What dance fits “Down and Out in New York City”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 86 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, Waltz, Viennese Waltz.
How to count it
At 86 BPM one beat lasts 694 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 21.6 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 28.8.
Similar-tempo songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Words | Sergent Garcia | 86 | C major | Salsa, Cha-Cha | 2006 |
| Homegrown Tomatoes | Guy Clark | 86 | C major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step | 1983 |
| It’s a Little Too Late | Mark Chesnutt | 86 | A major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step | 1996 |
| Little Bit Gypsy | Kellie Pickler | 86 | G# major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance | 2013 |
| Lonestar | Willie Nelson feat. Norah Jones | 86 | C major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance | 2002 |
| Soon Forgotten | Muddy Waters | 86 | E major | West Coast Swing | 1985 |
| The Same Thing | Muddy Waters | 86 | C major | West Coast Swing | 1999 |
| We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together | Taylor Swift | 86 | — | 2012 | |
| Bocanegra | Sonido Gallo Negro | 86 | D minor | Cumbia | 2011 |
| Brown Paper People | Lila Downs | 86 | D minor | Cumbia | 2003 |
| Cariocas | Adriana Calcanhotto | 86 | A minor | Lyrical Dance, Cha-Cha, West Coast Swing | 2000 |
| Casey’s Last Ride | Waylon Jennings | 86 | C major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step | 1971 |
More by James Brown
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call Me Super Bad | James Brown | 147 | D minor | 1971 | |
| Fast Medley: I Can’t Stand It / Mother Popcorn / I Got the Feelin’ | James Brown | 77 | A# minor | Lyrical Dance | 1971 |
| Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved | James Brown | 120 | D major | Jazz Dance, Cha-Cha, West Coast Swing | 1971 |
| Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) | James Brown | 107 | D minor | Jazz Dance, West Coast Swing, Breaking (Breakdance) | 1971 |
| So Long | James Brown | 124 | E major | West Coast Swing, Carolina Shag | 1976 |
| You’ve Got the Power | James Brown | 99 | C major | West Coast Swing | 1968 |
| (Call Me) Superbad | James Brown | 125 | G major | Jazz Dance, West Coast Swing, Breaking (Breakdance) | 1990 |
| Bessie | James Brown | 123 | F major | Carolina Shag, Jazz Dance | 1977 |
| Body Heat | James Brown | 114 | A# minor | Carolina Shag, Jazz Dance | 1998 |
| Bring It Up | James Brown | 90 | D# major | West Coast Swing, Popping | 1967 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.