The B‐52s · Cosmic Thing
Roam
Roam is in E major at 134.8 beats per minute.
Tempo
135 BPM · Allegromedian of 251 analyses · 134.8–135 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- E major4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 97%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 251people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 445.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 448.2Hz · +32 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 4.24dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.926Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.248Essentia'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
251 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 97% — put it in E major, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 251 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 134.8 BPM one beat lasts 445.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 111.3 ms and a dotted eighth 333.8 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 67.4 BPM, counted twice as fast 269.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 448.2 Hz, which is 32 cents above 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 4.24 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 0.926 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 E 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 E major
Each of these differs from E 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 135 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1780.4 | 0.56 |
| Half note | 2 | 890.2 | 1.12 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 667.7 | 1.5 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 445.1 | 2.25 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 296.7 | 3.37 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 333.8 | 3 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 222.6 | 4.49 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 148.4 | 6.74 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 166.9 | 5.99 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 111.3 | 8.99 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 74.2 | 13.48 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 55.6 | 17.97 |
Half time 67.4 BPM · double time 269.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (445.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Schottkey 7th PathAphex TwinE major135BPM
- Ask Me WhyThe BeatlesE major135BPM
- (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red ShoesElvis CostelloE major135BPM
- HaifischRammsteinE major135BPM
- Kisses of FireABBAE major135BPM
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt CheapAC/DCE major135BPM
- Living After MidnightJudas PriestE major135BPM
- IncognitoCéline DionE major134BPM
- The Spirit of RadioRushE major136BPM
- ThunderstruckAC/DCE major134BPM
Recordings in E major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 135 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in E majorAll songs at 135 BPME major at 130–139 BPMThe B‐52s
MusicBrainz collapses 23 recording ids into this one. Recording id 8c56fa84-0ee5-43e7-b0b9-b84c6100c948.