Madonna · Hard Candy

Incredible

Incredible is in G major at 134 beats per minute.

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Tempo

134 BPM · Allegromedian of 146 analyses · 134–134 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
146people who ran the extractor
One beat
447.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.97dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.954Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.338Essentia'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

146 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 146 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 134 BPM one beat lasts 447.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 111.9 ms and a dotted eighth 335.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 67 BPM, counted twice as fast 268. 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 2.97 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 0.954 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 134 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note417910.56
Half note2895.51.12
Dotted quarter1.5671.61.49
Quarter note (one beat)1447.82.23
Quarter triplet0.667298.53.35
Dotted eighth0.75335.82.98
Eighth note0.5223.94.47
Eighth triplet0.333149.36.7
Dotted sixteenth0.375167.95.96
Sixteenth note0.25111.98.93
Sixteenth triplet0.16774.613.4
Thirty-second note0.1255617.87

Half time 67 BPM · double time 268 BPM. Every row is one beat (447.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Things We Lost in the FireBastilleG major134BPM
  2. China GirlDavid BowieG major134BPM
  3. Rollover D.J.JetG major135BPM
  4. AngelMadonnaG major133BPM
  5. TaxmanThe BeatlesG major133BPM
  6. Cadillac RanchBruce SpringsteenG major133BPM
  7. IcarusBastilleG major135BPM
  8. Life of My Own3 Doors DownG major133BPM
  9. Lyin’ EyesEaglesG major133BPM
  10. Cold Day in the SunFoo FightersG major133BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 134 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 134 BPMG major at 130–139 BPMMadonna

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 654a8ff2-3044-4f56-86ac-df9b75a78074.