Songs at 147 BPM

93 songs measured at about 147 beats per minute. At 147 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 1.63 seconds — 36.8 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 1.22 seconds.

147beats per minute

36.8

bars/min in 4/4

49.0

bars/min in 3/4

408 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 147 BPM

Contemporary Dance

60–120 BPM · felt in half time

Lyrical Dance

60–110 BPM · felt in half time

Tap Dance

100–220 BPM · fits directly

Musical Theatre Dance

90–160 BPM · fits directly

East Coast Swing

120–176 BPM · fits directly

Bachata

110–150 BPM · fits directly

Merengue

116–160 BPM · fits directly

Brazilian Zouk

70–100 BPM · felt in half time

Lindy Hop

120–240 BPM · fits directly

Balboa

160–320 BPM · felt in double time

Zumba

120–160 BPM · fits directly

Songs at 147 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
¿Y tú qué has hecho?	Buena Vista Social Club	147	D# major	Tap Dance, Musical Theatre Dance, Rumba	1997
A Night in Tunisia	Arturo Sandoval	147	D# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1999
Chão de estrelas	Hamilton de Holanda	147	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2007
Dream of You	Django Reinhardt et son quintette	147	E major	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1990
El cumbanchero	Sabu	147	G# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1999
Missing Dotô (Saudades do Dotô)	Azymuth	147	A minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1983
Ain't Misbehavin' / 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans	Louis Prima with Sam Butera & the Witnesses	147	G# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1962
All of You	Sammy Davis Jr.	147	C# minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2003
Bebop	The Rosenberg Trio	147	A minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1993
God Bless the Child	Gregory Porter	147	A major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2012
I Only Have Eyes for You	Billie Holiday	147	D major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2006
I Realize Now	The Nat King Cole Trio	147	E major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1991
Inocente	Akon	147	E major	Bachata, Merengue, Zumba	2019
It's You I Like	Nnenna Freelon	147	B minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1993
I’ve Got You Under My Skin	Dinah Washington	147	A# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1988
Light Of The Future	Zipflo Reinhardt	147	G major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2007
Milonga del ángel	Astor Piazzolla	147	B minor	Ballroom Tango, Argentine Tango, Zumba	2000
Undun	Sophie Milman	147	G minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2007
Walkin’	Bobby McFerrin	147	A# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1986
What Is This Thing Called Love	Mel Tormé	147	C minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1990
Chau corazón	Villanos	147	G major	Zumba, East Coast Swing	2005
Negra Mi ChaChaCha (Chachachá)	Señor Coconut and His Orchestra	147	F minor	Rumba, Zumba	2003
A Little Love	Byron Lee and the Dragonaires	147	D major	Zumba	2004
Alright	The Lucy Nation	147	G# major	Musical Theatre Dance	1999
Bam Sa Bo	Byron Lee and the Dragonaires	147	D major	Zumba	2004
Bony Maronie	Ritchie Valens	147	F major	East Coast Swing	1995
Copla guajira	Ibrahim Ferrer	147	D minor	Zumba	2007
Dance of the Headhunters	Tito Puente	147	B major	Zumba	1960
Dornröschen, op. 66a: IV. Panorama. Andantino	Warsaw National Philharmonic, Witold Rowicki	147	G major	Ballet	1989
Get Off the Road	R. Lewis Band	147	F minor	East Coast Swing	2011
Goodbye Priscilla (Bye Bye Baby Blue)	Gene Summers	147	A major	East Coast Swing	1997
Graduation Ball: IX. Teacher and Pupils	Wiener Philharmoniker, Antal Doráti	147	A major	Ballet	2005
Invention 1 (Improvisation)	Robert Haigh	147	A minor	Contemporary Dance	2009
I’ll Have Come and Gone With You	Geotic	147	D major	Contemporary Dance	2010
La boquilla	Ska Cubano	147	A minor	Zumba	2005
Le Sacre du printemps: L'Adoration de la Terre. 6. Cortège du sage - Le sage	L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet	147	G minor	Ballet	1951
Ljósið	Ólafur Arnalds	147	F major	Contemporary Dance	2009
