Paul Simon · Graceland
Homeless
Homeless is in F sharp major at 94.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
94 BPM · Andantemedian of 135 analyses · 71.5–139.6 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 84%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 135people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 637.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 446.4Hz · +25 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 6.8dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.171Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.929Essentia'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
135 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 84% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 135 readings; 21% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 71.5 to 139.6 BPM. That is a recording the detector cannot settle on — the readings are spread far enough that the median is a summary of a disagreement rather than a measurement anybody should trust to the decimal.
At 94.1 BPM one beat lasts 637.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 159.4 ms and a dotted eighth 478.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 47.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 188.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 446.4 Hz, which is 25 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 6.8 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 0.171 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 sharp 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 94 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2550.5 | 0.39 |
| Half note | 2 | 1275.2 | 0.78 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 956.4 | 1.05 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 637.6 | 1.57 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 425.1 | 2.35 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 478.2 | 2.09 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 318.8 | 3.14 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 212.5 | 4.7 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 239.1 | 4.18 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 159.4 | 6.27 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 106.3 | 9.41 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 79.7 | 12.55 |
Half time 47.1 BPM · double time 188.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (637.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Mad LoveDidoF♯ major95BPM
- Don’t Wanna Lose You NowBackstreet BoysF♯ major93BPM
- Clap Your HandsBlack Eyed PeasF♯ major95BPM
- Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down)Alicia KeysF♯ major93BPM
- A New Day Has Come (radio remix)Céline DionF♯ major92BPM
- Did You Give Enough LoveCéline DionF♯ major92BPM
- Virtual InsanityJamiroquaiF♯ major92BPM
- WorkRihanna feat. DrakeF♯ major92BPM
- Please Don't GoKC and the Sunshine BandF♯ major97BPM
- Trois heures vingt…Céline DionF♯ major97BPM
Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 94 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 94 BPMF♯ major at 90–99 BPMPaul Simon
MusicBrainz collapses 6 recording ids into this one. Recording id 71cd6064-0c37-4d6e-8e98-003d676915c3.