140–149 BPM · Allegro
Songs at 147 BPM
One beat
408.2 ms60,000 ÷ 147- Recordings
- 57at this whole tempo
- Half time
- 73.5BPM
- Double time
- 294BPM
- Most used key
- D major10 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.
57 recordings on this site sit at 147 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 408.2 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 204.1 ms, a dotted eighth 306.1 ms and a sixteenth 102 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.
Half time is 73.5 BPM and double time is 294; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.
10 of them are in D major, more than any other key at this tempo.
Delay times at 147 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1632.7 | 0.61 |
| Half note | 2 | 816.3 | 1.22 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 612.2 | 1.63 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 408.2 | 2.45 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 272.1 | 3.68 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 306.1 | 3.27 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 204.1 | 4.9 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 136.1 | 7.35 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 153.1 | 6.53 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 102 | 9.8 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 68 | 14.7 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 51 | 19.6 |
147 BPM, key by key
- D major10
- A major6
- B♭ major6
- G major5
- F major5
- A minor4
- C major3
- E major3
- E minor2
- B minor2
- F♯ minor2
- F♯ major1
- D♭ major1
- A♭ major1
- E♭ major1
- G♯ minor1
- F minor1
- C minor1
- G minor1
- D minor1
Each key links to its list at this tempo band (140–149 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.
The recordings
- Hotel CaliforniaEaglesB minor147BPM
- HolidayGreen DayF minor147BPM
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da DaThe PoliceA major147BPM
- The ScientistColdplayF major147BPM
- Wild HorsesThe Rolling StonesG major147BPM
- Perfect DayLou ReedB♭ major147BPM
- Born to RunBruce SpringsteenE major147BPM
- Long Road to RuinFoo FightersC major147BPM
- Fake Plastic TreesRadioheadD major147BPM
- Love Her MadlyThe DoorsA minor147BPM
- BootlegCreedence Clearwater RevivalF♯ minor147BPM
- More Than She KnowsSpin DoctorsC major147BPM
- ¿Y tú qué has hecho?Buena Vista Social ClubE♭ major147BPM
- Achilles Last StandLed ZeppelinE minor147BPM
- Helplessly HopingCrosby, Stills & NashG major147BPM
- Cemetery GatesPanteraA major147BPM
- You Got That RightLynyrd SkynyrdF major147BPM
- SatisfactionOtis ReddingG♯ minor147BPM
- Blood Sugar Sex MagikRed Hot Chili PeppersA minor147BPM
- Highway 61 RevisitedBob DylanB♭ major147BPM
- Love Will Tear Us ApartJoy DivisionD major147BPM
- Mama’s BoyRamonesE major147BPM
- I Still Get JealousLouis ArmstrongG minor147BPM
- Soul LoveDavid BowieD major147BPM
- The View From the AfternoonArctic MonkeysA minor147BPM
- Monkey ManAmy WinehouseB♭ major147BPM
- Annie’s SongJohn DenverD major147BPM
- Tiny VesselsDeath Cab for CutieD major147BPM
- Always on My MindWillie NelsonD major147BPM
- Bark at the MoonOzzy OsbourneA minor147BPM
- ProofPaul SimonG major147BPM
- Dirty WorkSteely DanF♯ major147BPM
- CommunicateThe B‐52sD minor147BPM
- The MuleDeep PurpleD major147BPM
- Smokin & DrinkinDanny BrownB♭ major147BPM
- Swap MeetNirvanaF major147BPM
- The Ballad of Curtis LoewLynyrd SkynyrdE major147BPM
- Dark LadyCherC minor147BPM
- Sweet Sweet BulbsCaptain Beefheart & His Magic BandE minor147BPM
- Rockaria!Electric Light OrchestraD major147BPM
- PatientlyJourneyG major147BPM
- Out of TearsThe Rolling StonesD major147BPM
- SinnermanNina SimoneB minor147BPM
- GuiltyBonnie RaittA major147BPM
- Just Walk AwayCéline DionF♯ minor147BPM
- IsraelitesDesmond Dekker & the AcesB♭ major147BPM
- Meet Me in the MorningBob DylanA major147BPM
- Star67DrakeB♭ major147BPM
- More BluesPink FloydC major147BPM
- Eon Blue ApocalypseToolD major147BPM
- DebraBeckF major147BPM
- Take This LongingLeonard CohenF major147BPM
- Feel All My Love InsideMarvin GayeD♭ major147BPM
- Bold as LoveThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceA♭ major147BPM
- Thinking of YouKaty PerryA major147BPM
- How Do You?RadioheadA major147BPM
- Too Much to AskAvril LavigneG major147BPM
Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 147 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.