Shawn Mendes · Illuminate
Treat You Better
Treat You Better is in D flat major at 82.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
83 BPM · Andantemedian of 177 analyses · 82.8–83 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D♭ major5 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 87%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 177people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 723.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 440.5Hz · +2 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.91dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.933Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.304Essentia'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
177 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 87% — put it in D flat major, a key signature of 5 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 177 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 82.9 BPM one beat lasts 723.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 180.9 ms and a dotted eighth 542.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 41.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 165.8. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 440.5 Hz, which is 2 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 3.91 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 0.933 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 flat 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 83 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2895.1 | 0.35 |
| Half note | 2 | 1447.5 | 0.69 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 1085.6 | 0.92 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 723.8 | 1.38 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 482.5 | 2.07 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 542.8 | 1.84 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 361.9 | 2.76 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 241.3 | 4.15 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 271.4 | 3.68 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 180.9 | 5.53 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 120.6 | 8.29 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 90.5 | 11.05 |
Half time 41.5 BPM · double time 165.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (723.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- CrucifyTori AmosD♭ major83BPM
- Somebody’s MeEnrique IglesiasD♭ major83BPM
- Otherside of the GameErykah BaduD♭ major83BPM
- ChancesDidoD♭ major84BPM
- LegendaryDayaD♭ major84BPM
- Throwing It All AwayGenesisD♭ major84BPM
- That’s the Way of the WorldEarth, Wind & FireD♭ major82BPM
- The Long Day Is OverNorah JonesD♭ major85BPM
- Give Peace a ChanceThe Plastic Ono BandD♭ major85BPM
- FallingforyouThe 1975D♭ major85BPM
Recordings in D flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 83 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D flat majorAll songs at 83 BPMD♭ major at 80–89 BPMShawn Mendes
MusicBrainz collapses 3 recording ids into this one. Recording id 2445f788-914f-4893-9a6d-5de91d7db4f9.