Radiohead · The Bends
Fake Plastic Trees
Fake Plastic Trees is in D major at 147.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
147 BPM · Allegromedian of 274 analyses · 147.1–147.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 93%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 274people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 407.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.8Hz · +7 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.76dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.682Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.889Essentia'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
274 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 93% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 274 readings; 92% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 147.1 BPM one beat lasts 407.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 102 ms and a dotted eighth 305.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 73.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 294.2. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.8 Hz, which is 7 cents above 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 4.76 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 0.682 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 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 D major
Each of these differs from D 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 147 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1631.5 | 0.61 |
| Half note | 2 | 815.8 | 1.23 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 611.8 | 1.63 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 407.9 | 2.45 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 271.9 | 3.68 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 305.9 | 3.27 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 203.9 | 4.9 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 136 | 7.36 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 153 | 6.54 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 102 | 9.81 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 68 | 14.71 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 51 | 19.61 |
Half time 73.6 BPM · double time 294.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (407.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
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- Annie’s SongJohn DenverD major147BPM
- Tiny VesselsDeath Cab for CutieD major147BPM
- Soul LoveDavid BowieD major147BPM
- Sally MacLennaneThe PoguesD major148BPM
- Slave to LoveBryan FerryD major148BPM
- Rockaria!Electric Light OrchestraD major147BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 147 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 147 BPMD major at 140–149 BPMRadiohead
MusicBrainz collapses 229 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1e73e7a6-7378-46e5-97a7-2c299c656a29.