TempoPeek

Queen · Jazz

Jealousy

Jealousy is in E flat major at 80.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

81 BPM · Andantemedian of 130 analyses · 80.5–162.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
82%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
130people who ran the extractor
One beat
744.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442.8Hz · +11 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.01dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.284Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.942Essentia'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

130 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 82% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 130 readings; 81% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 80.5 to 162.5 BPM.

At 80.6 BPM one beat lasts 744.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 186.1 ms and a dotted eighth 558.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 40.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 161.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.8 Hz, which is 11 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 5.01 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 0.284 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 81 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42977.70.34
Half note21488.80.67
Dotted quarter1.51116.60.9
Quarter note (one beat)1744.41.34
Quarter triplet0.667496.32.02
Dotted eighth0.75558.31.79
Eighth note0.5372.22.69
Eighth triplet0.333248.14.03
Dotted sixteenth0.375279.23.58
Sixteenth note0.25186.15.37
Sixteenth triplet0.167124.18.06
Thirty-second note0.12593.110.75

Half time 40.3 BPM · double time 161.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (744.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Young TurksRod StewartE♭ major80BPM
  2. Another’s ArmsColdplayE♭ major80BPM
  3. Come & Get ItSelena GomezE♭ major80BPM
  4. Underneath the TreeKelly ClarksonE♭ major80BPM
  5. Chasing PavementsAdeleE♭ major80BPM
  6. Only TimeEnyaE♭ major83BPM
  7. It’s a Hard LifeQueenE♭ major83BPM
  8. (Night Time Is) The Right TimeRay CharlesE♭ major78BPM
  9. Shake, rattle and rollBig Joe TurnerE♭ major77BPM
  10. Intro50 CentE♭ major85BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 81 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 81 BPME♭ major at 80–89 BPMQueen

MusicBrainz collapses 4 recording ids into this one. Recording id cca05c80-3941-4e26-a855-d4316c9cad6d.