130–139 BPM · Allegro
Songs at 138 BPM
One beat
434.8 ms60,000 ÷ 138- Recordings
- 41at this whole tempo
- Half time
- 69BPM
- Double time
- 276BPM
- Most used key
- E major7 recordings
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.
41 recordings on this site sit at 138 beats per minute once each one's analyses are reduced to their median. A score would call that Allegro, by the ranges printed on the data page.
One beat lasts 434.8 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 217.4 ms, a dotted eighth 326.1 ms and a sixteenth 108.7 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.
Half time is 69 BPM and double time is 276; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.
7 of them are in E major, more than any other key at this tempo.
Delay times at 138 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1739.1 | 0.57 |
| Half note | 2 | 869.6 | 1.15 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 652.2 | 1.53 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 434.8 | 2.3 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 289.9 | 3.45 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 326.1 | 3.07 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 217.4 | 4.6 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 144.9 | 6.9 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 163 | 6.13 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 108.7 | 9.2 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 72.5 | 13.8 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 54.3 | 18.4 |
138 BPM, key by key
- E major7
- G major4
- D major4
- A major4
- A minor4
- D♭ major3
- B♭ major3
- C♯ minor3
- B♭ minor2
- C minor2
- C major1
- F♯ major1
- A♭ major1
- E♭ major1
- F major1
Each key links to its list at this tempo band (130–139 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.
The recordings
- Any Way You Want ItJourneyG major138BPM
- Please Don’t Leave MeP!nkD♭ major138BPM
- Eight Days a WeekThe BeatlesA major138BPM
- I Can’t ExplainThe WhoA major138BPM
- SparksColdplayD♭ major138BPM
- MinorityGreen DayC major138BPM
- A Rush of Blood to the HeadColdplayA minor138BPM
- Day TripperThe BeatlesE major138BPM
- Crazy TrainOzzy OsbourneA major138BPM
- Everybody’s EverythingSantanaF major138BPM
- Superheroes / Human After All / Rock’n RollDaft PunkA minor138BPM
- Have You Ever Been in LoveCéline DionF♯ major138BPM
- Say My NameDestiny’s ChildA♭ major138BPM
- Charlie BrownColdplayB♭ major138BPM
- Words in the WaterThriceE major138BPM
- Somebody Told MeThe KillersB♭ minor138BPM
- IdiotequeRadioheadB♭ major138BPM
- Underneath It AllNo Doubt featuring Lady SawE major138BPM
- Born to RunBruce Springsteen & The E Street BandE major138BPM
- Moments in LoveArt of NoiseC♯ minor138BPM
- Extraordinary GirlGreen DayD major138BPM
- Big Pimpin’JAY‐Z featuring UGKA minor138BPM
- This Is What Makes Us GirlsLana Del ReyB♭ major138BPM
- Eight Easy StepsAlanis MorissetteC♯ minor138BPM
- Next Plane OutCéline DionB♭ minor138BPM
- Earth SongMichael JacksonD♭ major138BPM
- Bad InfluenceP!nkE major138BPM
- Like Spinning PlatesRadioheadC♯ minor138BPM
- Accidentally in LoveCounting CrowsG major138BPM
- I Like America & America Likes MeThe 1975E♭ major138BPM
- Keine LustRammsteinC minor138BPM
- Thank You GirlThe BeatlesD major138BPM
- Break & EnterThe ProdigyC minor138BPM
- PartyBostonA major138BPM
- RopeFoo FightersG major138BPM
- This FireFranz FerdinandD major138BPM
- Big Pimpin’ / PapercutJay‐Z / Linkin ParkE major138BPM
- Safest Place to HideBackstreet BoysE major138BPM
- Axel FCrazy FrogG major138BPM
- The PhoenixFall Out BoyA minor138BPM
- RipcordRadioheadD major138BPM
Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 138 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.