Song tempo & key

For Once in My Life — Gladys Knight & the Pips

“For Once in My Life” by Gladys Knight & the Pips (1973) has a measured tempo of 163.0 BPM and is in C major.

163BPM
C
C major · Camelot 8B
81.5 / 326.0
half / double time
3:54
length

What dance fits “For Once in My Life”?

How to count it

At 163 BPM one beat lasts 368 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 40.8 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 54.3.

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I Wish It Would RainGladys Knight & the Pips91A# majorWest Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk1968
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