Songs for Square Dance by tempo

279 songs whose measured tempo sits in (or doubles into) square dance's 120–132 BPM range and whose genre or rhythm suits the dance. Click a column to sort.

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120–132

typical BPM

2/4

time signature

Top artists for square dance

Gunter Gabriel · 11Joe Ely · 11Merle Haggard · 9Waylon Jennings · 6Wanda Jackson · 5Billy Swan · 5Doyle Dykes · 5Johnny Cash · 5Country Gazette · 5Big & Rich · 4Jim Lauderdale · 4Guy Clark · 4

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“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
Guy Like Me	Pat Green	120	120	C major	2003
How ’Bout You	Eric Church	120	120	B major	2006
Word Up	The BossHoss	120	120	B major	2005
Call a Spade a Spade	Turnpike Troubadours	120	120	C major	2012
Gone Gone Gone	Turnpike Troubadours	120	120	G major	2012
Radio Dancing	Engelbert Humperdinck	120	120	B major	1997
I'm No Good (For Ya Baby)	Laura Bell Bundy	120	120	G major	2010
Ich bin ein Hobo	Gunter Gabriel	120	120	D minor	2009
Believe Me Baby (I Lied)	Trisha Yearwood	120	120	C# major	1996
Native American	The Bellamy Brothers	120	120	C major	1996
She's Out of My Life	Willie Nelson	120	120	A major	1987
Heroes	Gunter Gabriel feat. The BossHoss	120	120	C major	2009
Mountain Laurel	The Bluegrass Cardinals	120	120	A major	1979
Could’ve Been Me	Billy Ray Cyrus	120	120	G major	1992
I’ve Loved Enough to Know	Deana Carter	120	120	G# major	1995
I’ve Got Eyes for You	Waylon Jennings	120	120	A minor	1999
Oh By Jingo!	Chet Atkins	120	120	A minor	2000
Night Train to Memphis	Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys	120	120	A major	2000
Denver	Willie Nelson	121	121	A major	1975
Just Queen for a Day	Wanda Jackson	121	121	G major	2007
Soft Touch	Billy Swan	121	121	G major	1981
Ride Me Down Easy	Waylon Jennings	121	121	E major	1973
Five Long Years	John Lee Hooker	121	121	G# minor	1961
I Think About You	Collin Raye	121	121	C major	1995
White Rose for Heidi	Doyle Dykes	121	121	C minor	1995
Life in Prison (False Start) (1995)	Merle Haggard	121	121	F major	1995
Raise a Ruckus	Old Crow Medicine Show	121	121	C major	2001
Trail of Tears	Tanya Tucker	121	121	D major	1991
Love’s Not Everything	Connie Smith	121	121	C# major	1998
Swinging Doors (Alt) (1993)	Merle Haggard	121	121	G major	1966
Step It Up and Go	Doc Watson	121	121	G major	1996
Big Time	Big & Rich	121	121	F# minor	2004
Killin’ Time	Clint Black	121	121	G major	1989
Like It’s a Bad Thing	Gary Allan	121	121	F major	2007
Nothin’ to Lose	Josh Gracin	121	121	G major	2004
Nobody Wins	Radney Foster	121	121	D major	1992
I Promise	Texas Lightning	121	121	A minor	2006
Down by the Riverside	Bonnie Guitar	121	121	C major	2011
Iodine	Jim Lauderdale	121	121	E major	2012
I Wasn’t Fooling Around	George Strait	121	121	C major	1993
Hey Porter	Johnny Cash	121	121	F major	2005
God, Country and My Baby	Johnny Burnette	121	121	B minor	2003
Burning Love	Billy Swan	121	121	D major	1999
Cowboy Ramsey	Don Walser	122	122	F major	1994
Hicktown	Jason Aldean	122	122	C# major	2005
You Don’t Know What It’s Like	Confederate Railroad	122	122	C major	1992
I’m Bringin’ Home Good News	Merle Haggard	122	122	C major	1969
Cannonball Blues	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	122	122	D major	1995
