Bruno Mars · Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Our First Time
Our First Time is in A minor at 155.8 beats per minute.
Tempo
156 BPM · Allegromedian of 142 analyses · 83–155.9 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- A minorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 85%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 142people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 385.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 437.7Hz · -9 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.01dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.796Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.263Essentia'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
142 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 85% — put it in A minor, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 142 readings; 85% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 83 to 155.9 BPM.
At 155.8 BPM one beat lasts 385.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 96.3 ms and a dotted eighth 288.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 77.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 311.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.7 Hz, which is 9 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 5.01 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 0.796 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 A minor; 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 A minor
Each of these differs from A minor 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 156 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1540.4 | 0.65 |
| Half note | 2 | 770.2 | 1.3 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 577.7 | 1.73 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 385.1 | 2.6 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 256.7 | 3.9 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 288.8 | 3.46 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 192.6 | 5.19 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 128.4 | 7.79 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 144.4 | 6.92 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 96.3 | 10.39 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 64.2 | 15.58 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 48.1 | 20.77 |
Half time 77.9 BPM · double time 311.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (385.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Tiny Little RobotsCage the ElephantA minor156BPM
- PromisesThriceA minor156BPM
- Can’t Keep It InCat StevensA minor156BPM
- Hey HeyEric ClaptonA minor156BPM
- SaraBob DylanA minor156BPM
- Ain’t No SunshineBill WithersA minor155BPM
- Wooden ShipsCrosby, Stills & NashA minor155BPM
- Those ShoesEaglesA minor155BPM
- So Much Trouble in the WorldBob Marley & The WailersA minor155BPM
- Caribbean BlueEnyaA minor156BPM
Recordings in A minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 156 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in A minorAll songs at 156 BPMA minor at 150–159 BPMBruno Mars
MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id be1ba17e-ff3b-4749-8943-3542e8daa440.