TempoPeek

The Rolling Stones · Aftermath

Under My Thumb

Under My Thumb is in D major at 126.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

127 BPM · Allegromedian of 323 analyses · 126.6–134.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
52%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
323people who ran the extractor
One beat
472.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.7Hz · -1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.39dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.925Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.232Essentia'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

323 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 52% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 323 readings; 83% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 126.6 to 134.9 BPM.

At 126.9 BPM one beat lasts 472.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 118.2 ms and a dotted eighth 354.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 63.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 253.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.7 Hz, which is 1 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 3.39 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 0.925 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 127 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41891.30.53
Half note2945.61.06
Dotted quarter1.5709.21.41
Quarter note (one beat)1472.82.12
Quarter triplet0.667315.23.17
Dotted eighth0.75354.62.82
Eighth note0.5236.44.23
Eighth triplet0.333157.66.35
Dotted sixteenth0.375177.35.64
Sixteenth note0.25118.28.46
Sixteenth triplet0.16778.812.69
Thirty-second note0.12559.116.92

Half time 63.5 BPM · double time 253.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (472.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. She Goes DownMötley CrüeD major127BPM
  2. Hey Boy Hey GirlThe Chemical BrothersD major127BPM
  3. There’s Gonna Be Some Rockin’AC/DCD major127BPM
  4. All This TimeStingD major127BPM
  5. People Get ReadyAretha FranklinD major127BPM
  6. (Da Le) YaleoSantanaD major127BPM
  7. Oh DarlingSupertrampD major127BPM
  8. You Wear It WellRod StewartD major127BPM
  9. MozambiqueBob DylanD major127BPM
  10. Fly on the WallAC/DCD major127BPM

Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 127 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D majorAll songs at 127 BPMD major at 120–129 BPMThe Rolling Stones

MusicBrainz collapses 268 recording ids into this one. Recording id 0fded65a-60dc-4ebd-9587-639c921176fb.