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Anobrain

Anobrain is in C major at 124.7 beats per minute.

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Tempo

125 BPM · Allegromedian of 130 analyses · 123.6–124.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
130people who ran the extractor
One beat
481.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437.5Hz · -10 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.39dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.886Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.867Essentia'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. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 130 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 123.6 to 124.7 BPM.

At 124.7 BPM one beat lasts 481.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 120.3 ms and a dotted eighth 360.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 62.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 249.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.5 Hz, which is 10 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 4.39 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 0.886 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 C 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 125 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41924.60.52
Half note2962.31.04
Dotted quarter1.5721.71.39
Quarter note (one beat)1481.22.08
Quarter triplet0.667320.83.12
Dotted eighth0.75360.92.77
Eighth note0.5240.64.16
Eighth triplet0.333160.46.24
Dotted sixteenth0.375180.45.54
Sixteenth note0.25120.38.31
Sixteenth triplet0.16780.212.47
Thirty-second note0.12560.116.63

Half time 62.4 BPM · double time 249.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (481.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Do It AgainSteely DanC major125BPM
  2. Jubel (radio edit)KlingandeC major125BPM
  3. The Christmas SongNeil DiamondC major125BPM
  4. Be Right ThereDiplo & Sleepy TomC major125BPM
  5. Crazy Love, Vol. IIPaul SimonC major125BPM
  6. If You Love Somebody Set Them FreeStingC major125BPM
  7. Real LoveClean Bandit & Jess GlynneC major125BPM
  8. StrongerClean BanditC major125BPM
  9. She’s Like the WindPatrick Swayze featuring Wendy FraserC major125BPM
  10. Band on the RunPaul McCartney & WingsC major125BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 125 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 125 BPMC major at 120–129 BPMThe 1975

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 1b7f1c8a-cf49-4a5d-8dd0-b9d873e45ccb.