Seeing Nellie Home	The Osborne Brothers	122	122	E major	1995
Dirty Old Town	Johnny Logan & Friends	122	122	A major	2007
The Houston Kid	Guy Clark	122	122	A major	1978
Unlove Me	Julie Roberts	122	122	C# major	2004
Closer	Susan Ashton	122	122	F# major	1999
It’s the Blues	The Country Gentlemen	122	122	G# major	1998
Keep the Wolves Away	Uncle Lucius	122	122	E major	2012
East Bound and Down	Jerry Reed	122	122	G major	1977
Two More Wishes	Jim Lauderdale	122	122	D major	2006
Kill It Kid	Blind Willie McTell	122	122	B major	1972
I Believe	Diamond Rio	122	122	A# major	2002
Honky Tonkin’	Joe Ely	122	122	G major	1978
Stewball	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	122	122	D minor	1988
Mama's Cooking	Marcia Ball	123	123	A major	1989
You Don't Have to Go	The Derailers	123	123	D major	1997
Nothing Is Left but the Blues	Country Gazette	123	123	C major	1991
Hurricanes, Earthquakes and Tomatoes	Doyle Dykes	123	123	G minor	1997
A–Z Blues	Eric Bibb	123	123	A minor	2010
'til the End of the World Rolls 'round	Marty Stuart	123	123	D major	1992
(She’s Something) You’re Everything	Hal Ketchum	123	123	A major	2001
Crazy Love	Rhonda Vincent	123	123	G major	2009
Gallo del Cielo	Joe Ely	123	123	E major	1995
If You Were My Girl	Emerson Drive	123	123	D major	2004
Barbeque	Robert Earl Keen	123	123	A minor	1994
Come Away to Belize With Me	Jerry Jeff Walker	123	123	G major	1998
Heyday Tonight	Aaron Watson	123	123	E major	2006
The Beginning and the End	Cowboy Copas	123	123	C major	1961
Blue Light	Country Gazette	123	123	A major	2011
No Lonesome Tune	Guy Clark	123	123	D major	2006
Quits	Gary Stewart	123	123	G# major	1976
Jessie James	The Osborne Brothers	123	123	A major	1995
Do It, Do It Again	Raffaella Carrà	123	123	G major	1978
Bottle Up and Go	John Lee Hooker	123	123	A major	1986
Slow Rollin' Low	Waylon Jennings	123	123	A major	1999
She Collected	Joe Ely	123	123	A major	1993
Achy Breaky Heart	Gunter Gabriel	123	123	D major	1994
Don’t Back Down	Jim Lauderdale	123	123	E major	2012
Me and My Honey	Billy Swan	123	123	D major	1997
It Won’t Hurt	Dwight Yoakam	124	124	A major	1986
Doin’ It on My Own	Jim Lauderdale	124	124	A# major	2011
She Took It Like a Man	Confederate Railroad	124	124	G major	1992
Walk On	Reba	124	124	A minor	1989
Nobody's Crying but the Baby	Aaron Watson	124	124	G major	2006
Salt River	Tony Trischka	124	124	A major	2008
Someone Somewhere Tonight	Kellie Pickler	124	124	D major	2013
Little Glass of Wine	The Stanley Brothers	124	124	D major	2004
Loud	Big & Rich	124	124	D minor	2007
Honky Tonk Badonkadonk	Trace Adkins	124	124	A major	2006
This Time Around	David Nail	124	124	E major	2009
Smokey Places	Ronnie McDowell	124	124	D major	1988
Drunker Than Me	Trent Tomlinson	124	124	G major	2005
I Can't Slow Down	Buddy Miller	124	124	E major	1995
Mamacita	Banaroo	124	124	E major	2006
Dirty Situation	Mohombi feat. Akon	124	124	F# minor	2011
I Need a Breather	Darryl Worley	124	124	B major	2003
It's a Little Like Love	Joe Ely	124	124	A minor	1998
Saint Valentine	Joe Ely	124	124	E major	1995
Tender Whispers	Orville Nash	124	124	C major	2008
Little Charm Bracelet	Wanda Jackson	124	124	G major	1961
17	Cross Canadian Ragweed	124	124	C major	2002
True Love (Is the Greatest Thing)	Cowboy Copas	124	124	C# major	1961
