Stephen King's Playlist, "Don't Worry Baby," The Beach Boys, meanemotion=victory, meanspeed=120.8 beats per minute

Stephen King, the famed writer, has submitted an iTunes Celebrity Playlist of songs he selected and commented about.
One track on the list is by the band the Beach Boys called "Don't Worry Baby." The song is performed on Beach Boys' album 'Good Vibrations' under the catalogued genre of 'pop.'
Author King says about the song: "The Beach Boys song against which, in my opinion, all others must be measured."

We measured the speed frequencies of the song as:
a) meanspeed=120.9 beats per minute,
b) meanemotion=victorious,
c) meanspace=0.496 seconds between beats,
d) meanphase=2.02 cycles per second,
e) meanpitch=515.28 Hertz, 79 cents above B4=493.883 Hertz, 21 cents below C5=523.251 Hertz.

Ian Schneider
Meanspeed Music Trust
December 20, 2006
NY, NY