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Flying

Flying is in C major at 93 beats per minute.

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Tempo

93 BPM · Andantemedian of 156 analyses · 93–93.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
94%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
156people who ran the extractor
One beat
645.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
435.7Hz · -17 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.05dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.864Essentia'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

156 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 156 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 93 BPM one beat lasts 645.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 161.3 ms and a dotted eighth 483.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 46.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 186. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 435.7 Hz, which is 17 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 6.05 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 0.864 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 93 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42580.60.39
Half note21290.30.78
Dotted quarter1.5967.71.03
Quarter note (one beat)1645.21.55
Quarter triplet0.667430.12.33
Dotted eighth0.75483.92.07
Eighth note0.5322.63.1
Eighth triplet0.333215.14.65
Dotted sixteenth0.375241.94.13
Sixteenth note0.25161.36.2
Sixteenth triplet0.167107.59.3
Thirty-second note0.12580.612.4

Half time 46.5 BPM · double time 186 BPM. Every row is one beat (645.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Back to SleepChris BrownC major93BPM
  2. Ordinary DayVanessa CarltonC major93BPM
  3. BlackbirdThe BeatlesC major94BPM
  4. OneJohnny CashC major94BPM
  5. Let Me RideDr. DreC major92BPM
  6. It’s Not UnusualTom JonesC major92BPM
  7. Modern LoveDavid BowieC major92BPM
  8. Steam MachineDaft PunkC major92BPM
  9. You Never Cry Like a LoverEaglesC major92BPM
  10. TryNelly FurtadoC major94BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 93 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 93 BPMC major at 90–99 BPMThe Beatles

MusicBrainz collapses 16 recording ids into this one. Recording id 2e9b6241-3d1d-464e-a96c-821a0ca84806.