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The Pusher

The Pusher is in C major at 163.9 beats per minute.

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Tempo

164 BPM · Vivacemedian of 142 analyses · 163.6–164.1 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
97%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
142people who ran the extractor
One beat
366.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
440.5Hz · +2 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.23dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.868Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.055Essentia'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

142 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 142 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 163.9 BPM one beat lasts 366.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 91.5 ms and a dotted eighth 274.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 82 BPM, counted twice as fast 327.8. A score would mark that Vivace, 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 3.23 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 0.868 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 C 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 C major

Each of these differs from C 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 164 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41464.30.68
Half note2732.21.37
Dotted quarter1.5549.11.82
Quarter note (one beat)1366.12.73
Quarter triplet0.667244.14.1
Dotted eighth0.75274.63.64
Eighth note0.51835.46
Eighth triplet0.3331228.2
Dotted sixteenth0.375137.37.28
Sixteenth note0.2591.510.93
Sixteenth triplet0.1676116.39
Thirty-second note0.12545.821.85

Half time 82 BPM · double time 327.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (366.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Don’t Look Back in AngerOasisC major164BPM
  2. Up&UpColdplayC major164BPM
  3. Caro gesu bambinoAndrea BocelliC major164BPM
  4. Billy Boy$NOTC major164BPM
  5. Nine Million BicyclesKatie MeluaC major164BPM
  6. Bad Side of the MoonElton JohnC major164BPM
  7. Lucy in the Sky With DiamondsElton JohnC major164BPM
  8. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly DazedDavid BowieC major164BPM
  9. The BlessingJohn Coltrane & Don CherryC major164BPM
  10. Echo BeachMartha and the MuffinsC major164BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 164 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 164 BPMC major at 160–169 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 25 recording ids into this one. Recording id 9d099f5c-56a7-41e5-9313-674edcfff660.