Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time: Reverend Al Green, Let's Stay Together, #60

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:
Speed 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
meanspeed=101.4 beats per minute
meanspace=592 milliseconds per beat
meanemotion according to meanspeed music theory=natural (98-105 bpm)




Sophia St. John Newman
Ian Schneider
meanspeed.com
June 29, 2007