The Killers · Hot Fuss
On Top
On Top is in B major at 126.9 beats per minute.
Tempo
127 BPM · Allegromedian of 134 analyses · 126.9–127 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- B major5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 88%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 134people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 472.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 441.8Hz · +7 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.02dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.933Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.072Essentia'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
134 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 88% — put it in B major, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 134 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 126.9 BPM one beat lasts 472.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 118.2 ms and a dotted eighth 354.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 63.5 BPM, counted twice as fast 253.8. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.8 Hz, which is 7 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 3.02 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 0.933 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 B 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 B major
Each of these differs from B 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 127 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1891.3 | 0.53 |
| Half note | 2 | 945.6 | 1.06 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 709.2 | 1.41 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 472.8 | 2.12 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 315.2 | 3.17 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 354.6 | 2.82 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 236.4 | 4.23 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 157.6 | 6.35 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 177.3 | 5.64 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 118.2 | 8.46 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 78.8 | 12.69 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 59.1 | 16.92 |
Half time 63.5 BPM · double time 253.8 BPM. Every row is one beat (472.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Sweet CarolineNeil DiamondB major127BPM
- EscapeEnrique IglesiasB major126BPM
- Surrounded by Heads and BodiesThe 1975B major128BPM
- Rockin to the BeatThe Black Eyed PeasB major128BPM
- YouGalantisB major128BPM
- Virginia MoonFoo FightersB major126BPM
- The North MountainTim DaviesB major126BPM
- Street Fighting ManThe Rolling StonesB major128BPM
- Wonderful WorldSam CookeB major129BPM
- Funky ShitProdigyB major125BPM
Recordings in B major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 127 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in B majorAll songs at 127 BPMB major at 120–129 BPMThe Killers
MusicBrainz collapses 19 recording ids into this one. Recording id 5cb83907-1657-432a-bacd-7a07b09e9ce5.