Samba

Songs for Samba by tempo

296 songs whose measured tempo sits in (or doubles into) samba's 96–104 BPM range and whose genre or rhythm suits the dance. Click a column to sort.

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296

matching songs

96–104

typical BPM

50–52

bars per minute (competition)

2/4

time signature

Top artists for samba

Caetano Veloso · 10Olodum · 8Ondatrópica · 6Ska Cubano · 6Julio Iglesias · 5Cal Tjader · 5Africando · 5Adriana Calcanhotto · 4Omara Portuondo · 4Tito Rodriguez and His Orchestra · 4Sonora Carruseles · 4Bareto · 4

All songs by tempo

“Dance tempo” is the pulse you dance to. Audio analysis sometimes measures half or double that speed — marked ×2 or ½.

Song	Artist	Dance tempo	Measured	Key	Year
Calma, amor	Exaltasamba	96	96	C major	2009
Yo me voy pa’ la cumbia	Sergent Garcia	96	96	D minor	2006
Cumbia celtica	Salsa Celtica	96	96	A major	2003
Mariposa (en Havana)	Si*Sé	96	96	C minor	2005
Entretenme	Bobby Valentín	96	96	B minor	1989
Estátua	É o Tchan	96	96	D major	1998
Descarga Trópica	Ondatrópica	96	96	C major	2012
Mal-acostumada	Ara Ketu	96	96	C minor	1998
Shaft	Byron Lee and the Dragonaires	96	96	C major	2004
When You Wish Upon a Star	Ray Barretto & New World Spirit	96	96	D# major	1998
Chispa tren	Ska Cubano	96	96	B major	2005
Quien lo diría	Gilberto Santa Rosa	96	96	F minor	1995
O amor é feio	Tribalistas	96	96	C minor	2002
Un caso social	Grupo Niche	96	96	A# minor	1987
Reconciliación	Afro-Cuban All Stars	96	96	F major	1999
Se me perdió la cadenita	La Sonora Dinamita	96	96	A major	1987
There's a Small Hotel	The Charlie Byrd Trio	96	96	A major	1984
Eu so quero um xodo	Gilberto Gil	97	97	F minor	2004
Perico macoña	Ángel Canales	97	97	A minor	1975
Huellas del pasado	Compay Segundo	97	97	A# minor	1996
Dos gardenias	Omara Portuondo	97	97	E minor	2001
Échale salsita	Paquito D’Rivera	97	97	C major	1996
A mais bonita	Chico Buarque com Bebel Gilberto	97	97	A# major	1990
Suena	Ondatrópica	97	97	F minor	2012
Dora	Milton Nascimento & Gilberto Gil	97	97	E minor	2000
Manhatã	Caetano Veloso	97	97	D# minor	1997
Doce refúgio	Fundo de Quintal feat. Luiz Carlos da Vila	97	97	C major	2004
La sitiera	Omara Portuondo	97	97	F minor	2000
El misterio	Fondo Flamenco	97	97	C major	2010
Justo ahora	Bobby Valentín	97	97	C minor	1985
Tropicum	Olodum	97	97	A# major	1993
Baianidade Nagô	Daniela Mercury	97	97	A major	2005
S.L.A. 3	Fernanda Abreu	97	97	G# major	1995
Cielo rojo	Lila Downs	97	97	A minor	2003
Vaig i vinc	Ai Ai Ai	97	97	C# minor	2008
Sin despertar	Kudai	97	97	E major	2010
Tú eres fiel	Marcos Witt	97	97	D major	2006
Sueños lejos	Olodum	97	97	A# minor	1993
Boiadeiro errante	Sérgio Reis	97	97	G major	2003
Delirio de grandeza	Bobby Valentín	97	97	F minor	1980
If I Were a Rich Man	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	97	97	C major	1966
Fiesta de besos	Tito Rodriguez and His Orchestra	97	97	F minor	1962
I Know Where It’s At	All Saints	97	97	F# major	1998
Esos amores	Julio Iglesias	97	97	D# major	1992
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Rhythms del Mundo feat. Shanade	97	97	G# major	2009
Na Aba	Martinho da Vila	97	97	C minor	2000
Dois pra lá, dois pra cá	Elis Regina	98	98	A minor	2003
Inútil paisagem	Luciana Souza	98	98	A major	2012
La raja de tu falda	Estopa	98	98	A minor	1999
Lucidez	Fundo de Quintal feat. Jorge Aragão	98	98	E major	2004
