TempoPeek

Neil Diamond · Heartlight

Heartlight

Heartlight is in E flat major at 118.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

118 BPM · Moderatomedian of 151 analyses · 118.2–118.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
100%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
151people who ran the extractor
One beat
507.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.19dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.554Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.048Essentia'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

151 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 100% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 151 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 118.2 BPM one beat lasts 507.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 126.9 ms and a dotted eighth 380.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 59.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 236.4. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 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 6.19 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 0.554 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 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 E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ 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 118 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42030.50.49
Half note21015.20.99
Dotted quarter1.5761.41.31
Quarter note (one beat)1507.61.97
Quarter triplet0.667338.42.96
Dotted eighth0.75380.72.63
Eighth note0.5253.83.94
Eighth triplet0.333169.25.91
Dotted sixteenth0.375190.45.25
Sixteenth note0.25126.97.88
Sixteenth triplet0.16784.611.82
Thirty-second note0.12563.515.76

Half time 59.1 BPM · double time 236.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (507.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. ApologizeOneRepublicE♭ major118BPM
  2. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on SeattleNirvanaE♭ major118BPM
  3. Take Me HomePhil CollinsE♭ major119BPM
  4. No ExcusesAlice in ChainsE♭ major118BPM
  5. The More I See YouMichael BubléE♭ major118BPM
  6. Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)Christina AguileraE♭ major119BPM
  7. Say Say SayMichael Jackson & Paul McCartneyE♭ major118BPM
  8. Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)Aretha FranklinE♭ major117BPM
  9. Feelin’ SadRay CharlesE♭ major117BPM
  10. Blues to YouJohn ColtraneE♭ major117BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 118 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 118 BPME♭ major at 110–119 BPMNeil Diamond

MusicBrainz collapses 16 recording ids into this one. Recording id ad7defbe-230e-47e7-b1af-3c5e13d472e4.