TempoPeek

James Brown · Ain’t It Funky

Give It Up or Turn It a Loose

Give It Up or Turn It a Loose is in G major at 111.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

111 BPM · Moderatomedian of 128 analyses · 111.4–111.7 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
128people who ran the extractor
One beat
538.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
445.6Hz · +22 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.07dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.896Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.317Essentia'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

128 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 128 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 111.4 BPM one beat lasts 538.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 134.6 ms and a dotted eighth 403.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 55.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 222.8. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 445.6 Hz, which is 22 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 5.07 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 0.896 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 111 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42154.40.46
Half note21077.20.93
Dotted quarter1.5807.91.24
Quarter note (one beat)1538.61.86
Quarter triplet0.667359.12.79
Dotted eighth0.75403.92.48
Eighth note0.5269.33.71
Eighth triplet0.333179.55.57
Dotted sixteenth0.3752024.95
Sixteenth note0.25134.67.43
Sixteenth triplet0.16789.811.14
Thirty-second note0.12567.314.85

Half time 55.7 BPM · double time 222.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (538.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. That’s LifeFrank SinatraG major112BPM
  2. Well All RightBlind FaithG major112BPM
  3. It’s Raining on Prom NightCindy BullensG major112BPM
  4. One Year of LoveQueenG major111BPM
  5. As Tears Go ByThe Rolling StonesG major112BPM
  6. How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)Spin DoctorsG major112BPM
  7. OneMetallicaG major111BPM
  8. DaftendirektDaft PunkG major111BPM
  9. God Save the QueenQueenG major111BPM
  10. Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun mix)ColdplayG major112BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 111 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 111 BPMG major at 110–119 BPMJames Brown

MusicBrainz collapses 47 recording ids into this one. Recording id 006c591b-9006-4670-9205-88dae4276e36.