Songs for Breaking (Breakdance) by tempo

234 songs whose measured tempo sits in (or doubles into) breaking (breakdance)'s 100–130 BPM range and whose genre or rhythm suits the dance. Click a column to sort.

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100–130

typical BPM

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Top artists for breaking (breakdance)

Wilson Pickett · 15ShibayanRecords · 10Rollergirl! · 9James Brown · 7Steve Arrington & DâM‐FunK · 5Teh Tarik Crew · 5Fünf Sterne deluxe · 5Señor Coconut and His Orchestra · 5Clazziquai Project · 4The Neville Brothers · 3Con Funk Shun · 3Fred Wesley · 3

All songs by tempo

“Dance tempo” is the pulse you dance to. Audio analysis sometimes measures half or double that speed — marked ×2 or ½.

Song	Artist	Dance tempo	Measured	Key	Year
Nunca es tarde	Canteca de Macao feat. Shangó Dely	100	100	G minor	2012
I Love This Music	Steve Arrington & DâM‐FunK	100	100	G# minor	2013
She Loves You	Clazziquai Project	100	100	C major	2004
Raid	Madvillain feat. M.E.D. aka Medaphoar	100	100	F minor	2004
It’s Your Time	Plan B	100	100	A# minor	2006
Love Has Gone	The Contours	101	101	C major	2010
It's Them Again	Teh Tarik Crew feat. Syaheed	101	101	A# major	2004
Budget Clubbing	Teh Tarik Crew	101	101	F# minor	2004
Mister Cee’s Master Plan	Big Daddy Kane	101	101	A minor	1988
Chicken Strut	The Meters	101	101	G# minor	1970
Sometime	James Brown	102	102	F major	2000
Duck Alert	Marley Marl feat. Craig G	102	102	C minor	1988
What’s Going On	Jungle Brothers	102	102	C# minor	1988
Ice Cream Man	Third Coast Kings	102	102	E major	2014
Sabor	Sexteto Miramar	102	102	F minor	2007
La cosecha	Nicola Cruz	102	102	C major	2015
Brainsen Overkill	Fünf Sterne deluxe	102	102	F# minor	1998
Life I Live	Delinquent Habits	102	102	F# minor	1998
So Wat Cha Sayin’	EPMD	102	102	A# major	1989
Funky Stuff, More Funky Stuff	Kool & the Gang	102	102	G major	1993
Heysanna Hosanna	Boards of Canada	102	102	G# major	1996
Brother Jake	The Neville Brothers	102	102	F major	1994
Ninety‐Nine and a Half (Won’t Do)	Wilson Pickett	102	102	A minor	2010
I’m in a Different World	Four Tops	103	103	F# major	1968
634–5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)	Wilson Pickett	103	103	D major	1989
Destination Earth	Newcleus	103	103	E major	2002
I Be Trippin' (instrumental)	Steve Arrington & DâM‐FunK	103	103	D major	2013
Clouds Across the Moon (Super Nova mix)	RAH Band	103	103	C# major	2009
Apprendre à laisser	Sinclair	103	103	E major	1995
Down	Chinese Man feat. Scratch Bandits Crew	103	103	A# major	2011
My Advice to You	Teh Tarik Crew	103	103	F minor	2004
A Woman a Lover a Friend	Jackie Wilson	103	103	G major	1960
Ola de agua	Peregoyo y su Combo Vacaná	103	103	G minor	2010
Sling Shot, Part 2	Lefties Soul Connection	103	103	A major	2007
Love on the Run	Galactic	104	104	G minor	1998
Blow Your Mind	Steve Arrington & DâM‐FunK	104	104	E major	2013
Gott Damn Shame	Nate Dogg	104	104	G minor	2003
Hip Hop Clowns & Party Rapper	Fünf Sterne deluxe	104	104	D minor	1998
Shake	General Caine	104	104	A# major	1993
Andas en mi cabeza	Chino & Nacho feat. Daddy Yankee	104	104	A major	2016
Good Feeling	Steve Arrington & DâM‐FunK	104	104	D# minor	2013
Tiene Sabor, Tiene Sazón	Ondatrópica	104	104	A minor	2012
Let's Get Down	Bow Wow feat. Baby	105	105	F minor	2003
Funky Belly	Warren Lee	105	105	G major	2011
Soul Power, Parts 2 & 3	James Brown	105	105	G major	1971
Hoedown	Special Ed	105	105	D minor	1989
RITMO (Bad Boys for Life)	Black Eyed Peas x J Balvin	105	105	A# major	2019
