Song tempo & key

Nitro Express — Red Simpson

“Nitro Express” by Red Simpson (1966) has a measured tempo of 161.8 BPM and is in C major.

162BPM
C
C major · Camelot 8B
80.9 / 323.6
half / double time
2:33
length

What dance fits “Nitro Express”?

How to count it

At 162 BPM one beat lasts 371 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 40.5 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 53.9.

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