East of the Sun	Cal Tjader	98	98	G major	1956
Alexandre	Caetano Veloso	98	98	F major	1997
A punto de estallar	Canteca de Macao	98	98	E minor	2015
Smile	Arturo Sandoval	98	98	A# minor	2010
Cast Your Fate to the Wind	The Baja Marimba Band	98	98	F major	1966
Se acabó el querer	Los Van Van	98	98	G minor	1993
Coisas banais	Teresa Cristina	98	98	G minor	2013
Coqueteando	Ska Cubano feat. Lucho Bermúdez	98	98	F minor	2004
Fungola Motema	Kékélé	98	98	F minor	2006
Mandali	Africando	98	98	E minor	2001
Tentação do Inconveniente	Cal Tjader	98	98	C major	1962
Dizem que os homens não devem chorar (Los hombres no deben llorar)	Julio Iglesias	98	98	D major	2001
Coisa de Pele	Jorge Aragão	98	98	G major	1999
A lata	Fernanda Abreu part. esp. Chacal	98	98	B minor	1995
For What It's Worth	Rhythms del Mundo feat. OneRepublic	98	98	A major	2009
3-D Mambo	Tito Puente	98	98	F major	1958
3 Reyes de La Terapia	Ondatrópica	98	98	A# major	2012
Naufragio	Ibrahim Ferrer	98	98	D# major	2003
Morena do mar / Puxada da rede do xaréu	Clara Nunes	98	98	A minor	1972
Seca do Nordeste	Clara Nunes	98	98	G# major	1972
No me cambie camino	Celia Cruz & Ray Barretto	98	98	F major	1988
Baticum	Chico Buarque	99	99	A major	1990
Que queres tu de mim	Altemar Dutra	99	99	F minor	—
Mi Negrita	Ondatrópica	99	99	C minor	2012
Minha	Zeca Pagodinho	99	99	C major	1978
Maravilha te amar	Os Travessos	99	99	F major	2004
Sanación	Nicola Cruz	99	99	E minor	2015
Istanbul (Not Constantinople)	Ska Cubano	99	99	F minor	2005
Barrunto	Willie Colón canta Héctor Lavoe	99	99	F minor	1970
Bomba Trópica	Ondatrópica	99	99	C major	2012
Trovador	Africando	99	99	C major	2001
Onde estará o meu amor?	Maria Bethânia	99	99	G major	1996
Gabriel	Beto Guedes	99	99	G major	—
Psychedelic Train	Byron Lee and the Dragonaires	99	99	C major	2004
Tango Gosselin	Quadro Nuevo	99	99	A minor	2004
Every Time We Say Goodbye	Arturo Sandoval	99	99	F major	2010
Ojitos chinos	Sonora Carruseles	99	99	F minor	2002
Blue Bayou	Lynn Anderson	99	99	B major	1985
Gallibando (tangos)	Tomatito	99	99	G major	2004
Tú sabes que yo sé	Timbalive	99	99	A minor	2011
Cuando salí de Cuba	Guillermo Portabales	99	99	B major	1996
Palomo del comalito	Lila Downs	99	99	E minor	2011
Como dos extraños	Será una noche con Pedro Aznar	99	99	F major	1999
Polos opuestos	N’Klabe featuring Brenda K. Starr	99	99	A# major	2005
Volveré	DLG feat. Napoles	99	99	C minor	2007
Clarão de Lua	Nazaré Pereira	99	99	C# minor	1999
Que lío, compáy Andrés	Eliades Ochoa	99	99	F minor	2003
Have You Met Ms. Jones	Cal Tjader	99	99	F major	1956
Osú	Radio Tarifa	99	99	F# minor	2000
Chanchullo	Fania All Stars	99	99	A minor	1974
Excerpt from "Aires tropicales"	Paquito D’Rivera	99	99	G minor	1996
La rebelión de los electrodomésticos	Alaska y los Pegamoides	99	99	A# major	1982
Rise	Herb Alpert	99	99	F minor	1979
Start to Move	Elizabeth Shepherd Trio	99	99	F major	2006
Tropicália	Caetano Veloso	99	99	G major	2003
Suco de Maracujá	Martinho da Vila	99	99	G major	2005
Devolva-me	Adriana Calcanhotto	100	100	A# major	2000
Copacabana	Clara Moreno	100	100	D major	2007
Swing De Gillian	Ondatrópica	100	100	A major	2012
Tribilín cantore	Sabu Martinez	100	100	A# major	1957
Tribilín cantore	Sabu	100	100	A# major	1999
Rosa De Ouro	Clara Moreno	100	100	G major	2007
Paquerei	É o Tchan	100	100	F# major	1998
Boca de siri	Zélia Duncan	100	100	G major	2004
Love	Buika	100	100	A# major	2006
