Twisted Sister · Stay Hungry

We’re Not Gonna Take It

We’re Not Gonna Take It is in E minor at 149.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

149 BPM · Allegromedian of 210 analyses · 149.2–149.4 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E minor1 sharp · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
94%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
210people who ran the extractor
One beat
401.9milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
442Hz · +8 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.62dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.828Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.215Essentia'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

210 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 94% — put it in E minor, a key signature of 1 sharp. The tempo printed above is the median of the 210 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 149.3 BPM one beat lasts 401.9 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 100.5 ms and a dotted eighth 301.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 74.7 BPM, counted twice as fast 298.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 442 Hz, which is 8 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 3.62 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 0.828 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 E 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 E minor

Each of these differs from E 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 149 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41607.50.62
Half note2803.81.24
Dotted quarter1.5602.81.66
Quarter note (one beat)1401.92.49
Quarter triplet0.667267.93.73
Dotted eighth0.75301.43.32
Eighth note0.5200.94.98
Eighth triplet0.3331347.47
Dotted sixteenth0.375150.76.64
Sixteenth note0.25100.59.95
Sixteenth triplet0.1676714.93
Thirty-second note0.12550.219.91

Half time 74.7 BPM · double time 298.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (401.9 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. A Woman’s WorthAlicia KeysE minor150BPM
  2. Get in My Car50 CentE minor150BPM
  3. ReadymadeRed Hot Chili PeppersE minor150BPM
  4. ImaginaryEvanescenceE minor150BPM
  5. MaroonedPink FloydE minor148BPM
  6. El cóndor pasa (If I Could)Simon & GarfunkelE minor148BPM
  7. [Parallel Stripes]Aphex TwinE minor151BPM
  8. StopPink FloydE minor151BPM
  9. Planet of WomenZZ TopE minor151BPM
  10. Sweet Sweet BulbsCaptain Beefheart & His Magic BandE minor147BPM

Recordings in E minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 149 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E minorAll songs at 149 BPME minor at 140–149 BPM

MusicBrainz collapses 44 recording ids into this one. Recording id d2cf72fb-e3fb-4b00-977f-7bece283a6a8.