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Fallingforyou
Fallingforyou is in D flat major at 84.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
85 BPM · Andantemedian of 134 analyses · 84.9–85 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D♭ major5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 100%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 134people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 706.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.6dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.889Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.192Essentia'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
134 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in D flat major, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 134 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 84.9 BPM one beat lasts 706.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 176.7 ms and a dotted eighth 530 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 42.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 169.8. 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 4.6 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 0.889 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 D 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 D♭ major
Each of these differs from D♭ 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 85 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2826.9 | 0.35 |
| Half note | 2 | 1413.4 | 0.71 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1060.1 | 0.94 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 706.7 | 1.42 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 471.1 | 2.12 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 530 | 1.89 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 353.4 | 2.83 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 235.6 | 4.25 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 265 | 3.77 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 176.7 | 5.66 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 117.8 | 8.49 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 88.3 | 11.32 |
Half time 42.5 BPM · double time 169.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (706.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- PositivityBlack Eyed PeasD♭ major85BPM
- Give Peace a ChanceThe Plastic Ono BandD♭ major85BPM
- The Long Day Is OverNorah JonesD♭ major85BPM
- Throwing It All AwayGenesisD♭ major84BPM
- LegendaryDayaD♭ major84BPM
- ChancesDidoD♭ major84BPM
- Why Oh WhyCéline DionD♭ major86BPM
- Otherside of the GameErykah BaduD♭ major83BPM
- Somebody’s MeEnrique IglesiasD♭ major83BPM
- Treat You BetterShawn MendesD♭ major83BPM
Recordings in D flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 85 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D flat majorAll songs at 85 BPMD♭ major at 80–89 BPMThe 1975
MusicBrainz collapses 5 recording ids into this one. Recording id 505c6e15-2e37-4864-81de-46d2f68afb96.