What dance fits “Trying to Get Next to You”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 153 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, Musical Theatre Dance, East Coast Swing.
How to count it
At 153 BPM one beat lasts 392 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 38.3 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 51.1. Ballroom rhythm analysis suggests a Viennese waltz pattern (55% confidence).
Audio profile
- Danceability (model)
- Low (50% confidence)
- Party mood
- No
- Relaxed
- No
- Vocals
- Instrumental
- Tags
- soul, northern soul
- Release
- The Curtom Story: Curtis Mayfield's School Of 20th Century Soul
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| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosa Nostra | Manzanita | 153 | F# major | Lyrical Dance | 1998 |
| Big Bamboo | Ska Cubano | 153 | C minor | Zumba, Salsa | 2005 |
| Lazy Blues | Mississippi John Hurt | 153 | F minor | Texas Two-Step | 1967 |
| The Bubble Machine | Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley | 153 | D# major | Musical Theatre Dance | 1971 |
| Wartime Blues | Blind Lemon Jefferson | 153 | D major | Texas Two-Step | 1927 |
| You Won’t Find This | Carrie Underwood | 153 | F major | Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing | 2007 |
| Bang My Head | Cross Canadian Ragweed | 153 | A major | Texas Two-Step | 2001 |
| Between the Night and Day | Professor Longhair | 153 | C major | 2009 | |
| Beyond You | Crystal Gayle | 153 | G major | Texas Two-Step, East Coast Swing | 1987 |
| Caonao | Tito Puente & His Orchestra | 153 | F minor | Salsa, Zumba | 2009 |
| County Jail | Muddy Waters | 153 | C minor | 1996 | |
| Crazy Eddie's Last Hurrah | Cross Canadian Ragweed | 153 | G major | Texas Two-Step | 2002 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.