Queen · The Works
Tear It Up
Tear It Up is in D minor at 90.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
90 BPM · Andantemedian of 152 analyses · 90–97.1 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D minor1 flat · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 88%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 152people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 665.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.77dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.843Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.065Essentia'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
152 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 88% — put it in D minor, a key signature of 1 flat. The tempo printed above is the median of the 152 readings; 88% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 90 to 97.1 BPM.
At 90.2 BPM one beat lasts 665.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 166.3 ms and a dotted eighth 498.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 180.4. 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 3.77 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 0.843 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 90 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2660.8 | 0.38 |
| Half note | 2 | 1330.4 | 0.75 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 997.8 | 1 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 665.2 | 1.5 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 443.5 | 2.26 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 498.9 | 2 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 332.6 | 3.01 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 221.7 | 4.51 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 249.4 | 4.01 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 166.3 | 6.01 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 110.9 | 9.02 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 83.1 | 12.03 |
Half time 45.1 BPM · double time 180.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (665.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Killing in the NameRage Against the MachineD minor90BPM
- Fully Loaded Clip50 CentD minor90BPM
- The ScoopBeastie BoysD minor90BPM
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & OutEric ClaptonD minor90BPM
- This Is 5050 CentD minor91BPM
- Custard PieLed ZeppelinD minor91BPM
- Heavy in the Game2Pac featuring Richie RichD minor91BPM
- 7MobyD minor89BPM
- She's a WomanThe BeatlesD minor89BPM
- If You DareAC/DCD minor92BPM
Recordings in D minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 90 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D minorAll songs at 90 BPMD minor at 90–99 BPMQueen
MusicBrainz collapses 28 recording ids into this one. Recording id 2ed730d2-cd52-4698-8cf7-c38853de92b1.