TempoPeek

AC/DC · Flick of the Switch

Rising Power

Rising Power is in D major at 93.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

94 BPM · Andantemedian of 146 analyses · 93.5–93.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
56%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
146people who ran the extractor
One beat
641milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.3dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.94Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.465Essentia'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

146 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 56% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 146 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 93.6 BPM one beat lasts 641 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 160.3 ms and a dotted eighth 480.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 46.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 187.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.5 Hz, which is 6 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 2.3 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 0.94 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 D 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 D major

Each of these differs from D 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 valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42564.10.39
Half note21282.10.78
Dotted quarter1.5961.51.04
Quarter note (one beat)16411.56
Quarter triplet0.667427.42.34
Dotted eighth0.75480.82.08
Eighth note0.5320.53.12
Eighth triplet0.333213.74.68
Dotted sixteenth0.375240.44.16
Sixteenth note0.25160.36.24
Sixteenth triplet0.167106.89.36
Thirty-second note0.12580.112.48

Half time 46.8 BPM · double time 187.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (641 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. All Tomorrow’s PartiesThe Velvet Underground & NicoD major94BPM
  2. The Right TimeThe CorrsD major94BPM
  3. VulturesMeat PuppetsD major94BPM
  4. Hold Your Head UpUriah HeepD major93BPM
  5. Fly Away5 Seconds of SummerD major93BPM
  6. Human NatureMichael JacksonD major93BPM
  7. Running to Stand StillU2D major94BPM
  8. Roll Over BeethovenChuck BerryD major93BPM
  9. Blood and ThunderMastodonD major93BPM
  10. Rock and Roll Is DeadLenny KravitzD major93BPM

Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 94 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D majorAll songs at 94 BPMD major at 90–99 BPMAC/DC

MusicBrainz collapses 4 recording ids into this one. Recording id 3c0fa045-2c74-4dc2-90a9-b116be0cd980.