TempoPeek

Counting Crows · This Desert Life

Colorblind

Colorblind is in F major at 107.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

107 BPM · Andantemedian of 197 analyses · 105.4–108.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
197people who ran the extractor
One beat
559.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437.7Hz · -9 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.06dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.569Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.831Essentia'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

197 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 197 readings; 95% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 105.4 to 108.4 BPM.

At 107.3 BPM one beat lasts 559.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 139.8 ms and a dotted eighth 419.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 53.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 214.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.7 Hz, which is 9 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 5.06 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 0.569 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 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 107 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42236.70.45
Half note21118.40.89
Dotted quarter1.5838.81.19
Quarter note (one beat)1559.21.79
Quarter triplet0.667372.82.68
Dotted eighth0.75419.42.38
Eighth note0.5279.63.58
Eighth triplet0.333186.45.37
Dotted sixteenth0.375209.74.77
Sixteenth note0.25139.87.15
Sixteenth triplet0.16793.210.73
Thirty-second note0.12569.914.31

Half time 53.7 BPM · double time 214.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (559.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Close (to the Edit)Art of NoiseF major107BPM
  2. Shake It OutFlorence + the MachineF major108BPM
  3. In SummerJosh GadF major107BPM
  4. Like an Angel Passing Through My RoomABBAF major107BPM
  5. You’ve Been Flirting AgainBjörkF major108BPM
  6. Light It Up (remix)Major Lazer feat. Nyla & Fuse ODGF major108BPM
  7. Why Don’t You Get a Job?The OffspringF major108BPM
  8. Set Fire to the RainAdeleF major108BPM
  9. Larger Than LifeBackstreet BoysF major108BPM
  10. Tell Me BabyRed Hot Chili PeppersF major108BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 107 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 107 BPMF major at 100–109 BPMCounting Crows

MusicBrainz collapses 14 recording ids into this one. Recording id 3fed8ca5-a81b-407d-b52c-ad43d08b2c8d.