TempoPeek

Foreigner · 4

Juke Box Hero

Juke Box Hero is in E major at 88.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

88 BPM · Andantemedian of 268 analyses · 88.1–166 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
86%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
268people who ran the extractor
One beat
679.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.95dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.806Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.179Essentia'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

268 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 86% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 268 readings; 88% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 88.1 to 166 BPM.

At 88.3 BPM one beat lasts 679.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 169.9 ms and a dotted eighth 509.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 44.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 176.6. A score would mark that Andante, 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 4.95 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 0.806 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 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 88 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note427180.37
Half note213590.74
Dotted quarter1.51019.30.98
Quarter note (one beat)1679.51.47
Quarter triplet0.6674532.21
Dotted eighth0.75509.61.96
Eighth note0.5339.82.94
Eighth triplet0.333226.54.42
Dotted sixteenth0.375254.83.92
Sixteenth note0.25169.95.89
Sixteenth triplet0.167113.38.83
Thirty-second note0.12584.911.77

Half time 44.2 BPM · double time 176.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (679.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. I Love YouCéline DionE major89BPM
  2. Symptom of the UniverseBlack SabbathE major88BPM
  3. Me & Mr JonesAmy WinehouseE major88BPM
  4. PinheadRamonesE major89BPM
  5. GirlDestiny’s ChildE major89BPM
  6. Come BackFoo FightersE major89BPM
  7. I Like ItDeBargeE major87BPM
  8. ¡Viva la Gloria!Green DayE major89BPM
  9. Monkey WrenchFoo FightersE major87BPM
  10. Thought I’d Died and Gone to HeavenBryan AdamsE major87BPM

Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 88 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E majorAll songs at 88 BPME major at 80–89 BPMForeigner

MusicBrainz collapses 69 recording ids into this one. Recording id 9bf8df19-9924-403c-a03d-d9ed9384adca.