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Sing

Sing is in E flat major at 139.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

140 BPM · Allegromedian of 138 analyses · 139.3–140 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
138people who ran the extractor
One beat
429.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
438.7Hz · -5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.29dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.399Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.002Essentia'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

138 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 138 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 139.6 BPM one beat lasts 429.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 107.4 ms and a dotted eighth 322.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 69.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 279.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 438.7 Hz, which is 5 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 5.29 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 0.399 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 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 E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ 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 140 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41719.20.58
Half note2859.61.16
Dotted quarter1.5644.71.55
Quarter note (one beat)1429.82.33
Quarter triplet0.667286.53.49
Dotted eighth0.75322.33.1
Eighth note0.5214.94.65
Eighth triplet0.333143.36.98
Dotted sixteenth0.375161.26.2
Sixteenth note0.25107.49.31
Sixteenth triplet0.16771.613.96
Thirty-second note0.12553.718.61

Half time 69.8 BPM · double time 279.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (429.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

The same title by somebody else

  1. SingEd SheeranD♭ major120BPM

Matched on the title alone, so this list can hold a different song that happens to share a name. Nothing here claims one is a cover of the other.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. When I Grow UpGarbageE♭ major140BPM
  2. My Funny ValentineMiles Davis QuintetE♭ major139BPM
  3. A Warm PlaceNine Inch NailsE♭ major140BPM
  4. Love Doesn’t Ask WhyCéline DionE♭ major140BPM
  5. Lose It AllBackstreet BoysE♭ major140BPM
  6. Doctor JonesAquaE♭ major140BPM
  7. Fix YouColdplayE♭ major139BPM
  8. Who Do You LoveThe Chainsmokers ft. 5 Seconds of SummerE♭ major140BPM
  9. Bad DayDaniel PowterE♭ major140BPM
  10. Bohemian RhapsodyQueenE♭ major140BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 140 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 140 BPME♭ major at 130–139 BPMCarpenters

MusicBrainz collapses 18 recording ids into this one. Recording id 5f939fb1-3898-43c1-ba17-116765046f95.