The Beatles · Abbey Road: Deluxe Edition
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
The Ballad Of John And Yoko is in E flat major at 135.5 beats per minute.
Tempo
136 BPM · Allegromedian of 349 analyses · 135.3–135.6 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 89%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 349people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 442.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 454.5Hz · +56 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.4dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.972Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.339Essentia'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
349 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 89% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 349 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 135.5 BPM one beat lasts 442.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 110.7 ms and a dotted eighth 332.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 67.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 271. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 454.5 Hz, which is 56 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 2.4 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 0.972 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 E 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 E♭ major
Each of these differs from E♭ 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 136 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1771.2 | 0.56 |
| Half note | 2 | 885.6 | 1.13 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 664.2 | 1.51 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 442.8 | 2.26 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 295.2 | 3.39 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 332.1 | 3.01 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 221.4 | 4.52 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 147.6 | 6.78 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 166.1 | 6.02 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 110.7 | 9.03 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 73.8 | 13.55 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 55.4 | 18.07 |
Half time 67.8 BPM · double time 271 BPM. Every row is one beat (442.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- I Shall BelieveSheryl CrowE♭ major136BPM
- Keep the Customer SatisfiedSimon & GarfunkelE♭ major136BPM
- Lady of the IslandCrosby, Stills & NashE♭ major136BPM
- EverydayBuddy Holly & The CricketsE♭ major136BPM
- Ain’t No WayAretha FranklinE♭ major137BPM
- You’re Still the OneShania TwainE♭ major134BPM
- Jamaica Jerk‑OffElton JohnE♭ major134BPM
- Jumpin’ Jack FlashThe Rolling StonesE♭ major137BPM
- Rock ’n’ Roll SingerAC/DCE♭ major134BPM
- BargainThe WhoE♭ major133BPM
Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 136 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 136 BPME♭ major at 130–139 BPMThe Beatles
MusicBrainz collapses 21 recording ids into this one. Recording id 02690387-dbd9-4d24-bbf5-1d2d7ca103ac.