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No Reply

No Reply is in C major at 124.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

124 BPM · Allegromedian of 182 analyses · 122.9–125.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
C majorno sharps and no flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
92%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
182people who ran the extractor
One beat
483.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
439.5Hz · -2 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.77dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.917Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.104Essentia'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

182 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 92% — put it in C major, a key signature of no sharps and no flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 182 readings; 95% of them land within 2% of it, and the middle eight tenths of them run from 122.9 to 125.3 BPM.

At 124.2 BPM one beat lasts 483.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 120.8 ms and a dotted eighth 362.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 62.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 248.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 439.5 Hz, which is 2 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 3.77 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 0.917 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 124 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41932.40.52
Half note2966.21.03
Dotted quarter1.5724.61.38
Quarter note (one beat)1483.12.07
Quarter triplet0.667322.13.11
Dotted eighth0.75362.32.76
Eighth note0.5241.54.14
Eighth triplet0.3331616.21
Dotted sixteenth0.375181.25.52
Sixteenth note0.25120.88.28
Sixteenth triplet0.16780.512.42
Thirty-second note0.12560.416.56

Half time 62.1 BPM · double time 248.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (483.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Call Me When You’re SoberEvanescenceC major124BPM
  2. Do It AgainSteely DanC major125BPM
  3. WigThe B‐52sC major124BPM
  4. This Is What You Came ForCalvin Harris feat. RihannaC major124BPM
  5. WordsF.R. DavidC major124BPM
  6. Bang My HeadDavid Guetta feat. SiaC major124BPM
  7. AnobrainThe 1975C major125BPM
  8. CrystalFleetwood MacC major124BPM
  9. Old DaysChicagoC major124BPM
  10. Jubel (radio edit)KlingandeC major125BPM

Recordings in C major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 124 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in C majorAll songs at 124 BPMC major at 120–129 BPMThe Beatles

MusicBrainz collapses 47 recording ids into this one. Recording id 1615f600-2a50-4299-8cb7-3c5d524d7e60.