Rage Against the Machine · Rage Against the Machine
Settle for Nothing
Settle for Nothing is in B flat major at 97.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
98 BPM · Andantemedian of 150 analyses · 97.9–98.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- B♭ major2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 150people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 612.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 7.98dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.349Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.046Essentia'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
150 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in B flat major, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 150 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 97.9 BPM one beat lasts 612.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 153.2 ms and a dotted eighth 459.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 49 BPM, counted twice as fast 195.8. A score would mark that Andante, 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 7.98 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 0.349 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 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 B♭ major
Each of these differs from B♭ 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 98 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2451.5 | 0.41 |
| Half note | 2 | 1225.7 | 0.82 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 919.3 | 1.09 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 612.9 | 1.63 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 408.6 | 2.45 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 459.7 | 2.18 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 306.4 | 3.26 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 204.3 | 4.9 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 229.8 | 4.35 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 153.2 | 6.53 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 102.1 | 9.79 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 76.6 | 13.05 |
Half time 49 BPM · double time 195.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (612.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- BetterKhalidB♭ major98BPM
- Lean OnMajor Lazer × DJ Snake feat. MØB♭ major98BPM
- Don’t Tell ’EmJeremih feat. Y.G.B♭ major98BPM
- Lil’ Homies2PacB♭ major98BPM
- That’s the Way Love GoesJanetB♭ major98BPM
- Don’t Ask Me WhyBilly JoelB♭ major99BPM
- LoveLana Del ReyB♭ major99BPM
- Love MeThe 1975B♭ major97BPM
- Come DownShotgun MessiahB♭ major97BPM
- Under the InfluenceEminem featuring D‐12B♭ major97BPM
Recordings in B flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 98 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in B flat majorAll songs at 98 BPMB♭ major at 90–99 BPMRage Against the Machine
MusicBrainz collapses 16 recording ids into this one. Recording id 6565fadc-a76a-4891-9a3b-ee84e67cba05.