TempoPeek

Van Halen · Van Halen

Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love

Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love is in G sharp minor at 139.2 beats per minute.

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Tempo

139 BPM · Allegromedian of 238 analyses · 138.7–139.3 across the middle eight tenths
Key
G♯ minor5 sharps · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
90%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
238people who ran the extractor
One beat
431milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
445.6Hz · +22 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.12dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.892Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.122Essentia'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

238 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. Most of them — 90% — put it in G sharp minor, a key signature of 5 sharps. The tempo printed above is the median of the 238 readings; 98% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 139.2 BPM one beat lasts 431 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 107.8 ms and a dotted eighth 323.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 69.6 BPM, counted twice as fast 278.4. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 445.6 Hz, which is 22 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 0.892 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 sharp 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 G♯ minor

Each of these differs from G♯ 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 139 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41724.10.58
Half note2862.11.16
Dotted quarter1.5646.61.55
Quarter note (one beat)14312.32
Quarter triplet0.667287.43.48
Dotted eighth0.75323.33.09
Eighth note0.5215.54.64
Eighth triplet0.333143.76.96
Dotted sixteenth0.375161.66.19
Sixteenth note0.25107.89.28
Sixteenth triplet0.16771.813.92
Thirty-second note0.12553.918.56

Half time 69.6 BPM · double time 278.4 BPM. Every row is one beat (431 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Leave My Woman AloneRay CharlesG♯ minor140BPM
  2. I Don’t Care AnymorePhil CollinsG♯ minor141BPM
  3. Through Seven DoorsScannerG♯ minor137BPM
  4. Floyd the BarberNirvanaG♯ minor137BPM
  5. Eugene’s LamentBeastie BoysG♯ minor143BPM
  6. Take This WaltzLeonard CohenG♯ minor143BPM
  7. Wishing WellBlack SabbathG♯ minor143BPM
  8. Heart of the SunriseYesG♯ minor144BPM
  9. Save the Last Dance for MeMichael BubléG♯ minor134BPM
  10. Venus in FursThe Velvet UndergroundG♯ minor145BPM

Recordings in G sharp minor, ordered by how near their tempo is to 139 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in G sharp minorAll songs at 139 BPMG♯ minor at 130–139 BPMVan Halen

MusicBrainz collapses 70 recording ids into this one. Recording id b03602f1-a3fd-4c66-b405-be5356752f73.