TempoPeek

The Killers · Sam’s Town

Bling (Confession of a King)

Bling (Confession of a King) is in D major at 113.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

113 BPM · Moderatomedian of 138 analyses · 113.2–113.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
91%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
138people who ran the extractor
One beat
529.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
443.6Hz · +14 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.34dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.894Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.159Essentia'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

138 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 91% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 138 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 113.3 BPM one beat lasts 529.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 132.4 ms and a dotted eighth 397.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 56.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 226.6. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.6 Hz, which is 14 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 3.34 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 0.894 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 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 113 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42118.30.47
Half note21059.10.94
Dotted quarter1.5794.41.26
Quarter note (one beat)1529.61.89
Quarter triplet0.6673532.83
Dotted eighth0.75397.22.52
Eighth note0.5264.83.78
Eighth triplet0.333176.55.67
Dotted sixteenth0.375198.65.04
Sixteenth note0.25132.47.55
Sixteenth triplet0.16788.311.33
Thirty-second note0.12566.215.11

Half time 56.7 BPM · double time 226.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (529.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Under PressureQueen & David BowieD major113BPM
  2. Cold Cold HeartNorah JonesD major114BPM
  3. Under PressureQueenD major114BPM
  4. You Get What You GiveNew RadicalsD major114BPM
  5. Certain Kind of FoolEaglesD major113BPM
  6. Moonlight DriveThe DoorsD major114BPM
  7. Mistress for ChristmasAC/DCD major113BPM
  8. Absolute BeginnersDavid BowieD major114BPM
  9. PerfectThe Smashing PumpkinsD major114BPM
  10. American GirlTom Petty and the HeartbreakersD major114BPM

Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 113 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D majorAll songs at 113 BPMD major at 110–119 BPMThe Killers

MusicBrainz collapses 13 recording ids into this one. Recording id faa455ce-f3f3-4626-84aa-3892a44a970b.