The Rolling Stones · Aftermath
Doncha Bother Me
Doncha Bother Me is in D major at 122.8 beats per minute.
Tempo
123 BPM · Allegromedian of 130 analyses · 122.8–122.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 46%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 130people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 488.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 431.9Hz · -32 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.34dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.893Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.011Essentia'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
130 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 46% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 130 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 122.8 BPM one beat lasts 488.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 122.1 ms and a dotted eighth 366.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 61.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 245.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 431.9 Hz, which is 32 cents below 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 4.34 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 0.893 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 123 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1954.4 | 0.51 |
| Half note | 2 | 977.2 | 1.02 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 732.9 | 1.36 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 488.6 | 2.05 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 325.7 | 3.07 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 366.4 | 2.73 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 244.3 | 4.09 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 162.9 | 6.14 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 183.2 | 5.46 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 122.1 | 8.19 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 81.4 | 12.28 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 61.1 | 16.37 |
Half time 61.4 BPM · double time 245.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (488.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- AerodynamicDaft PunkD major123BPM
- Aerodynamic (Daft Punk remix)Daft PunkD major123BPM
- Don’t Look BackBostonD major123BPM
- FriendsDidoD major123BPM
- Speed of SoundColdplayD major123BPM
- Have a Drink on MeAC/DCD major123BPM
- Rescue MeFontella BassD major123BPM
- I’ve Got The World On A StringFrank SinatraD major123BPM
- Mighty Good LeaderAudio AdrenalineD major123BPM
- Let It RainEric ClaptonD major123BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 123 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 123 BPMD major at 120–129 BPMThe Rolling Stones
MusicBrainz collapses 19 recording ids into this one. Recording id ac3d79c0-47d8-403a-8151-7f9a1ff531d0.