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The Distance

The Distance is in E minor at 91.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

92 BPM · Andantemedian of 157 analyses · 91.4–91.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E minor1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
157people who ran the extractor
One beat
655.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
443.1Hz · +12 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.14dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.939Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.266Essentia'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

157 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in E minor, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 157 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 91.5 BPM one beat lasts 655.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 163.9 ms and a dotted eighth 491.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 183. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 443.1 Hz, which is 12 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 3.14 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 0.939 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 E 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 E minor

Each of these differs from E 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 92 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note426230.38
Half note21311.50.76
Dotted quarter1.5983.61.02
Quarter note (one beat)1655.71.53
Quarter triplet0.667437.22.29
Dotted eighth0.75491.82.03
Eighth note0.5327.93.05
Eighth triplet0.333218.64.58
Dotted sixteenth0.375245.94.07
Sixteenth note0.25163.96.1
Sixteenth triplet0.167109.39.15
Thirty-second note0.1258212.2

Half time 45.8 BPM · double time 183 BPM. Every row is one beat (655.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. DangerousDavid Guetta feat. Sam MartinE minor92BPM
  2. The StrangerBilly JoelE minor92BPM
  3. Give ’Em Hell, KidMy Chemical RomanceE minor92BPM
  4. Dos gardeniasBuena Vista Social ClubE minor92BPM
  5. ReflectionToolE minor91BPM
  6. Eyes on MeCéline DionE minor90BPM
  7. Still Don’t Give a FuckEminemE minor90BPM
  8. Going Down / Love in an ElevatorAerosmithE minor94BPM
  9. Love in an ElevatorAerosmithE minor94BPM
  10. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)MetallicaE minor94BPM

Recordings in E minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 92 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E minorAll songs at 92 BPME minor at 90–99 BPMCAKE

MusicBrainz collapses 9 recording ids into this one. Recording id d2bb7650-bdf4-476a-b74d-35345cc1dbfe.