Led Zeppelin · [Led Zeppelin IV]
Going to California
Going to California is in D major at 154.6 beats per minute.
Tempo
155 BPM · Allegromedian of 408 analyses · 154.4–162.5 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 85%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 408people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 388.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 437Hz · -12 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 5.55dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.325Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.939Essentia'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
408 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 85% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 408 readings; 82% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 154.4 to 162.5 BPM.
At 154.6 BPM one beat lasts 388.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 97 ms and a dotted eighth 291.1 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 77.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 309.2. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 5.55 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 0.325 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 D 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 D major
Each of these differs from D 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 155 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1552.4 | 0.64 |
| Half note | 2 | 776.2 | 1.29 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 582.1 | 1.72 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 388.1 | 2.58 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 258.7 | 3.87 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 291.1 | 3.44 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 194 | 5.15 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 129.4 | 7.73 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 145.5 | 6.87 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 97 | 10.31 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 64.7 | 15.46 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 48.5 | 20.61 |
Half time 77.3 BPM · double time 309.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (388.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
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- Ship of FoolsThe DoorsD major155BPM
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- Teach Your ChildrenCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungD major155BPM
- I Feel the SameBonnie RaittD major155BPM
- BodiesSex PistolsD major155BPM
- ChangeBlind MelonD major155BPM
- Stand by Your SideCéline DionD major155BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 155 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 155 BPMD major at 150–159 BPMLed Zeppelin
MusicBrainz collapses 333 recording ids into this one. Recording id f0fb5510-32d0-4276-9072-5a208b07d4e8.