TempoPeek

Queen · Sheer Heart Attack

Now I’m Here

Now I’m Here is in E major at 132.5 beats per minute.

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Tempo

133 BPM · Allegromedian of 225 analyses · 132.4–132.6 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
72%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
225people who ran the extractor
One beat
452.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.69dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.642Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.027Essentia'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

225 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 72% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 225 readings; 95% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 132.5 BPM one beat lasts 452.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 113.2 ms and a dotted eighth 339.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 66.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 265. 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 4.69 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 0.642 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 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 133 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41811.30.55
Half note2905.71.1
Dotted quarter1.5679.21.47
Quarter note (one beat)1452.82.21
Quarter triplet0.667301.93.31
Dotted eighth0.75339.62.94
Eighth note0.5226.44.42
Eighth triplet0.333150.96.63
Dotted sixteenth0.375169.85.89
Sixteenth note0.25113.28.83
Sixteenth triplet0.16775.513.25
Thirty-second note0.12556.617.67

Half time 66.3 BPM · double time 265 BPM. Every row is one beat (452.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. SuzanneLeonard CohenE major133BPM
  2. Down to the River to PrayAlison KraussE major132BPM
  3. DreamsThe CranberriesE major133BPM
  4. BroadwayThe Goo Goo DollsE major133BPM
  5. And Your Bird Can SingThe BeatlesE major133BPM
  6. When Will I Be Loved?Linda RonstadtE major133BPM
  7. Feelin’ SatisfiedBostonE major132BPM
  8. I’m Happy Just to Dance With YouThe BeatlesE major132BPM
  9. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)The ProclaimersE major132BPM
  10. HappyThe Rolling StonesE major132BPM

Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 133 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E majorAll songs at 133 BPME major at 130–139 BPMQueen

MusicBrainz collapses 131 recording ids into this one. Recording id 44901061-7a57-4b3f-9c22-b17da050b604.