Michael Jackson · Invincible

You Rock My World

You Rock My World is in G major at 95 beats per minute.

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Tempo

95 BPM · Andantemedian of 146 analyses · 95–95 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
52%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
146people who ran the extractor
One beat
631.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.5Hz · -2 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.89dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.792Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.723Essentia'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. A bare majority of them — 52% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 146 readings; 97% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 95 BPM one beat lasts 631.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 157.9 ms and a dotted eighth 473.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 47.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 190. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.5 Hz, which is 2 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 5.89 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 0.792 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 95 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42526.30.4
Half note21263.20.79
Dotted quarter1.5947.41.06
Quarter note (one beat)1631.61.58
Quarter triplet0.667421.12.38
Dotted eighth0.75473.72.11
Eighth note0.5315.83.17
Eighth triplet0.333210.54.75
Dotted sixteenth0.375236.84.22
Sixteenth note0.25157.96.33
Sixteenth triplet0.167105.39.5
Thirty-second note0.12578.912.67

Half time 47.5 BPM · double time 190 BPM. Every row is one beat (631.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)Green DayG major95BPM
  2. Just Give Me a ReasonP!nk feat. Nate RuessG major95BPM
  3. StyleTaylor SwiftG major95BPM
  4. LingerThe CranberriesG major95BPM
  5. Rock 'n' Roll High SchoolThe AtarisG major95BPM
  6. Wonderful TonightEric ClaptonG major95BPM
  7. I Don’t Give a Fuck2PacG major95BPM
  8. If It Makes You HappySheryl CrowG major95BPM
  9. Love Sneakin’ Up on YouBonnie RaittG major95BPM
  10. I Don’t Want to Spoil the PartyThe BeatlesG major96BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 95 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 95 BPMG major at 90–99 BPMMichael Jackson

MusicBrainz collapses 13 recording ids into this one. Recording id b5e9a762-b121-43f3-b329-d241b4fe648a.