TempoPeek

Michael Jackson · HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

Tabloid Junkie

Tabloid Junkie is in E flat minor at 111.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

111 BPM · Moderatomedian of 155 analyses · 104–111.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ minor6 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
81%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
155people who ran the extractor
One beat
540.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.68dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.812Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.357Essentia'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

155 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 81% — put it in E flat minor, a key signature of 6 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 155 readings; 83% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 104 to 111.3 BPM.

At 111.1 BPM one beat lasts 540.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 135 ms and a dotted eighth 405 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 55.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 222.2. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 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 5.68 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 0.812 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 E flat minor; 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 E♭ minor

Each of these differs from E♭ minor 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 note42160.20.46
Half note21080.10.93
Dotted quarter1.5810.11.23
Quarter note (one beat)1540.11.85
Quarter triplet0.6673602.78
Dotted eighth0.754052.47
Eighth note0.52703.7
Eighth triplet0.3331805.56
Dotted sixteenth0.375202.54.94
Sixteenth note0.251357.41
Sixteenth triplet0.1679011.11
Thirty-second note0.12567.514.81

Half time 55.6 BPM · double time 222.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (540.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Do You Know, Do You Care?Phil CollinsE♭ minor111BPM
  2. Heaven Beside YouAlice in ChainsE♭ minor112BPM
  3. Hollaback GirlGwen StefaniE♭ minor110BPM
  4. The Way You Look TonightMichael BubléE♭ minor110BPM
  5. Instant CrushDaft Punk feat. Julian CasablancasE♭ minor110BPM
  6. GreaseFrankie ValliE♭ minor110BPM
  7. DumbNirvanaE♭ minor110BPM
  8. D.S.Michael JacksonE♭ minor109BPM
  9. Play With FireThe Rolling StonesE♭ minor109BPM
  10. ’Round MidnightMiles Davis QuintetE♭ minor114BPM

Recordings in E flat minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 111 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat minorAll songs at 111 BPME♭ minor at 110–119 BPMMichael Jackson

MusicBrainz collapses 2 recording ids into this one. Recording id 512d95f9-32f5-4e85-900d-fb14b447e28c.