TempoPeek

My Bloody Valentine · Loveless

Soon

Soon is in F sharp minor at 109.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

110 BPM · Moderatomedian of 220 analyses · 109.4–110.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ minor3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
96%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
220people who ran the extractor
One beat
547.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
2.85dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.957Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.164Essentia'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

220 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 96% — put it in F sharp minor, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 220 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 109.5 BPM one beat lasts 547.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 137 ms and a dotted eighth 411 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 54.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 219. 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 2.85 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 0.957 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 sharp 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 F♯ minor

Each of these differs from F♯ 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 110 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42191.80.46
Half note21095.90.91
Dotted quarter1.5821.91.22
Quarter note (one beat)1547.91.83
Quarter triplet0.667365.32.74
Dotted eighth0.754112.43
Eighth note0.52743.65
Eighth triplet0.333182.65.48
Dotted sixteenth0.375205.54.87
Sixteenth note0.251377.3
Sixteenth triplet0.16791.310.95
Thirty-second note0.12568.514.6

Half time 54.8 BPM · double time 219 BPM. Every row is one beat (547.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Sign Your NameTerence Trent D’ArbyF♯ minor109BPM
  2. ThunderboltBjörkF♯ minor110BPM
  3. St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)John ParrF♯ minor111BPM
  4. Just a Song Before I GoCrosby, Stills & NashF♯ minor108BPM
  5. Love or ConfusionThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceF♯ minor111BPM
  6. Dark MatterBjörkF♯ minor112BPM
  7. Living a Boy’s Adventure Talea‐haF♯ minor112BPM
  8. Summertime SadnessLana Del ReyF♯ minor112BPM
  9. What the World Needs Now Is LoveJackie DeShannonF♯ minor107BPM
  10. Self ControlLaura BraniganF♯ minor107BPM

Recordings in F sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 110 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp minorAll songs at 110 BPMF♯ minor at 100–109 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 24 recording ids into this one. Recording id 60b72953-276a-4064-a313-fcef50c15cee.