Songs at 143 BPM

120 songs measured at about 143 beats per minute. At 143 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 1.68 seconds — 35.8 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 1.26 seconds.

143beats per minute

35.8

bars/min in 4/4

47.7

bars/min in 3/4

420 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 143 BPM

Contemporary Dance

60–120 BPM · felt in half time

Lyrical Dance

60–110 BPM · felt in half time

Tap Dance

100–220 BPM · fits directly

Musical Theatre Dance

90–160 BPM · fits directly

East Coast Swing

120–176 BPM · fits directly

Bachata

110–150 BPM · fits directly

Merengue

116–160 BPM · fits directly

Brazilian Zouk

70–100 BPM · felt in half time

Lindy Hop

120–240 BPM · fits directly

Balboa

160–320 BPM · felt in double time

Clogging

116–144 BPM · fits directly

Zumba

120–160 BPM · fits directly

Songs at 143 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
A Place to Fall Apart	Merle Haggard	143	A major	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1999
Amor de loca juventud	Buena Vista Social Club	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Musical Theatre Dance, Lindy Hop	1997
Dr No's Fantasy	Count Basie & His Orchestra	143	E minor	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	2002
Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing	Gato Barbieri	143	D major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1977
Ooh‐Shoo‐Be‐Doo‐Bee	Dizzy Gillespie feat. Joe Carroll	143	C# major	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1956
Passarim	Hamilton de Holanda	143	G minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2007
Pingo a Pingo	Heraldo do Monte	143	E major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1983
Socegadamente	Charlie Byrd	143	C minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1996
A Fine Romance	Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1973
Day in, Day Out	Sophie Milman	143	G minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2009
Emmalena's Lullaby	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2013
Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys	Billie Holiday with Bobby Tucker and His Trio	143	C# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1949
Guilty (alternate take)	Billie Holiday with John Simmons and His Orchestra	143	G major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1991
Heat Wave	Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1985
Here Is Something for You	Eliane Elias	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2008
Heritage	Nnenna Freelon	143	A# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1993
I’ve Been Abused	Howlin’ Wolf	143	D major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1975
La novia	Daniel Melingo	143	C minor	Ballroom Tango, Argentine Tango, Zumba	2011
Lover Man	Stéphane Grappelli	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	—
Stormy Weather	Lena Horne	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2001
Stranger in Paradise	The Nu Sounds	143	F major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2003
The Man I Love	Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1978
The Snow is Falling	Ray Charles	143	C# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1984
This Is Heaven to Me	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra	143	F minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1986
Wisdom	Gregory Porter	143	D minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2010
Country Trash	Johnny Cash	143	D# minor	Clogging, East Coast Swing	1973
Cut It Out	Joe Tex	143	F major	East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	—
I Want It All	Ashley Tisdale & Lucas Grabeel	143	C# major	Zumba, East Coast Swing	2008
Let Him Roll	Johnny Cash	143	D major	Clogging, East Coast Swing	1987
Olhos nos olhos	Chico Buarque	143	F# minor	East Coast Swing, Zumba	1976
One Big Heaven	Alabama	143	A major	Clogging, East Coast Swing	2006
Roomin'House Boogie	Amos Milburn	143	G major	East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	—
Se nos fue el amor	Banda XXI	143	C major	Merengue, Zumba	2006
Semos hermanos	Daniel Melingo	143	A minor	Argentine Tango, Zumba	2011
Stupid	Kacey Musgraves	143	B major	Clogging, East Coast Swing	2013
Take Me Home	Johnny Cash	143	D minor	Clogging, East Coast Swing	1966
The Fans	Alabama	143	D major	Clogging, East Coast Swing	1986
Todos tenemos un amor	Banda XXI	143	D minor	Merengue, Zumba	2006
(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I	Raul Malo	143	C major	Clogging	2007
3rd Gear & 17	Aaron Watson	143	G major	Clogging	2006
Alab	Radio Tarifa	143	C minor	Zumba	2000
Alfie (What’s It All About, Austin?)	Susanna Hoffs	143	G major	Musical Theatre Dance	2002
Banjo Signal	Roy Clark & Buck Trent	143	G major	Clogging	1994
Bei flavia II	Irmin Schmidt	143	F minor	Musical Theatre Dance	2008
Bluegrass Express	The Osborne Brothers	143	D major	Clogging	1995
Broken Hearted Means Nothing to You	Rainbow Valley Boys	143	D major	Clogging	2000
Cagney & Lacey	Bill Conti	143	A# major	Musical Theatre Dance	1996
Caldonia	Rusti Steel and the Tin Tax	143	G major	East Coast Swing	1997
Carrier 32	Eluvium	143	G major	Contemporary Dance	2019
Caruso	Konstantin Wecker	143	C minor	Lyrical Dance	2017
Daywalkers	Ramin Djawadi & The RZA	143	A# minor	Musical Theatre Dance	2004
Dixie Lookaway	The Country Gentlemen	143	D major	Clogging	1998
End of the World Rag	Jim Lauderdale	143	F minor	Clogging	2014
Final	Jean-Philippe Goude	143	D minor	Contemporary Dance	1992
Frosty	Albert Collins	143	G major	Clogging	1969
