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The Rolling Stones · Emotional Rescue

Emotional Rescue

Emotional Rescue is in B flat major at 113.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

114 BPM · Moderatomedian of 160 analyses · 113.8–114.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B♭ major2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
160people who ran the extractor
One beat
527.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.92dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.93Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.652Essentia'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. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in B flat major, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 160 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 113.8 BPM one beat lasts 527.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 131.8 ms and a dotted eighth 395.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 56.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 227.6. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 4.92 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 0.93 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 B 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 B♭ major

Each of these differs from B♭ 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 114 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note421090.47
Half note21054.50.95
Dotted quarter1.5790.91.26
Quarter note (one beat)1527.21.9
Quarter triplet0.667351.52.85
Dotted eighth0.75395.42.53
Eighth note0.5263.63.79
Eighth triplet0.333175.75.69
Dotted sixteenth0.375197.75.06
Sixteenth note0.25131.87.59
Sixteenth triplet0.16787.911.38
Thirty-second note0.12565.915.17

Half time 56.9 BPM · double time 227.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (527.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. I Think I’m ParanoidGarbageB♭ major114BPM
  2. PolaroidJonas Blue, Liam Payne & Lennon StellaB♭ major114BPM
  3. All the King’s HorsesAretha FranklinB♭ major113BPM
  4. Fooled Around and Fell in LoveElvin BishopB♭ major113BPM
  5. Ob‐La‐Di, Ob‐La‐DaThe BeatlesB♭ major113BPM
  6. The Way You Make Me FeelMichael JacksonB♭ major115BPM
  7. Purple RainPrince and The RevolutionB♭ major113BPM
  8. We’ve Got It Goin’ On (radio edit)Backstreet BoysB♭ major113BPM
  9. No PromisesCheat Codes feat. Demi LovatoB♭ major113BPM
  10. DangerousMichael JacksonB♭ major113BPM

Recordings in B flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 114 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B flat majorAll songs at 114 BPMB♭ major at 110–119 BPMThe Rolling Stones

MusicBrainz collapses 41 recording ids into this one. Recording id e39a7b9c-d3f5-4963-a763-ce534f64dec1.