Gefangene der Straße	Gunter Gabriel Duett mit Manfred Krug	124	124	D major	1986
Keeping My Distance	Martina McBride	125	125	G major	1997
Outta Here	Kenny Chesney	125	125	A major	2003
Long Gone	Lonesome River Band	125	125	A# major	1994
Jackson	Gunter Gabriel	125	125	C major	2018
Hard Not to Love You	Jake Owen	125	125	F major	2006
Lonesome Goodbye	The SteelDrivers	125	125	A major	2013
I’d Have to Be Crazy	Willie Nelson	125	125	E major	1976
In This Life	Collin Raye	125	125	C major	1992
Merry-Go-Round	Gary Stewart	125	125	G major	1975
Mean Mother Blues	The Seldom Scene	125	125	F major	1973
Carnival Bum	Joe Ely	125	125	C major	2003
Gosh, I Miss You All the Time	Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys	125	125	A major	1985
Love Is the Beating of Hearts	Joe Ely	126	126	E major	1993
I Can Help (single version)	Billy Swan	126	126	C major	1998
Stackolee	Doc & Merle Watson	126	126	D major	2003
Talk About	Jack Ingram	126	126	E major	1999
Bullet Man	Tony Rice	126	126	A# major	1975
Please Call Today	Wanda Jackson	126	126	D major	2007
Between the Windows	Wanda Jackson	126	126	A major	2007
Still Feeling Blue	Country Gazette	126	126	A major	2011
I Wish I Was Crazy Again	Dale Watson	126	126	A major	2005
Radio	Big & Rich	126	126	A minor	2007
Hurricane on China Lake	Marcia Ball	126	126	C major	2003
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You	Johnny Cash	126	126	A# major	1960
Wolf Creek Pass	C.W. McCall	126	126	F minor	1978
Darlin' Look at Me Now	Dale Watson	126	126	G major	2005
It Ain’t Gonna Worry My Mind	George Jones	126	126	E major	1996
Fools for Each Other	Guy Clark	126	126	D major	1978
Bareback	Merle Haggard	126	126	D major	2000
Elvira	The Oak Ridge Boys	126	126	C major	1995
Flensburg (Gib mir meine Pappe wieder)	Gunter Gabriel	126	126	D major	1995
Go Ahead On	Fred James & Mary-Ann Brandon	126	126	C major	2010
Annie’s Lover	Taj Mahal	126	126	F# major	1969
Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass?	Buck Owens	126	126	A# major	2003
Dancing Eyes	Gary Stewart	126	126	A major	1977
Hey You	Jack Ingram	126	126	E major	1999
Honky Tonk Woman	Waylon Jennings	126	126	A major	1999
Tell Him I’m Gone	Johnny Cash	126	126	A# minor	1963
Turn Off the Jukebox	Dale Watson	126	126	G major	2002
Quiet Little Turnaround	Mandolin Orange	127	127	D major	2010
Heroes	Paul Overstreet	127	127	D major	1993
Heut' ist nicht mein Tag	Gunter Gabriel	127	127	A major	1975
The Right to Remain Silent	Doug Stone	127	127	A major	1991
Jesse James	The Osborne Brothers	127	127	G major	1995
Everlasting	Kaci	127	127	B major	2002
Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo	Tracy Byrd	127	127	D major	2007
All by My Lonesome	Billy Yates	127	127	D major	2004
Redneck Girl	The Bellamy Brothers	127	127	A major	1982
You Can Thank Dixie	Jake Owen with Randy Owen	127	127	C major	2006
My Ramona (1968)	Merle Haggard	127	127	E major	1995
I'm Bad Like Jesse James	John Lee Hooker	127	64 ×2	E major	1991
Twistin' in the Wind	Joe Ely	127	127	C major	1998
So Much for Me So Much for You (1965)	Merle Haggard feat. Bonnie Owens	127	127	E major	1995
Not Far From Forty	Billy Swan	127	127	G major	1981
Just Call Me Lonesome	Radney Foster	127	127	E major	1992
Bed of Roses	Faith Hill	128	128	E major	1995
Der Sieger (The Winner)	Gunter Gabriel	128	128	E major	1977