La vida sigue igual	Julio Iglesias	100	100	F major	2001
Noite	Adriana Calcanhotto	100	100	A# major	2002
Un vestido y un amor	Caetano Veloso	100	100	D# major	1994
Blues From Havana	Cal Tjader	100	100	F major	1958
Retrato de Nana	Carlos Buono Orquesta	100	100	G minor	1999
Out of Nowhere	Cal Tjader	100	100	D major	1956
Te camelo	Buika	100	100	E minor	2006
Noche de rumba	Sonora Carruseles	100	100	A minor	2002
Transmestiço	Pagode Jazz Sardinha's Club	100	100	D minor	2001
O Enigma Turco	DJ Dolores & Orchestra Santa Massa	100	100	A# major	—
San Roque	The Ipanemas	100	100	A minor	2008
La voz del tiempo (Tangos)	Tomatito with Camarón de la Isla	100	100	A major	1991
La pantera mambo	La-33	100	100	C major	2004
Mambo Inn	Tito Puente	100	100	D# major	2010
Cali pachanguero	Grupo Niche	100	100	B minor	1984
Colombia Mi Corazon	Africando	100	100	D major	2001
Fiesta de negritos	Lucho Bermúdez y su Orquesta	100	100	D minor	2011
If You Want to Be a Lover	Luiz Henrique	100	100	C major	1998
Que ganaste	Julio Iglesias	100	100	A minor	2003
Noche de paz	Luis Miguel	100	100	D# major	2006
Bom dia	Milton Nascimento & Gilberto Gil	100	100	A major	2000
Eu espero	Adriana Calcanhotto	100	100	F major	2002
Pirata José	Alceu Valença	100	100	C# minor	2006
Santa Massa Chegou!!!	DJ Dolores	100	100	A# major	2004
Llévame	Canteca de Macao	100	100	D major	2015
Nunca es tarde	Canteca de Macao feat. Shangó Dely	100	100	G minor	2012
Consequence	Kékélé	100	100	F minor	2006
El aguajal	Bareto	100	100	A major	2008
No me vayas a engañar	Omara Portuondo	100	100	F minor	2000
PROTAGONIST SYNDROME	Vylet Pony	100	100	F# minor	2021
Amor unilateral	Bebel Gilberto	100	100	G major	1991
Así es la vida	Olga Tañón	100	100	E minor	2002
Comerte a besos	Frankie Negrón	100	100	B minor	2001
El Siembra-Yuca	Luys Bien	100	100	B major	2020
Gypsy Dancer	Nestor Torres	100	100	C# minor	2004
Por ese hombre	Brenda K. Starr with Tito Nieves & Víctor Manuelle	100	100	B minor	2002
Somos Cuba (Mira como vengo)	Issac Delgado feat. Gente de Zona	100	100	A major	2011
Déjame	Los Secretos	100	100	C major	2000
Cores	Da Lata	100	100	F minor	2002
Samba	Michael Madsen	100	100	A major	2000
Payaso	Tito Rodriguez and His Orchestra	100	100	F minor	1962
Cataño	Justo Betancourt	100	100	F minor	1972
Tiempo	N’Klabe featuring Luisito Carrión	100	100	C major	2005
Samba Da Minha Terra	Charlie Byrd	100	100	C minor	1996
Cariñito	La Sarita	100	100	A major	2003
Brazilian Sugar	George Duke	100	100	E minor	1980
Margoth	Sonora Carruseles	100	100	C minor	1999
Que lo sepa mamá, que se entere papá	Los Van Van	100	100	G minor	1993
Tres minutos con la realidad	Astor Piazzolla	101	101	B minor	2000
Estamos en salsa	Wayne Gorbea y su Conjunto Salsa	101	101	C minor	1977
Você é linda	Caetano Veloso	101	101	F# minor	1984
Festa nativa	Azymuth	101	101	D major	1982
Lejos de ti	Ángel Canales	101	101	A minor	1975
Perdón	Celia Cruz & Tito Puente	101	101	A minor	1985
Assim sem mais	João Bosco	101	101	F minor	1991
Guajira sin sol	Salsa Celtica	101	101	E minor	2003
Mar del sur	Rubén Blades	101	101	D major	1999
Qué te pasa a ti	Ismael Rivera y sus Cachimbos	101	101	C minor	1974
Milonga triste	Gato Barbieri	101	101	F minor	1975
Salsa, timba y amor	Issac Delgado	101	101	F major	2010
Boca de sapo	João Bosco	101	101	E major	1979
Amor fiel	Beth Carvalho	101	101	E minor	1975
Conjunto	Arturo Sandoval	101	101	G minor	1993
