In the 1970s, the fans of the football champion Pittsburgh Steelers took this song, WE ARE FAMILY on as the team’s theme. End result: championship victory in the Super Bowl, the apogee of American sporting achievement.

The Meanspeed-Carlton Summary of “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge –
mean speed/average tempo=119.2 beats per minute.
mean emotion=victory, as ebullient joy.
beat frequency=1.987 beats per second.
average beat length=503 milliseconds per beat.
average measure length=2013 milliseconds per measure.
mean slow phase=1.987 cycles per second.
corresponding pitch=254.29 Hertz, 50 cents above B3=246.042 Hertz, 50 cents below C4=261.626 Hertz.

Ian Andrew Schneider
Meanspeed Music Company
April 1, 2008