David Bowie · Pin Ups
Where Have All the Good Times Gone
Where Have All the Good Times Gone is in G major at 120.4 beats per minute.
Tempo
120 BPM · Allegromedian of 258 analyses · 120.4–120.8 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
- 258people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 498.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 437.2Hz · -11 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.5dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.93Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.261Essentia'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
258 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 258 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 120.4 BPM one beat lasts 498.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 124.6 ms and a dotted eighth 373.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 60.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 240.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.2 Hz, which is 11 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 4.5 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 0.93 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 120 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1993.4 | 0.5 |
| Half note | 2 | 996.7 | 1 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 747.5 | 1.34 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 498.3 | 2.01 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 332.2 | 3.01 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 373.8 | 2.68 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 249.2 | 4.01 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 166.1 | 6.02 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 186.9 | 5.35 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 124.6 | 8.03 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 83.1 | 12.04 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 62.3 | 16.05 |
Half time 60.2 BPM · double time 240.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (498.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- If You LeaveOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkG major120BPM
- Wish You Were HerePink FloydG major121BPM
- CupidSam CookeG major121BPM
- WhatsernameGreen DayG major120BPM
- BudoMiles DavisG major120BPM
- DesperadoEaglesG major121BPM
- Call Me MaybeCarly Rae JepsenG major120BPM
- My WayCalvin HarrisG major120BPM
- Short Skirt/Long JacketCAKEG major120BPM
- ColdAnnie LennoxG major120BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 120 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 120 BPMG major at 120–129 BPMDavid Bowie
MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id b854a274-7247-4155-9a69-5d0e536c9a66.