Janet Jackson · Rhythm Nation 1814
Escapade
Escapade is in D flat major at 115.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
115 BPM · Moderatomedian of 195 analyses · 115.2–115.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D♭ major5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 96%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 195people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 520.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.39dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.948Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.38Essentia'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
195 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 96% — put it in D flat major, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 195 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 115.2 BPM one beat lasts 520.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 130.2 ms and a dotted eighth 390.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 57.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 230.4. A score would mark that Moderato, 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 3.39 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 0.948 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 flat 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 115 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2083.3 | 0.48 |
| Half note | 2 | 1041.7 | 0.96 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 781.3 | 1.28 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 520.8 | 1.92 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 347.2 | 2.88 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 390.6 | 2.56 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 260.4 | 3.84 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 173.6 | 5.76 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 195.3 | 5.12 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 130.2 | 7.68 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 86.8 | 11.52 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 65.1 | 15.36 |
Half time 57.6 BPM · double time 230.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (520.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Miss You MuchJanet JacksonD♭ major115BPM
- The Mother We ShareCHVRCHESD♭ major115BPM
- Soft and WetPrinceD♭ major115BPM
- LaylaDerek and the DominosD♭ major116BPM
- She’s AmericanThe 1975D♭ major116BPM
- Big TimePeter GabrielD♭ major116BPM
- Sleeplessdeadmau5D♭ major114BPM
- Highway to HellAC/DCD♭ major117BPM
- A MessageColdplayD♭ major117BPM
- Rise UpAndra DayD♭ major118BPM
Recordings in D flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 115 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D flat majorAll songs at 115 BPMD♭ major at 110–119 BPMJanet Jackson
MusicBrainz collapses 6 recording ids into this one. Recording id 16db3b75-c58b-42cf-b5b8-0f5e7e332fe8.