TempoPeek

Alice in Chains · Dirt

Would?

Would? is in B flat minor at 103 beats per minute.

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Tempo

103 BPM · Andantemedian of 268 analyses · 102.9–104.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B♭ minor5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
94%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
268people who ran the extractor
One beat
582.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442Hz · +8 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.47dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.949Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.306Essentia'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

268 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in B flat minor, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 268 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 102.9 to 104.1 BPM.

At 103 BPM one beat lasts 582.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 145.6 ms and a dotted eighth 436.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 51.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 206. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442 Hz, which is 8 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 2.47 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 0.949 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 B 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 B♭ minor

Each of these differs from B♭ 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 103 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42330.10.43
Half note211650.86
Dotted quarter1.5873.81.14
Quarter note (one beat)1582.51.72
Quarter triplet0.667388.32.58
Dotted eighth0.75436.92.29
Eighth note0.5291.33.43
Eighth triplet0.333194.25.15
Dotted sixteenth0.375218.44.58
Sixteenth note0.25145.66.87
Sixteenth triplet0.16797.110.3
Thirty-second note0.12572.813.73

Half time 51.5 BPM · double time 206 BPM. Every row is one beat (582.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The Narrow Way, Part 2David GilmourB♭ minor103BPM
  2. Own ItDrakeB♭ minor103BPM
  3. My Toy Soldier50 Cent feat. Tony YayoB♭ minor104BPM
  4. Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down and Out)Otis ReddingB♭ minor104BPM
  5. One DanceDrake feat. WizKid & KylaB♭ minor104BPM
  6. Fire50 Cent feat. Young Buck & Nicole ScherzingerB♭ minor104BPM
  7. NastyJanet JacksonB♭ minor104BPM
  8. Ring, Ring, Ring (Ha Ha Hey) (album version)De La SoulB♭ minor104BPM
  9. Bringing It BackBlack Eyed PeasB♭ minor104BPM
  10. Side A (Old)Danny BrownB♭ minor104BPM

Recordings in B flat minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 103 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B flat minorAll songs at 103 BPMB♭ minor at 100–109 BPMAlice in Chains

MusicBrainz collapses 51 recording ids into this one. Recording id b0b9e9c1-a234-42db-a2b6-d0d576bf525d.