Songs at 149 BPM

37 songs measured at about 149 beats per minute. At 149 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 1.61 seconds — 37.2 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 1.21 seconds.

149beats per minute

37.2

bars/min in 4/4

49.7

bars/min in 3/4

403 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 149 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 149 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
La china leoncia, Part 4	Gato Barbieri	149	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2005
And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine	Ella Fitzgerald with The Song Spinners and Johnny Long and His Orchestra	149	A# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1945
China Boy (take 2)	Sidney Bechet	149	F major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1997
A permuta dos Santos	Chico Buarque	149	A major	East Coast Swing, Zumba	1990
Você vai me seguir	Chico Buarque	149	D major	East Coast Swing, Zumba	1976
Green Onions	Byron Lee and the Dragonaires	149	A# major	Zumba	2004
Lucille	Gunter Gabriel	149	D major	East Coast Swing	1977
Lulu	Dale Hawkins	149	A major	East Coast Swing	2007
Ma Mère l’Oye, ballet, M. 62: Prélude: Très lent	Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez	149	G major	Ballet	1994
Mambo A La Kenton	Pérez Prado & His Orchestra	149	C# major	Zumba	1990
On and Off Baby	Boz Boorer	149	F major	East Coast Swing	1992
Oye compay Juan	Ska Cubano	149	F minor	Zumba	2005
Resonant Chamber	Wayne Lytle	149	C# major	Musical Theatre Dance	2005
The Break Speaks	Bill Haley & His Comets	149	D# major	East Coast Swing	1990
80 in a 30	Avant feat. Kajun & J'Lyn	149	G# minor		2013
Adalida	George Strait	149	B major		1994
Ain’t Gonna Do It	Dave Bartholomew	149	A# major		1983
All I Need	Al Green	149	B major		2008
Aqui e agora	Gilberto Gil	149	A minor		1977
Baby Do the Philly Dog	The Olympics	149	G# major		1994
Big, Big Love	Waylon Jennings	149	B major		1999
Boogie Chillen	John Lee Hooker	149	E minor		1960
Burning Love	Wynonna	149	D# major		2004
Foolin’ Around	Dwight Yoakam	149	A major		2007
Heartbeat Song	Kelly Clarkson	149	—		2015
Hey Willy Boy	Townes Van Zandt	149	C major		1994
Hold Me Now	Johnny Logan	149	F major		2009
How High the Moon?	Ella Fitzgerald	149	D# major		1994
I Wanta Live Again (1965)	Merle Haggard	149	A major		1995
I’ll Be There	Ray Price	149	D major		1991
Let’s Make It	John Lee Hooker	149	E major		1992
Lonesome Road Blues	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	149	G major		1961
Long Lonesome Road	C.W. McCall	149	F minor		1975
Mists of Avalon	Maíre Ryham	149	G minor		2007
Molly and Tenbrooks	Tom T. Hall feat. Bill Monroe	149	F major		1976
Sweet Baby of Mine	Ruth Brown	149	A minor		1996
This Land Is Nobody’s Land	John Lee Hooker	149	E minor		1991

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