Dire Straits · Love Over Gold

Love Over Gold

Love Over Gold is in F major at 96.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

96 BPM · Andantemedian of 142 analyses · 96–96.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
142people who ran the extractor
One beat
624.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440.8Hz · +3 cents from A 440
Dynamics
7.33dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.353Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.02Essentia'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

142 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 142 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 96.1 BPM one beat lasts 624.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 156.1 ms and a dotted eighth 468.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 48.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 192.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.8 Hz, which is 3 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.

The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 7.33 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 0.353 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 96 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42497.40.4
Half note21248.70.8
Dotted quarter1.5936.51.07
Quarter note (one beat)1624.31.6
Quarter triplet0.667416.22.4
Dotted eighth0.75468.32.14
Eighth note0.5312.23.2
Eighth triplet0.333208.14.81
Dotted sixteenth0.375234.14.27
Sixteenth note0.25156.16.41
Sixteenth triplet0.167104.19.61
Thirty-second note0.1257812.81

Half time 48.1 BPM · double time 192.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (624.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. What a Difference a Day MadeJamie CullumF major96BPM
  2. My ManEaglesF major96BPM
  3. Is This ItThe StrokesF major96BPM
  4. Look What You Done for MeAl GreenF major96BPM
  5. Around the WorldRed Hot Chili PeppersF major96BPM
  6. That’s Just the Way It IsPhil CollinsF major96BPM
  7. TornNatalie ImbrugliaF major96BPM
  8. South Bound SaurezLed ZeppelinF major96BPM
  9. Believe Me NatalieThe KillersF major96BPM
  10. Never Tear Us ApartINXSF major97BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 96 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 96 BPMF major at 90–99 BPMDire Straits

MusicBrainz collapses 6 recording ids into this one. Recording id ecd6f26a-c0d6-451c-9f3d-1433cdc72692.