TempoPeek

The B‐52’s · Good Stuff

Vision of a Kiss

Vision of a Kiss is in D flat major at 101.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

101 BPM · Andantemedian of 179 analyses · 101.3–101.4 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
179people who ran the extractor
One beat
591.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.87dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.903Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.255Essentia'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

179 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 179 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 101.4 BPM one beat lasts 591.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 147.9 ms and a dotted eighth 443.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 50.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 202.8. 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 4.87 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 0.903 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 101 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42366.90.42
Half note21183.40.85
Dotted quarter1.5887.61.13
Quarter note (one beat)1591.71.69
Quarter triplet0.667394.52.54
Dotted eighth0.75443.82.25
Eighth note0.5295.93.38
Eighth triplet0.333197.25.07
Dotted sixteenth0.375221.94.51
Sixteenth note0.25147.96.76
Sixteenth triplet0.16798.610.14
Thirty-second note0.1257413.52

Half time 50.7 BPM · double time 202.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (591.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. HumanThe Human LeagueD♭ major101BPM
  2. Talkin’ About YouRay CharlesD♭ major102BPM
  3. Sweet LoveCommodoresD♭ major101BPM
  4. A Case of YouJoni MitchellD♭ major101BPM
  5. Have to StayDidoD♭ major102BPM
  6. Young Niggaz2PacD♭ major101BPM
  7. The GridDaft PunkD♭ major102BPM
  8. TRON Legacy (End Titles)Daft PunkD♭ major102BPM
  9. Sunday Bloody SundayU2D♭ major101BPM
  10. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking ForU2D♭ major101BPM

Recordings in D flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 101 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D flat majorAll songs at 101 BPMD♭ major at 100–109 BPMThe B‐52’s

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 72d5702c-bbcf-4e40-8355-65f2608980ff.