“America” is an anthem-like rock song written and performed by Neil Diamond.

The musical determinism lies in this element – songs in the speed range of 119-128 beats per minute, according to meanspeed music theory, are indicative of songs of victory. No one sings of the victory of landing in the free United States than that of a Neil Diamond singing his love letter to America.

Here, the speed of 126 beats per minutes, as a mean, is consistent with the joy of overcoming living in a fascist state – and this song was written about a bunch of Hebraic Russians fleeing the Gulags and torture chambers – so victory? Yeah! On the boats and on the planes! Anyone who didn’t believe Ronald Reagan when he called Russia, also and sometimes known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, “The Evil Empire” has never read The Gulag Archipelago.

Meanspeed Summary
song=”America”
composer=Neil Diamond
performer=Neil Diamond
beats measured=3,280
total time elapsed=1,564.96 seconds
average time per trial=195.62 seconds
beats per trial=410

mean speed=125.8
average beat=477 milliseconds

mean emotion according to mean speed music theory=victory
mean slow phase=2.095 cycles per second
corresponding pitch=536.6 hertz
album=12 Greatest Hits, Volume 2

recording company=© 1976 Neil Diamond and SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
recording source=iTunes
Kiind=Protected AAC audio file
Size=4 MB
Bit Rate=128 kbps
Sample Rate=44.100=kHz
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
File Type=m4p

Ian Schneider
James Manning
Sarah Jane Bristol
November 23, 2007