Songs at 156 BPM

125 songs measured at about 156 beats per minute. At 156 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 1.54 seconds — 39.0 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 1.15 seconds.

156beats per minute

39.0

bars/min in 4/4

52.0

bars/min in 3/4

385 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 156 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

Salsa

150–220 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

Texas Two-Step

150–200 BPM · fits directly

Zumba

120–160 BPM · fits directly

Songs at 156 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
Ocean Front Property	George Strait	156	D major	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	2004
Rain Trance	Badi Assad	156	C minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1998
Town Without Pity	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	156	A minor	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	1967
Holiday for Strings	Spike Jones and His City Slickers	156	C minor	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1994
Cake Walk	Gypsophilia	156	F major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2015
Chocko Me Feendo Hey	Baby Dodds Trio	156	A major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2000
Dear Lord (Give Me the Strength)	Preservation Hall Jazz Band	156	F major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2013
The Lady Is a Tramp	Queen Latifah	156	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing	2007
Volver a empezar	Jerry Rivera	156	D minor	Salsa, Zumba, East Coast Swing	2002
A foto da capa	Chico Buarque	156	E major	East Coast Swing, Zumba	1993
Banho de cheiro	Elba Ramalho	156	G major	East Coast Swing, Zumba	2003
Chica sexy	Banda XXI	156	A minor	Merengue, Zumba	2006
Come Softly	Grouper	156	A major	Contemporary Dance, East Coast Swing	2011
Dandelion	Kacey Musgraves	156	E major	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	2013
Deutschland ist...	Gunter Gabriel	156	G major	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	1992
Emotional Girl	Terri Clark	156	B major	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	1996
Milton’s Boogie	Roy Milton	156	C major	East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1997
Payback	Rascal Flatts	156	D major	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	2014
Real World	Big & Rich	156	F minor	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	2004
Roll Back the Rug (and Dance)	Scooter Lee	156	E major	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	2002
Salvaje corazon	Arielle Dombasle	156	B minor	Salsa, Zumba	2011
Saved	Big & Rich	156	D minor	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	2004
Simple Man	The Charlie Daniels Band	156	A major	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	2006
So Yesterday	Hilary Duff	156	C major	Zumba, East Coast Swing	2003
Tenho sede	Gilberto Gil	156	D major	East Coast Swing, Zumba	1994
Triste	Joe Cuba Sextet	156	F major	Salsa, Zumba	1966
Tu hastio	Rubén Blades	156	G# minor	Salsa, Zumba	1996
You Got Me	Ashley Monroe	156	A minor	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	2013
You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had	Ed Bruce	156	E major	Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing	1983
Add ’Em All Up	Paul Brandt	156	A# major	Texas Two-Step	1999
Ain’t Drinkin Anymore	Kevin Fowler	156	E major	Texas Two-Step	2004
Be My Baby Tonight	John Michael Montgomery	156	A major	Texas Two-Step	1994
Better Things	Dar Williams	156	D# major	East Coast Swing	2001
Boogie Woogie Teenage Girl	Dale Hawkins	156	G minor	East Coast Swing	2007
Canto Ostinato: Section 17	Polo de Haas, Kees Wieringa	156	F# major	Contemporary Dance	1996
Canto Ostinato: Section 60	Polo de Haas, Kees Wieringa	156	D# minor	Contemporary Dance	1996
Cheatin’	Sara Evans	156	A major	Texas Two-Step	2005
Choo Choo's Coming Back	The Barnshakers	156	D# major	East Coast Swing	2004
Come Back/Rasberry Beret	The Derailers	156	G# minor	Texas Two-Step	1997
Cowpoke	Don Walser	156	D major	Texas Two-Step	1994
Darby's Castle	Dick Curless	156	G major	Texas Two-Step	2000
Death Is the Only Way Out	Joseph Bishara	156	E minor	Musical Theatre Dance	1997
Der Nußknacker op. 71a: Suite aus dem Ballett op. 71: II. Danse caractéristiques: c. Danse russe Trépak. Tempo di trepak, molto vivace	Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner	156	G major	Ballet	1989
Eamon	Guy Clark	156	A major	Texas Two-Step	2009
Fun All Wrong	Roger Creager	156	G major	Texas Two-Step	2002
Half	Kevin Fowler	156	E major	Texas Two-Step	2004
Hollywood	Guy Clark	156	E minor	Texas Two-Step	2009
I Just Can’t Walk Away	Four Tops	156	D# major	East Coast Swing	1986
I Love You Mary Jane	Sonic Youth & Cypress Hill	156	A# minor	Musical Theatre Dance	1993
Jacky Don Tucker (Play by the Rules Miss All the Fun)	Toby Keith	156	B major	Texas Two-Step	1997
