Thrice · To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere
The Long Defeat
The Long Defeat is in F sharp minor at 134.7 beats per minute.
Tempo
135 BPM · Allegromedian of 214 analyses · 134.7–134.7 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F♯ minor3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 100%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 214people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 445.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.68dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.772Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.041Essentia'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
214 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in F sharp minor, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 214 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 134.7 BPM one beat lasts 445.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 111.4 ms and a dotted eighth 334.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 67.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 269.4. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 4.68 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 0.772 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 F sharp 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 F♯ minor
Each of these differs from F♯ 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 135 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1781.7 | 0.56 |
| Half note | 2 | 890.9 | 1.12 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 668.2 | 1.5 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 445.4 | 2.24 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 297 | 3.37 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 334.1 | 2.99 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 222.7 | 4.49 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 148.5 | 6.74 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 167 | 5.99 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 111.4 | 8.98 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 74.2 | 13.47 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 55.7 | 17.96 |
Half time 67.4 BPM · double time 269.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (445.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party, Part 2: EntertainmentNick MasonF♯ minor136BPM
- DaylightColdplayF♯ minor133BPM
- Sunshine SupermanDonovanF♯ minor133BPM
- Crescendolls (Laidback Luke remix)Daft PunkF♯ minor131BPM
- Milk ItNirvanaF♯ minor139BPM
- BrittleScannerF♯ minor131BPM
- Call on MeChicagoF♯ minor130BPM
- Meet Me HalfwayThe Black Eyed PeasF♯ minor130BPM
- Personal JesusDepeche ModeF♯ minor130BPM
- Xanax Files$NotF♯ minor130BPM
Recordings in F sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 135 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F sharp minorAll songs at 135 BPMF♯ minor at 130–139 BPMThrice
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 2d841937-936e-4c18-8b84-974a87cf6925.