Track analysis

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers is part of MusiMap's musicologist-curated demo catalogue, featured in the MusiTag Demo Dataset collection. The analysis highlights Primary genre signals include Alternative rock, Rock, and Indie rock. with Lively, Performing, and Free among the leading mood descriptors. and Adrenaline (sports & action), Tailgate, and Protest among the strongest situational use cases. instrumental-led production. The track presents a high-energy profile. This page shows how expert-validated semantic tagging turns audio into explainable music intelligence for discovery, profiling and contextual use.

ISRC: — Duration: 3:43 Year: 2005 Analysis completed
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BPM

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74

Confidence 98%

Key

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C# major

Confidence 99%

Energy

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85%

Danceability

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58%

Track info

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Artist
The Killers
Album
Hot Fuss
Genre
Alternative Rock;Rock;Pop Rock;Indie Rock;Post-Punk Revival;New Wave;Synth-Pop;Electronic;Pop;Alternative Pop
Label
Island
UPC
—
Explicit
No
Composer
—
Copyright
—

Technical

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Format

Format
FLAC
Codec
FLAC
Channels
2 (stereo)

Signal

Sample rate
44100
Bit depth
16
Bit rate
1144449

Quality

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HIGH

  • Lossless audio format detected.
  • Audio is stereo.
  • Sample rate is within a healthy range.

Rhythm

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Beat regularity 97%
Beat confidence 96%

Onset density

1.184

Raw BPM

73.828

Loudness

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Integrated LUFS

-9.75

RMS

0.3291

Peak

0.9621

Dynamic range

3.9

Crest factor dB

9.32

Instrumental / vocal

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Detected type

Vocal

Source

DL override

Instr. probability

59%

Heuristic result

Instrumental

Heuristic instrumental confidence 30%

Deep Learning override applied

Heuristic instrumental detection was contradicted by Deep Learning voice-family tags.

Best vocal tag: 100.0%

Key stability

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Stability 75%

Primary key

C# major

Modulations

3

Tagging

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Genres

Alternative rock 86%
Rock 82%
Indie rock 70%
Pop rock 43%
Pop 17%

Moods

Lively 85%
Performing 83%
Free 79%
Playfulness 79%
Determined 77%
Energetic 77%
Impulsive 77%
Dynamism 75%
Rebellious 74%
Extroversion 73%
Powerful 73%
Warrior 72%
Ground (On) 70%
Warm-hearted 70%
Good Vibrations 69%
Happiness 69%
Wood (Out) 69%
Revitalizing 67%
Air (Up) 66%
Heroic 64%
Wildness 64%
Friendly 42%
Happy 34%
Aggressive 33%
Passionate 25%
Melodramatic 24%
Innocent 18%
Bitter 17%
Temperament 16%
Organic 14%
Love 13%
Roots 13%
Coldness 11%

Languages

English 100%

Situations

Adrenaline (sports & action) 100%
Bar 100%
City life 100%
Fast car & racing 100%
Protest 100%
Tailgate 100%
Young days 100%
Road trip 92%
Seize the day 92%
Workout 91%
Boat cruise 88%
Commute 88%
Friday night 88%
Running 88%
Pregaming 82%
Uplift / motivate 79%

Rhythmic Moods

Staccato 60%
Chaotic 21%
Lyrical 12%

Voice Families

Low Pitched Vocal 100%

Key probabilities

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C# major 25%
A# minor 16%
C# minor 14%
G# major 13%
F minor 13%
F# major 13%
F# minor 5%
G# minor 1%

Key modulations

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4 unique keys
C# major 33x
75%
A# minor 5x
87%
G# major 3x
81%
F minor 3x
72%

Spectral

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Centroid

2708.87

Bandwidth

2738.05

Rolloff

5931.41

Flatness

0.0397

MFCC fingerprint

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C1 56.0%

44.6

C2 100.0%

79.35

C3 1.0%

−1.06

C4 31.0%

24.95

C5 12.0%

9.6

C6 6.0%

4.49

C7 3.0%

−2.72

C8 9.0%

7.01

C9 0.0%

0.16

C10 6.0%

4.45

C11 1.0%

0.85

C12 6.0%

4.69

C13 3.0%

−2.66

Chorus detection

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No chorus segments available.

Structure

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Segment 1 — → 219.03

1 segment detected.

Musical timeline

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Segment 1 0.0 → 219.03s 219.03s
C# major · 67% Energy 85%
Segment duration 98.22%
Track energy 85%

1 segment mapped in the timeline.