New Cut Road	Johnny Cash	128	128	A# minor	1983
Angry All the Time	Tim McGraw	128	128	A major	2001
I Will Follow Him	Sandy Posey	128	128	A major	1988
Black Label, White Lies	Confederate Railroad	128	128	E major	1992
Don't It Make You Wanna Dance	Jerry Jeff Walker	128	128	E major	1991
I Loved You When	Roger Creager	128	128	C major	2008
Just Let Me Know	Connie Smith	128	128	C major	1998
Get Drunk and Be Somebody	Toby Keith	128	128	D major	2006
Always in the Band	Lonestar	128	128	F# major	2006
Come With Me	Waylon Jennings	128	128	G major	2005
I Play Chicken With the Train	Cowboy Troy	128	128	A minor	2005
Queen of Heaven	Joe Ely	128	128	A minor	1998
Forked Deer	Country Gazette	128	128	D major	2011
Nobody's Girl	Reckless Kelly	128	128	A major	2003
Roxanna Waltz and Scotland	Fiddle Fever	128	128	A major	1981
I’d Rather Have You	Wanda Jackson	128	128	D major	2007
It’s Too Late	Nanci Griffith	128	128	A major	1991
XXL	Keith Anderson	128	128	G minor	2005
She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me	Joe Ely	128	128	E major	1995
Just a Little Talk With Jesus	The Bluegrass Cardinals	128	128	B major	1980
Corona con Lima	Gary P. Nunn	129	129	F major	1998
Cotton‐Eyed Joe	The Chieftains	129	129	D major	1981
Railroad Lady	Jerry Jeff Walker	129	129	C major	1991
Crazy Over You	Foster and Lloyd	129	129	E major	1987
Terlingua Sky	Gary P. Nunn	129	129	D major	1998
Mein anderes Ich und ich	Gunter Gabriel	129	129	G# major	1973
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	Townes Van Zandt	129	129	D major	1997
You Lied to Me	Tracy Byrd	129	129	A major	1995
Southern Grace	Little Texas	129	129	G major	1994
Who’ll Buy the Wine	Merle Haggard	129	129	G major	1969
Salt Creek / Bill Cheatham	Doc Watson	129	129	F# minor	1995
Why Not Me	The Judds	129	129	A major	2000
It’s All Over Now	Waylon Jennings	129	129	A major	1999
Athens Grease	Phil Vassar	129	129	D major	2002
John Henry	Hank Thompson	129	129	A# major	1955
Seein’ My Father in Me	Paul Overstreet	129	129	C major	1993
That Ain’t My Truck	Rhett Akins	129	129	G major	1993
Yee Haw	Jake Owen	129	129	D major	2006
Isle of Inishmore, Part 1: Air	Kathy Mattea	129	129	D major	2002
Mana Melody	Doyle Dykes	129	129	C major	1995
Morgan Street	Turnpike Troubadours	129	129	G major	2012
Howdy Neighbor, Howdy	Porter Wagoner	129	129	G major	2016
(Wir sind) Die Fahrer	Gunter Gabriel	129	129	D major	1990
Big Eddy	Laurie Lewis	129	129	D major	1999
Let Me Walk Lord By Your Side	The Bluegrass Cardinals	129	129	G major	1992
Dead Flowers	Willie Nelson with Ryan Adams, Hank Williams Ⅲ and Keith Richards	129	129	D major	2002
The Soul of a Man	Blind Willie Johnson	129	129	A minor	1991
Smile for Me	Olivia Newton‐John	129	129	F major	1976
Company’s Comin’	Porter Wagoner	129	129	E major	2016
Make a Fool Out of Me	Heather Myles	129	129	C major	—
Cactus an a Rose	Gary Stewart	130	130	G major	1980
Beaumont Rag	Tony Rice	130	130	D# major	1975
Introduction: Jerry Garcia	The Kentucky Colonels	130	130	G# minor	1997
Country Blues #1	Taj Mahal	130	130	C# major	1969
Detroit City	Gunter Gabriel	130	130	A major	1978
Deutsches Laster, gutes Laster (Allah ist mit dir)	Gunter Gabriel	130	130	D minor	1989
Old Friend	Lyle Lovett	130	130	D major	1994
Turns to Tears	Chris Wall	130	130	D major	2002
