TempoPeek

R.E.M. · Fables of the Reconstruction

Driver 8

Driver 8 is in G major at 162.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

162 BPM · Vivacemedian of 178 analyses · 162.2–162.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
98%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
178people who ran the extractor
One beat
369.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
1.92dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.931Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.173Essentia'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

178 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 178 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 162.3 BPM one beat lasts 369.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 92.4 ms and a dotted eighth 277.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 81.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 324.6. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 5 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 1.92 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 0.931 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 162 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41478.70.68
Half note2739.41.35
Dotted quarter1.5554.51.8
Quarter note (one beat)1369.72.71
Quarter triplet0.667246.54.06
Dotted eighth0.75277.33.61
Eighth note0.5184.85.41
Eighth triplet0.333123.28.12
Dotted sixteenth0.375138.67.21
Sixteenth note0.2592.410.82
Sixteenth triplet0.16761.616.23
Thirty-second note0.12546.221.64

Half time 81.2 BPM · double time 324.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (369.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Sugar, We’re Goin DownFall Out BoyG major162BPM
  2. Play for TodayThe CureG major162BPM
  3. Koka KolaThe ClashG major163BPM
  4. OhioCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungG major163BPM
  5. I’m a BelieverThe MonkeesG major162BPM
  6. So LongABBAG major162BPM
  7. Princes of the UniverseQueenG major163BPM
  8. The TrooperIron MaidenG major163BPM
  9. Leaving Las VegasSheryl CrowG major162BPM
  10. Slipped AwayAvril LavigneG major162BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 162 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 162 BPMG major at 160–169 BPMR.E.M.

MusicBrainz collapses 37 recording ids into this one. Recording id 6eadc7b9-294e-4eac-ba28-a2b53a0ec8cc.