The Beach Boys · Surfin’ USA
Shut Down
Shut Down is in D flat major at 155.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
156 BPM · Allegromedian of 139 analyses · 155.5–162.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D♭ major5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 76%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 139people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 384.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 445.4Hz · +21 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.61dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.935Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.172Essentia'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
139 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 76% — put it in D flat major, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 139 readings; 58% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 155.5 to 162.1 BPM.
At 155.9 BPM one beat lasts 384.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 96.2 ms and a dotted eighth 288.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 78 BPM, counted twice as fast 311.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 445.4 Hz, which is 21 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 3.61 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 0.935 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 156 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1539.4 | 0.65 |
| Half note | 2 | 769.7 | 1.3 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 577.3 | 1.73 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 384.9 | 2.6 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 256.6 | 3.9 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 288.6 | 3.46 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 192.4 | 5.2 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 128.3 | 7.8 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 144.3 | 6.93 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 96.2 | 10.39 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 64.1 | 15.59 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 48.1 | 20.79 |
Half time 78 BPM · double time 311.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (384.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- A Teenager in LoveDion & The BelmontsD♭ major156BPM
- Hey Hey What Can I DoLed ZeppelinD♭ major154BPM
- Will You Still Love Me?ChicagoD♭ major154BPM
- B.O.B.OutKastD♭ major154BPM
- Across the UniverseThe BeatlesD♭ major153BPM
- Alice’s Restaurant MassacreeArlo GuthrieD♭ major153BPM
- HomeDepeche ModeD♭ major151BPM
- It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s OverLenny KravitzD♭ major162BPM
- Manic DepressionThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceD♭ major150BPM
- DreamerOzzy OsbourneD♭ major162BPM
Recordings in D flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 156 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D flat majorAll songs at 156 BPMD♭ major at 150–159 BPMThe Beach Boys
MusicBrainz collapses 41 recording ids into this one. Recording id e76add92-1786-45d7-b571-407d71182666.