Songs at 87 BPM

71 songs measured at about 87 beats per minute. At 87 BPM a bar of 4/4 lasts 2.76 seconds — 21.8 bars per minute — and a bar of 3/4 lasts 2.07 seconds.

87beats per minute

21.8

bars/min in 4/4

29.0

bars/min in 3/4

690 ms

per beat

Dances you can do at 87 BPM

Contemporary Dance

60–120 BPM · fits directly

Lyrical Dance

60–110 BPM · fits directly

Tap Dance

100–220 BPM · felt in double time

Waltz

84–96 BPM · fits directly

Viennese Waltz

168–186 BPM · felt in double time

Jive

168–176 BPM · felt in double time

East Coast Swing

120–176 BPM · felt in double time

Salsa

150–220 BPM · felt in double time

Kizomba

80–100 BPM · fits directly

Cumbia

80–110 BPM · fits directly

Brazilian Zouk

70–100 BPM · fits directly

Lindy Hop

120–240 BPM · felt in double time

West Coast Swing

80–130 BPM · fits directly

Balboa

160–320 BPM · felt in double time

Texas Two-Step

150–200 BPM · felt in double time

Hip-Hop Dance

85–115 BPM · fits directly

Krump

80–110 BPM · fits directly

Songs at 87 BPM

Song	Artist	BPM	Key	Dances	Year
House of Blue Lights	Asleep at the Wheel	87	F major	West Coast Swing, Tap Dance, Jive	1987
I’m Just a Lucky So and So	Tony Bennett	87	F major	Tap Dance, Jive, East Coast Swing	1999
Little Bitty Pretty One	Billy Gilman	87	C major	Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	2000
Mary Jane (All Night Long)	Mary J. Blige	87	C minor	West Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	1994
No Complaints	Omarion	87	A minor	West Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk	2020
Pet Me, Poppa	Rosemary Clooney with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra	87	A# major	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1992
Soul House	Max Greger & His Orchestra	87	F minor	Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	2008
5 Sterne deluxe	Fünf Sterne deluxe	87	G minor	Hip-Hop Dance, Krump, West Coast Swing	1998
A	Azad	87	C minor	Hip-Hop Dance, Krump, West Coast Swing	2003
Ave dor Maria	Tom Zé	87	E minor	Lyrical Dance, Cha-Cha, West Coast Swing	2006
Be Cool	9th Wonder & Buckshot feat. Swan	87	A# minor	Hip-Hop Dance, Krump, West Coast Swing	2008
Black Diamond	Roy Brown	87	A# major	West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	1993
Good & Bad	Blumentopf	87	F major	Hip-Hop Dance, Krump, West Coast Swing	2003
Here We Go	9th Wonder & Buckshot	87	A# minor	Hip-Hop Dance, Krump, West Coast Swing	2008
La celosa	Carlos Vives	87	C# major	Cumbia, Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	1993
Lipstick, Powder and Paint	Roomful of Blues	87	A# major	West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	2003
Live My Life (Leave Me Alone)	Cam’ron feat. Daz Dillinger	87	C major	Hip-Hop Dance, Krump, West Coast Swing	2002
Miss Mushmouth	Lloyd Fatman	87	D# major	West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	—
Navidad Navidad	Luis Miguel	87	A# major	Cha-Cha, Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	2006
Nicotin - Coffein - Aspirin	Gunter Gabriel	87	A major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance	1990
Pack Shack and Slack	The 5 Wings	87	G# major	West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop	—
Shake the Sugar Tree	Pam Tillis	87	E major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance	1992
Sobre un vidrio mojado	Los Secretos	87	E major	Cha-Cha, Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	1992
The Day You’re Mine	Big Daddy Kane	87	C major	Hip-Hop Dance, Krump, West Coast Swing	1988
Amen Kind of Love	Daryle Singletary	87	E major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1996
Bobby Lee Needs Love	Bobby Lee Trammell	87	E major	Jive, East Coast Swing	1983
Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'	Billie Holiday	87	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2003
