What dance fits “I Can't Get Started”?
How to count it
At 98 BPM one beat lasts 612 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 24.5 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 32.7. Ballroom rhythm analysis suggests a tango pattern (59% confidence).
Audio profile
- Danceability (model)
- Low (98% confidence)
- Party mood
- No
- Relaxed
- No
- Vocals
- Vocal
- Tags
- jazz, vocal jazz, jazz vocals, jazz: jazz vocals
- Release
- The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 6: 1938
Similar-tempo songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never Will I Marry | Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley | 98 | E minor | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1962 |
| Tentação do Inconveniente | Cal Tjader | 98 | C major | Tap Dance, Mambo, Lindy Hop | 1962 |
| The Lady Is a Tramp | Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli | 98 | F minor | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1973 |
| Save a Little Love for Me | Club des Belugas | 98 | G minor | Tap Dance, Quickstep, Lindy Hop | 2012 |
| Say 'si Si' (Para Vigo Me Voy) | Glenn Miller | 98 | A# major | Tap Dance, Quickstep, Lindy Hop | 1995 |
| Almost Like Being in Love | Emilie‐Claire Barlow | 98 | C# major | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 2007 |
| Smile | Arturo Sandoval | 98 | A# minor | Tap Dance, Mambo, Lindy Hop | 2010 |
| Cast Your Fate to the Wind | The Baja Marimba Band | 98 | F major | Tap Dance, Mambo, Lindy Hop | 1966 |
| Tiger Rag | Sidney Bechet’s Blue Note Jazzmen | 98 | D# major | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 2000 |
| Everybody Love My Baby | Louis Armstrong | 98 | C minor | Tap Dance, Quickstep, Lindy Hop | 1992 |
| Catty Town | Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners | 98 | G major | Tap Dance, Quickstep, Lindy Hop | 1991 |
| Being Me | Abbey Lincoln | 98 | F# major | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 2007 |
More by Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back in Your Own Backyard | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 156 | A# major | 1996 | |
| Big Stuff (breakdown and chatter) | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 95 | A minor | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1991 |
| Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 136 | F minor | Jazz Dance, Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1987 |
| I've Got a Date With a Dream | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 101 | A# major | Jazz Dance, Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1990 |
| Me, Myself and I | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 153 | C# major | 1996 | |
| Now They Call It Swing | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 156 | D minor | 1989 | |
| They Can't Take That Away From Me | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 90 | A# major | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1996 |
| This Is Heaven to Me | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 143 | F minor | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing | 1986 |
| Without Your Love | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 120 | D minor | Jazz Dance, Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1992 |
| A Sailboat in the Moonlight | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | 120 | G major | Jazz Dance, Tap Dance, Foxtrot | 1991 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.