Cream · Disraeli Gears

Blue Condition

Blue Condition is in C minor at 162.6 beats per minute.

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Tempo

163 BPM · Vivacemedian of 165 analyses · 148.1–162.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C minor3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
47%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
165people who ran the extractor
One beat
369milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.5Hz · +6 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.04dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.939Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.093Essentia'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

165 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 47% — put it in C minor, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 165 readings; 83% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 148.1 to 162.9 BPM.

At 162.6 BPM one beat lasts 369 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 92.3 ms and a dotted eighth 276.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 81.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 325.2. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.5 Hz, which is 6 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 3.04 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 0.939 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 C minor; 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 C minor

Each of these differs from C minor 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 163 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note414760.68
Half note27381.36
Dotted quarter1.5553.51.81
Quarter note (one beat)13692.71
Quarter triplet0.6672464.07
Dotted eighth0.75276.83.61
Eighth note0.5184.55.42
Eighth triplet0.3331238.13
Dotted sixteenth0.375138.47.23
Sixteenth note0.2592.310.84
Sixteenth triplet0.16761.516.26
Thirty-second note0.12546.121.68

Half time 81.3 BPM · double time 325.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (369 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. (Love Is Like a) Heat WaveMartha Reeves and the VandellasC minor163BPM
  2. He Won’t GoAdeleC minor162BPM
  3. Greased Lightnin'John TravoltaC minor162BPM
  4. You Make Me Wanna…UsherC minor164BPM
  5. Rivers & BridgesScannerC minor165BPM
  6. It's Gonna Be Me*NSYNCC minor165BPM
  7. Pass the MicBeastie BoysC minor166BPM
  8. Super LoveCéline DionC minor157BPM
  9. Pastime ParadiseStevie WonderC minor156BPM
  10. Get Up, Stand UpThe WailersC minor155BPM

Recordings in C minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 163 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C minorAll songs at 163 BPMC minor at 160–169 BPMCream

MusicBrainz collapses 11 recording ids into this one. Recording id c643c83b-3c95-4172-a066-9d67fd818b03.