Drinking Again	Gary Stewart	87	C major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1977
Gipsy With a Song, Part 2	Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France	87	G# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1991
Goin’ to Chicago Blues	Peggy Lee, Quincy Jones	87	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1962
Her Favorite Song	Mayer Hawthorne	87	D# minor	West Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance	2013
Here in the Real World	Alan Jackson	87	D# major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	2008
I Cover the Waterfront	John Lee Hooker	87	F# minor	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1991
I Don't Know If I'm Coming or Going	Billie Holiday	87	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1988
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Lucille Starr	87	C major	Lyrical Dance, Contemporary Dance	1995
It’s All Over	Wilson Pickett	87	G major	West Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance	1966
Kansas City Man Blues	Clarence Williams’ Blue Five	87	D# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1991
La negra Tomasa	Caifanes	87	D minor	Cumbia, Salsa	1988
Little Marie (alternate)	Chuck Berry	87	D# major	Jive, East Coast Swing	1991
Love for Sale	Sidney Bechet Quartet	87	A# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	2001
Low Down Freedom	Waylon Jennings	87	D major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1973
Mack the Knife	Shirley Horn	87	G# major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1963
Mad World	Alex Parks	87	E major	Lyrical Dance, Contemporary Dance	2003
Me Too	Toby Keith	87	G major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	2000
Midnight (MIST VIP remix)	Un‐Cut	87	A minor	Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	2003
Never Again, Again	Lee Ann Womack	87	F# major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1997
No Doubt	Camila Cabello	87	E minor	Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing	2022
No Walls, No Ceilings, No Floors	Sandy Scott	87	C major	Waltz, Viennese Waltz	2006
Paralized	Danny Mote	87	F major	Jive, East Coast Swing	1997
Rice	It’s Dynamite	87	A# major	Kizomba, Brazilian Zouk	2020
That’s the Truth	George Strait	87	E major	West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step	1999
Think About It	Otis Redding	87	C major	West Coast Swing, Lyrical Dance	2018
Tomorrow Will Be Better	The Baja Marimba Band	87	C major	Tap Dance, Lindy Hop	1966
Tribute to Elvis (BBC Radio 1 session)	Carl Perkins	87	A major	Jive, East Coast Swing	2002
Berretines de verduga	Los Gedes	87	F minor	Cumbia	2003
Delusion of the Fury: Act I — On a Japanese Theme: The Pilgrimage	Ensemble of Unique Instruments, Danlee Mitchell	87	F minor	Contemporary Dance	1971
Requiem for My Friend: Part Two "Life": The Beginning: Love	Elżbieta Towarnicka, Varsov Chamber Choir, Piotr Łykowski, Dorota Ślęzak, Jerzy Główczewski, Leszek Możdżer, Jacek Ostaszewski, Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk	87	E minor	Contemporary Dance	1998
Slow Within	Federico Albanese	87	F minor	Contemporary Dance	2018
Too Many Dirty Dishes	Albert Collins	87	G major	West Coast Swing	1986
Feeling the Magic	Johnny Bristol	87	A# minor		1975
Feels Just Like It Should	Jamiroquai	87	—		2005
Heart Attack	Demi Lovato	87	—		2013
If You Never Say Goodbye	P.M. Dawn	87	A major		1996
Mpata Ezangi Mokengeli	Franco	87	F major		2000
Nobody There but Me	Bruce Hornsby	87	D major		1996
Pimp Sh*t	Too $hort	87	A# minor		2000
Sands Theme	Tonto’s Giant Nuts	87	F minor		2003
Shine on Harvest Moon	Betty Carter	87	A# major		1963
Someday You'll Be Sorry	Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars	87	C# major		1987
The Bold Knight	Seth Lakeman	87	D minor		2004
Um dia não outro sim	Fernanda Abreu part. esp. Daddae Harvey	87	A minor		1995

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