The Rolling Stone magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time ranks “Let’s Stay Together” by the Reverend Al Green as the 60th greatest song ever recorded.

Sophia St. John Newman, for Meanspeed Music, turned in this report for the summary of speeds and frequencies of the Green classic:
Meanspeed Music Summary–
beats measured in song=320
mean time=3 minutes, 9.3 seconds
rhythm=4/4–a quarter note receives each beat, and there are 4 beats per measure
average tempo/meanspeed=101.4 beats per minute
average beat length=0.592 seconds

expression of emotion category according to meanspeed music theory=natural (songs at approximately 98-105 bpm)

Sophia St. John Newman
Ian Schneider
meanspeed.com
February 23, 2008