Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean: Rolling Stone’s Greatest Song Of All Time #58 –Speeds, Frequencies and Visualizations

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The mean frequencies for the live version of Billie Jean by Michael Jackson are:

meanspeed_foreboding_speed_graph_billie_jean

meanspeed_foreboding_speed_graph_billie_jean

meanspeed_foreboding_speed_graph_billie_jeanmeanspeed_foreboding_speed_graph_billie_jeanMichael Jackson’s Billie Jean was THE archetype of songs at the speed of foreboding, wheer songs at 114-118 beats per minute (bpm) are a strong sign of an emotive concept coming from that of one being stalked or haunted, no matter how subtly, doom, and free-floating anxiety.

meanspeed=117.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=foreboding
meanbeat=1.955 beats per second
meanspace=512 milliseconds per beat.
meanspace=22046 milliseconds per measure.
meanphase=1.955 cycles per second.
meanpitch=500.480 Hertz, 24 cents above B4=493.883 Hertz, 76 cents below C5=523.251 Hertz.

Ian Schneider
June 27, 2007
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