The Beatles · Abbey Road
Because
Because is in C sharp minor at 163.1 beats per minute.
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 value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1471.5 | 0.68 |
| Half note | 2 | 735.7 | 1.36 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 551.8 | 1.81 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 367.9 | 2.72 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 245.2 | 4.08 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 275.9 | 3.62 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 183.9 | 5.44 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 122.6 | 8.15 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 138 | 7.25 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 92 | 10.87 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 61.3 | 16.31 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 46 | 21.75 |
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
- SummertimeJohn ColtraneC♯ minor163BPM
- Like Toy SoldiersEminemC♯ minor164BPM
- Adagio for TRONDaft PunkC♯ minor162BPM
- Them BonesAlice in ChainsC♯ minor164BPM
- JadedGreen DayC♯ minor162BPM
- Sabbra CadabraBlack SabbathC♯ minor164BPM
- Gwely MernansAphex TwinC♯ minor162BPM
- It’s Not Up to YouBjörkC♯ minor162BPM
- Big BirdThe B‐52sC♯ minor166BPM
- 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.