Soundgarden · Superunknown
Black Hole Sun
Black Hole Sun is in G sharp minor at 106.5 beats per minute.
Tempo
107 BPM · Andantemedian of 172 analyses · 106.3–106.8 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G♯ minor5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 86%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 172people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 563.4milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 434.2Hz · -23 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.14dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.869Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.105Essentia'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
172 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 86% — put it in G sharp minor, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 172 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 106.5 BPM one beat lasts 563.4 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 140.8 ms and a dotted eighth 422.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 53.3 BPM, counted twice as fast 213. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 434.2 Hz, which is 23 cents below 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 3.14 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 0.869 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 sharp 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 107 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2253.5 | 0.44 |
| Half note | 2 | 1126.8 | 0.89 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 845.1 | 1.18 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 563.4 | 1.78 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 375.6 | 2.66 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 422.5 | 2.37 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 281.7 | 3.55 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 187.8 | 5.33 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 211.3 | 4.73 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 140.8 | 7.1 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 93.9 | 10.65 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 70.4 | 14.2 |
Half time 53.3 BPM · double time 213 BPM. Every row is one beat (563.4 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- CronosJo BlankenburgG♯ minor106BPM
- Liberian GirlMichael JacksonG♯ minor105BPM
- Flynn LivesDaft PunkG♯ minor108BPM
- Letter 2 My Unborn2PacG♯ minor108BPM
- StrongerBritney SpearsG♯ minor108BPM
- A New WorldBostonG♯ minor105BPM
- ForgottenLinkin ParkG♯ minor108BPM
- Any Other WayBackstreet BoysG♯ minor109BPM
- DownpourBackstreet BoysG♯ minor109BPM
- BeyondDaft PunkG♯ minor104BPM
Recordings in G sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 107 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G sharp minorAll songs at 107 BPMG♯ minor at 100–109 BPMSoundgarden
MusicBrainz collapses 62 recording ids into this one. Recording id 14e9b000-b3d8-453f-abb9-26fbdecf3dbc.