Queens of the Stone Age · Lullabies to Paralyze
Little Sister
Little Sister is in G sharp minor at 163.2 beats per minute.
Tempo
163 BPM · Vivacemedian of 129 analyses · 163.1–164.7 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G♯ minor5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 84%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 129people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 367.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.19dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.934Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.29Essentia'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
129 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 84% — put it in G sharp minor, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 129 readings; 96% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 163.1 to 164.7 BPM.
At 163.2 BPM one beat lasts 367.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 91.9 ms and a dotted eighth 275.7 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 81.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 326.4. A score would mark that Vivace, 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 2.19 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 0.934 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 sharp 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 G♯ minor
Each of these differs from G♯ 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 163 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1470.6 | 0.68 |
| Half note | 2 | 735.3 | 1.36 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 551.5 | 1.81 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 367.6 | 2.72 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 245.1 | 4.08 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 275.7 | 3.63 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 183.8 | 5.44 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 122.5 | 8.16 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 137.9 | 7.25 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 91.9 | 10.88 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 61.3 | 16.32 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 46 | 21.76 |
Half time 81.6 BPM · double time 326.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (367.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Helter SkelterThe BeatlesG♯ minor165BPM
- Losing GripAvril LavigneG♯ minor157BPM
- 6 ManDrakeG♯ minor156BPM
- Bye Bye Bye*NSYNCG♯ minor172BPM
- IntroBackstreet BoysG♯ minor172BPM
- Piano & IAlicia KeysG♯ minor172BPM
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeU2G♯ minor172BPM
- BeautifulCarole KingG♯ minor153BPM
- Yer BluesThe BeatlesG♯ minor152BPM
- Take Up Thy Stethoscope and WalkPink FloydG♯ minor152BPM
Recordings in G sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 163 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G sharp minorAll songs at 163 BPMQueens of the Stone Age
MusicBrainz collapses 16 recording ids into this one. Recording id 778f9f94-269c-46f7-9458-6668d658047a.