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PSY · Gangnam Style

Gangnam Style (강남스타일)

Gangnam Style (강남스타일) is in B minor at 132 beats per minute.

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Tempo

132 BPM · Allegromedian of 179 analyses · 114.8–132 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B minor2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
83%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
179people who ran the extractor
One beat
454.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.63dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.91Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.135Essentia'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

179 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 83% — put it in B minor, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 179 readings; 86% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 114.8 to 132 BPM.

At 132 BPM one beat lasts 454.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 113.6 ms and a dotted eighth 340.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 66 BPM, counted twice as fast 264. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 3.63 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 0.91 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 B minor; 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 B minor

Each of these differs from B minor 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 132 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41818.20.55
Half note2909.11.1
Dotted quarter1.5681.81.47
Quarter note (one beat)1454.52.2
Quarter triplet0.6673033.3
Dotted eighth0.75340.92.93
Eighth note0.5227.34.4
Eighth triplet0.333151.56.6
Dotted sixteenth0.375170.55.87
Sixteenth note0.25113.68.8
Sixteenth triplet0.16775.813.2
Thirty-second note0.12556.817.6

Half time 66 BPM · double time 264 BPM. Every row is one beat (454.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. We’re Going WrongCreamB minor132BPM
  2. No Money No LoveDavid Guetta & Showtek feat. Elliphant & Ms. DynamiteB minor132BPM
  3. Neighborhood #2 (Laïka)Arcade FireB minor131BPM
  4. A Saucerful of SecretsPink FloydB minor130BPM
  5. Let It Will BeMadonnaB minor130BPM
  6. Horse LatitudesThe DoorsB minor130BPM
  7. Hello AgainThe CarsB minor129BPM
  8. Turn It On AgainGenesisB minor129BPM
  9. Killing Yourself to LiveBlack SabbathB minor129BPM
  10. Punky Reggae PartyBob Marley & The WailersB minor135BPM

Recordings in B minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 132 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B minorAll songs at 132 BPMB minor at 130–139 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id 882ce25d-51b9-4fe5-bbdf-16e661df0822.