KC and the Sunshine Band · Part 3:... And More

(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty

(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty is in F major at 112.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

112 BPM · Moderatomedian of 180 analyses · 112.1–112.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F major1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
93%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
180people who ran the extractor
One beat
535.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
445.5Hz · +21.5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.21dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.923Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.394Essentia'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

180 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 93% — put it in F major, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 180 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 112.1 BPM one beat lasts 535.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 133.8 ms and a dotted eighth 401.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 56.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 224.2. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 445.5 Hz, which is 21.5 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 3.21 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 0.923 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 112 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42140.90.47
Half note21070.50.93
Dotted quarter1.5802.91.25
Quarter note (one beat)1535.21.87
Quarter triplet0.667356.82.8
Dotted eighth0.75401.42.49
Eighth note0.5267.63.74
Eighth triplet0.333178.45.61
Dotted sixteenth0.375200.74.98
Sixteenth note0.25133.87.47
Sixteenth triplet0.16789.211.21
Thirty-second note0.12566.914.95

Half time 56.1 BPM · double time 224.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (535.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. In the NightThe WeekndF major112BPM
  2. Your Heart Is an Empty RoomDeath Cab for CutieF major112BPM
  3. Radio Ga GaQueenF major112BPM
  4. Like a PrayerMadonnaF major112BPM
  5. Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, BabeBarry WhiteF major112BPM
  6. Sexy BoyAirF major112BPM
  7. Hump de BumpRed Hot Chili PeppersF major112BPM
  8. I Will AlwaysThe CranberriesF major112BPM
  9. A Spoonful of SugarJulie AndrewsF major112BPM
  10. Untitled (How Does It Feel)D’AngeloF major113BPM

Recordings in F major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 112 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F majorAll songs at 112 BPMF major at 110–119 BPMKC and the Sunshine Band

MusicBrainz collapses 9 recording ids into this one. Recording id 08b9ee28-bbad-4832-93d1-f54e0e15081f.