Beastie Boys · Paul’s Boutique
Hey Ladies
Hey Ladies is in D flat major at 101.8 beats per minute.
Tempo
102 BPM · Andantemedian of 234 analyses · 101.7–101.8 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D♭ major5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 45%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 234people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 589.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.75dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.835Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.445Essentia'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
234 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 45% — put it in D flat major, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 234 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 101.8 BPM one beat lasts 589.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 147.3 ms and a dotted eighth 442 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 50.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 203.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 cents below 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 4.75 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 0.835 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 D flat 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 D♭ major
Each of these differs from D♭ 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 102 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2357.6 | 0.42 |
| Half note | 2 | 1178.8 | 0.85 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 884.1 | 1.13 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 589.4 | 1.7 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 392.9 | 2.55 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 442 | 2.26 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 294.7 | 3.39 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 196.5 | 5.09 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 221 | 4.52 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 147.3 | 6.79 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 98.2 | 10.18 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 73.7 | 13.57 |
Half time 50.9 BPM · double time 203.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (589.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Have to StayDidoD♭ major102BPM
- The GridDaft PunkD♭ major102BPM
- TRON Legacy (End Titles)Daft PunkD♭ major102BPM
- Talkin’ About YouRay CharlesD♭ major102BPM
- Vision of a KissThe B‐52’sD♭ major101BPM
- HumanThe Human LeagueD♭ major101BPM
- Sweet LoveCommodoresD♭ major101BPM
- A Case of YouJoni MitchellD♭ major101BPM
- SouvenirOrchestral Manœuvres in the DarkD♭ major103BPM
- RiptideVance JoyD♭ major103BPM
Recordings in D flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 102 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D flat majorAll songs at 102 BPMD♭ major at 100–109 BPMBeastie Boys
MusicBrainz collapses 11 recording ids into this one. Recording id 03cc8612-0a03-416f-9b49-cde52cfd8762.