Sister Sledge · We Are Family
We Are Family
We Are Family is in D major at 119 beats per minute.
Tempo
119 BPM · Moderatomedian of 165 analyses · 117.3–119.3 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 95%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 165people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 504.2milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 452.1Hz · +47 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.9dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.851Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.439Essentia'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 — 95% — 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 the middle eight tenths of them run from 117.3 to 119.3 BPM.
At 119 BPM one beat lasts 504.2 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 126.1 ms and a dotted eighth 378.2 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 59.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 238. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 452.1 Hz, which is 47 cents above concert A at 440 Hz — far enough that playing along at 440 Hz will sound wrong. That is a fact about this transfer of the music, not about how it was played.
The dynamic complexity of the recording measures 4.9 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 0.851 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 119 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2016.8 | 0.5 |
| Half note | 2 | 1008.4 | 0.99 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 756.3 | 1.32 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 504.2 | 1.98 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 336.1 | 2.98 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 378.2 | 2.64 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 252.1 | 3.97 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 168.1 | 5.95 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 189.1 | 5.29 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 126.1 | 7.93 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 84 | 11.9 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 63 | 15.87 |
Half time 59.5 BPM · double time 238 BPM. Every row is one beat (504.2 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
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- TragedyBee GeesD major118BPM
- Hey NineteenSteely DanD major120BPM
- Dancing in the StreetVan HalenD major120BPM
- Put Your Head on My ShoulderMichael BubléD major120BPM
- Nobody Told MeJohn Lennon & Yoko OnoD major118BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 119 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 119 BPMD major at 110–119 BPM
MusicBrainz collapses 185 recording ids into this one. Recording id a0e2103a-bf7c-4e1c-bc53-873b40772f5d.