Corcovado	Sylvia Telles	101	101	A# major	2013
Huellas del pasado	Afro-Cuban All Stars	101	101	A minor	1999
Nena linda	Ibrahim Ferrer con Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental	101	101	G major	2001
Que manera de quererte	Omara Portuondo	101	101	A# major	2001
Coração do mar	Elza Soares	101	101	D major	2015
Fue varón	Willie Colón presents Rubén Blades	101	101	F major	1977
Off Minor	Ray Barretto & New World Spirit	101	101	A# major	1998
Paloma blanca	Julio Iglesias	101	101	D major	1980
Irene	Caetano Veloso	101	101	A# minor	2005
Píntame	Sergent Garcia	101	101	C minor	2006
Literatura Faraônica	Olodum	102	102	F major	1993
Pintando o sete	Hermeto Pascoal	102	102	G major	1979
Garota sangue bom	Fernanda Abreu part. esp. Fausto Fawcett	102	102	C major	1995
Mulher, patrão e cachaça	Adoniran Barbosa	102	102	G minor	—
Lamento sertanejo	Gilberto Gil	102	102	G minor	1996
Che che colé	Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe	102	102	C major	1969
Mango del monte	Tito Rodriguez and His Orchestra	102	102	F major	1962
Mi cocodrilo verde	Caetano Veloso	102	102	D major	1994
Dalaka	Africando	102	102	D major	2001
Tá Perdoado	Maria Rita	102	102	F# minor	2007
I Wanna Be Like You	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	102	102	B minor	2004
Toma que toma	Los Niños	102	102	G major	2000
La cosecha	Nicola Cruz	102	102	C major	2015
No braseiro	Roberta Sá	102	102	A minor	2005
Soy provinciano	Bareto	102	102	G major	2008
Caballo viejo	Bareto	102	102	D minor	2008
Rosa	Orlando Silva	102	102	A major	1995
Liberté	Franco et Orchestre TPOK Jazz	102	102	D major	1976
Quisiera	Juan Luis Guerra 440	102	102	G major	1998
Galo garnizé	Ademilde Fonseca; Época de Ouro	102	102	G major	2001
Aossana	Ibrahim Ferrer	102	102	G major	2006
La colegiala	Rodolfo y su Típica RA7	102	102	F major	1978
Mala palabra	Gilberto Santa Rosa	102	102	C minor	1997
Mi Magdalena	Eliades Ochoa y el Cuarteto Patria	102	102	G major	1995
Amor de Eva	Olodum	102	102	A major	1993
Não	Zélia Duncan	102	102	A major	2005
No me desesperes	Ska Cubano	102	102	D minor	2005
Un sabor latino	Ricardo Marrero and The Group	102	102	F major	2000
Vamos a reir un poco	8 y Más...!	102	102	F minor	2006
Da lama ao caos	Chico Science & Nação Zumbi	102	102	A minor	1994
Revolucionando	New Swing Sextet	102	102	A minor	2005
Take Me (Me Leve)	Djavan	102	102	G major	1988
A praieira	Chico Science & Nação Zumbi	103	103	F major	1994
O bêbado e a equilibrista	João Bosco	103	103	A major	1979
Cumbia en Do menor	Ska Cubano	103	103	C minor	2005
Amor mío no te vayas	Gilberto Santa Rosa	103	103	F major	1995
Mujer	Los Panchos	103	103	E minor	1957
Andrea	Bad Bunny & Buscabulla	103	103	A major	2022
Coisa De Lá	Heraldo do Monte	103	103	A major	1983
La Musica En Vérité	Africando	103	103	F major	2001
Que seas feliz	Luis Miguel	103	103	G major	2005
Cinco minutos	Marisa Monte	103	103	G minor	2000
Nadie se salva de la rumba	Celia, Ray & Adalberto	103	103	F minor	1983
Habana Camilo	Ibrahim Ferrer con Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental	103	103	G major	2001
Give It Up (Samba, 51mpm)	The Good Men	103	103	F minor	2002
Badalada	Omar Sosa	103	103	C# major	2008
Siete mujeres	8 y Más...!	103	103	E minor	2006
Alegria geral	Olodum	103	103	A# major	1993
Jazz e blues	Olodum	103	103	A minor	1993
Luiza	Raphael Rabello	103	103	E minor	1992
Pulo, pulo	Jorge Ben Jor & Trio Mocoto	103	103	F major	1970
