Alanis Morissette · Jagged Little Pill
Forgiven
Forgiven is in A major at 161.7 beats per minute.
Tempo
162 BPM · Vivacemedian of 248 analyses · 161.7–161.8 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- A major3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 248people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 371.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.82dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.824Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.031Essentia'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
248 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 248 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 161.7 BPM one beat lasts 371.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 92.8 ms and a dotted eighth 278.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 80.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 323.4. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 5 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 5.82 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 0.824 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 A 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 A major
Each of these differs from A 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 162 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1484.2 | 0.67 |
| Half note | 2 | 742.1 | 1.35 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 556.6 | 1.8 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 371.1 | 2.7 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 247.4 | 4.04 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 278.3 | 3.59 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 185.5 | 5.39 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 123.7 | 8.08 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 139.1 | 7.19 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 92.8 | 10.78 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 61.8 | 16.17 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 46.4 | 21.56 |
Half time 80.9 BPM · double time 323.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (371.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- What I Like About YouThe RomanticsA major162BPM
- Running Out of Days3 Doors DownA major162BPM
- I Saw Her Standing ThereThe BeatlesA major162BPM
- Two out of Three Ain’t BadMeat LoafA major162BPM
- Synchronicity IIThe PoliceA major162BPM
- Come Live With Me AngelMarvin GayeA major162BPM
- WheelsFoo FightersA major162BPM
- Viðrar vel til loftárásaSigur RósA major163BPM
- The Girl Is MineMichael Jackson with Paul McCartneyA major163BPM
- Trapped Under IceMetallicaA major163BPM
Recordings in A major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 162 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in A majorAll songs at 162 BPMA major at 160–169 BPMAlanis Morissette
MusicBrainz collapses 32 recording ids into this one. Recording id 8dac9304-b57d-45f6-9860-ce27f20b2da4.