The Beatles · Abbey Road

Because

Because is in C sharp minor at 163.1 beats per minute.

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Tempo

163 BPM · Vivacemedian of 337 analyses · 161.5–163.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C♯ minor4 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
89%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
337people who ran the extractor
One beat
367.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.7Hz · -1 cents from A 440
Dynamics
5.66dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.722Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
0.848Essentia'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

337 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 89% — put it in C sharp minor, a key signature of 4 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 337 readings; 90% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 161.5 to 163.3 BPM.

At 163.1 BPM one beat lasts 367.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 92 ms and a dotted eighth 275.9 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 81.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 326.2. A score would mark that Vivace, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.7 Hz, which is 1 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 5.66 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 0.722 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 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 C♯ minor

Each of these differs from C♯ 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 163 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41471.50.68
Half note2735.71.36
Dotted quarter1.5551.81.81
Quarter note (one beat)1367.92.72
Quarter triplet0.667245.24.08
Dotted eighth0.75275.93.62
Eighth note0.5183.95.44
Eighth triplet0.333122.68.15
Dotted sixteenth0.3751387.25
Sixteenth note0.259210.87
Sixteenth triplet0.16761.316.31
Thirty-second note0.1254621.75

Half time 81.6 BPM · double time 326.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (367.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. SummertimeJohn ColtraneC♯ minor163BPM
  2. Like Toy SoldiersEminemC♯ minor164BPM
  3. Adagio for TRONDaft PunkC♯ minor162BPM
  4. Them BonesAlice in ChainsC♯ minor164BPM
  5. JadedGreen DayC♯ minor162BPM
  6. Sabbra CadabraBlack SabbathC♯ minor164BPM
  7. Gwely MernansAphex TwinC♯ minor162BPM
  8. It’s Not Up to YouBjörkC♯ minor162BPM
  9. Big BirdThe B‐52sC♯ minor166BPM
  10. Andy, You’re a StarThe KillersC♯ minor166BPM

Recordings in C sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 163 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C sharp minorAll songs at 163 BPMC♯ minor at 160–169 BPMThe Beatles

MusicBrainz collapses 37 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1e1d1f33-346c-4f9a-ad05-03aa715c2f37.