TempoPeek

Prodigy · The Fat of the Land

Firestarter

Firestarter is in F sharp major at 141.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

142 BPM · Allegromedian of 153 analyses · 141.5–141.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ major6 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
90%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
153people who ran the extractor
One beat
424milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.97dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.808Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.151Essentia'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

153 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 90% — put it in F sharp major, a key signature of 6 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 153 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 141.5 BPM one beat lasts 424 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 106 ms and a dotted eighth 318 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 70.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 283. A score would mark that Allegro, 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 3.97 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 0.808 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 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 F♯ major

Each of these differs from F♯ 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 142 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41696.10.59
Half note2848.11.18
Dotted quarter1.56361.57
Quarter note (one beat)14242.36
Quarter triplet0.667282.73.54
Dotted eighth0.753183.14
Eighth note0.52124.72
Eighth triplet0.333141.37.08
Dotted sixteenth0.3751596.29
Sixteenth note0.251069.43
Sixteenth triplet0.16770.714.15
Thirty-second note0.1255318.87

Half time 70.8 BPM · double time 283 BPM. Every row is one beat (424 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Sous le ventGarou en duo avec Céline DionF♯ major141BPM
  2. Little WingThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceF♯ major143BPM
  3. Too MuchDrake feat. SamphaF♯ major140BPM
  4. Is There Somebody Who Can Watch YouThe 1975F♯ major144BPM
  5. CathedralCrosby, Stills & NashF♯ major139BPM
  6. E chiove (And It Rains)Andrea BocelliF♯ major144BPM
  7. Jingle BellsAndrea Bocelli feat. The MuppetsF♯ major144BPM
  8. I Finally Found SomeoneBarbra Streisand and Bryan AdamsF♯ major139BPM
  9. The ReasonCéline DionF♯ major144BPM
  10. Falling for the First TimeBarenaked LadiesF♯ major144BPM

Recordings in F sharp major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 142 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp majorAll songs at 142 BPMF♯ major at 140–149 BPMProdigy

MusicBrainz collapses 9 recording ids into this one. Recording id 3dabfc40-33b4-4dba-8d94-79e77c4d1448.