Song tempo & key

Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone — Billie Holiday

“Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone” by Billie Holiday (1987) has a measured tempo of 163.6 BPM and is in A# minor.

164BPM
A#m
A# minor · Camelot 3A
81.8 / 327.2
half / double time
4:21
length

What dance fits “Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone”?

No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 164 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, East Coast Swing, Salsa.

How to count it

At 164 BPM one beat lasts 367 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 40.9 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 54.5. Ballroom rhythm analysis suggests a Viennese waltz pattern (60% confidence).

Audio profile

Danceability (model)
Low (100% confidence)
Party mood
No
Relaxed
No
Vocals
Instrumental
Tags
jazz, vocal jazz, jazz vocals, jazz: jazz vocals
Release
Verve Jazz Masters 12: Billie Holiday

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