Gamesofluck	Parcels	105	105	A minor	2016
Lance Mountain	Lamorn	105	105	C major	2021
Harvest for the World	The Isley Brothers	105	105	F major	1992
Let's Take It to the Stage / Do That Stuff (medley) (edit)	George Clinton	106	106	E major	2000
Travellin'	Teh Tarik Crew	106	106	E major	2004
Moving in the Night	Third Coast Kings	106	106	D major	2014
Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)	James Brown	107	107	D minor	1971
I’m So Glad You’re Here	The Contours	108	108	G major	2010
All Right, All Right	The Apples	108	108	E major	2010
Y si te digo	Fanny Lú	108	108	A major	2005
It Could Happen to You	Ray Munnings	108	108	A major	2007
Fantasy	Johnny “Hammond” Smith	108	108	F minor	2003
Oh, Maceo	Average White Band	108	108	G major	1999
I Just Got Back	Parliament	109	109	A major	1974
Home Cookin’	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	109	109	C# major	2007
Go	Bow Wow feat. Jermaine Dupri	109	109	F minor	2005
Hasta la vista (intro)	MC Solaar	109	109	E minor	2001
Memphis (Disco Funk)	Danny & The Fat Boys	109	109	G major	1997
Soul Dance Number Three	Wilson Pickett	109	109	E major	1967
(I'll Be A) Freak for You	Royalle Delite	110	110	G minor	1993
La gloria	Gotan Project	110	110	A minor	2010
Do You Wanna Dance?	Rollergirl!	110	110	A minor	2014
Las Maracas de Machin (Chachachá)	Señor Coconut and His Orchestra	110	110	F minor	2003
Floresta	Tango Fusion Club	110	110	F minor	2005
Woman Likes to Hear That	Wilson Pickett	110	110	C major	1970
Let It Be Me	James Brown & Lyn Collins	110	110	G major	2010
Single Life	Cameo	110	110	F minor	1985
Soul Funk	Chico and Buddy	111	111	C major	2000
Groovy Little Woman	Wilson Pickett	111	111	A major	1970
Keep Moving	Jungle	111	111	A# minor	2021
Get Your It Together	L.T.D.	111	111	G major	1976
Step It Up	The Bamboos feat. Alice Russell	111	111	C# major	2006
Hot Pants... I'm Coming. Coming. I'm Coming	Bobby Byrd	112	112	C major	1988
Butterfat	Leroy Hutson	112	112	A major	1976
Come Home Baby	Wilson Pickett	112	112	D# major	1965
Marc an Else	Fünf Sterne deluxe	112	112	C minor	1998
Music.	Rollergirl!	112	112	F minor	2013
I Wanted You.	Rollergirl!	112	112	A# major	2013
La cara del payaso	Galileo y su Banda	112	112	A# minor	1995
Se te mira	Grupo Fantasma	112	112	G major	2008
Don’t Hang Up	The Bar‐Kays	112	112	D major	1987
Indian Summer Love (interlude)	Con Funk Shun	113	113	F# minor	1977
Abschussball	Jan Delay	113	113	A minor	2009
Prender el alma	Nicola Cruz	113	113	E major	2015
So Easy	Con Funk Shun	113	113	A major	1978
Teardrops Will Fall	Wilson Pickett	113	113	F major	1965
Simon Says	Marley Marl feat. Masta Ace & Action	113	113	D minor	1988
Chicco	Barrabás	114	114	A# minor	1972
What Is a Man	Four Tops	115	115	G# major	1992
Im Arsch	Jan Delay feat. Udo Lindenberg	115	115	A# minor	2006
Cloud 9	Jamiroquai	115	115	A minor	2017
All I Need (All I Don’t)	Girls Aloud	115	115	A# major	2003
Save the Day	Teh Tarik Crew	115	115	D major	2004
Livin' in America	Fred Wesley	115	115	F major	2008
Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje’s Extra Døll mix)	Dølle Jølle	115	115	A minor	2009
Checking You Out	Aurra	115	115	E major	2008
Mega-Mix	Con Funk Shun	115	115	A# major	1996
This Heart of Mine	The Artistics	115	115	F major	1996
Take a Little Love	Wilson Pickett	115	115	A major	1965
Loopzilla (broadcast version)	George Clinton	115	115	D minor	1982
Promises	Brenda & The Big Dudes	116	116	F major	2002
Set Me on Fire	Midnight Star	116	116	C major	1980
Shake & Bake	Mario Nascimbene	116	116	E minor	2000
