What dance fits “Helpless”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 135 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Jazz Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, Musical Theatre Dance.
How to count it
At 135 BPM one beat lasts 444 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 33.8 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 45.1.
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| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkin’ Up on My Baby | Taj Mahal | 135 | F minor | 1968 | |
| Oil in My Lamp | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 135 | G# major | 1998 | |
| Un ramito de violetas | Manzanita | 135 | G# minor | Zumba, Lyrical Dance, East Coast Swing | 1998 |
| 3 | Britney Spears | 135 | — | 2009 | |
| Charlie’s Paper Run | Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley | 135 | B minor | Musical Theatre Dance, Jazz Dance | 1971 |
| Does Your Mother Know | Louise Plowright | 135 | — | 1979 | |
| Don’t Give Up Easily | The Hollies | 135 | A major | East Coast Swing, Line Dancing | 1969 |
| Got My Mojo Working | Muddy Waters | 135 | A minor | 1993 | |
| Hair | Q19848 | 135 | — | 2011 | |
| If I Ever Get Over You | Chris Rea | 135 | C major | Line Dancing, Clogging | 2005 |
| It's Good to Be Us | Bucky Covington | 135 | A minor | Line Dancing, Clogging | 2007 |
| Jump Sister Bessie | Otis Rush | 135 | D# major | 1970 |
More by Buffy Sainte‐Marie
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldier Blue | Buffy Sainte‐Marie | 164 | A# major | 1990 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.