Aerosmith · Nine Lives

Pink

Pink is in C major at 85.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

86 BPM · Andantemedian of 172 analyses · 85.7–85.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
172people who ran the extractor
One beat
699.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440.8Hz · +3 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.46dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.96Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.252Essentia'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

172 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 172 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 85.8 BPM one beat lasts 699.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 174.8 ms and a dotted eighth 524.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 42.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 171.6. 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 2.46 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 0.96 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 C 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 86 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42797.20.36
Half note21398.60.72
Dotted quarter1.510490.95
Quarter note (one beat)1699.31.43
Quarter triplet0.667466.22.15
Dotted eighth0.75524.51.91
Eighth note0.5349.72.86
Eighth triplet0.333233.14.29
Dotted sixteenth0.375262.23.81
Sixteenth note0.25174.85.72
Sixteenth triplet0.167116.68.58
Thirty-second note0.12587.411.44

Half time 42.9 BPM · double time 171.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (699.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Interlude (That’s Love)Chance the RapperC major86BPM
  2. Terminal FrostPink FloydC major86BPM
  3. Money MadeAC/DCC major86BPM
  4. JulietNeil DiamondC major85BPM
  5. AlbertaEric ClaptonC major85BPM
  6. Victim of LoveEaglesC major85BPM
  7. EmotionDestiny’s ChildC major87BPM
  8. Apprends‐moiCéline DionC major87BPM
  9. She’s Got Her TicketTracy ChapmanC major87BPM
  10. A Great Day for FreedomPink FloydC major84BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 86 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 86 BPMC major at 80–89 BPMAerosmith

MusicBrainz collapses 15 recording ids into this one. Recording id dc2aef2f-fe23-4ad6-a6e3-44f5b81b096c.