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Movin’
Movin’ is in D major at 122 beats per minute.
Tempo
122 BPM · Allegromedian of 170 analyses · 120.9–122.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 72%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 170people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 491.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.39dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.898Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.449Essentia'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
170 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 72% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 170 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 120.9 to 122.1 BPM.
At 122 BPM one beat lasts 491.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 123 ms and a dotted eighth 368.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 61 BPM, counted twice as fast 244. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.5 Hz, which is 6 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 3.39 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 0.898 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 122 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1967.2 | 0.51 |
| Half note | 2 | 983.6 | 1.02 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 737.7 | 1.36 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 491.8 | 2.03 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 327.9 | 3.05 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 368.9 | 2.71 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 245.9 | 4.07 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 163.9 | 6.1 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 184.4 | 5.42 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 123 | 8.13 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 82 | 12.2 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 61.5 | 16.27 |
Half time 61 BPM · double time 244 BPM. Every row is one beat (491.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me BackShawn MendesD major122BPM
- Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)Shania TwainD major122BPM
- Woman TonightAmericaD major122BPM
- Manic MondayBanglesD major122BPM
- IgnorelandR.E.M.D major122BPM
- Heart and SoulHuey Lewis and the NewsD major122BPM
- My Little TownPaul Simon with Art GarfunkelD major122BPM
- Don’t Look BackBostonD major123BPM
- AerodynamicDaft PunkD major123BPM
- Aerodynamic (Daft Punk remix)Daft PunkD major123BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 122 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 122 BPMD major at 120–129 BPM
MusicBrainz collapses 57 recording ids into this one. Recording id e796611a-a2d9-499a-923d-9cc5d3cc7bff.