What dance fits “Days Are Short”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 156 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, Musical Theatre Dance, East Coast Swing.
How to count it
At 156 BPM one beat lasts 386 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 38.9 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 51.8.
Similar-tempo songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Right Now | Mary Chapin Carpenter | 156 | A# major | Texas Two-Step | 1990 |
| So Yesterday | Hilary Duff | 156 | C major | Zumba, East Coast Swing | 2003 |
| I Just Can’t Walk Away | Four Tops | 156 | D# major | East Coast Swing | 1986 |
| Think Twice Before You Go | John Lee Hooker | 156 | E major | Texas Two-Step | 1991 |
| Baby Please Don’t Leave Me | Buddy Guy | 156 | A# minor | 2001 | |
| Cheatin’ | Sara Evans | 156 | A major | Texas Two-Step | 2005 |
| Cut You A-Loose | Luther Allison | 156 | C major | 1972 | |
| Happy | Q14313 | 156 | — | 2013 | |
| I’m Wild About You Baby | Lightnin’ Hopkins | 156 | D major | 1993 | |
| Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules Miss All the Fun) | Toby Keith | 156 | B major | Texas Two-Step | 1997 |
| On My Mind | Ellie Goulding | 156 | — | 2015 | |
| White Rose | Toby Keith | 156 | D major | Texas Two-Step | 2007 |
More by Arlo Guthrie
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 Massacre | Arlo Guthrie | 147 | B major | 1972 | |
| City of New Orleans | Arlo Guthrie | 147 | A# minor | 1987 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.