Fairies Melody	Gipsy Kings	103	103	B major	2013
Chalita	The Tango Project	103	103	C major	1982
Macarena (La virgen de la macarena)	Clark Terry & Chico O’Farrill	103	103	F minor	2004
Yo le decia	Arielle Dombasle	103	103	E major	2011
Ojos de perdida	Los Secretos	103	103	A major	1995
Quem tem a viola	Boca Livre	103	103	E major	1994
Milonga sentimental	Lidia Borda, Brián Chambouleyron & Esteban Morgado	103	103	D major	2004
Tú me desesperas	Adalberto Santiago	103	103	D minor	1977
Mambembe	Chico Buarque	103	103	D major	1972
Sei Lá	Clara Moreno	103	103	G minor	2007
Odeon	Paul Posnak	103	103	E major	—
River Bank Jump Up	Byron Lee and the Dragonaires	103	103	B minor	2004
Cuando cuando	Tito Rodriguez and His Orchestra	103	103	F minor	1962
El buena gente	Los Van Van	103	103	B minor	1991
Guaripumpe	Poncho Sanchez	103	103	A minor	2004
Llora corazón	Sonora Carruseles	103	103	G major	2002
Alma libre	Ibrahim Ferrer	103	103	D major	2007
Deja de criticar	La Excelencia	103	103	B minor	2009
Andrea en la boca (instrumental)	Será una noche	103	103	G major	1999
The Very Thought of You	The Charlie Byrd Trio	103	103	A major	1984
Vals en mi (instrumental)	Será una noche	103	103	C minor	1999
Mueve la cintura mulata	Cuarteto Oriente	103	103	A# minor	1994
Fuego a la jicotea	Marvin Santiago	103	103	D major	1979
Little Rico: Little Rico’s Theme	Bobby Vince Paunetto	103	103	A# minor	1996
El chisme	Celia Cruz & Ray Barretto	104	104	F major	1988
Soy campesino	Ska Cubano	104	104	F major	2005
Mi ritmo llegó	8 y Más...!	104	104	D# major	2006
Calor	Adriana Calcanhotto	104	104	E minor	2002
Requebra	Olodum	104	104	F minor	1993
Risoflora	Chico Science & Nação Zumbi	104	104	A minor	1994
Joseito	Poncho Sanchez	104	104	F minor	2003
Loco	Héctor Lavoe	104	104	F minor	1987
Pecado é lhe deixar de molho	Tribalistas	104	104	F minor	2002
Tambores de cores	Olodum	104	104	D# major	1997
Areíto	Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40	104	104	G# minor	1992
How Beautiful Could a Being Be	Caetano Veloso	104	104	D major	1997
Aniversário do seu Vavá	Genival Lacerda	104	104	C major	1991
O pior é saber	Beth Carvalho	104	104	G major	1975
Triângulo amoroso	Nelson Sargento	104	104	D# minor	1979
Con El Chan Chan (feat. Ricardo Rodriguez)	Ska Cubano	104	104	A# major	2004
Abololô	Marisa Monte	104	104	B major	2000
Amor sem esperança	Beth Carvalho	104	104	F# major	1975
Natural	Matt Bianco	104	104	F minor	2009
Senhora das águas	Teresa Cristina & Grupo Semente	104	104	B minor	2007
Para decirte adiós	Celia Cruz & Ray Barretto	104	104	G major	1988
Mambo Inn	Paquito D’Rivera	104	104	F minor	1999
Baião do Penha	Caetano Veloso	104	104	D major	2003
Neide Candolina	Caetano Veloso	104	104	D minor	1991
Passe em casa	Tribalistas	104	104	F minor	2002
Âmbar	Maria Bethânia	104	104	A minor	1996
Cilada	Molejo	104	104	A minor	1996
La vida es un carnaval	Michael Chacón	104	104	A minor	2000
Bota Pra Quebar	DJ Rodriguez	104	104	A# major	1998
De Alegria Raiou O Dia	Seu Jorge	104	104	E minor	2004
Marinheiro só	Dona Edith do Prato	104	104	G major	2003
Diagnóstico	Celia Cruz	104	104	D minor	2003
Mujer hilandera	Bareto	104	104	E major	2008

Tempo and key are measured by audio analysis (AcousticBrainz, CC0) on MusicBrainz recordings; detected BPM can be half or double the felt tempo. Always check by ear — or use our tap tempo tool.

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