What dance fits “I Cried a Tear”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 172 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, Waltz, Viennese Waltz.
How to count it
At 172 BPM one beat lasts 348 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 43.1 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 57.4.
Similar-tempo songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| It Ain’t No Fun to Me | Al Green | 172 | G# minor | 1972 | |
| I Can Do Better | Avril Lavigne | 172 | C major | Jive, East Coast Swing | 2007 |
| Broken Wing Bird | The 5th Dimension | 172 | A# major | 1968 | |
| Burning Hell | John Lee Hooker | 172 | G# minor | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 1991 |
| Don’t Answer the Door, Parts One and Two | B.B. King | 172 | A# major | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, Texas Two-Step | 1992 |
| If I Was Washington | Townes Van Zandt | 172 | B major | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 1994 |
| Mi ironía | Los Bukis | 172 | G major | Lyrical Dance, Cumbia, Jive | 1991 |
| No me arrepiento | Los Bukis | 172 | B major | Lyrical Dance, Cumbia, Jive | 1986 |
| 32–20 Blues | Robert Johnson | 172 | A major | West Coast Swing | 1937 |
| Baby Please Don’t Go | Lightnin’ Hopkins | 172 | E minor | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step | 1949 |
| Clarkson Blues | Chris Rea | 172 | G minor | Texas Two-Step, West Coast Swing | 2005 |
| Convergencia | Ibrahim Ferrer | 172 | F major | Tap Dance, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing | 2007 |
More by LaVern Baker
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ain't Gonna Cry No More | LaVern Baker | 136 | D major | — | |
| Easy Baby | LaVern Baker | 142 | A# major | 2005 | |
| Fee Fi Fo Fum | LaVern Baker | 77 | G# major | Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk | 2010 |
| Fly Me to the Moon | LaVern Baker | 164 | A# minor | — | |
| Go Away | LaVern Baker | 95 | F major | Lyrical Dance, Brazilian Zouk, West Coast Swing | — |
| Good Daddy | LaVern Baker | 135 | G# major | 2005 | |
| Half of Your Love | LaVern Baker | 107 | A# major | Lyrical Dance, Rumba, West Coast Swing | 1998 |
| How Long | LaVern Baker | 108 | A# minor | Lyrical Dance, West Coast Swing, Hip-Hop Dance | 2005 |
| Hurtin’ Inside | LaVern Baker | 98 | A# major | Lyrical Dance, Rumba, Brazilian Zouk | 1997 |
| I Didn't Know I Was Crying | LaVern Baker | 178 | C major | 1997 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.