TempoPeek

Weezer · Weezer

Say It Ain’t So

Say It Ain’t So is in E flat major at 151.8 beats per minute.

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Tempo

152 BPM · Allegromedian of 131 analyses · 151.6–152.2 across the middle eight tenths
Key
E♭ major3 flats · the key most of the analyses agreed on
Agreement
61%share of analyses that agreed
Analyses
131people who ran the extractor
One beat
395.3milliseconds, 60,000 ÷ BPM
Tuning
441.3Hz · +5 cents from A 440
Dynamics
6.01dB the level wanders from its average
Loudness
0.714Essentia's 0–1 scale, not dB
Danceability
1.143Essentia'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

131 independent analyses of this recording were submitted to AcousticBrainz. A bare majority of them — 61% — put it in E flat major, a key signature of 3 flats. The tempo printed above is the median of the 131 readings; 99% of them land within 2% of it, and they barely differ at all.

At 151.8 BPM one beat lasts 395.3 milliseconds, so a sixteenth note is 98.8 ms and a dotted eighth 296.4 ms — the delay times for this recording. Counted half as fast it is 75.9 BPM, counted twice as fast 303.6. A score would mark that Allegro, by the ranges this site uses.

The analyses put the reference pitch of the recording at 441.3 Hz, which is 5 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 6.01 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 0.714 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 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 E♭ major

Each of these differs from E♭ 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 152 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note415810.63
Half note2790.51.27
Dotted quarter1.5592.91.69
Quarter note (one beat)1395.32.53
Quarter triplet0.667263.53.8
Dotted eighth0.75296.43.37
Eighth note0.5197.65.06
Eighth triplet0.333131.87.59
Dotted sixteenth0.375148.26.75
Sixteenth note0.2598.810.12
Sixteenth triplet0.16765.915.18
Thirty-second note0.12549.420.24

Half time 75.9 BPM · double time 303.6 BPM. Every row is one beat (395.3 ms) times the fraction in the second column.

Closest in key and tempo

  1. Show ’em (What You’re Made of)Backstreet BoysE♭ major152BPM
  2. BeautifulChristina AguileraE♭ major152BPM
  3. RoamerEnrique IglesiasE♭ major153BPM
  4. When I Kissed the TeacherABBAE♭ major153BPM
  5. Love Will Keep You Up All NightBackstreet BoysE♭ major150BPM
  6. Don’t Stop5 Seconds of SummerE♭ major150BPM
  7. The Well and the LighthouseArcade FireE♭ major150BPM
  8. Starry EyedEllie GouldingE♭ major150BPM
  9. End of the RoadBoyz II MenE♭ major150BPM
  10. Under African SkiesPaul SimonE♭ major149BPM

Recordings in E flat major, ordered by how near their tempo is to 152 BPM. A calculation, not a recommendation.

All songs in E flat majorAll songs at 152 BPME♭ major at 150–159 BPMWeezer

MusicBrainz collapses 45 recording ids into this one. Recording id e7ada1d0-0604-4ff2-9361-939ebf5b53af.