Mötley Crüe · Dr. Feelgood
Time for Change
Time for Change is in F major at 87.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
87 BPM · Andantemedian of 287 analyses · 87.2–87.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 85%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 287people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 688.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.62dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.817Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.214Essentia'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
287 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 85% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 287 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 87.2 BPM one beat lasts 688.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 172 ms and a dotted eighth 516.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 43.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 174.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 5.62 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 0.817 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 F 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 F major
Each of these differs from F 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 87 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2752.3 | 0.36 |
| Half note | 2 | 1376.1 | 0.73 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1032.1 | 0.97 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 688.1 | 1.45 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 458.7 | 2.18 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 516.1 | 1.94 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 344 | 2.91 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 229.4 | 4.36 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 258 | 3.88 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 172 | 5.81 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 114.7 | 8.72 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 86 | 11.63 |
Half time 43.6 BPM · double time 174.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (688.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Can I Holla At YaJ. ColeF major87BPM
- Secret GardenBruce SpringsteenF major87BPM
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to YouBee GeesF major87BPM
- Such Great HeightsThe Postal ServiceF major88BPM
- Romeo and JulietDire StraitsF major88BPM
- Easier5 Seconds of SummerF major88BPM
- The ReturnDanny Brown feat. Freddie GibbsF major88BPM
- Love Is LoveCulture ClubF major86BPM
- Waiting for That Day / You Can’t Always Get What You WantGeorge MichaelF major86BPM
- Rock the HouseGorillazF major86BPM
Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 87 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F majorAll songs at 87 BPMF major at 80–89 BPMMötley Crüe
MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id bcd5ec63-1559-42c7-93b2-332be3e03db1.