What dance fits “Ships on the Ocean”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 77 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, Musical Theatre Dance, East Coast Swing.
How to count it
At 77 BPM one beat lasts 775 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 19.4 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 25.8.
Similar-tempo songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My God Is Real | Al Green | 77 | F major | Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk | 1973 |
| It’s Only Make Believe | Conway Twitty | 77 | A# major | Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance | 1993 |
| That’s All Right | Jimmy Rogers | 77 | F minor | Texas Two-Step | 1992 |
| Fever | La Lupe | 77 | C minor | 1968 | |
| Sure Thing | Diane Schuur | 77 | A# major | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop | 1985 |
| Until It's Time for You to Go | Willie Nelson | 77 | D major | Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance | 1984 |
| Boll Weevil Song (take 1) | Eddie Cochran | 77 | C major | East Coast Swing | 1985 |
| Fast Medley: I Can’t Stand It / Mother Popcorn / I Got the Feelin’ | James Brown | 77 | A# minor | Lyrical Dance | 1971 |
| That's Good | Charlie Robison | 77 | G major | Texas Two-Step | 1996 |
| Fee Fi Fo Fum | LaVern Baker | 77 | G# major | Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk | 2010 |
| Glory of Love | Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford | 77 | G major | Lyrical Dance | 2007 |
| My Life | Fünf Sterne deluxe | 77 | D minor | 1998 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.