TempoPeek

Eric Clapton · 461 Ocean Boulevard

Willie and the Hand Jive

Willie and the Hand Jive is in A major at 90.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

90 BPM · Andantemedian of 172 analyses · 90.4–91.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A major3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
89%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
172people who ran the extractor
One beat
663.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437Hz · -12 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.9dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.761Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.451Essentia'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

172 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 89% — put it in A major, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 172 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 90.4 BPM one beat lasts 663.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 165.9 ms and a dotted eighth 497.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 180.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437 Hz, which is 12 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 6.9 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 0.761 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 A 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 A major

Each of these differs from A 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 90 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42654.90.38
Half note21327.40.75
Dotted quarter1.5995.61
Quarter note (one beat)1663.71.51
Quarter triplet0.667442.52.26
Dotted eighth0.75497.82.01
Eighth note0.5331.93.01
Eighth triplet0.333221.24.52
Dotted sixteenth0.375248.94.02
Sixteenth note0.25165.96.03
Sixteenth triplet0.167110.69.04
Thirty-second note0.1258312.05

Half time 45.2 BPM · double time 180.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (663.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Long Long TimeLinda RonstadtA major91BPM
  2. Let There Be RockAC/DCA major91BPM
  3. To Love SomebodyBee GeesA major90BPM
  4. Rock Around the ClockBill Haley & His CometsA major90BPM
  5. Black MathThe White StripesA major91BPM
  6. Cheap ThrillsSia feat. Sean PaulA major90BPM
  7. Ridin’ SoloJason DerüloA major90BPM
  8. ArabellaArctic MonkeysA major90BPM
  9. Cheap ThrillsSiaA major90BPM
  10. Behind These Hazel EyesKelly ClarksonA major90BPM

Recordings in A major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 90 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A majorAll songs at 90 BPMA major at 90–99 BPMEric Clapton

MusicBrainz collapses 12 recording ids into this one. Recording id 4e019b3f-9667-4a42-a9ec-29a3e76a6d11.