TempoPeek

Creedence Clearwater Revival · Willy and the Poor Boys

Side o’ the Road

Side o’ the Road is in F sharp minor at 117.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

117 BPM · Moderatomedian of 209 analyses · 116.8–117.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ minor3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
209people who ran the extractor
One beat
512.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.84dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.846Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.408Essentia'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

209 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in F sharp minor, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 209 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 117.1 BPM one beat lasts 512.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 128.1 ms and a dotted eighth 384.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 58.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 234.2. A score would mark that Moderato, 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 5.84 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 0.846 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 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 F♯ minor

Each of these differs from F♯ 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 117 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42049.50.49
Half note21024.80.98
Dotted quarter1.5768.61.3
Quarter note (one beat)1512.41.95
Quarter triplet0.667341.62.93
Dotted eighth0.75384.32.6
Eighth note0.5256.23.9
Eighth triplet0.333170.85.86
Dotted sixteenth0.375192.15.2
Sixteenth note0.25128.17.81
Sixteenth triplet0.16785.411.71
Thirty-second note0.1256415.61

Half time 58.6 BPM · double time 234.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (512.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. SnowblindBlack SabbathF♯ minor117BPM
  2. Billie JeanMichael JacksonF♯ minor117BPM
  3. The Final CountdownEuropeF♯ minor118BPM
  4. I Put a Spell on YouNina SimoneF♯ minor118BPM
  5. Beat Goes OnMadonna feat. Kanye WestF♯ minor118BPM
  6. Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)GarbageF♯ minor116BPM
  7. The SuburbsArcade FireF♯ minor118BPM
  8. Gimme ShelterThe Rolling StonesF♯ minor118BPM
  9. CircusBritney SpearsF♯ minor115BPM
  10. Good StuffThe B‐52sF♯ minor120BPM

Recordings in F sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 117 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp minorAll songs at 117 BPMF♯ minor at 110–119 BPMCreedence Clearwater Revival

MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id ee9763d6-a3b7-430c-ad48-cfb2891937f9.