Michael Jackson · Off the Wall
Burn This Disco Out
Burn This Disco Out is in A flat major at 116.4 beats per minute.
Tempo
116 BPM · Moderatomedian of 203 analyses · 116.4–116.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- A♭ major4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 203people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 515.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 436Hz · -16 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.72dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.91Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.445Essentia'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
203 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in A flat major, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 203 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 116.4 BPM one beat lasts 515.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 128.9 ms and a dotted eighth 386.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 232.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 436 Hz, which is 16 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 4.72 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 0.91 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 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 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 116 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2061.9 | 0.49 |
| Half note | 2 | 1030.9 | 0.97 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 773.2 | 1.29 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 515.5 | 1.94 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 343.6 | 2.91 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 386.6 | 2.59 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 257.7 | 3.88 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 171.8 | 5.82 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 193.3 | 5.17 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 128.9 | 7.76 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 85.9 | 11.64 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 64.4 | 15.52 |
Half time 58.2 BPM · double time 232.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (515.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Speed of LifeDavid BowieA♭ major117BPM
- Over My Head (Cable Car)The FrayA♭ major116BPM
- Beating Around the BushAC/DCA♭ major117BPM
- ParisThe 1975A♭ major117BPM
- Every Breath You TakeThe PoliceA♭ major117BPM
- Take Me AwayBlue Öyster CultA♭ major117BPM
- Why Can’t It Wait ’Til MorningPhil CollinsA♭ major118BPM
- Hero of the DayMetallicaA♭ major118BPM
- Do You Know?/The Pink Pong SonEnrique IglesiasA♭ major115BPM
- RockerAC/DCA♭ major118BPM
Recordings in A flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 116 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in A flat majorAll songs at 116 BPMA♭ major at 110–119 BPMMichael Jackson
MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id 5c1f6def-2cdd-49c8-996b-9bc72aa2ad68.