What dance fits “Lordly Nightshade”?
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 The Incredible String Band
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koeeoaddi There | The Incredible String Band | 132 | C major | 1968 | |
| Chinese White | The Incredible String Band | 120 | F major | Contra Dance | 1967 |
| Ducks on a Pond | The Incredible String Band | 118 | G major | Contra Dance | 1968 |
| The Iron Stone | The Incredible String Band | 140 | D# major | 1968 | |
| Air | The Incredible String Band | 113 | C major | Contra Dance | 1968 |
| Greatest Friend | The Incredible String Band | 143 | E major | 1968 | |
| The Circle Is Unbroken | The Incredible String Band | 120 | G minor | Contra Dance | 1968 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.