Song #22 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest List: The Ronettes, "Be My Baby"--Linear and Radar Speed Graphs

According to Rolling Stone magazine, "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes is the 22nd greatest song of all time.

We measured the speed of Be My Baby by averaging 8 trials of 10 beats groups. This is a method that is described at http://meanspeed.com in the section of the same name.

The speed maps below represent the measurements in spreadsheet form, using numbers available on request. The summary of the measurements:
beats measured=330
mean time=2 minutes, 33.3 seconds
meanspeed=129.1 beats per minute
meanspace=0.465 seconds per beat
meanemotion=mixed fast





Ian Schneider meanspeed.com May 22, 2007