Recording
Cielito Lindo
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
- Released
- 1882
- On one list
- Mariachi
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Analysis
4 sections, the first drop at 0:03, 2% of the way in, 29% of it spent climbing.
- Tempo
- 152 BPM
- holds throughout
- Dynamic range
- 4.5 dB
- compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
- Phrase
- 8 bars
- the length the arrangement is built on
- Length
- 3:00
- measured from the YouTube master
The record, end to end
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- 0:00Aintrobar -1*
- 0:39Abuildbar 24*
- 1:31Apeakbar 57
- 2:37Boutrobar 99*
Drop at 0:03 (bar 1). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.
* starts between phrase lines rather than on one.
0:00 · A · intro
opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:39
- Energy
- 30
- Brightness
- 90
- Density
- 87
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · sung · one of 3 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 0:51
- Energy
- 84
- Brightness
- 99
- Density
- 100
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · sung · one of 3 stretches of the same music (A)
- Lasts
- 1:07
- Energy
- 100
- Brightness
- 100
- Density
- 98
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
the closing fall · sung
- Lasts
- 0:23
- Energy
- 0
- Brightness
- 0
- Density
- 0
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.
- drums
- the drum kit, separated from the mix
- bass
- the bass part, separated from the mix
- vocals
- the voice, separated from the mix
- other
- everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings
Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.
- intro
- opens the record below its own average energy
- build
- energy and brightness climbing without a break
- peak
- sits at the top of this record's range
- outro
- the closing fall
Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.
Ranked No. 1 in Mariachi
A son written before mariachi had trumpets, and now the thing a stadium full of Mexicans sings without being asked. Dated to its composition; it predates the ensemble that owns it.