What dance fits “When I Was a Boy”?
No dance in our list matches both the tempo and the genre of this recording. By tempo alone, 99 BPM suits: Contemporary Dance, Lyrical Dance, Tap Dance, Musical Theatre Dance, Quickstep.
How to count it
At 99 BPM one beat lasts 607 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 24.7 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 32.9.
Similar-tempo songs
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nine Below Zero | Sonny Boy Williamson | 99 | F major | West Coast Swing | 1966 |
| Psychedelic Train | Byron Lee and the Dragonaires | 99 | C major | Rumba, Samba, Bolero (American Rhythm) | 2004 |
| Sanación | Nicola Cruz | 99 | E minor | Cumbia, Popping, Rumba | 2015 |
| Alejandro | Q19848 | 99 | — | 2010 | |
| Blue Bayou | Lynn Anderson | 99 | B major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Rumba | 1985 |
| El desconocido | Grupo Fantasma | 99 | F major | Cumbia, West Coast Swing, Popping | 2008 |
| Ford Econoline | Nanci Griffith | 99 | D major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step, Lyrical Dance | 1987 |
| I Walked From Dallas | Howlin’ Wolf | 99 | D major | West Coast Swing | 1988 |
| Istanbul (Not Constantinople) | Ska Cubano | 99 | F minor | Cumbia, Rumba, Samba | 2005 |
| Palomo del comalito | Lila Downs | 99 | E minor | Cumbia, Lyrical Dance, Rumba | 2011 |
| Peavine | John Lee Hooker | 99 | A major | West Coast Swing, Texas Two-Step | 1991 |
| Reconsider Baby | Lonnie Brooks | 99 | F minor | West Coast Swing | 1975 |
More by Dar Williams
| Song | Artist | BPM | Key | Dances | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleluia | Dar Williams | 152 | D major | 1995 | |
| Arrival | Dar Williams | 164 | C major | 1995 | |
| Better Things | Dar Williams | 156 | D# major | East Coast Swing | 2001 |
| Flinty Kind of Woman | Dar Williams | 118 | C# minor | Contra Dance | 1995 |
| I Love, I Love (Traveling II) | Dar Williams | 172 | G# major | 1995 | |
| In Love but Not at Peace | Dar Williams | 117 | C major | Contra Dance | 1995 |
| Mark Rothko Song | Dar Williams | 104 | D# minor | 1995 | |
| The Great Unknown | Dar Williams | 178 | G major | 1995 | |
| This Is Not the House That Pain Built | Dar Williams | 142 | C major | 1995 | |
| You’re Aging Well | Dar Williams | 110 | C major | Contra Dance | 1995 |
Measured by AcousticBrainz · recording on MusicBrainz (CC0). Check the tempo by ear with our tap tempo tool.