TempoPeek

Aretha Franklin · Spirit in the Dark

You and Me

You and Me is in G major at 154.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

155 BPM · Allegromedian of 199 analyses · 154.5–154.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
199people who ran the extractor
One beat
388.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.14dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.301Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.012Essentia'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

199 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 199 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 154.6 BPM one beat lasts 388.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 97 ms and a dotted eighth 291.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 77.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 309.2. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 5.14 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 0.301 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 155 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41552.40.64
Half note2776.21.29
Dotted quarter1.5582.11.72
Quarter note (one beat)1388.12.58
Quarter triplet0.667258.73.87
Dotted eighth0.75291.13.44
Eighth note0.51945.15
Eighth triplet0.333129.47.73
Dotted sixteenth0.375145.56.87
Sixteenth note0.259710.31
Sixteenth triplet0.16764.715.46
Thirty-second note0.12548.520.61

Half time 77.3 BPM · double time 309.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (388.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

The same title by somebody else

  1. You and MeThe CranberriesE♭ major96BPM

Matched on the title alone, so this list can hold a different song that happens to share a name. Nothing here claims one is a cover of the other.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. On My MindEllie GouldingG major155BPM
  2. E‐Bow the LetterR.E.M.G major155BPM
  3. PromisesEric ClaptonG major155BPM
  4. Thank YouLed ZeppelinG major155BPM
  5. John, I’m Only DancingDavid BowieG major154BPM
  6. Live and Let DieWingsG major154BPM
  7. Try and Love AgainEaglesG major155BPM
  8. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)Billy JoelG major155BPM
  9. Chelsea DaggerThe FratellisG major154BPM
  10. You Upset Me BabyB.B. KingG major154BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 155 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 155 BPMG major at 150–159 BPMAretha Franklin

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 0b63d471-c914-4899-a6e0-cf647b3f5ff8.