The Killers · Sam’s Town
Sam’s Town
Sam’s Town is in F sharp minor at 141.3 beats per minute.
Tempo
141 BPM · Allegromedian of 143 analyses · 137.5–141.3 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F♯ minor3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 88%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 143people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 424.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442.3Hz · +9 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.14dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.883Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.09Essentia'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
143 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 88% — put it in F sharp minor, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 143 readings; 90% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 137.5 to 141.3 BPM.
At 141.3 BPM one beat lasts 424.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 106.2 ms and a dotted eighth 318.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 70.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 282.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.3 Hz, which is 9 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 3.14 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 0.883 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 F sharp minor; 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 F♯ minor
Each of these differs from F♯ minor 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 141 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1698.5 | 0.59 |
| Half note | 2 | 849.3 | 1.18 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 636.9 | 1.57 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 424.6 | 2.36 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 283.1 | 3.53 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 318.5 | 3.14 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 212.3 | 4.71 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 141.5 | 7.07 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 159.2 | 6.28 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 106.2 | 9.42 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 70.8 | 14.13 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 53.1 | 18.84 |
Half time 70.7 BPM · double time 282.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (424.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- SubterraneansDavid BowieF♯ minor140BPM
- HelloEvanescenceF♯ minor140BPM
- Milk ItNirvanaF♯ minor139BPM
- Send One Your LoveStevie WonderF♯ minor146BPM
- The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 2: EntertainmentNick MasonF♯ minor136BPM
- Just Walk AwayCéline DionF♯ minor147BPM
- BootlegCreedence Clearwater RevivalF♯ minor147BPM
- The Long DefeatThriceF♯ minor135BPM
- DaylightColdplayF♯ minor133BPM
- Cherry Blossom GirlAirF♯ minor150BPM
Recordings in F sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 141 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F sharp minorAll songs at 141 BPMThe Killers
MusicBrainz collapses 15 recording ids into this one. Recording id 0faa740d-fd97-4d1a-a258-2bc45323e4f2.