TempoPeek

Janis Joplin · Pearl

Mercedes Benz

Mercedes Benz is in B flat major at 88.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

88 BPM · Andantemedian of 183 analyses · 87.5–88.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
B♭ major2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
85%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
183people who ran the extractor
One beat
680.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
444.6Hz · +18 cents from A 440
Dynamics
11.34dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.604Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.157Essentia'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

183 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 85% — put it in B flat major, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 183 readings; 94% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 87.5 to 88.6 BPM.

At 88.2 BPM one beat lasts 680.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 170.1 ms and a dotted eighth 510.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 44.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 176.4. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.6 Hz, which is 18 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 11.34 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 0.604 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 B flat 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 B♭ major

Each of these differs from B♭ 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 88 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42721.10.37
Half note21360.50.74
Dotted quarter1.51020.40.98
Quarter note (one beat)1680.31.47
Quarter triplet0.667453.52.21
Dotted eighth0.75510.21.96
Eighth note0.5340.12.94
Eighth triplet0.333226.84.41
Dotted sixteenth0.375255.13.92
Sixteenth note0.25170.15.88
Sixteenth triplet0.167113.48.82
Thirty-second note0.1258511.76

Half time 44.1 BPM · double time 176.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (680.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Let ’Em InWingsB♭ major88BPM
  2. Summer WindFrank SinatraB♭ major88BPM
  3. I’ll Still Kill50 Cent feat. AkonB♭ major88BPM
  4. Return to InnocenceEnigmaB♭ major88BPM
  5. Don’t Know WhyNorah JonesB♭ major89BPM
  6. These Arms of MineOtis ReddingB♭ major89BPM
  7. Emenius SleepusGreen DayB♭ major89BPM
  8. O‐o‐h ChildThe Five StairstepsB♭ major89BPM
  9. You Know You’re RightNirvanaB♭ major89BPM
  10. Be the OneDua LipaB♭ major88BPM

Recordings in B flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 88 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in B flat majorAll songs at 88 BPMB♭ major at 80–89 BPMJanis Joplin

MusicBrainz collapses 20 recording ids into this one. Recording id b7450002-ca11-4854-883d-0282acaa2bc3.