Song tempo & key

You Don’t Know What Love Is — Billie Holiday

“You Don’t Know What Love Is” by Billie Holiday (1987) has a measured tempo of 128.9 BPM and is in A minor.

129BPM
Am
A minor · Camelot 8A
64.5 / 257.8
half / double time
3:51
length

What dance fits “You Don’t Know What Love Is”?

How to count it

At 129 BPM one beat lasts 465 milliseconds. In 4/4 that is 32.2 bars per minute; in 3/4 it is 43.0. Ballroom rhythm analysis suggests a tango pattern (88% confidence).

Audio profile

Danceability (model)
Low (94% confidence)
Party mood
No
Relaxed
No
Vocals
Vocal
Tags
jazz, vocal jazz, jazz vocals, jazz: jazz vocals
Release
Lady In Satin

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My Man (Mon Homme)Billie Holiday123D# majorJazz Dance, Tap Dance, Foxtrot1997
A Sunbonnet BlueBillie Holiday154G major1999
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Don't Know If I'm Comin' Or Goin'Billie Holiday87C majorTap Dance, Lindy Hop2003
Don’t ExplainBillie Holiday144C minor1995
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