Pink Floyd · The Dark Side of the Moon
On the Run
On the Run is in D minor at 82.6 beats per minute.
Tempo
83 BPM · Andantemedian of 172 analyses · 82.6–82.7 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D minor1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 90%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 172people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 726.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.59dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.032Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.871Essentia'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
172 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 90% — put it in D minor, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 172 readings; 97% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 82.6 BPM one beat lasts 726.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 181.6 ms and a dotted eighth 544.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 41.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 165.2. A score would mark that Andante, 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 3.59 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 0.032 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 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 D minor
Each of these differs from D 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 83 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2905.6 | 0.34 |
| Half note | 2 | 1452.8 | 0.69 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1089.6 | 0.92 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 726.4 | 1.38 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 484.3 | 2.07 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 544.8 | 1.84 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 363.2 | 2.75 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 242.1 | 4.13 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 272.4 | 3.67 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 181.6 | 5.51 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 121.1 | 8.26 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 90.8 | 11.01 |
Half time 41.3 BPM · double time 165.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (726.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Slice of Your PieMötley CrüeD minor83BPM
- Obscured by CloudsPink FloydD minor82BPM
- Negative CreepNirvanaD minor83BPM
- Meet the ParentsJay‐ZD minor84BPM
- Find an IslandBENEED minor82BPM
- Rise AboveJ. ColeD minor81BPM
- I Knew I Loved YouSavage GardenD minor85BPM
- KarmaAlicia KeysD minor85BPM
- AmityvilleEminem featuring Bizarre from D‐12D minor80BPM
- Can’t Stop Rock ’n’ RollAC/DCD minor85BPM
Recordings in D minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 83 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D minorAll songs at 83 BPMD minor at 80–89 BPMPink Floyd
MusicBrainz collapses 204 recording ids into this one. Recording id 19084069-642f-465f-9127-f71bcd800a05.