R.E.M. · Automatic for the People
Monty Got a Raw Deal
Monty Got a Raw Deal is in G minor at 118.3 beats per minute.
Tempo
118 BPM · Moderatomedian of 192 analyses · 118.3–118.4 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G minor2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 75%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 192people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 507.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.41dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.809Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.082Essentia'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
192 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 75% — put it in G minor, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 192 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 118.3 BPM one beat lasts 507.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 126.8 ms and a dotted eighth 380.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 59.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 236.6. A score would mark that Moderato, 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 4.41 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 0.809 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 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 118 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2028.7 | 0.49 |
| Half note | 2 | 1014.4 | 0.99 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 760.8 | 1.31 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 507.2 | 1.97 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 338.1 | 2.96 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 380.4 | 2.63 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 253.6 | 3.94 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 169.1 | 5.92 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 190.2 | 5.26 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 126.8 | 7.89 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 84.5 | 11.83 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 63.4 | 15.77 |
Half time 59.2 BPM · double time 236.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (507.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Flamenco SketchesMiles DavisG minor117BPM
- Demon’s EyeDeep PurpleG minor120BPM
- Daffodil LamentThe CranberriesG minor117BPM
- Goodbye Pork Pie HatJeff BeckG minor117BPM
- Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)AerosmithG minor117BPM
- Per amoreAndrea BocelliG minor120BPM
- Naked in the RainRed Hot Chili PeppersG minor117BPM
- VanishedCrystal CastlesG minor120BPM
- Courtship DatingCrystal CastlesG minor120BPM
- Rumour Has ItAdeleG minor120BPM
Recordings in G minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 118 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G minorAll songs at 118 BPMG minor at 110–119 BPMR.E.M.
MusicBrainz collapses 9 recording ids into this one. Recording id de563c54-7e9b-46b6-8bb8-fc8246616e57.