TempoPeek

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young · Déjà vu

Helpless

Helpless is in G major at 114.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

114 BPM · Moderatomedian of 201 analyses · 114–114.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
98%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
201people who ran the extractor
One beat
525.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
438.7Hz · -5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.89dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.431Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.929Essentia'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

201 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 98% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 201 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 114.1 BPM one beat lasts 525.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 131.5 ms and a dotted eighth 394.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 57.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 228.2. A score would mark that Moderato, 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 6.89 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 0.431 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 114 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42103.40.48
Half note21051.70.95
Dotted quarter1.5788.81.27
Quarter note (one beat)1525.91.9
Quarter triplet0.667350.62.85
Dotted eighth0.75394.42.54
Eighth note0.5262.93.8
Eighth triplet0.333175.35.71
Dotted sixteenth0.375197.25.07
Sixteenth note0.25131.57.61
Sixteenth triplet0.16787.611.41
Thirty-second note0.12565.715.21

Half time 57.1 BPM · double time 228.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (525.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. I Won’t Back DownTom PettyG major114BPM
  2. BikePink FloydG major114BPM
  3. NightswimmingR.E.M.G major114BPM
  4. AllentownBilly JoelG major114BPM
  5. Living ProofBruce SpringsteenG major114BPM
  6. M.O.N.E.Y.The 1975G major114BPM
  7. Everyday PeopleSly & the Family StoneG major114BPM
  8. Tin ManAmericaG major115BPM
  9. Show Me ForgivenessBjörkG major114BPM
  10. Pink HousesJohn Cougar MellencampG major115BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 114 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 114 BPMG major at 110–119 BPMCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young

MusicBrainz collapses 20 recording ids into this one. Recording id 2d5bd5b4-9d6a-40a0-a708-216da280f837.