What dance fits “If I Had a Hammer”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 164 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Salsa.
How to count it
At 164 BPM one beat lasts 367 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 40.9 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 54.6.
Similar-tempo songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never My Love | The 5th Dimension | 164 | D major | 1971 | |
| Sweet Blindness | The 5th Dimension | 164 | F major | West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing | 1968 |
| American Soldier | Toby Keith | 164 | A major | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 2003 |
| Crow Jane | Skip James | 164 | D# major | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 1966 |
| Lay Some Flowers on My Grave | Blind Willie McTell | 164 | E major | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 1990 |
| Let Him Roll | Guy Clark | 164 | C major | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 1975 |
| Music Like Dirt | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 164 | D major | 2004 | |
| Poison Pressure | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 164 | C# major | 2004 | |
| When My First Wife Left Me | John Lee Hooker | 164 | C# minor | West Coast Swing | 1996 |
| My Baby’s Comin’ Home | B.B. King | 164 | F minor | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing | 1992 |
| SAKURA | ROSALÍA | 164 | A# minor | East Coast Swing, Flamenco | 2022 |
| Shotgun Willie | Willie Nelson with Kid Rock | 164 | D major | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 2004 |
More by Pete Seeger
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guantanamera | Pete Seeger | 112 | C# major | Contra Dance, West Coast Swing, Line Dancing | 1963 |
| Little Boxes | Pete Seeger | 112 | A major | Contra Dance | 1963 |
| Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | Pete Seeger | 133 | B major | 1998 | |
| Genbaku O Yurusumagi (Never Again the A-Bomb) | Pete Seeger | 152 | B minor | 1989 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.