Radiohead · The Bends
Sulk
Sulk is in D major at 97 beats per minute.
Tempo
97 BPM · Andantemedian of 165 analyses · 97–97 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
- 165people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 618.6milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441Hz · +4 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.65dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.936Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 0.884Essentia'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
165 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 165 readings; 93% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 97 BPM one beat lasts 618.6 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 154.6 ms and a dotted eighth 463.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 48.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 194. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441 Hz, which is 4 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — close enough to standard that a tuner would not argue. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 2.65 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 0.936 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 97 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2474.2 | 0.4 |
| Half note | 2 | 1237.1 | 0.81 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 927.8 | 1.08 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 618.6 | 1.62 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 412.4 | 2.43 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 463.9 | 2.16 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 309.3 | 3.23 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 206.2 | 4.85 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 232 | 4.31 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 154.6 | 6.47 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 103.1 | 9.7 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 77.3 | 12.93 |
Half time 48.5 BPM · double time 194 BPM. Every row is one beat (618.6 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Reindeer(s) Are Better Than PeopleJonathan GroffD major97BPM
- My Beloved MonstereelsD major97BPM
- MiracleFoo FightersD major97BPM
- Let It RockBon JoviD major96BPM
- DecibelAC/DCD major96BPM
- Keep the Car RunningArcade FireD major96BPM
- Shape of My HeartBackstreet BoysD major96BPM
- Life Is a FlowerAce of BaseD major96BPM
- End of NightDidoD major96BPM
- Our Last SummerABBAD major98BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 97 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 97 BPMD major at 90–99 BPMRadiohead
MusicBrainz collapses 3 recording ids into this one. Recording id b6f2797c-4de2-418a-b935-24ad8fcd8251.