TempoPeek

Chuck Berry · Reelin' And Rockin' - 60 Essential Recordings

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee is in F sharp major at 97.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

98 BPM · Andantemedian of 153 analyses · 91–103.7 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
50%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
153people who ran the extractor
One beat
615.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
449.5Hz · +37 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.89dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.895Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.29Essentia'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

153 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 50% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 153 readings; 73% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 91 to 103.7 BPM.

At 97.5 BPM one beat lasts 615.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 153.8 ms and a dotted eighth 461.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 48.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 195. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 449.5 Hz, which is 37 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 3.89 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 0.895 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 F sharp 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 F♯ major

Each of these differs from F♯ 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 98 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42461.50.41
Half note21230.80.81
Dotted quarter1.5923.11.08
Quarter note (one beat)1615.41.63
Quarter triplet0.667410.32.44
Dotted eighth0.75461.52.17
Eighth note0.5307.73.25
Eighth triplet0.333205.14.88
Dotted sixteenth0.375230.84.33
Sixteenth note0.25153.86.5
Sixteenth triplet0.167102.69.75
Thirty-second note0.12576.913

Half time 48.8 BPM · double time 195 BPM. Every row is one beat (615.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Over, Under, Sideways, DownThe YardbirdsF♯ major98BPM
  2. Let’s Go CrazyPrince and The RevolutionF♯ major98BPM
  3. Please Don't GoKC and the Sunshine BandF♯ major97BPM
  4. Trois heures vingt…Céline DionF♯ major97BPM
  5. That’s the WayLed ZeppelinF♯ major99BPM
  6. A Different CornerGeorge MichaelF♯ major99BPM
  7. Best Thing I Never HadBeyoncéF♯ major99BPM
  8. Clap Your HandsBlack Eyed PeasF♯ major95BPM
  9. AttentionCharlie PuthF♯ major100BPM
  10. Mad LoveDidoF♯ major95BPM

Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 98 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 98 BPMF♯ major at 90–99 BPMChuck Berry

MusicBrainz collapses 118 recording ids into this one. Recording id 457f9fe9-43c7-46ac-afd0-9d99d4e42479.