Michael Jackson · Thriller
Human Nature
Human Nature is in D major at 93 beats per minute.
Tempo
93 BPM · Andantemedian of 371 analyses · 92.9–93.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 95%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 371people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 645.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 443.8Hz · +15 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.09dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.922Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.207Essentia'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
371 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 95% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 371 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 93 BPM one beat lasts 645.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 161.3 ms and a dotted eighth 483.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 46.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 186. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.8 Hz, which is 15 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 3.09 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 0.922 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 D 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 D major
Each of these differs from D 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 93 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2580.6 | 0.39 |
| Half note | 2 | 1290.3 | 0.78 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 967.7 | 1.03 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 645.2 | 1.55 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 430.1 | 2.33 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 483.9 | 2.07 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 322.6 | 3.1 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 215.1 | 4.65 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 241.9 | 4.13 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 161.3 | 6.2 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 107.5 | 9.3 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 80.6 | 12.4 |
Half time 46.5 BPM · double time 186 BPM. Every row is one beat (645.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Hold Your Head UpUriah HeepD major93BPM
- Roll Over BeethovenChuck BerryD major93BPM
- Blood and ThunderMastodonD major93BPM
- Fly Away5 Seconds of SummerD major93BPM
- Rock and Roll Is DeadLenny KravitzD major93BPM
- BadfishSublimeD major93BPM
- Panic in DetroitDavid BowieD major93BPM
- Rising PowerAC/DCD major94BPM
- All Tomorrow’s PartiesThe Velvet Underground & NicoD major94BPM
- The Right TimeThe CorrsD major94BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 93 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 93 BPMD major at 90–99 BPMMichael Jackson
MusicBrainz collapses 54 recording ids into this one. Recording id 40a43f5e-d4f4-4253-a42d-364d47208c64.