Alice in Chains · Facelift
Man in the Box
Man in the Box is in E flat minor at 107.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
107 BPM · Andantemedian of 243 analyses · 107–109 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E♭ minor6 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 91%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 243people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 559.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.8Hz · +7 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.3dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.916Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.194Essentia'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
243 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 91% — put it in E flat minor, a key signature of 6 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 243 readings; 90% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 107 to 109 BPM.
At 107.2 BPM one beat lasts 559.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 139.9 ms and a dotted eighth 419.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 53.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 214.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.8 Hz, which is 7 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 0.916 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 E flat minor; 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 E♭ minor
Each of these differs from E♭ minor 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 107 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2238.8 | 0.45 |
| Half note | 2 | 1119.4 | 0.89 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 839.6 | 1.19 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 559.7 | 1.79 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 373.1 | 2.68 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 419.8 | 2.38 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 279.9 | 3.57 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 186.6 | 5.36 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 209.9 | 4.76 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 139.9 | 7.15 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 93.3 | 10.72 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 70 | 14.29 |
Half time 53.6 BPM · double time 214.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (559.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Natural BluesMobyE♭ minor108BPM
- Lighten UpBeastie BoysE♭ minor108BPM
- True to Your Heart98° and Stevie WonderE♭ minor106BPM
- Diesel PowerProdigyE♭ minor106BPM
- Mr. BrownstoneGuns N’ RosesE♭ minor106BPM
- Play With FireThe Rolling StonesE♭ minor109BPM
- In the EndLinkin ParkE♭ minor105BPM
- PreciousDepeche ModeE♭ minor105BPM
- D.S.Michael JacksonE♭ minor109BPM
- Island of WonderNelly Furtado feat. Caetano VelosoE♭ minor105BPM
Recordings in E flat minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 107 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E flat minorAll songs at 107 BPME♭ minor at 100–109 BPMAlice in Chains
MusicBrainz collapses 57 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1b055a51-eac1-4b06-a28f-d0b8c7a5e65a.