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U Got the Look

U Got the Look is in E flat major at 122.4 beats per minute.

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Tempo

122 BPM · Allegromedian of 169 analyses · 122.4–122.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
72%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
169people who ran the extractor
One beat
490.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437Hz · -12 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.36dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.923Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.556Essentia'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

169 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 72% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 169 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 122.4 BPM one beat lasts 490.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 122.5 ms and a dotted eighth 367.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 61.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 244.8. 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 4.36 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 0.923 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 122 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41960.80.51
Half note2980.41.02
Dotted quarter1.5735.31.36
Quarter note (one beat)1490.22.04
Quarter triplet0.667326.83.06
Dotted eighth0.75367.62.72
Eighth note0.5245.14.08
Eighth triplet0.333163.46.12
Dotted sixteenth0.375183.85.44
Sixteenth note0.25122.58.16
Sixteenth triplet0.16781.712.24
Thirty-second note0.12561.316.32

Half time 61.2 BPM · double time 244.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (490.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Who Is It (Carry My Joy on the Left, Carry My Pain on the Right)BjörkE♭ major123BPM
  2. I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)Stevie WonderE♭ major123BPM
  3. Funny but I Still Love YouRay CharlesE♭ major123BPM
  4. Moment’s NoticeJohn ColtraneE♭ major123BPM
  5. Baby I Need Your LovingFour TopsE♭ major121BPM
  6. The New YearDeath Cab for CutieE♭ major124BPM
  7. I Cannot Believe It’s TruePhil CollinsE♭ major121BPM
  8. The Hardest PartColdplayE♭ major124BPM
  9. I Can’t Make You Love MeBonnie RaittE♭ major124BPM
  10. Square OneColdplayE♭ major124BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 122 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 122 BPME♭ major at 120–129 BPMPrince

MusicBrainz collapses 60 recording ids into this one. Recording id f51111f2-d7a2-4dda-9d1f-5af2030d347e.