Van Halen · 1984
Top Jimmy
Top Jimmy is in G major at 90.6 beats per minute.
Tempo
91 BPM · Andantemedian of 153 analyses · 90.4–91.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 56%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 153people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 662.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 450.5Hz · +41 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.08dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.842Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.074Essentia'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
153 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 56% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 153 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 90.6 BPM one beat lasts 662.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 165.6 ms and a dotted eighth 496.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 181.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 450.5 Hz, which is 41 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.08 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 0.842 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 G 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 G major
Each of these differs from G 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 91 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2649 | 0.38 |
| Half note | 2 | 1324.5 | 0.75 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 993.4 | 1.01 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 662.3 | 1.51 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 441.5 | 2.27 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 496.7 | 2.01 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 331.1 | 3.02 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 220.8 | 4.53 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 248.3 | 4.03 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 165.6 | 6.04 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 110.4 | 9.06 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 82.8 | 12.08 |
Half time 45.3 BPM · double time 181.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (662.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Last ResortPapa RoachG major91BPM
- Anyone for TennisCreamG major90BPM
- BailandoEnrique Iglesias feat. Sean Paul, Descemer Bueno & Gente de ZonaG major91BPM
- Turn Off the LightNelly FurtadoG major90BPM
- Here I Go AgainWhitesnakeG major90BPM
- Ooo Baby BabyThe MiraclesG major90BPM
- If That’s What It TakesCéline DionG major90BPM
- I Feel FineThe BeatlesG major90BPM
- Funky MonksRed Hot Chili PeppersG major90BPM
- I’m a LoserThe BeatlesG major90BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 91 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 91 BPMG major at 90–99 BPMVan Halen
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id e8eae516-cade-4fc3-a7fb-db77f81f3e07.