Song tempo & key

America (We Need the Light) — Billy Paul

“America (We Need the Light)” by Billy Paul (1975) has a measured tempo of 127.9 BPM and is in C major.

128BPM
C
C major · Camelot 8B
64.0 / 255.8
half / double time
5:23
length

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How to count it

At 128 BPM one beat lasts 469 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 32.0 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 42.6.

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