Thin Lizzy · Vagabonds of the Western World
Whiskey in the Jar
Whiskey in the Jar is in G major at 128 beats per minute.
Tempo
128 BPM · Allegromedian of 137 analyses · 127.5–128.2 across the middle eight tenths- Key
- G major1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
- Agreement
- 85%share of analyses that agreed
- Analyses
- 137people who ran the extractor
- One beat
- 468.8milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
- Tuning
- 442.8Hz · +11 cents from A 440
- Dynamics
- 3.12dB the level wanders from its average
- Loudness
- 0.938Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
- Danceability
- 1.222Essentia'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
137 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 85% — put it in G major, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 137 readings; 100% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.
At 128 BPM one beat lasts 468.8 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 117.2 ms and a dotted eighth 351.6 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 64 BPM, counted twice as fast 256. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.
The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442.8 Hz, which is 11 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 3.12 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 0.938 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 G 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 G major
Each of these differs from G 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 128 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1875 | 0.53 |
| Half note | 2 | 937.5 | 1.07 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 703.1 | 1.42 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 468.8 | 2.13 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 312.5 | 3.2 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 351.6 | 2.84 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 234.4 | 4.27 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 156.3 | 6.4 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 175.8 | 5.69 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 117.2 | 8.53 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 78.1 | 12.8 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 58.6 | 17.07 |
Half time 64 BPM · double time 256 BPM. Every row is one beat (468.8 ms) times the fraction in the second column.
Closest in key and tempo
- SummerCalvin HarrisG major128BPM
- Feel So CloseCalvin HarrisG major128BPM
- Sun Goes DownDavid Guetta & Showtek feat. MAGIC! & Sonny WilsonG major128BPM
- I’ll Keep Loving YouDavid Guetta feat. Jaymes Young & BirdyG major128BPM
- We'll Be Coming BackCalvin Harris feat. ExampleG major128BPM
- HomeMichael BubléG major128BPM
- TechnologicDaft PunkG major128BPM
- Out of TimeThe Rolling StonesG major128BPM
- Pigs on the Wing, Part 2Pink FloydG major128BPM
- Long, Long Way From HomeForeignerG major128BPM
Recordings in G major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 128 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.
All songs in G majorAll songs at 128 BPMG major at 120–129 BPM
MusicBrainz collapses 103 recording ids into this one. Recording id ad4535c3-1a7e-452b-95a1-db0f38fcc105.