TempoPeek

The Beatles · Rock Band, The Mixes, Volume One

Hey Bulldog

Hey Bulldog is in B major at 101.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

102 BPM · Andantemedian of 146 analyses · 101.4–101.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B major5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
92%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
146people who ran the extractor
One beat
590.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
449.5Hz · +37 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.91dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.916Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.25Essentia'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

146 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 92% — put it in B major, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 146 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 101.6 BPM one beat lasts 590.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 147.6 ms and a dotted eighth 442.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 50.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 203.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 449.5 Hz, which is 37 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 2.91 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 0.916 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 B 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 B major

Each of these differs from B 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 102 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42362.20.42
Half note21181.10.85
Dotted quarter1.5885.81.13
Quarter note (one beat)1590.61.69
Quarter triplet0.667393.72.54
Dotted eighth0.75442.92.26
Eighth note0.5295.33.39
Eighth triplet0.333196.95.08
Dotted sixteenth0.375221.54.52
Sixteenth note0.25147.66.77
Sixteenth triplet0.16798.410.16
Thirty-second note0.12573.813.55

Half time 50.8 BPM · double time 203.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (590.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Give Me One ReasonTracy ChapmanB major102BPM
  2. The Sad CaféEaglesB major102BPM
  3. Faaip de OiadToolB major101BPM
  4. A Taste of HoneyThe BeatlesB major101BPM
  5. Hoodoo / Voodoo Medicine ManAerosmithB major101BPM
  6. Solsbury HillPeter GabrielB major103BPM
  7. Paradise CityGuns N’ RosesB major100BPM
  8. Walk Like an EgyptianBanglesB major103BPM
  9. I Don’t Want to Live Without YouForeignerB major100BPM
  10. Josieblink‐182B major100BPM

Recordings in B major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 102 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B majorAll songs at 102 BPMB major at 100–109 BPMThe Beatles

MusicBrainz collapses 40 recording ids into this one. Recording id 36650b4b-08b3-4d03-be10-a114f0dd4040.