TempoPeek

Carly Rae Jepsen · Kiss

Call Me Maybe

Call Me Maybe is in G major at 120 beats per minute.

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Tempo

120 BPM · Allegromedian of 296 analyses · 119.9–120 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
83%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
296people who ran the extractor
One beat
500milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.3dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.826Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.196Essentia'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

296 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 83% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 296 readings; 91% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 120 BPM one beat lasts 500 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 125 ms and a dotted eighth 375 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 60 BPM, counted twice as fast 240. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 4.3 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 0.826 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 120 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note420000.5
Half note210001
Dotted quarter1.57501.33
Quarter note (one beat)15002
Quarter triplet0.667333.33
Dotted eighth0.753752.67
Eighth note0.52504
Eighth triplet0.333166.76
Dotted sixteenth0.375187.55.33
Sixteenth note0.251258
Sixteenth triplet0.16783.312
Thirty-second note0.12562.516

Half time 60 BPM · double time 240 BPM. Every row is one beat (500 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. My WayCalvin HarrisG major120BPM
  2. Short Skirt/Long JacketCAKEG major120BPM
  3. ColdAnnie LennoxG major120BPM
  4. Under the TideCHVRCHESG major120BPM
  5. Motion Picture Soundtrack / [untitled]RadioheadG major120BPM
  6. WhatsernameGreen DayG major120BPM
  7. BudoMiles DavisG major120BPM
  8. VoyagerDaft PunkG major120BPM
  9. If You LeaveOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkG major120BPM
  10. Where Have All the Good Times GoneDavid BowieG major120BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 120 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 120 BPMG major at 120–129 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 10 recording ids into this one. Recording id cac5b2b9-5fda-4856-b71a-31c94bb5da9d.