The Ataris · So Long, Astoria
Rock 'n' Roll High School
Rock 'n' Roll High School is in G major at 95.3 beats per minute.
Tempo
95 BPM · Andantemedian of 135 analyses · 94.2–95.3 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 85%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 135people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 629.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 440.3Hz · +1 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.76dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.919Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.372Essentia'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
135 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 85% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 135 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 94.2 to 95.3 BPM.
At 95.3 BPM one beat lasts 629.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 157.4 ms and a dotted eighth 472.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 47.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 190.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.3 Hz, which is 1 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.76 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 0.919 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 95 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2518.4 | 0.4 |
| Half note | 2 | 1259.2 | 0.79 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 944.4 | 1.06 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 629.6 | 1.59 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 419.7 | 2.38 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 472.2 | 2.12 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 314.8 | 3.18 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 209.9 | 4.76 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 236.1 | 4.24 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 157.4 | 6.35 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 104.9 | 9.53 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 78.7 | 12.71 |
Half time 47.7 BPM · double time 190.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (629.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Wonderful TonightEric ClaptonG major95BPM
- If It Makes You HappySheryl CrowG major95BPM
- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)Green DayG major95BPM
- Just Give Me a ReasonP!nk feat. Nate RuessG major95BPM
- StyleTaylor SwiftG major95BPM
- I Don’t Want to Spoil the PartyThe BeatlesG major96BPM
- You Rock My WorldMichael JacksonG major95BPM
- After ForeverBlack SabbathG major96BPM
- LingerThe CranberriesG major95BPM
- Set the Fire to the Third BarSnow Patrol feat. Martha WainwrightG major96BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 95 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 95 BPMG major at 90–99 BPM
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id a4ea49a1-24a6-415e-89b6-f4dcc5802530.