Mambo De Chattanooga (Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy)	Pérez Prado & His Orchestra	147	G major	Zumba	1990
Maybe Baby	Sun-60	147	A major	Musical Theatre Dance	1993
Maybe It Was Memphis	Pam Tillis	147	A major	East Coast Swing	1991
Midsummer Tiny Song	Fabrizio Paterlini	147	C# major	Contemporary Dance	2014
More Scorcher	Byron Lee and the Dragonaires	147	G major	Zumba	2004
Night Ritual	Tito Puente	147	G# major	Zumba	1992
Oh! Little Girl	Jimmy Craig	147	G major	East Coast Swing	1997
Peace & Loveism (4hero mix)	Sonz of a Loop da Loop Era	147	A major	East Coast Swing	1995
Results	Dalhous	147	F major	Contemporary Dance	2016
Settin’ the Woods on Fire	Jerry Lee Lewis	147	C major	East Coast Swing	1976
Silhouette	Daigo Hanada	147	C minor	Contemporary Dance	2017
Sleeping Beauty: Act Three "The Wedding": No. 23. Pas de quatre: Variation IV. The Diamond Fairy (Vivace)	London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn	147	G major	Ballet	1993
Soleil	Stephan Moccio	147	C# major	Contemporary Dance	2010
String Quartet no. 1: Part 2	The Smith Quartet	147	B major	Contemporary Dance	2008
String Quartet no. 4 "Buczak": III	The Smith Quartet	147	D minor	Contemporary Dance	2008
String Quartet no. 5: IV	The Smith Quartet	147	G minor	Contemporary Dance	2008
Swan Lake: Act III. No. 15 Scène	London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn	147	C major	Ballet	1976
Tell Me It’s Not True	Stephanie Lawrence	147	F major	Musical Theatre Dance	1995
That’s How You Know It’s Love	Deana Carter	147	D# major	East Coast Swing	1996
The Fourth Collection: pattern XIII	Mamoru Fujieda	147	C# minor	Contemporary Dance	1997
The Girl Can’t Help It	Liquorice John Death	147	F major	East Coast Swing	2002
The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19: The shabby old rake enters... (Con moto)	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly	147	F minor	Ballet	2002
The Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: III. March: Tempo di marcia viva	Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, Heribert Beissel	147	E minor	Ballet	2009
The Seasons, op. 67: Scene 1. L'Hiver: Variation III. La Grêle	Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi	147	F major	Ballet	1988
Too Many Lovers	Crystal Gayle	147	B major	East Coast Swing	2007
Voy a prometerte	Víctor Manuelle	147	D minor	Zumba	2005
Watch You Slide	Danko Jones	147	F# minor	East Coast Swing	2015
What U See/We All Bleed Red	Mutha’s Day Out	147	F minor	Musical Theatre Dance	1995
Wonkamobile, Wonkavision / Oompa Loompa	Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley	147	B minor	Musical Theatre Dance	1971
Your Orders Come from Me	Murray Gold	147	G minor	Musical Theatre Dance	2013
1913 Massacre	Arlo Guthrie	147	B major		1972
Bring It on Home to Me	Wilson Pickett	147	A# major		1968
Call Me Super Bad	James Brown	147	D minor		1971
City of New Orleans	Arlo Guthrie	147	A# minor		1987
Cowboy Jim	Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard	147	D major		1996
Hank Williams Records	Hellbound Glory	147	G major		2010
Hoodoo Man Blues	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	147	A# major		1982
I Do	Paul Brandt	147	D# major		1996
I Love Tomorrow	Federation of the Disco Pimp	147	F major		2015
I May Be Used (but Baby I Ain’t Used Up)	Waylon Jennings	147	C# major		2001
In the Still of the Night	Billy Eckstine	147	D# major		1990
Like One	Jean Carter	147	D# minor		1999
Listening (To the Wind)	Merle Haggard	147	D major		2000
Long Black Veil	Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard	147	D# major		1996
Out With a Bang	David Lee Murphy	147	C# major		1994
Out of Range	Ani DiFranco	147	C major		1996
Pledging My Love	O.V. Wright	147	A# minor		1969
Red Letter Day	Charlie Robison	147	A major		1996
Roupa nova	Roupa Nova	147	E major		2005
Satisfaction	Otis Redding	147	G# minor		1997
Snowin' on Raton	Town Mountain	147	A# major		2008
Split Personality	Mila J	147	D# major		2014
Troubled Mind	Catie Curtis	147	D major		1996
Whatever Makes Baby Feel Good	Parliament	147	G# minor		1974
Worcester City	Eliza Carthy	147	C major		2002
Wreck on the Highway	Townes Van Zandt	147	D major		1997

Tempo measured by AcousticBrainz audio analysis (CC0); songs within ±0.5 BPM are grouped. Detected tempo can be half or double the felt tempo.