Rapp Payback (Where iz Moses?) (remix)	James Brown & The JB’s	117	117	C# major	1997
El caterete	Wganda Kenya	117	117	D major	2010
Seeing You Through the Eyes of a Blindman	Satisfaction Unlimited	117	117	D major	2010
Scratchin’	The Magic Disco Machine	117	117	D minor	2009
J.O.G.J.A.	Chinese Man feat. M2MX, Dubyouth & Kill the DJ	117	117	F major	2011
Johnny G. Is Back	Johnny “Guitar” Watson	117	117	A# minor	1995
Mil millones	Gotan Project	117	117	A minor	2010
All Night.	Rollergirl!	117	117	C minor	2013
Call From Boston (Skit)	Afrob	117	117	C# major	1999
It's OK My Will Is Good	The Tape	117	117	E minor	2004
Future 2	The Personations	117	117	G major	1999
Cosmic flower	ShibayanRecords	117	117	A# major	2014
Dogs	Dash Cat	117	117	F major	2021
I Can’t Get Away	Lee Dorsey	117	117	A# major	2000
Amazing Grace	The Neville Brothers	118	118	C major	1994
Don’t	Aritus x FIBRE	118	118	A# major	2016
The White City, Part 3	Brian Blessed	118	118	A# major	2003
Rosalía	Wganda Kenya	118	118	C# major	2010
You Got the Power	War	118	118	A# major	1982
Avi-Vo	Lafayette Afro-Rock Band	118	118	F minor	1974
Curse mind	ShibayanRecords	118	118	D minor	2012
L.O.V.E.	Purple Disco Machine & Boris Dlugosch	118	118	C# major	2015
Sounds of the Safari	Jungle Brothers	118	118	F# minor	1988
Saturday Nite (Jay Dee remix)	The Brand New Heavies feat. Mos Def	118	118	D major	2000
Hold Out [radio edit]	Midnight Star	119	119	F major	1994
Don’t Fight It	Wilson Pickett	119	119	E major	1997
Al.arm	J.B.'s Allstars	119	119	D minor	1986
Country Slicker Joe	Young–Holt Unlimited	120	120	A# major	2005
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved	James Brown	120	120	D major	1971
I Am Love	The Jackson 5	120	120	F major	2008
Never	The Roots feat. Patty Crash	120	120	F minor	2014
Galactic Funtionals (instrumental)	Steve Arrington & DâM‐FunK	120	120	A# minor	2013
Let My People Go / Get Up Stand Up	The Neville Brothers	120	120	E major	1994
Mr Chicken Shit	The Soul Seven	120	120	A# major	1999
Overnight	Parcels	120	120	C# major	2017
Teresina	Odjbox	120	120	G minor	2011
Girls Allowed	Girls Aloud	120	120	C major	2003
Let's Get the Rollerskates!	Rollergirl!	120	120	A minor	2013
Academics	Piper Davis	120	120	A minor	2008
Love Mode	Clazziquai Project feat. Tablo	120	120	D major	2006
Stay Away From Me (I Love You Too Much)	Major Lance	120	120	E major	2007
MyonMyonMyonMyonMyonMyonMyonMyon!	ShibayanRecords	120	120	D major	2014
Phoenix	ShibayanRecords	120	120	E major	2013
Better at Making Time	De Lux	120	120	A# major	2013
Fire and Water	Wilson Pickett	120	120	D# major	1971
Be My Lady	Fat Larry’s Band	120	120	A# major	2006
Freak Unique	Nature's Sound Creation	120	120	C major	2007
Feel The Shock	Black Fur	120	120	C major	1999
Come to Me	Barbara Mason	121	121	C# major	1965
Waves.	Rollergirl!	121	121	A# minor	2013
Get Down People	The Fabulous Counts	121	121	C major	1970
Come Little Children	Donny Hathaway	122	122	G major	2013
Odyssey	Aritus x FIBRE	122	122	F# minor	2016
2 Phones	Kevin Gates	122	122	A# major	2015
Desilusión	Gotan Project	122	122	G major	2010
Funky Way	Wilson Pickett	122	122	D# minor	1970
Nicci	A Band Called Flash	122	122	C major	2015
Found True Love	Billy Butler & the Four Enchanters	123	123	F minor	2013
Keep on Dancin’	Alvin Cash	123	123	F major	2004
Ska Fuentes	Ondatrópica	123	123	B minor	2012
10 Years (Chromeo remix)	Daði Freyr	123	123	A# major	2021
Ann	The Meters	123	123	C major	1969
Boogie Down	Rollergirl!	123	123	C major	2014
Goodvibes	Teh Tarik Crew	123	123	A minor	2004
Blow Your Whistle	The Soul Searchers	123	123	A# major	1974
