TempoPeek

Death Cab for Cutie · Plans

Someday You Will Be Loved

Someday You Will Be Loved is in G minor at 112.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

113 BPM · Moderatomedian of 147 analyses · 112.9–112.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G minor2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
97%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
147people who ran the extractor
One beat
531.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.8Hz · +7 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.49dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.778Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.06Essentia'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

147 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in G minor, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 147 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 112.9 BPM one beat lasts 531.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 132.9 ms and a dotted eighth 398.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 56.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 225.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.8 Hz, which is 7 cents above 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 3.49 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 0.778 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 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 G minor

Each of these differs from G 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 113 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42125.80.47
Half note21062.90.94
Dotted quarter1.5797.21.25
Quarter note (one beat)1531.41.88
Quarter triplet0.667354.32.82
Dotted eighth0.75398.62.51
Eighth note0.5265.73.76
Eighth triplet0.333177.15.65
Dotted sixteenth0.375199.35.02
Sixteenth note0.25132.97.53
Sixteenth triplet0.16788.611.29
Thirty-second note0.12566.415.05

Half time 56.5 BPM · double time 225.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (531.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)Talking HeadsG minor113BPM
  2. Feeling GoodNina SimoneG minor112BPM
  3. Trampled Under FootLed ZeppelinG minor112BPM
  4. SubmarineBjörkG minor112BPM
  5. Scream Like a BabyDavid BowieG minor114BPM
  6. The Wanton SongLed ZeppelinG minor111BPM
  7. Ice Ice BabyVanilla IceG minor116BPM
  8. Naked in the RainRed Hot Chili PeppersG minor117BPM
  9. Daffodil LamentThe CranberriesG minor117BPM
  10. Goodbye Pork Pie HatJeff BeckG minor117BPM

Recordings in G minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 113 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G minorAll songs at 113 BPMG minor at 110–119 BPMDeath Cab for Cutie

MusicBrainz collapses 1 recording id into this one. Recording id 10e70c5b-3e8d-4c49-b3fa-2f404e0dc834.