TempoPeek

Kaoma · Worldbeat

Lambada

Lambada is in G major at 118.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

119 BPM · Moderatomedian of 157 analyses · 118.4–118.9 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
38%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
157people who ran the extractor
One beat
505.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442.5Hz · +10 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.47dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.875Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.287Essentia'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

157 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Fewer than half of them — 38% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 157 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 118.8 BPM one beat lasts 505.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 126.3 ms and a dotted eighth 378.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 59.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 237.6. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.5 Hz, which is 10 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 3.47 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 0.875 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 119 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42020.20.5
Half note21010.10.99
Dotted quarter1.5757.61.32
Quarter note (one beat)1505.11.98
Quarter triplet0.667336.72.97
Dotted eighth0.75378.82.64
Eighth note0.5252.53.96
Eighth triplet0.333168.45.94
Dotted sixteenth0.375189.45.28
Sixteenth note0.25126.37.92
Sixteenth triplet0.16784.211.88
Thirty-second note0.12563.115.84

Half time 59.4 BPM · double time 237.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (505.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. The Boy with the Thorn in His SideThe SmithsG major119BPM
  2. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is YouBryan AdamsG major119BPM
  3. I’ve Been Losing Youa‐haG major119BPM
  4. Lover to LoverFlorence + the MachineG major119BPM
  5. Dark SideKelly ClarksonG major119BPM
  6. ❦ (Piano)alt‐JG major119BPM
  7. If I Ain’t Got YouAlicia KeysG major118BPM
  8. No‐One but You (Only the Good Die Young)QueenG major119BPM
  9. Call MeAretha FranklinG major118BPM
  10. RespectOtis ReddingG major118BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 119 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 119 BPMG major at 110–119 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 66 recording ids into this one. Recording id 2febfada-8f47-4760-b55f-b6890c27fdd1.