Michael Jackson · Ben
In Our Small Way
In Our Small Way is in E major at 90 beats per minute.
Tempo
90 BPM · Andantemedian of 171 analyses · 89.9–90 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 95%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 171people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 666.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 436.2Hz · -15 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.11dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.857Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.121Essentia'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
171 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 95% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 171 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 90 BPM one beat lasts 666.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 166.7 ms and a dotted eighth 500 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45 BPM, counted twice as fast 180. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 436.2 Hz, which is 15 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 4.11 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 0.857 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 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 90 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2666.7 | 0.38 |
| Half note | 2 | 1333.3 | 0.75 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1000 | 1 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 666.7 | 1.5 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 444.4 | 2.25 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 500 | 2 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 333.3 | 3 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 222.2 | 4.5 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 250 | 4 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 166.7 | 6 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 111.1 | 9 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 83.3 | 12 |
Half time 45 BPM · double time 180 BPM. Every row is one beat (666.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Rush RushPaula AbdulE major90BPM
- Nunca te olvidaréEnrique IglesiasE major90BPM
- Jump on My ShouldersAWOLNATIONE major90BPM
- Telemiscommunicationsdeadmau5 & Imogen HeapE major90BPM
- Love It If We Made ItThe 1975E major90BPM
- Treading WaterAlex ClareE major90BPM
- Disposable HeroesMetallicaE major90BPM
- ¡Viva la Gloria!Green DayE major89BPM
- GirlDestiny’s ChildE major89BPM
- Come BackFoo FightersE major89BPM
Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 90 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E majorAll songs at 90 BPME major at 90–99 BPMMichael Jackson
MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1a27fd68-bd72-4f4f-a626-93f7b38cbe85.