"When A Man Loves A Woman," Percy Sledge--Rolling Stone's #54 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time. Elemental speeds, charts, and BPM entry

The song ranked #54 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of When a Man Loves a Woman, recorded by Percy Sledge. The mean speed of the song is 64.6 beats per minute which is a classic example of the ceremony in the expression by Percy Sledge. At Mean Music we call such an expression a "meanemotion."

Summary of Speed,
song calibration for by Ian Schneider under supervision of James T.S. Manning--
total beats measured=1,472
total time of measurement=22 minutes, 46 seconds
beats measured per song=184
mean time per song=2 minutes 50.9 seconds
meanspace=929 milliseconds per beat
meanspeed=64.6 beats per minute
meanemotion according to meanspeed music theory=ceremony (63-69 beats per minute)

adding the BPM to digital music player, in this particular format by pressing the Command and I key simultaneously

after adding the BPM, When A Man Loves A Woman as it fits into the Rolling Stone Greatest 500 of All-Time playlist.


When A Man Loves A Woman, #54 on the Rolling Stone Greatest 500 of All-Time playlist, arranged within the order of ascending speed of the Greatest 54 songs ever recorded

speed graph © 2007 Meanspeed Music


Ian Schneider
James T.S. Manning
meanspeed.com
June 23, 2007