Song tempo & key

Going Back West — Boney M.

“Going Back West” by Boney M. (1984) has a measured tempo of 119.4 BPM and is in G# major.

119BPM
G#
G# major · Camelot 4B
59.7 / 238.8
half / double time
3:09
length

What dance fits “Going Back West”?

How to count it

At 119 BPM one beat lasts 503 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 29.9 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 39.8.

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Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.