TempoPeek

Van Halen · Van Halen

Runnin’ With the Devil

Runnin’ With the Devil is in A flat major at 96.3 beats per minute.

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Tempo

96 BPM · Andantemedian of 210 analyses · 96.1–96.5 across the middle eight tenths
Key
A♭ major4 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
90%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
210people who ran the extractor
One beat
623.1milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
449.5Hz · +37 cents from A 440
Dynamics
3.81dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.839Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.063Essentia'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 — 90% — put it in A flat major, a key signature of 4 flats. 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 96.3 BPM one beat lasts 623.1 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 155.8 ms and a dotted eighth 467.3 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 48.2 BPM, counted twice as fast 192.6. A score would mark that Andante, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 449.5 Hz, which is 37 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 3.81 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 0.839 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 A flat 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 A♭ major

Each of these differs from A♭ 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 96 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note42492.20.4
Half note21246.10.8
Dotted quarter1.5934.61.07
Quarter note (one beat)1623.11.61
Quarter triplet0.667415.42.41
Dotted eighth0.75467.32.14
Eighth note0.5311.53.21
Eighth triplet0.333207.74.81
Dotted sixteenth0.375233.64.28
Sixteenth note0.25155.86.42
Sixteenth triplet0.167103.89.63
Thirty-second note0.12577.912.84

Half time 48.2 BPM · double time 192.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (623.1 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. No Sleep Till BrooklynBeastie BoysA♭ major97BPM
  2. ReflectionChristina AguileraA♭ major96BPM
  3. Green Green Grass of HomeTom JonesA♭ major96BPM
  4. Rudie Can’t FailThe ClashA♭ major97BPM
  5. All Through the NightCyndi LauperA♭ major95BPM
  6. Armatage ShanksGreen DayA♭ major95BPM
  7. Water Under the BridgeAdeleA♭ major95BPM
  8. Jesus He Knows MeGenesisA♭ major95BPM
  9. PerfectEd SheeranA♭ major95BPM
  10. LuckyBritney SpearsA♭ major95BPM

Recordings in A flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 96 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in A flat majorAll songs at 96 BPMA♭ major at 90–99 BPMVan Halen

MusicBrainz collapses 81 recording ids into this one. Recording id f124bda8-5fd4-4b9e-92aa-892c7f74e561.