Songs at 81 BPM

48 songs measured at about 81 beats per minute. At 81 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 2.96 seconds — 20.2 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 2.22 seconds.

81beats per minute

20.2

bars/min in 4/4

27.0

bars/min in 3/4

741 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 81 BPM

Contemporary Dance

60–120 BPM · fits directly

Lyrical Dance

60–110 BPM · fits directly

Tap Dance

100–220 BPM · felt in double time

East Coast Swing

120–176 BPM · felt in double time

Salsa

150–220 BPM · felt in double time

Kizomba

80–100 BPM · fits directly

Cumbia

80–110 BPM · fits directly

Brazilian Zouk

70–100 BPM · fits directly

Lindy Hop

120–240 BPM · felt in double time

West Coast Swing

80–130 BPM · fits directly

Balboa

160–320 BPM · felt in double time

Texas Two-Step

150–200 BPM · felt in double time

Krump

80–110 BPM · fits directly

Songs at 81 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life	Nat King Cole	81	D# major	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1957
Só no balanço do mar	Daniela Mercury	81	A# minor	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance	2000
(That) Old Black Magic	The Clovers	81	F major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk, West Coast Swing	1991
All Over Again	B.B. King	81	G# minor	West Coast Swing, Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1968
Baby’s Gone	Bobby Mitchell & De Toppers	81	G major	West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1996
Be With You	Mary J. Blige	81	G# major	West Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	1994
Boppity Bop (Boogity Boog)	Wynona Carr	81	G major	West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1993
Dicen por ahí	Thalía	81	G major	Cha-Cha, Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	1997
Fat Back and Corn Liquor	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	81	A# major	West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1992
I Can't Do That	Fred James & Mary-Ann Brandon	81	E major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance	2010
Itty Bitty Girl	Ruth Brown	81	C minor	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk, West Coast Swing	2015
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing	The Four Aces	81	F# major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk, West Coast Swing	1991
Romeo & Juliet	Poetry'n'Motion	81	A# major	Lyrical Dance, Cha-Cha, West Coast Swing	1997
What! No Pearls	Earl Bostic	81	C major	Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk, West Coast Swing	1987
A young Girl made a Crown of Forest Flowers	Farmers Market	81	G major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2000
After the Storm	The Flatlanders	81	D# major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	2009
All for the Sake of the Song	Roger Creager	81	C major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	2003
And It’s Supposed to Be Love	Abbey Lincoln	81	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2007
Bad Life Blues	Buddy Guy	81	F minor	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	2003
Come on Home	Tammy Wynette	81	F minor	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1968
Conversation With the Blues	Big Bill Broonzy	81	C# major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1993
Easy Going Even	Najee	81	G# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2000
Good Good Lovin’	Bobby Hebb	81	A# major	West Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance	2005
Have a Heart	Nancy Wilson	81	D major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1966
Hot Boyz (DJ Tomekk radio mix)	DJ Tomekk feat. Missy Elliott	81	F minor	Krump, West Coast Swing	2001
I Know Why	Marian Hill	81	F major	Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	2016
If You Were Here Tonight	Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle	81	G# major	Lyrical Dance, Contemporary Dance	2005
No One to Talk to But the Blues	The Derailers	81	F major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1997
O circo	Maria Bethânia	81	D major	Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	1996
Old Stack O'Lee Blues	Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five	81	D# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2001
Smoke	Lemaitre	81	D minor	Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	2019
Esquadros	Adriana Calcanhotto	81	A major	Lyrical Dance	2000
Feitiço da Vila	Martinho da Vila	81	D major	Cha-Cha	2005
I Want You to Love Me	Muddy Waters	81	C major	West Coast Swing	1958
Mad Love (I Want You to Love Me)	Muddy Waters	81	C major	West Coast Swing	1985
One More Day	Slim Harpo	81	E major	West Coast Swing	1993
Ooh! My Head	Ritchie Valens	81	E major	East Coast Swing	1988
Outra noite	Chico Buarque	81	E major	Lyrical Dance	1993
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II. 17. Panorama. Andantino	Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi	81	G major	Ballet	2012
The Whole World Misses You	Carl Perkins	81	G# major	East Coast Swing	2002
Beautiful	Elvis Costello	81	G major		2007
Mera Yaar Mila De	A. R. Rahman	81	C major		2002
Perry Mason	Fred Steiner	81	C minor		1985
The Heights	Shawn David Thompson	81	A major		1996
The Lark in the Morning	Steeleye Span	81	B major		1971
The Murder (Film Score)	Danny Elfman	81	E minor		1998
Vivo orgulloso	Víctor Manuelle	81	A major		2005
We're All in This Together	[dialogue]	81	F major		1999

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