Song tempo & key

A Fat Boy Can Cry — Billy Stewart

“A Fat Boy Can Cry” by Billy Stewart (1965) has a measured tempo of 122.7 BPM and is in D# major.

123BPM
D#
D# major · Camelot 5B
61.4 / 245.4
half / double time
2:43
length

What dance fits “A Fat Boy Can Cry”?

How to count it

At 123 BPM one beat lasts 489 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 30.7 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 40.9. Ballroom rhythm analysis suggests a tango pattern (54% confidence).

Audio profile

Danceability (model)
Low (88% confidence)
Party mood
No
Relaxed
No
Vocals
Vocal
Tags
soul, northern soul
Release
I Do Love You

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Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.