Ships at Sea	Chatham County Line	130	130	A major	2014
Streets of Heaven	Sherrié Austin	130	130	D# major	2003
Speak of the Devil	Kevin Fowler	130	130	F# major	2000
How Long	Connie Smith	130	130	F# major	1998
Take All My Love	Da Buzz	130	130	F# minor	2007
A Battle Won	Wade Bowen	130	130	G major	2012
Gotta Keep Moving	Kellie Pickler	130	130	A major	2006
Magnolia	Charlie Robison	130	130	D major	2004
National Working Woman’s Holiday	Sammy Kershaw	130	130	F major	1994
The Road Back Home	Doyle Dykes	130	130	E major	1997
Whole Lot More	Billy Currington	130	130	F major	2005
Rayne, Louisiana	Bruce Robison feat. Charlie Robison	130	130	E major	1998
Play It Cool Man	George Jones with The Western Cherokees	130	130	F# major	2011
Dos locos	Monchy & Alexandra	130	130	C# minor	2002
El Cerrito Place	Charlie Robison	130	130	G major	2004
Off My Rocker	Billy Currington	130	130	A major	2003
Are You Waiting Just for Me?	The Stanley Brothers	130	130	G major	1997
Check Out Her Mama	Fred James & Mary-Ann Brandon	130	130	C minor	2010
Shadows of the Heart	Doyle Dykes	130	130	A minor	1997
Somebody Loves You Darlin'	Marty Stuart feat. Curly Seckler	130	130	F major	1992
Nine Pound Hammer	The Kentucky Colonels	130	130	A major	1995
Comfort and Crazy	Guy Clark	130	130	A major	1978
Kick My Ass	Big & Rich	130	130	A# minor	2004
Sunday Drive	Alabama	130	130	A major	1995
John Deere Green	Joe Diffie	130	130	G major	1993
Big Wheels Rollin’	Johnny Horton	130	130	E major	1998
Boot Scootin' Boogie	Brooks & Dunn	130	130	E major	1991
Tender Moment	Lee Roy Parnell	130	130	G major	1999
Lynnville Train	Robert Earl Keen	130	130	F major	1994
I Dream Too	Bruce Robison	130	130	B major	1997
Happy Rovin’ Cowboy	Hank Williams	130	130	G major	1993
I Forgot to Remember to Forget	Johnny Cash	131	131	A# major	1990
Lookin’ for My Mind (take 6) (1995)	Merle Haggard	131	131	A major	1995
Can’t Keep a Good Man Down	Alabama	131	131	C major	1985
I Knew the Moment I Lost You	Merle Haggard	131	131	F major	1970
I’ll Be Your Fool	Joe Ely	131	131	D major	1978
Twisted	Carrie Underwood	131	131	E major	2007
Love Must Follow You Around	Randy Rogers Band	131	131	F major	2004
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’	Alan Jackson	131	131	G major	1999
Night Life	Willie Nelson with Ray Price	131	66 ×2	F major	2002
Don’t Take Her She’s All I Got	Tracy Byrd	131	131	A# major	1996
Think It Over One Time	Robert Earl Keen	131	131	A major	1996
Das ist meine Art zu leben (König der Tramps)	Gunter Gabriel	131	131	G minor	1974
Rose Garden	Lynn Anderson	132	132	F major	1998
In Despair	Country Gazette	132	132	B major	2011
She Lays It All on the Line	George Strait	132	132	E major	1992
Don't Get Married (1967)	Merle Haggard	132	132	D major	1995
(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden	Martina McBride	132	132	D major	2005
Cotton Eye Joe	Rednex	132	132	C# minor	1994
Rocks From Rolling Stones	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	132	132	D major	1991
Good Time	Alan Jackson	132	132	E major	2008
Paint Me a Birmingham	Tracy Lawrence	132	132	C# major	2003
Rolling Stone From Texas	Don Walser	132	132	G major	1994
Christ Was Born in Bethlehem	Tim & Mollie O’Brien	132	132	G major	1988

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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