R.E.M. · Automatic for the People
Nightswimming
Nightswimming is in G major at 113.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
114 BPM · Moderatomedian of 210 analyses · 113.8–114 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
- 210people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 526.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 444.3Hz · +17 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.11dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.784Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.97Essentia'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
210 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 210 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 113.9 BPM one beat lasts 526.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 131.7 ms and a dotted eighth 395.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 57 BPM, counted twice as fast 227.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.3 Hz, which is 17 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 4.11 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 0.784 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 114 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2107.1 | 0.47 |
| Half note | 2 | 1053.6 | 0.95 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 790.2 | 1.27 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 526.8 | 1.9 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 351.2 | 2.85 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 395.1 | 2.53 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 263.4 | 3.8 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 175.6 | 5.7 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 197.5 | 5.06 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 131.7 | 7.59 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 87.8 | 11.39 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 65.8 | 15.19 |
Half time 57 BPM · double time 227.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (526.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- I Won’t Back DownTom PettyG major114BPM
- Living ProofBruce SpringsteenG major114BPM
- M.O.N.E.Y.The 1975G major114BPM
- HelplessCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungG major114BPM
- BikePink FloydG major114BPM
- Show Me ForgivenessBjörkG major114BPM
- AllentownBilly JoelG major114BPM
- Everyday PeopleSly & the Family StoneG major114BPM
- Tin ManAmericaG major115BPM
- Red RainPeter GabrielG major113BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 114 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 114 BPMG major at 110–119 BPMR.E.M.
MusicBrainz collapses 14 recording ids into this one. Recording id b50318df-f7ce-4a30-9612-d990757ee58c.