Madonna · Ray of Light
Ray of Light
Ray of Light is in E flat major at 127.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
127 BPM · Allegromedian of 221 analyses · 127.1–127.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 91%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 221people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 471.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442Hz · +8 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.61dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.846Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.161Essentia'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
221 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 91% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 221 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 127.2 BPM one beat lasts 471.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 117.9 ms and a dotted eighth 353.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 63.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 254.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442 Hz, which is 8 cents above 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 3.61 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 0.846 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 E 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 E♭ major
Each of these differs from E♭ 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 127 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1886.8 | 0.53 |
| Half note | 2 | 943.4 | 1.06 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 707.5 | 1.41 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 471.7 | 2.12 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 314.5 | 3.18 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 353.8 | 2.83 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 235.8 | 4.24 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 157.2 | 6.36 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 176.9 | 5.65 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 117.9 | 8.48 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 78.6 | 12.72 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 59 | 16.96 |
Half time 63.6 BPM · double time 254.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (471.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Unhappy GirlThe DoorsE♭ major127BPM
- ExtraordinaryClean Bandit feat. Sharna BassE♭ major127BPM
- Everything I SaidThe CranberriesE♭ major127BPM
- Take My HandDidoE♭ major127BPM
- Easy SkankingBob Marley & The WailersE♭ major127BPM
- Pride and JoyStevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleE♭ major127BPM
- SolitudeBillie HolidayE♭ major127BPM
- Pulling TeethGreen DayE♭ major128BPM
- Ain’t It a ShameThe B‐52sE♭ major128BPM
- Superbiadeadmau5E♭ major128BPM
Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 127 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 127 BPME♭ major at 120–129 BPMMadonna
MusicBrainz collapses 24 recording ids into this one. Recording id a8daf397-53e3-41af-aad5-ab7e50fb438a.