Led Zeppelin · Coda
We’re Gonna Groove
We’re Gonna Groove is in A major at 121.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
121 BPM · Allegromedian of 189 analyses · 120.9–162.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- A major3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 51%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 189people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 495.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 437.7Hz · -9 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.4dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.962Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.092Essentia'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
189 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 51% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 189 readings; 88% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 120.9 to 162.9 BPM.
At 121.1 BPM one beat lasts 495.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 123.9 ms and a dotted eighth 371.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 60.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 242.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.7 Hz, which is 9 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 2.4 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 0.962 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 A 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 A major
Each of these differs from A 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 121 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1981.8 | 0.5 |
| Half note | 2 | 990.9 | 1.01 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 743.2 | 1.35 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 495.5 | 2.02 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 330.3 | 3.03 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 371.6 | 2.69 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 247.7 | 4.04 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 165.2 | 6.06 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 185.8 | 5.38 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 123.9 | 8.07 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 82.6 | 12.11 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 61.9 | 16.15 |
Half time 60.6 BPM · double time 242.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (495.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Electric AvenueEddy GrantA major121BPM
- Peter Gunn ThemeBlues BrothersA major121BPM
- All Right NowFreeA major121BPM
- TimePink FloydA major121BPM
- Coffee & TVBlurA major122BPM
- Johnny, Kick a Hole in the SkyRed Hot Chili PeppersA major120BPM
- Hide and SeekImogen HeapA major120BPM
- Say (All I Need)OneRepublicA major122BPM
- HeavenAvicii & Chris MartinA major122BPM
- In TheeBlue Öyster CultA major122BPM
Recordings in A major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 121 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in A majorAll songs at 121 BPMA major at 120–129 BPMLed Zeppelin
MusicBrainz collapses 54 recording ids into this one. Recording id d6665d9f-feea-4fb3-9d1d-2b78104b1a12.