Songs at 78 BPM

35 songs measured at about 78 beats per minute. At 78 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 3.08 seconds — 19.5 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 2.31 seconds.

78beats per minute

19.5

bars/min in 4/4

26.0

bars/min in 3/4

769 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 78 BPM

Contemporary Dance

60–120 BPM · fits directly

Lyrical Dance

60–110 BPM · fits directly

Tap Dance

100–220 BPM · felt in double time

Musical Theatre Dance

90–160 BPM · felt in double time

East Coast Swing

120–176 BPM · felt in double time

Salsa

150–220 BPM · felt in double time

Merengue

116–160 BPM · felt in double time

Brazilian Zouk

70–100 BPM · fits directly

Lindy Hop

120–240 BPM · felt in double time

Texas Two-Step

150–200 BPM · felt in double time

Zumba

120–160 BPM · felt in double time

Songs at 78 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
Love Me or Leave Me	Olivia Newton‐John	78	A# major	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	2004
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys	78	G# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1946
Club Morocco (Marrocos Clube)	Azymuth	78	G major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1982
Comin’ On	The Clovers	78	F major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	1997
I Got Some Help I Don’t Need (single edit)	B.B. King	78	A minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1992
Let Me Know	Tamar Braxton feat. Future	78	D major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	2014
Niji Baby	B.B. King	78	A# minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1992
Once Upon a Time	Marv Johnson	78	A major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	2014
Open Door	Lisa Ekdahl	78	D major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2002
Ornamental Boogie	Farmers Market	78	F major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2000
Put Some Money in the Pot, 'Cause the Juice Is Running Low	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	78	A# minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1992
Right There	Ariana Grande feat. Big Sean	78	C major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	2013
Run Around	Chuck Berry	78	F major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	1994
Tell Me More and More, and Then Some	Billie Holiday	78	C minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1991
Travelin' Light	Diane Schuur	78	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1990
When a Woman Loves a Man	Dinah Washington	78	B minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1987
You Are Fire	Prince Royce	78	A# major	Zumba, Lyrical Dance	2013
El tamborilero	Celia Cruz	78	A minor	Salsa	2006
Every Fool Has a Rainbow (1969)	Merle Haggard	78	D major	Texas Two-Step	1995
If These Walls Could Talk	Kevin Fowler	78	A major	Texas Two-Step	2000
Left Out Again	Cliff Richard & The Shadows	78	C major	East Coast Swing	2011
Love at the First Sight	Roddy Jackson	78	F major	East Coast Swing	2007
Mulher navio negreiro	Tom Zé	78	G major	Cha-Cha	2006
The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73, op. 19: The body of the Mandarin begins to glow (Moderato)	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly	78	D minor	Ballet	2002
Tu manques au monde entier	Betty & the Bops	78	D major	East Coast Swing	2000
Big Boss Man	Jimmy Reed	78	G# major		1961
Canary Bird	Muddy Waters	78	G major		2006
Circle of Life	Adrian von Ziegler	78	C# major		2012
Danza de concheros	The Chieftains with Los Folkloristas	78	G major		2010
Easy Baby	Magic Sam	78	E major		2009
Hoch hinaus	Manuellsen	78	F# minor		2014
Mean Mistreater	Muddy Waters	78	D major		1984
My Love Strikes Like Lightning	Muddy Waters	78	D major		1997
My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark	Fall Out Boy	78	—		2013
Steal My Girl	One Direction	78	—		2014

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