Kiss an Eskimo	Harry Lee	156	G major	East Coast Swing	1985
Le Twist des Chaussettes noires	Les Chaussettes Noires	156	G major	East Coast Swing	1991
Little Fox	Chuck Berry	156	C major	East Coast Swing	1968
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young	Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants	156	F minor	Texas Two-Step	2013
Long Line Of Losers	Kevin Fowler	156	F major	Texas Two-Step	2010
Merrie Melodies	Charles Tobias, Murray Mencher & Eddie Cantor	156	C major	Musical Theatre Dance	1986
My Tambourine	Chuck Berry	156	D# major	East Coast Swing	1968
O dia de amanhã	Beth Carvalho	156	C major	Zumba	1975
One Foot Loose	Mac Curtis with The Rimshots	156	A major	East Coast Swing	1998
Out in the Parkin’ Lot	Guy Clark	156	B major	Texas Two-Step	2006
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down	Lucille Starr	156	C major	Lyrical Dance	1999
Piedras Negras (Go Home) (1967)	Merle Haggard	156	G major	Texas Two-Step	1995
Right Now	Mary Chapin Carpenter	156	A# major	Texas Two-Step	1990
Road Race	Intrigues	156	C# major	East Coast Swing	—
Shade Tree (Fix‐It‐Man) (1966)	Merle Haggard	156	C major	Texas Two-Step	1968
Shake Rattle & Roll	Chuck Berry	156	C minor	East Coast Swing	1975
She She Little Sheila	Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps	156	A major	East Coast Swing	1989
Someone Else You’ve Known (1966)	Merle Haggard	156	D major	Texas Two-Step	1995
Suite from the Ballet "La Strada": I. Nozze in campagna - "È arrivato Zampanò"	Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo, Marzio Conti	156	C major	Ballet	2003
Sweet Sweet Girl	Slim Jim Phantom & Darrel Higham	156	E major	East Coast Swing	2006
Sweetie Pie (standard)	Eddie Cochran	156	G major	East Coast Swing	1985
Take Your Hands Off My Baby	The Barnshakers	156	D major	East Coast Swing	1997
Te amo	Olodum	156	D minor	Zumba	1993
Think Twice Before You Go	John Lee Hooker	156	E major	Texas Two-Step	1991
What I’ve Got in Mind	Billie Jo Spears	156	B major	Texas Two-Step	1986
White Rose	Toby Keith	156	D major	Texas Two-Step	2007
(We’ll Be) United	Peaches & Herb	156	C major		1996
A Good Problem to Have	Special Consensus	156	F major		2012
Baby Please Don’t Leave Me	Buddy Guy	156	A# minor		2001
Back in Your Own Backyard	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra	156	A# major		1996
Blues Is Fallin'	Hot Rize	156	A# major		2014
By Design	Diane Schuur feat. Jose Feliciano	156	A# major		1985
Can't Help Lovin' That Man	Louis Armstrong	156	G major		1997
Cole Bernier	Jim Lauderdale	156	C major		2012
Cut You A-Loose	Luther Allison	156	C major		1972
Days Are Short	Arlo Guthrie	156	G major		1972
Devil With a Blue Dress On / Good Golly Miss Molly	Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	156	F minor		1966
Do Your Thing	Buddy Guy	156	A# minor		2005
Hail to the Redskins	The Seldom Scene	156	C major		1973
Happy	Q14313	156	—		2013
He's My Son (Just the Same)	O.V. Wright	156	G major		1973
How Mountain Girls Can Love	The Stanley Brothers	156	A major		1977
Hurt (Snowflake radio mix)	Christina Aguilera	156	A minor		2007
I Dig Your Wife (unedited)	Buddy Guy	156	F minor		1992
I Don’t Want to Do Wrong	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	156	A# major		2013
If This World Were Mine	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	156	D# major		1967
I’m Wild About You Baby	Lightnin’ Hopkins	156	D major		1993
Keeper of the Castle	Four Tops	156	G# major		1972
Kickdancer	Dónal Lunny	156	A minor		1998
Künning vun Kölle	De Imis feat. Carolin Kebekus	156	G major		2015
La noche	Djavan	156	A minor		2011
Lads Among the Heather	The Corries	156	G major		1974
Mammoth No Arms	Rare Air	156	A# major		1991
My Radio Sure Sounds Good to Me	Larry Graham & Graham Central Station	156	C major		1978
Nathan Jones	The Supremes	156	F major		1978
Now They Call It Swing	Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra	156	D minor		1989
On My Mind	Ellie Goulding	156	—		2015
Penthouse	Fünf Sterne deluxe feat. Samy Deluxe	156	A minor		1998
President Garfield: President Garfield / Clumsy Lover	422	156	D minor		2000
Respect	Otis Redding	156	D major		1998
Rocky Top	The Osborne Brothers	156	B major		1995
Saideira	Skank	156	A minor		2010
Sangue de barata	Secos & Molhados	156	A major		1988
Saudosa maloca	Os Originais do Samba	156	A# major		1973
Sea como sea	Los Chichos	156	G# major		1977
So High So Low	LaVern Baker	156	D# major		—
Symphony (undubbed version)	Marvin Gaye	156	C major		2001
That Kind of Love	Wilson Pickett	156	B major		1968
That’s the Way a Woman Is	The Messengers	156	A major		2009
The Enemy	Roy Harper	156	G major		2013
Tschingderassabum	Querbeat	156	C major		2015
Vélomoteur	Les Calamités	156	E major		1987
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy	Ani DiFranco	156	B minor		2007
What a Wonderful Thing Love Is	Al Green	156	F major		1994
Woman Let Me Be Down Home	Wilson Pickett	156	G# major		1971

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