blink‐182 · Enema of the State
Adam’s Song
Adam’s Song is in F major at 136.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
136 BPM · Allegromedian of 207 analyses · 136.2–136.4 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 86%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 207people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 440.5milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 439.2Hz · -3 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.57dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.671Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.946Essentia'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
207 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 86% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 207 readings; 92% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 136.2 BPM one beat lasts 440.5 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 110.1 ms and a dotted eighth 330.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 68.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 272.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.2 Hz, which is 3 cents below concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.57 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 0.671 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 F 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 F major
Each of these differs from F 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 136 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1762.1 | 0.57 |
| Half note | 2 | 881.1 | 1.14 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 660.8 | 1.51 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 440.5 | 2.27 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 293.7 | 3.41 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 330.4 | 3.03 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 220.3 | 4.54 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 146.8 | 6.81 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 165.2 | 6.05 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 110.1 | 9.08 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 73.4 | 13.62 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 55.1 | 18.16 |
Half time 68.1 BPM · double time 272.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (440.5 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Fool to CryThe Rolling StonesF major136BPM
- Beyond the SeaBobby DarinF major136BPM
- TalkKhalid & DisclosureF major136BPM
- Point of Know ReturnKansasF major136BPM
- WatermarkEnyaF major136BPM
- The Greeks Don’t Want No FreaksEaglesF major136BPM
- JunglelandBruce SpringsteenF major136BPM
- Hold Me TightThe BeatlesF major136BPM
- ElectedAlice CooperF major136BPM
- Bills CorpseCaptain Beefheart & His Magic BandF major136BPM
Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 136 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in F majorAll songs at 136 BPMF major at 130–139 BPMblink‐182
MusicBrainz collapses 15 recording ids into this one. Recording id ddd07444-546f-49f7-9bc1-f0aa79f0ccf0.