Songs at 185 BPM

69 songs measured at about 185 beats per minute. At 185 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 1.30 seconds — 46.2 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 0.97 seconds.

185beats per minute

46.2

bars/min in 4/4

61.7

bars/min in 3/4

324 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 185 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 · felt in half time

Waltz

84–96 BPM · felt in half time

Viennese Waltz

168–186 BPM · fits directly

Salsa

150–220 BPM · fits directly

Kizomba

80–100 BPM · felt in half time

Cumbia

80–110 BPM · felt in half time

Brazilian Zouk

70–100 BPM · felt in half time

Lindy Hop

120–240 BPM · fits directly

West Coast Swing

80–130 BPM · felt in half time

Balboa

160–320 BPM · fits directly

Texas Two-Step

150–200 BPM · fits directly

Hip-Hop Dance

85–115 BPM · felt in half time

Popping

90–115 BPM · felt in half time

Krump

80–110 BPM · felt in half time

Songs at 185 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
Angelitos negros	Clark Terry & Chico O’Farrill	185	C minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Salsa	2004
Mexican Song No 1	Charlie Byrd	185	E major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Salsa	1996
Prelude no. 1: Allegro ben ritmato e deciso	Paquito D’Rivera	185	A# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Salsa	2001
Blackstick	Noble Sissle’s Swingsters	185	F# minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	2001
Caprice XXIV	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra	185	A minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	1996
Kissing My Love	Al Jarreau	185	D# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	2013
Malakoff	Bratsch	185	B minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	2011
Mano	Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France	185	G# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	1992
No One Else but You	Nancy Wilson	185	D# minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	1966
Some of These Days	Bunk Johnson	185	D minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	1993
Topsy	Django Reinhardt	185	C minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Balboa	2003
Big Shot	Jason Meadows	185	F major	Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing	—
Die Colt Ballade	Bruce Low	185	C major	Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing	2002
Fool on the Roof Blues	Guy Clark	185	A major	Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing	1978
Good Woman’s Love	The Kentucky Colonels	185	E major	Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing	1975
I’m Leaving Now	Merle Haggard feat. Johnny Cash	185	D major	Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing	2006
Jay's Frantic	Big Jay McNeely	185	G# major	Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	2003
Love You ’til the Day I Die	Roscoe Gordon	185	A major	Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing	1951
Meet Me Around the Corner	Big Joe Williams	185	A major	Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing	1941
Second Waltz	André Rieu	185	C minor	Viennese Waltz, Waltz	2005
Shady Grove	The Kentucky Colonels	185	C major	Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing	1975
Bluebird	John Lee Hooker	185	C major	West Coast Swing	1974
Carte Blanche: II. Bagatelle	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham	185	A major	Ballet	1999
Cold Season (Prelude)	Robert Haigh	185	A minor	Contemporary Dance	2010
Hermana	Bosques de mi Mente	185	A minor	Contemporary Dance	2007
I Love You, Yes I Do	Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston	185	G# major	West Coast Swing	1966
La tirana	La Lupe	185	B minor	Salsa	1968
Palmyra Schottische	The New American Brass Band	185	D# major	Musical Theatre Dance	1990
Pièces froides no. 2 (Danse de travers II)	John Hackett & Steve Hackett	185	A minor	Contemporary Dance	2000
Pulcinella: I. Ouverture: Allegro moderato	London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	185	G major	Ballet	1979
Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 23. Mazurka	London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn	185	G major	Ballet	1976
Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III: 22. Danse Napolitaine: Allegro moderato - Andantino quasi moderato - Molto più mosso - Presto	Bergen filharmoniske orkester, Neeme Järvi	185	D major	Ballet	2013
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Waltz	Philharmonia Orchestra, John Lanchbery	185	A# major	Ballet	1993
309	The Hi-Strung Ramblers	185	A major		2005
Adiós Nonino	Octeto académico de Caracas	185	C minor		2002
April Showers	ProleteR	185	B major		2011
Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home	Ella Fitzgerald	185	A# major		1961
Before I Met You	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys	185	G major		2002
Boppin' in Roswell	The Barnshakers	185	D major		2004
Chovendo na roseira	Teresa Salgueiro & Septeto de João Cristal	185	G major		2007
Cití na gCumann	Altan	185	G# major		1987
Doggone It Baby	Rusti Steel &The Tin Tax	185	D# major		1999
Don't Be Cruel	Hank C. Burnette	185	G# major		1973
El Sospiro del Moro	Quadro Nuevo	185	C minor		2004
Fanfare: Matanuska	Tower of Power	185	F minor		1975
Frantic	Mac Curtis with The Rimshots	185	C# minor		1998
Goodnight Irene	Carl Perkins	185	E major		2002
Hobo's Lullaby	Anaïs Mitchell	185	C# minor		2007
I Don’t Want to Hear Anymore	Jerry Butler	185	G major		1987
It Sho' Ain't Me	Ike & Tina Turner	185	F major		1993
Jerry Lee’s Boogie	Jerry Lee Lewis	185	G major		2009
Joe Ryan's Barn Dance Set: The New Broom / Joe Ryan's Barn Dance / St. Ruth's Bush / The Penny Candle	Cherish the Ladies	185	D major		1996
Juanita	The Sureshots	185	A minor		2005
Killer Diller	The Barnshakers	185	F major		2001
Kitty of Coleraine	Mary O’Hara	185	G# major		2007
Krapfenwaldl-maltzer, op. 336	Štátna filharmónia Košice, Richard Edlinger	185	B major		1990
Little Gypsy Girl	Eliza Carthy	185	F# major		2002
Milkshake Mademoiselle	Jerry Lee Lewis	185	G major		1980
Minha Palhoça	Baden Powell	185	D major		2000
Natural Man	Dale Hawkins	185	A major		1999
Nica’s Dream	Oscar Peterson	185	G minor		1991
Pedacito de papel	Eliades Ochoa y el Cuarteto Patria	185	C minor		1999
Pepita-Polka, op. 138	Gustavo Dudamel & Wiener Philharmoniker	185	C major		2017
Segura a Nega	Clube do Balanço	185	B minor		2001
Seznec est innocent !	Tri Yann	185	C major		1995
Soñar y nada más	Aníbal Troilo, Francisco Fiorentino & Alberto Marino	185	C# minor		1999
You Better Watch Out	The Blue Jeans	185	A major		1994
You Bug Me, Baby	Larry Williams	185	G major		1957
You Touch Me Baby	Lulu	185	G major		1965

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