Radiohead · Kid A
The National Anthem
The National Anthem is in G minor at 91.5 beats per minute.
Tempo
92 BPM · Andantemedian of 175 analyses · 91.4–91.6 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G minor2 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 79%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 175people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 655.7milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442.8Hz · +11 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.9dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.952Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.197Essentia'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
175 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 79% — put it in G minor, a key signature of 2 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 175 readings; 90% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 91.5 BPM one beat lasts 655.7 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 163.9 ms and a dotted eighth 491.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45.8 BPM, counted twice as fast 183. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.8 Hz, which is 11 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 2.9 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 0.952 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 92 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2623 | 0.38 |
| Half note | 2 | 1311.5 | 0.76 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 983.6 | 1.02 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 655.7 | 1.53 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 437.2 | 2.29 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 491.8 | 2.03 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 327.9 | 3.05 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 218.6 | 4.58 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 245.9 | 4.07 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 163.9 | 6.1 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 109.3 | 9.15 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 82 | 12.2 |
Half time 45.8 BPM · double time 183 BPM. Every row is one beat (655.7 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- BlurThriceG minor91BPM
- Dream a Little Dream of MeLouis ArmstrongG minor91BPM
- Careful With That Axe, EugenePink FloydG minor92BPM
- Alone in KyotoAirG minor90BPM
- Fuck Friendz2PacG minor93BPM
- Love of My LifeSantana featuring Dave Matthews & Carter BeaufordG minor93BPM
- JanineDavid BowieG minor89BPM
- Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?The BeatlesG minor94BPM
- If We Could Start OverCéline DionG minor89BPM
- Seduces MeCéline DionG minor89BPM
Recordings in G minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 92 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G minorAll songs at 92 BPMG minor at 90–99 BPMRadiohead
MusicBrainz collapses 189 recording ids into this one. Recording id c7492f6e-adf3-4ff5-85dc-33d527dc81d8.