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Foreigner · Head Games

Head Games

Head Games is in C sharp minor at 107.7 beats per minute.

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Tempo

108 BPM · Andantemedian of 266 analyses · 107.4–108.8 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C♯ minor4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
83%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
266people who ran the extractor
One beat
557.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
443.8Hz · +15 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.16dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.881Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.401Essentia'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

266 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 83% — put it in C sharp minor, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 266 readings; 93% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 107.4 to 108.8 BPM.

At 107.7 BPM one beat lasts 557.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 139.3 ms and a dotted eighth 417.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 53.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 215.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.8 Hz, which is 15 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 4.16 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 0.881 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 sharp 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 C♯ minor

Each of these differs from C♯ 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 108 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42228.40.45
Half note21114.20.9
Dotted quarter1.5835.71.2
Quarter note (one beat)1557.11.8
Quarter triplet0.667371.42.69
Dotted eighth0.75417.82.39
Eighth note0.5278.63.59
Eighth triplet0.333185.75.39
Dotted sixteenth0.375208.94.79
Sixteenth note0.25139.37.18
Sixteenth triplet0.16792.910.77
Thirty-second note0.12569.614.36

Half time 53.9 BPM · double time 215.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (557.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. TreasonTim DaviesC♯ minor108BPM
  2. That GirlStevie WonderC♯ minor107BPM
  3. The Right ManChristina AguileraC♯ minor106BPM
  4. Human BehaviourBjörkC♯ minor109BPM
  5. Million Years AgoAdeleC♯ minor106BPM
  6. Words of Wisdom2PacC♯ minor110BPM
  7. How LongCharlie PuthC♯ minor110BPM
  8. Follow the LeaderEric B. & RakimC♯ minor110BPM
  9. Cruel SummerAce of BaseC♯ minor110BPM
  10. JoleneDolly PartonC♯ minor110BPM

Recordings in C sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 108 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C sharp minorAll songs at 108 BPMC♯ minor at 100–109 BPMForeigner

MusicBrainz collapses 38 recording ids into this one. Recording id d44922f4-75c8-48f1-a5f9-53b6e24579af.