TempoPeek

The Rolling Stones · Between the Buttons

Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday is in C major at 104.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

104 BPM · Andantemedian of 377 analyses · 103.7–106.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
94%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
377people who ran the extractor
One beat
574.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
447.2Hz · +28 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.91dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.828Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.932Essentia'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

377 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 377 readings; 88% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 103.7 to 106.1 BPM.

At 104.4 BPM one beat lasts 574.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 143.7 ms and a dotted eighth 431 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 52.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 208.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 447.2 Hz, which is 28 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 3.91 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 0.828 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 C 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 104 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42298.90.44
Half note21149.40.87
Dotted quarter1.5862.11.16
Quarter note (one beat)1574.71.74
Quarter triplet0.667383.12.61
Dotted eighth0.754312.32
Eighth note0.5287.43.48
Eighth triplet0.333191.65.22
Dotted sixteenth0.375215.54.64
Sixteenth note0.25143.76.96
Sixteenth triplet0.16795.810.44
Thirty-second note0.12571.813.92

Half time 52.2 BPM · double time 208.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (574.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. AeroplaneBjörkC major105BPM
  2. Sweetest DevotionAdeleC major104BPM
  3. Last NiteThe StrokesC major104BPM
  4. Down in ItNine Inch NailsC major104BPM
  5. My GirlThe TemptationsC major105BPM
  6. Magic ManHeartC major105BPM
  7. Femme FataleThe Velvet Underground & NicoC major104BPM
  8. Call on Me (Ryan Riback remix)StarleyC major105BPM
  9. Who's That GirlMadonnaC major104BPM
  10. The Secret Life of ArabiaDavid BowieC major105BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 104 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 104 BPMC major at 100–109 BPMThe Rolling Stones

MusicBrainz collapses 222 recording ids into this one. Recording id a4d53c4f-8044-404c-b6c9-a91f4412a672.