TempoPeek

Queen · A Kind of Magic

Friends Will Be Friends

Friends Will Be Friends is in G major at 150.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

150 BPM · Allegromedian of 221 analyses · 150.1–150.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
99%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
221people who ran the extractor
One beat
399.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
437.7Hz · -9 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.53dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.901Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.017Essentia'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

221 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 99% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 221 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 150.1 BPM one beat lasts 399.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 99.9 ms and a dotted eighth 299.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 75.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 300.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 437.7 Hz, which is 9 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 3.53 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 0.901 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 G 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 G major

Each of these differs from G 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 150 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41598.90.63
Half note2799.51.25
Dotted quarter1.5599.61.67
Quarter note (one beat)1399.72.5
Quarter triplet0.667266.53.75
Dotted eighth0.75299.83.34
Eighth note0.5199.95
Eighth triplet0.333133.27.51
Dotted sixteenth0.375149.96.67
Sixteenth note0.2599.910.01
Sixteenth triplet0.16766.615.01
Thirty-second note0.1255020.01

Half time 75.1 BPM · double time 300.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (399.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Wanted Dead or AliveBon JoviG major150BPM
  2. Leave Me Alone (I’m Lonely)P!nkG major150BPM
  3. Dog Days Are OverFlorence + the MachineG major150BPM
  4. All I Want for Christmas is YouMariah CareyG major150BPM
  5. Let Her GoPassengerG major150BPM
  6. Karma PoliceRadioheadG major151BPM
  7. Just Missed the TrainKelly ClarksonG major150BPM
  8. Crocodile RockElton JohnG major150BPM
  9. Green Is the ColourPink FloydG major149BPM
  10. SomaThe StrokesG major149BPM

Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 150 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G majorAll songs at 150 BPMG major at 150–159 BPMQueen

MusicBrainz collapses 34 recording ids into this one. Recording id f16412c7-6f8a-47f7-a41f-894b4194181b.