Neil Diamond · Velvet Gloves and Spit
Shilo
Shilo is in C major at 142.6 beats per minute.
Tempo
143 BPM · Allegromedian of 148 analyses · 135.6–142.6 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 100%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 148people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 420.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442.5Hz · +10 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.69dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.918Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.095Essentia'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
148 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 148 readings; 85% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 135.6 to 142.6 BPM.
At 142.6 BPM one beat lasts 420.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 105.2 ms and a dotted eighth 315.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 71.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 285.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.5 Hz, which is 10 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 4.69 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 0.918 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 C 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 C major
Each of these differs from C 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 143 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1683 | 0.59 |
| Half note | 2 | 841.5 | 1.19 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 631.1 | 1.58 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 420.8 | 2.38 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 280.5 | 3.57 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 315.6 | 3.17 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 210.4 | 4.75 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 140.3 | 7.13 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 157.8 | 6.34 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 105.2 | 9.51 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 70.1 | 14.26 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 52.6 | 19.01 |
Half time 71.3 BPM · double time 285.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (420.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- FrownlandCaptain Beefheart & His Magic BandC major143BPM
- I Can’t Stand Up for Falling DownElvis Costello & The AttractionsC major142BPM
- Old Brown ShoeThe BeatlesC major143BPM
- SkinMadonnaC major143BPM
- Sweetest Thing (the single mix)U2C major142BPM
- Amen OmenBen HarperC major142BPM
- Growin’ UpBruce SpringsteenC major143BPM
- An Occasional DreamDavid BowieC major142BPM
- Love Is a RoseLinda RonstadtC major144BPM
- Mr. JonesCounting CrowsC major142BPM
Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 143 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in C majorAll songs at 143 BPMC major at 140–149 BPMNeil Diamond
MusicBrainz collapses 36 recording ids into this one. Recording id 6b59a610-1626-452d-b1d3-a67a639d404f.