Carole King · Tapestry
Way Over Yonder
Way Over Yonder is in A flat major at 89.4 beats per minute.
Tempo
89 BPM · Andantemedian of 252 analyses · 89.1–89.8 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- A♭ major4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 98%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 252people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 671.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 6.67dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.217Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.908Essentia'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
252 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in A flat major, a key signature of 4 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 252 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 89.4 BPM one beat lasts 671.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 167.8 ms and a dotted eighth 503.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 44.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 178.8. A score would mark that Andante, 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 6.67 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 0.217 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 flat 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 A♭ major
Each of these differs from A♭ 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 89 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2684.6 | 0.37 |
| Half note | 2 | 1342.3 | 0.75 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1006.7 | 0.99 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 671.1 | 1.49 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 447.4 | 2.24 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 503.4 | 1.99 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 335.6 | 2.98 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 223.7 | 4.47 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 251.7 | 3.97 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 167.8 | 5.96 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 111.9 | 8.94 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 83.9 | 11.92 |
Half time 44.7 BPM · double time 178.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (671.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- I Get a Kick Out of YouFrank SinatraA♭ major90BPM
- AirfoilScannerA♭ major90BPM
- I Got TroubleChristina AguileraA♭ major90BPM
- Thru These WallsPhil CollinsA♭ major89BPM
- Ramblin’ ManThe Allman Brothers BandA♭ major90BPM
- All at SeaJamie CullumA♭ major89BPM
- Big Yellow TaxiCounting Crows feat. Vanessa CarltonA♭ major88BPM
- Hovi BabyJay‐ZA♭ major88BPM
- Sassafras RootsGreen DayA♭ major91BPM
- Waiting for the NightDepeche ModeA♭ major91BPM
Recordings in A flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 89 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in A flat majorAll songs at 89 BPMA♭ major at 80–89 BPMCarole King
MusicBrainz collapses 15 recording ids into this one. Recording id b2b1452d-b460-4270-a2cf-fbe7b8856892.