The Doors · Strange Days
Unhappy Girl
Unhappy Girl is in E flat major at 127.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
127 BPM · Allegromedian of 160 analyses · 126.9–127.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 81%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 160people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 472.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 444.1Hz · +16 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.85dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.781Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.003Essentia'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
160 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 81% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 160 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 127.1 BPM one beat lasts 472.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 118 ms and a dotted eighth 354.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 63.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 254.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.1 Hz, which is 16 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 4.85 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 0.781 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 127 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1888.3 | 0.53 |
| Half note | 2 | 944.1 | 1.06 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 708.1 | 1.41 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 472.1 | 2.12 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 314.7 | 3.18 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 354.1 | 2.82 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 236 | 4.24 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 157.4 | 6.36 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 177 | 5.65 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 118 | 8.47 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 78.7 | 12.71 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 59 | 16.95 |
Half time 63.6 BPM · double time 254.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (472.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Ray of LightMadonnaE♭ major127BPM
- ExtraordinaryClean Bandit feat. Sharna BassE♭ major127BPM
- Everything I SaidThe CranberriesE♭ major127BPM
- Take My HandDidoE♭ major127BPM
- Easy SkankingBob Marley & The WailersE♭ major127BPM
- Pride and JoyStevie Ray Vaughan and Double TroubleE♭ major127BPM
- SolitudeBillie HolidayE♭ major127BPM
- Pulling TeethGreen DayE♭ major128BPM
- Ain’t It a ShameThe B‐52sE♭ major128BPM
- Superbiadeadmau5E♭ major128BPM
Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 127 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 127 BPME♭ major at 120–129 BPMThe Doors
MusicBrainz collapses 19 recording ids into this one. Recording id a2ddbbbd-46dc-46c3-bbcc-d15e6fbbba62.