Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson runs at 117 BPM in the key of F# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 117 BPM
- Key
- F# major
- Length
- 4:54
- Genre
- disco
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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Analysis and source
- Source recording
- Open the canonical recording source
- Editorial review
- August 23, 2026
Method: Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis.
Genre, key, and instrumentation are analytical judgments, not artist-supplied credits.
The prompt
A brooding disco track blending funk with explosive energy and a swung feel at 117 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows AABA. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 117
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- disco
- Second genre
- funk
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- AABA
- Textural detail
- vinyl crackle
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. A person checked every published claim category against the source before this page entered the public index.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Michael Jackson. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.