TempoPeek

David Bowie · Pin Ups

Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere

Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere is in D major at 138.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

139 BPM · Allegromedian of 292 analyses · 138.9–139.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
87%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
292people who ran the extractor
One beat
432milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
432.4Hz · -30 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.68dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.765Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.077Essentia'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

292 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 87% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 292 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 138.9 BPM one beat lasts 432 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 108 ms and a dotted eighth 324 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 69.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 277.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 432.4 Hz, which is 30 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 5.68 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 0.765 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 D 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 D major

Each of these differs from D 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 139 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41727.90.58
Half note2863.91.16
Dotted quarter1.5647.91.54
Quarter note (one beat)14322.32
Quarter triplet0.6672883.47
Dotted eighth0.753243.09
Eighth note0.52164.63
Eighth triplet0.3331446.95
Dotted sixteenth0.3751626.17
Sixteenth note0.251089.26
Sixteenth triplet0.1677213.89
Thirty-second note0.1255418.52

Half time 69.5 BPM · double time 277.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (432 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Summer of ’69Bryan AdamsD major139BPM
  2. New Way HomeFoo FightersD major139BPM
  3. LeningradBilly JoelD major139BPM
  4. Winter’s WaltzTim DaviesD major140BPM
  5. Say SomethingA Great Big World & Christina AguileraD major140BPM
  6. Extraordinary GirlGreen DayD major138BPM
  7. Space Age Love SongA Flock of SeagullsD major140BPM
  8. Goodbye to RomanceOzzy OsbourneD major140BPM
  9. PorcelainRed Hot Chili PeppersD major140BPM
  10. Thank You GirlThe BeatlesD major138BPM

Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 139 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in D majorAll songs at 139 BPMD major at 130–139 BPMDavid Bowie

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 05f36d91-d6a7-4684-a63c-e8e1d5554226.