.5–153.4 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 67%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 132people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 395milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.21dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.89Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.059Essentia'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. A bare majority of them — 67% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 132 readings; 64% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 110.5 to 153.4 BPM.
At 151.9 BPM one beat lasts 395 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 98.7 ms and a dotted eighth 296.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 76 BPM, counted twice as fast 303.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 3.21 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 0.89 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 D 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 D major
Each of these differs from D 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 152 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1580 | 0.63 |
| Half note | 2 | 790 | 1.27 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 592.5 | 1.69 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 395 | 2.53 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 263.3 | 3.8 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 296.2 | 3.38 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 197.5 | 5.06 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 131.7 | 7.6 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 148.1 | 6.75 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 98.7 | 10.13 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 65.8 | 15.19 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 49.4 | 20.25 |
Half time 76 BPM · double time 303.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (395 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- What a Wonderful WorldEva Cassidy & Katie MeluaD major152BPM
- AlivePearl JamD major152BPM
- Sweetness FollowsR.E.M.D major152BPM
- If You Know What I MeanNeil DiamondD major152BPM
- My WayFrank SinatraD major151BPM
- HellFoo FightersD major153BPM
- Dear PrudenceThe BeatlesD major151BPM
- So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe ByrdsD major153BPM
- Muscle of LoveAlice CooperD major150BPM
- Wasted on the WayCrosby, Stills & NashD major154BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 152 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 152 BPMD major at 150–159 BPMFoo Fighters
MusicBrainz collapses 27 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1eac49da-3399-4d34-bbf3-a98a91e2758b.