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Terence Trent D’Arby · Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby

Sign Your Name

Sign Your Name is in F sharp minor at 109.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

109 BPM · Moderatomedian of 149 analyses · 109.1–109.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
F♯ minor3 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
69%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
149people who ran the extractor
One beat
550milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439Hz · -4 cents from A 440
Dynamics
4.69dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.79Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.261Essentia'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

149 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 69% — put it in F sharp minor, a key signature of 3 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 149 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 109.1 BPM one beat lasts 550 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 137.5 ms and a dotted eighth 412.5 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 54.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 218.2. A score would mark that Moderato, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439 Hz, which is 4 cents below 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 4.69 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 0.79 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 F 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 F♯ minor

Each of these differs from F♯ 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 109 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42199.80.45
Half note21099.90.91
Dotted quarter1.5824.91.21
Quarter note (one beat)15501.82
Quarter triplet0.667366.62.73
Dotted eighth0.75412.52.42
Eighth note0.52753.64
Eighth triplet0.333183.35.45
Dotted sixteenth0.375206.24.85
Sixteenth note0.25137.57.27
Sixteenth triplet0.16791.710.91
Thirty-second note0.12568.714.55

Half time 54.6 BPM · double time 218.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (550 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. SoonMy Bloody ValentineF♯ minor110BPM
  2. ThunderboltBjörkF♯ minor110BPM
  3. Just a Song Before I GoCrosby, Stills & NashF♯ minor108BPM
  4. St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)John ParrF♯ minor111BPM
  5. What the World Needs Now Is LoveJackie DeShannonF♯ minor107BPM
  6. Love or ConfusionThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceF♯ minor111BPM
  7. Self ControlLaura BraniganF♯ minor107BPM
  8. Dark MatterBjörkF♯ minor112BPM
  9. Living a Boy’s Adventure Talea‐haF♯ minor112BPM
  10. Summertime SadnessLana Del ReyF♯ minor112BPM

Recordings in F sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 109 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in F sharp minorAll songs at 109 BPMF♯ minor at 100–109 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 20 recording ids into this one. Recording id c2154fd6-e82e-4283-b84b-cd6d72780028.