Van Halen · For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Right Now
Right Now is in B flat major at 93.7 beats per minute.
Tempo
94 BPM · Andantemedian of 156 analyses · 93.6–93.8 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- B♭ major2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 156people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 640.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 440.8Hz · +3 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.11dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.736Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.984Essentia'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
156 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in B flat major, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 156 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 93.7 BPM one beat lasts 640.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 160.1 ms and a dotted eighth 480.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 46.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 187.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.8 Hz, which is 3 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 5.11 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 0.736 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 B 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 B♭ major
Each of these differs from B♭ 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 94 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2561.4 | 0.39 |
| Half note | 2 | 1280.7 | 0.78 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 960.5 | 1.04 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 640.3 | 1.56 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 426.9 | 2.34 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 480.3 | 2.08 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 320.2 | 3.12 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 213.4 | 4.69 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 240.1 | 4.16 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 160.1 | 6.25 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 106.7 | 9.37 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 80 | 12.49 |
Half time 46.9 BPM · double time 187.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (640.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Homeward BoundSimon & GarfunkelB♭ major94BPM
- The Serpent’s Tooth (take 1)Miles DavisB♭ major94BPM
- What They Gonna DoJay‐Z feat. Sean PaulB♭ major94BPM
- Blues to BechetJohn ColtraneB♭ major94BPM
- HypnotizeThe Notorious B.I.G.B♭ major94BPM
- Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)Dr. DreB♭ major94BPM
- Endless LoveDiana Ross & Lionel RichieB♭ major93BPM
- My HouseFlo RidaB♭ major94BPM
- WhoaSnoh AalegraB♭ major94BPM
- 99 ProblemsJay‐ZB♭ major93BPM
Recordings in B flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 94 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in B flat majorAll songs at 94 BPMB♭ major at 90–99 BPMVan Halen
MusicBrainz collapses 27 recording ids into this one. Recording id 9cd5b47e-af9e-4f0b-aa0f-beeb04ca1c8e.