Phil Collins · Tarzan
Strangers Like Me
Strangers Like Me is in E flat major at 119.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
120 BPM · Moderatomedian of 157 analyses · 119.8–119.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 98%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 157people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 500.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 440.8Hz · +3 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.31dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.894Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.09Essentia'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
157 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 157 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 119.9 BPM one beat lasts 500.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 125.1 ms and a dotted eighth 375.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 60 BPM, counted twice as fast 239.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.8 Hz, which is 3 cents above 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 4.31 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 0.894 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 flat 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 120 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2001.7 | 0.5 |
| Half note | 2 | 1000.8 | 1 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 750.6 | 1.33 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 500.4 | 2 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 333.6 | 3 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 375.3 | 2.66 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 250.2 | 4 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 166.8 | 6 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 187.7 | 5.33 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 125.1 | 7.99 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 83.4 | 11.99 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 62.6 | 15.99 |
Half time 60 BPM · double time 239.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (500.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Twenty OneThe CranberriesE♭ major120BPM
- Invisible SunThe PoliceE♭ major120BPM
- Girls & BoysBlurE♭ major120BPM
- PerthBon IverE♭ major120BPM
- Serve the ServantsNirvanaE♭ major120BPM
- TalkColdplayE♭ major120BPM
- Every Time We Say GoodbyeJohn ColtraneE♭ major120BPM
- I’m Every WomanWhitney HoustonE♭ major120BPM
- Better Be Good to MeTina TurnerE♭ major121BPM
- Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)Christina AguileraE♭ major119BPM
Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 120 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 120 BPME♭ major at 110–119 BPMPhil Collins
MusicBrainz collapses 13 recording ids into this one. Recording id 77193bbb-95b2-4e5d-a957-ad6934f446e6.