TempoPeek

Lana Del Rey · Ultraviolence

Shades of Cool

Shades of Cool is in F major at 137.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

137 BPM · Allegromedian of 140 analyses · 137.1–139 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
96%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
140people who ran the extractor
One beat
437milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.03dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.579Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.952Essentia'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

140 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 96% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 140 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 137.1 to 139 BPM.

At 137.3 BPM one beat lasts 437 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 109.2 ms and a dotted eighth 327.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 68.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 274.6. 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 5.03 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 0.579 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 F 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 F major

Each of these differs from F 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 137 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note417480.57
Half note28741.14
Dotted quarter1.5655.51.53
Quarter note (one beat)14372.29
Quarter triplet0.667291.33.43
Dotted eighth0.75327.73.05
Eighth note0.5218.54.58
Eighth triplet0.333145.76.87
Dotted sixteenth0.375163.96.1
Sixteenth note0.25109.29.15
Sixteenth triplet0.16772.813.73
Thirty-second note0.12554.618.31

Half time 68.7 BPM · double time 274.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (437 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. MotherboardDaft PunkF major137BPM
  2. i love youBillie EilishF major137BPM
  3. For YouBruce SpringsteenF major137BPM
  4. AvalonRoxy MusicF major137BPM
  5. Use SomebodyKings of LeonF major137BPM
  6. Tunnel of LoveDire StraitsF major137BPM
  7. WatermarkEnyaF major136BPM
  8. The Greeks Don’t Want No FreaksEaglesF major136BPM
  9. Beyond the SeaBobby DarinF major136BPM
  10. Everybody’s EverythingSantanaF major138BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 137 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 137 BPMF major at 130–139 BPMLana Del Rey

MusicBrainz collapses 4 recording ids into this one. Recording id 678359f6-1ac4-456f-abda-0535381e1041.