TempoPeek

George Michael · Faith

Kissing a Fool

Kissing a Fool is in D major at 77.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

78 BPM · Andantemedian of 235 analyses · 77.8–77.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
235people who ran the extractor
One beat
771.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
453.2Hz · +51 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.682Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.01Essentia'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

235 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 235 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 77.8 BPM one beat lasts 771.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 192.8 ms and a dotted eighth 578.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 38.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 155.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 453.2 Hz, which is 51 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4 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 0.682 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 78 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note43084.80.32
Half note21542.40.65
Dotted quarter1.51156.80.86
Quarter note (one beat)1771.21.3
Quarter triplet0.667514.11.94
Dotted eighth0.75578.41.73
Eighth note0.5385.62.59
Eighth triplet0.333257.13.89
Dotted sixteenth0.375289.23.46
Sixteenth note0.25192.85.19
Sixteenth triplet0.167128.57.78
Thirty-second note0.12596.410.37

Half time 38.9 BPM · double time 155.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (771.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

The same title by somebody else

  1. Kissing a FoolMichael BubléE♭ major75BPM

Matched on the title alone, so this list can hold a different song that happens to share a name. Nothing here claims one is a cover of the other.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Look After YouThe FrayD major78BPM
  2. Mike MillsAirD major79BPM
  3. That’s All I Want From YouAretha FranklinD major75BPM
  4. ImmortalityCéline Dion with special guests Bee GeesD major83BPM
  5. You're Wrong All WrongNat King ColeD major83BPM
  6. Fade Away and RadiateBlondieD major84BPM
  7. Next 100 YearsBon JoviD major84BPM
  8. RoygbivBoards of CanadaD major84BPM
  9. Hello SunshineAretha FranklinD major84BPM
  10. Livin’ on the EdgeAerosmithD major85BPM

Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 78 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D majorAll songs at 78 BPMGeorge Michael

MusicBrainz collapses 22 recording ids into this one. Recording id a7c90fec-20d3-411e-af44-143eae2784ad.