TempoPeek

The Rolling Stones · Out of Our Heads

The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly is in A minor at 99 beats per minute.

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Tempo

99 BPM · Andantemedian of 182 analyses · 93.2–105.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A minorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
35%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
182people who ran the extractor
One beat
606.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
438.7Hz · -5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.13dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.878Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.25Essentia'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

182 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 35% — put it in A minor, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 182 readings; 62% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 93.2 to 105.1 BPM.

At 99 BPM one beat lasts 606.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 151.5 ms and a dotted eighth 454.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 49.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 198. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 438.7 Hz, which is 5 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 3.13 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 0.878 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 A 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 A minor

Each of these differs from A 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 99 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42424.20.41
Half note21212.10.83
Dotted quarter1.5909.11.1
Quarter note (one beat)1606.11.65
Quarter triplet0.6674042.48
Dotted eighth0.75454.52.2
Eighth note0.53033.3
Eighth triplet0.3332024.95
Dotted sixteenth0.375227.34.4
Sixteenth note0.25151.56.6
Sixteenth triplet0.1671019.9
Thirty-second note0.12575.813.2

Half time 49.5 BPM · double time 198 BPM. Every row is one beat (606.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Take Me AwayAvril LavigneA minor99BPM
  2. Too HighStevie WonderA minor99BPM
  3. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)Jay‐ZA minor99BPM
  4. Cleanin’ Out My ClosetEminemA minor99BPM
  5. Let’s Get HighDr. Dre featuring Hittman, Kurupt & Ms. RoqA minor99BPM
  6. Rock SteadyBad CompanyA minor100BPM
  7. I’m No AngelDidoA minor100BPM
  8. I’m EighteenAlice CooperA minor98BPM
  9. This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms RaceFall Out BoyA minor100BPM
  10. House of DalmoreJo BlankenburgA minor100BPM

Recordings in A minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 99 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A minorAll songs at 99 BPMA minor at 90–99 BPMThe Rolling Stones

MusicBrainz collapses 63 recording ids into this one. Recording id 7bad1639-c224-4138-9b7b-33f3a1700d34.