TempoPeek

Van Halen · 1984

Panama

Panama is in E flat major at 141 beats per minute.

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Tempo

141 BPM · Allegromedian of 254 analyses · 140.9–146.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
56%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
254people who ran the extractor
One beat
425.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
447.7Hz · +30 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.62dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.906Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.239Essentia'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

254 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 56% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 254 readings; 89% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 140.9 to 146.1 BPM.

At 141 BPM one beat lasts 425.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 106.4 ms and a dotted eighth 319.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 70.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 282. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 447.7 Hz, which is 30 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 2.62 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 0.906 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 E flat 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 E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ 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 141 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41702.10.59
Half note2851.11.18
Dotted quarter1.5638.31.57
Quarter note (one beat)1425.52.35
Quarter triplet0.667283.73.53
Dotted eighth0.75319.13.13
Eighth note0.5212.84.7
Eighth triplet0.333141.87.05
Dotted sixteenth0.375159.66.27
Sixteenth note0.25106.49.4
Sixteenth triplet0.16770.914.1
Thirty-second note0.12553.218.8

Half time 70.5 BPM · double time 282 BPM. Every row is one beat (425.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Born in the 50’sThe PoliceE♭ major141BPM
  2. Warning SignColdplayE♭ major141BPM
  3. For Reasons UnknownThe KillersE♭ major141BPM
  4. Bohemian RhapsodyQueenE♭ major140BPM
  5. Who Do You LoveThe Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of SummerE♭ major140BPM
  6. Bad DayDaniel PowterE♭ major140BPM
  7. Love Doesn’t Ask WhyCéline DionE♭ major140BPM
  8. Lose It AllBackstreet BoysE♭ major140BPM
  9. Doctor JonesAquaE♭ major140BPM
  10. A Warm PlaceNine Inch NailsE♭ major140BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 141 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 141 BPME♭ major at 140–149 BPMVan Halen

MusicBrainz collapses 47 recording ids into this one. Recording id 04856002-f884-4d2b-b6b9-1a86fa27f8ed.