Stevie Wonder · Innervisions
Too High
Too High is in A minor at 99.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
99 BPM · Andantemedian of 132 analyses · 98.9–99.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- A minorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 91%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 132people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 604.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 444.1Hz · +16 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.9dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.876Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.315Essentia'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
132 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 91% — put it in A minor, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 132 readings; 96% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 99.2 BPM one beat lasts 604.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 151.2 ms and a dotted eighth 453.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 49.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 198.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.1 Hz, which is 16 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 2.9 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 0.876 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 A 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 A minor
Each of these differs from A 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 99 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2419.4 | 0.41 |
| Half note | 2 | 1209.7 | 0.83 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 907.3 | 1.1 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 604.8 | 1.65 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 403.2 | 2.48 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 453.6 | 2.2 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 302.4 | 3.31 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 201.6 | 4.96 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 226.8 | 4.41 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 151.2 | 6.61 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 100.8 | 9.92 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 75.6 | 13.23 |
Half time 49.6 BPM · double time 198.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (604.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Take Me AwayAvril LavigneA minor99BPM
- Let’s Get HighDr. Dre featuring Hittman, Kurupt & Ms. RoqA minor99BPM
- Rock SteadyBad CompanyA minor100BPM
- I’m No AngelDidoA minor100BPM
- This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms RaceFall Out BoyA minor100BPM
- House of DalmoreJo BlankenburgA minor100BPM
- I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)Jay‐ZA minor99BPM
- Playing With GirlsAC/DCA minor100BPM
- Cleanin’ Out My ClosetEminemA minor99BPM
- BailamosEnrique IglesiasA minor100BPM
Recordings in A minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 99 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in A minorAll songs at 99 BPMA minor at 90–99 BPMStevie Wonder
MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id 5f7ee91a-aee9-4071-b209-7a699fed2872.