The Rolling Stones · Exile on Main St.
Torn and Frayed
Torn and Frayed is in D major at 90.1 beats per minute.
Tempo
90 BPM · Andantemedian of 129 analyses · 90–90.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- D major2 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 96%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 129people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 665.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 444.1Hz · +16 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 2.95dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.902Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.243Essentia'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
129 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. All but a handful of them — 96% — put it in D major, a key signature of 2 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 129 readings; 91% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 90.1 BPM one beat lasts 665.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 166.5 ms and a dotted eighth 499.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 45.1 BPM, counted twice as fast 180.2. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 444.1 Hz, which is 16 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 2.95 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 0.902 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 D 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 D major
Each of these differs from D 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 90 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 2663.7 | 0.38 |
| Half note | 2 | 1331.9 | 0.75 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 998.9 | 1 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 665.9 | 1.5 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 444 | 2.25 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 499.4 | 2 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 333 | 3 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 222 | 4.51 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 249.7 | 4 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 166.5 | 6.01 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 111 | 9.01 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 83.2 | 12.01 |
Half time 45.1 BPM · double time 180.2 BPM. Every row is one beat (665.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)Post Malone & Swae LeeD major90BPM
- Bless Those (Little Annie's Prayer)Living ColourD major90BPM
- Hang On to YourselfDavid BowieD major90BPM
- Eastsidebenny blanco, Halsey & KhalidD major90BPM
- Bad Moon RisingCreedence Clearwater RevivalD major90BPM
- Give a Little BitSupertrampD major91BPM
- Keeping the FaithBilly JoelD major91BPM
- MiðvikudagsBjörkD major90BPM
- ThrillerFall Out BoyD major90BPM
- We’ll Meet AgainJohnny CashD major91BPM
Recordings in D major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 90 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in D majorAll songs at 90 BPMD major at 90–99 BPMThe Rolling Stones
MusicBrainz collapses 17 recording ids into this one. Recording id 180cfe9a-bb2e-493c-be52-2bdfef63d9dd.