TempoPeek

Daft Punk · Human After All

Television Rules the Nation

Television Rules the Nation is in F major at 115.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

115 BPM · Moderatomedian of 273 analyses · 115.3–116.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
94%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
273people who ran the extractor
One beat
520.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.11dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.961Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.636Essentia'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

273 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 273 readings; 96% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 115.3 to 116.5 BPM.

At 115.3 BPM one beat lasts 520.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 130.1 ms and a dotted eighth 390.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 57.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 230.6. 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 4.11 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 0.961 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 115 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42081.50.48
Half note21040.80.96
Dotted quarter1.5780.61.28
Quarter note (one beat)1520.41.92
Quarter triplet0.667346.92.88
Dotted eighth0.75390.32.56
Eighth note0.5260.23.84
Eighth triplet0.333173.55.77
Dotted sixteenth0.375195.15.12
Sixteenth note0.25130.17.69
Sixteenth triplet0.16786.711.53
Thirty-second note0.1256515.37

Half time 57.7 BPM · double time 230.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (520.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. KokomoThe Beach BoysF major116BPM
  2. Janie’s Got a GunAerosmithF major115BPM
  3. Young Hearts Run FreeCandi StatonF major116BPM
  4. Water Song / Janie’s Got a GunAerosmithF major115BPM
  5. Uptown FunkMark Ronson feat. Bruno MarsF major115BPM
  6. CassandraThomas BergersenF major115BPM
  7. The Continuing Story of Bungalow BillThe BeatlesF major115BPM
  8. Brown EyesDestiny’s ChildF major116BPM
  9. Miles AwayMadonnaF major116BPM
  10. What Am I Gonna Do With YouBarry WhiteF major115BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 115 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 115 BPMF major at 110–119 BPMDaft Punk

MusicBrainz collapses 6 recording ids into this one. Recording id 76fa60bf-10c5-46d1-a47a-bf156dec2035.