What dance fits “Oil in My Lamp”?
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 443 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 33.8 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 45.1. Ballroom rhythm analysis suggests a Viennese waltz pattern (74% confidence).
Audio profile
- Danceability (model)
- Low (73% confidence)
- Party mood
- No
- Relaxed
- No
- Vocals
- Vocal
- Tags
- ska, reggae, rocksteady, latin
- Release
- Jamaica Ska & Other Jamaican Party Anthems
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Come Back | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 108 | C# major | 2004 | |
| Desafinado | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 111 | F major | 2004 | |
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| Express Yourself | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 166 | G# major | 2004 | |
| Fat Back (a.k.a. Tear Up) | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 136 | A# major | Zumba | 2004 |
| Fire Fire (There’s a Fire) | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 124 | A# major | Cha-Cha, Zumba | 2004 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.