Tim Davies · Frozen

Onward and Upward

Onward and Upward is in F minor at 150.7 beats per minute.

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Tempo

151 BPM · Allegromedian of 140 analyses · 150.7–151 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F minor4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
94%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
140people who ran the extractor
One beat
398.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440.5Hz · +2 cents from A 440
Dynamics
8.94dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.002Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.827Essentia'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

140 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in F minor, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 140 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 150.7 BPM one beat lasts 398.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 99.5 ms and a dotted eighth 298.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 75.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 301.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.5 Hz, which is 2 cents above 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 8.94 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 0.002 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 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 151 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41592.60.63
Half note2796.31.26
Dotted quarter1.5597.21.67
Quarter note (one beat)1398.12.51
Quarter triplet0.667265.43.77
Dotted eighth0.75298.63.35
Eighth note0.5199.15.02
Eighth triplet0.333132.77.54
Dotted sixteenth0.375149.36.7
Sixteenth note0.2599.510.05
Sixteenth triplet0.16766.415.07
Thirty-second note0.12549.820.09

Half time 75.4 BPM · double time 301.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (398.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. OriginalArcángel x Bad BunnyF minor151BPM
  2. Bang BangJessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki MinajF minor150BPM
  3. You Could Be MineGuns N’ RosesF minor151BPM
  4. The BecomingNine Inch NailsF minor150BPM
  5. Ain’t No TellingThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceF minor152BPM
  6. Don’t SpeakNo DoubtF minor152BPM
  7. Ain’t No SunshineMichael JacksonF minor152BPM
  8. High Plains DrifterBeastie BoysF minor153BPM
  9. RevolutionDiplo feat. Faustix & Imanos and KaiF minor148BPM
  10. TelephoneErykah BaduF minor154BPM

Recordings in F minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 151 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F minorAll songs at 151 BPMF minor at 150–159 BPMTim Davies

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 3b4f6dcd-985b-4d70-86ff-4e385d54550c.