Gone as a Girl Can Get	George Strait	143	C major	Clogging	1992
Hajimari no Uta	Ujico*	143	G major	Contemporary Dance	2014
Hvor er livet dog skønt	Liller & Papa Bue’s Viking Jazzband	143	D# major	Lindy Hop	1996
I Would Change My Life	Nanci Griffith	143	D major	Clogging	1988
Improvisation is Magic	PhillyPu	143	C major	Contemporary Dance	2012
Kae	Fennesz	143	E minor	Contemporary Dance	2012
Lost All My Money	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	143	A major	Clogging	1995
Lovers of the Highlands	Dalhous	143	F major	Contemporary Dance	2014
Melancholia II	William Basinski	143	D minor	Contemporary Dance	2003
Melancholia IX	William Basinski	143	D# major	Contemporary Dance	2003
Melancholia V	William Basinski	143	C# minor	Contemporary Dance	2003
Melancholia VII	William Basinski	143	D# major	Contemporary Dance	2003
Melancholia XI	William Basinski	143	C major	Contemporary Dance	2003
Messa da Requiem: I. Requiem	London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox	143	A minor	Contemporary Dance	1996
Mágoas de Caboclo	Baden Powell	143	A minor	Zumba	2000
New Orleans Blues	Chris Barber & His Band feat. Lonnie Donegan (Banjo)	143	D# major	Lindy Hop	2006
News Break (1995)	Merle Haggard	143	A# major	Clogging	1995
Ode to Birds and Rainbow, op. 60: Tapestry I. Allegro -	BBC Philharmonic, Sachio Fujioka	143	D minor	Contemporary Dance	2000
Pacifica, Part Two	Fred Frith	143	C# major	Contemporary Dance	1998
Pulcinella: XVII. Tempo di minuetto	Teresa Berganza, Ryland Davies, John Shirley‐Quirk, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	143	F major	Ballet	1979
Rambler Blues	Blind Lemon Jefferson	143	G major	Clogging	1927
Season Three Finale / Jack's Humanity	Sean Callery	143	A minor	Musical Theatre Dance	2004
Shoes Upon the Table	Warwick Evans, Stephanie Lawrence & Joanna Monro	143	F major	Musical Theatre Dance	1995
Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act II "The Vision": No. 11. Blind Man's Buff (Allegro vivo)	London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn	143	C major	Ballet	1974
Sleeping Beauty: Act One "The Spell": No. 8. Pas d'action: Rose Adagio (Andante - Adagio maestoso)	London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn	143	D# major	Ballet	1974
Something in the Water	Charlie Robison	143	G minor	Clogging	2004
Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman	Elizabeth Cook	143	F major	Clogging	2007
South Africa	Revelation Time & Ruud Gullit	143	G major	Lyrical Dance	1998
Sposa son disprezzata (Cecilia Bartoli)	Antonio Vivaldi	143	F minor	Musical Theatre Dance	2001
Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III, no. 24. Scene (Allegro - Valse - Allegro vivo)	London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn	143	C minor	Ballet	1976
The Dead Man: Nocturne	John Zorn	143	A minor	Contemporary Dance	2000
The Firebird Suite, 1919 Revision: Infernal Dance of King Kashchei	Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue	143	A minor	Ballet	1996
The Miraculous Mandarin, op. 19: Suddenly the Mandarin's Head Disappears. The Tramps Drag Him Out, One Stabs Him Three Times. He Almost Collapses, But Draws Himself Up and Leaps at the Girl	London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado	143	A# minor	Ballet	1986
The One I Sing My Love Song To	Waylon Jennings	143	A major	Clogging	2000
The Raven and the Coyote	Robert Earl Keen	143	G major	Clogging	1994
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III. 21. Marche. Allegro non troppo	Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi	143	D major	Ballet	2012
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Act III. 28. Pas de Deux. Variation II. Aurore. Andantino	Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi	143	A major	Ballet	2012
The Visitation	Doyle Dykes	143	C major	Clogging	1997
Tiro de misericórdia	João Bosco	143	C major	Zumba	1977
Troisième Sonate pour piano: Formant 2, Trope: Parenthèse	Paavali Jumppanen	143	A major	Contemporary Dance	2005
Troisième Sonate pour piano: Formant 3, Constellation - Miroir: Blocs II	Paavali Jumppanen	143	A minor	Contemporary Dance	2005
Walkin’ Blues Again	Eric Bibb	143	A major	Clogging	2010
Zwei Slawische Psalmen: Psalm 131	Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor, Paul Hillier	143	D# minor	Contemporary Dance	2006
Blair Athol / The Cairdin O't / Lexy McAskill	Celtic Fiddle Festival	143	A major		1993
Covering the Same Old Ground	Wilson Pickett	143	D# major		1971
Gettin' Away	The Turnabouts	143	F major		2004
Greatest Friend	The Incredible String Band	143	E major		1968
Haul Away Joe	The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem	143	B minor		1984
Hot Cross Buns	Paul Gayten	143	A# major		1990
I Can't Make It Anymore	Spyder Turner	143	A# major		2005
I Had a Talk With My Man	Mitty Collier	143	F minor		1997
If My Heart Could Sing	Marvin Gaye	143	F# minor		2006
Linha de passe	João Bosco	143	A major		1983
Lovely on the Water	Steeleye Span	143	F major		1971
Maior abandonado	Cazuza	143	A major		1996
New Orleans Instrumental No. 1	Jana Hunter	143	F minor		2007
Nightline	Randy Crawford	143	C# major		1983
Out Here	The Clovers	143	C major		1964
Smile	Stevie Wonder	143	F major		1989
Standin’ Around Cryin’	Muddy Waters	143	A# major		2001
Tangerine Puppet	Donovan	143	C minor		1971
Tender Love	Usher	143	C# major		1998
The King	Steeleye Span	143	F major		1971
Tom Cat	The Rooftop Singers	143	G# major		2002
Toxic	Britney Spears	143	—		2004

Tempo measured by AcousticBrainz audio analysis (CC0); songs within ±0.5 BPM are grouped. Detected tempo can be half or double the felt tempo.