Bob Dylan · Desire
Romance in Durango
Romance in Durango is in D major at 84.7 beats per minute.
Tempo
85 BPM · Andantemedian of 141 analyses · 84.7–84.7 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 141people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 708.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442Hz · +8 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.01dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.903Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.078Essentia'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
141 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 141 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 84.7 BPM one beat lasts 708.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 177.1 ms and a dotted eighth 531.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 42.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 169.4. 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 3.01 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 0.903 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 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 85 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2833.5 | 0.35 |
| Half note | 2 | 1416.8 | 0.71 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1062.6 | 0.94 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 708.4 | 1.41 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 472.3 | 2.12 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 531.3 | 1.88 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 354.2 | 2.82 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 236.1 | 4.24 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 265.6 | 3.76 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 177.1 | 5.65 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 118.1 | 8.47 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 88.5 | 11.29 |
Half time 42.4 BPM · double time 169.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (708.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Livin’ on the EdgeAerosmithD major85BPM
- Hey, Johnny Park!Foo FightersD major85BPM
- Hello SunshineAretha FranklinD major84BPM
- RoygbivBoards of CanadaD major84BPM
- Back in the U.S.A.Chuck BerryD major85BPM
- HarvestNeil YoungD major86BPM
- SimoriahAerosmithD major86BPM
- Next 100 YearsBon JoviD major84BPM
- Fade Away and RadiateBlondieD major84BPM
- Pictures of YouThe CureD major86BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 85 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 85 BPMD major at 80–89 BPMBob Dylan
MusicBrainz collapses 29 recording ids into this one. Recording id a9a433c1-7d84-45ab-b175-c61709914743.