Holiday	Mandrill	123	123	A major	2004
Where Do We Go From Here?	Earth, Wind & Fire	124	124	F major	2003
Discotizer	Fünf Sterne deluxe	124	124	A minor	1998
Nevermore	FIBRE	124	124	A# minor	2021
Beautiful	Fred Wesley	124	124	C major	2010
How Bizarre	OMC	125	125	F major	1995
Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) (stereo promo version)	The Temptations	125	125	F minor	2009
Roller Disco!	Rollergirl!	125	125	G# minor	2013
Come to Me (Mellotron remix) (radio edit)	Clazziquai Project	125	125	F# major	2004
MyonMyonMyonMyonMyonMyonMyon!	ShibayanRecords	125	125	A minor	2013
Spring Rouge	ShibayanRecords	125	125	F major	2013
El Rey de Las Galletas (Guaguancó)	Señor Coconut and His Orchestra	125	125	A# minor	2003
Oxygene, Part II (Mambo Chachachá)	Señor Coconut and His Orchestra	125	125	G# minor	2003
(Call Me) Superbad	James Brown	125	125	G major	1990
Casinha de sapê	Tim Maia	125	125	D minor	1982
Suavito (Jive Eclectico)	Señor Coconut	126	126	A minor	1997
By Your Side (SIDEPIECE remix)	Calvin Harris feat. Tom Grennan	126	126	C major	2021
Singing Another Song	Parliament	126	126	A major	2003
Come Alive (Distort remix)	Clazziquai Project	126	126	C# minor	2006
Don't Give Up	Oneness of Juju	126	126	A# minor	1975
Jesus Creates Sound (main mix)	Marlon D	126	126	A# major	2010
Cry for Love	Savant	126	126	F minor	2012
SUPER MOON	ShibayanRecords	126	126	G major	2014
It’s a Groove	Wilson Pickett	126	126	C major	1968
Eclipse	Nicola Cruz	126	126	A# minor	2015
International Playboy (second single version)	Wilson Pickett	126	126	E major	1995
Smoke on the Water (Chachacha)	Señor Coconut and His Orchestra	126	126	G minor	2003
Room 44	Seemon & Marijke	127	127	C minor	2005
Go For Broke (Instrumental)	Bo Diddley	127	127	G minor	1971
Ansprache Frau Herzog	Fünf Sterne deluxe	127	127	G minor	1998
Behind a Painted Smile	The Isley Brothers	127	127	C minor	1967
Skater Lady	Rollergirl!	127	127	C major	2013
Fill This Night (Paradox remix)	Clazziquai Project	127	127	F minor	2006
Out of Sight	Fred Wesley	127	127	D# major	2008
This Old Town	Wilson Pickett	127	127	A# major	1970
Sweet Inspiration	Wilson Pickett	127	127	D# major	1970
Feel So Close (radio edit)	Calvin Harris	128	128	G major	2011
Rodeo	Mateo feat. U‐Jean	128	128	A major	2014
Still Cool	DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ	128	128	C major	2020
I've Got What You Need	Midnight Star	128	128	C major	1981
Clockup Flowers	ShibayanRecords	128	128	C major	2012
Desert Years	ShibayanRecords	128	128	A# major	2013
Get It Right	Aritus x FIBRE	128	128	A# major	2016
Super Fine Red	ShibayanRecords	128	128	A# minor	2013
I Play Chicken With the Train	Cowboy Troy	128	128	A minor	2005
Redemption	Savant	129	129	A# minor	2012
Música moderna (Samba virtual)	Señor Coconut	129	129	G major	1997
Castles Made of Sand / Foxey Lady	Gil Evans	129	129	C major	1974
Cross Firing	James Brown	129	129	G major	1993
Sun of Jamaica	Goombay Dance Band	129	129	A major	1979
Ensemble	Sinclair	130	130	F major	1997
Here I Am	Mateo feat. Paul Cless	130	130	C major	2014
Sonidero compay (Sheeqo Beat 3ballmty remix)	Toy Selectah feat. DJ Blass	130	130	C# major	2011
Will U Still Love Me Tomorrow	Leslie Grace	130	130	C# major	2012
Let’s Unite the Whole World at Christmas	James Brown	130	130	C major	1968
Cocha runa	Nicola Cruz feat. Tanya Sánchez	130	130	G# major	2015
Cooler Than Me	Mike Posner	130	130	A# major	2009
Smooth Operator (Mambo Chachachá)	Señor Coconut and His Orchestra	130	130	F minor	2003
Si veo a tu mamá	Bad Bunny	130	130	D major	2020

Tempo and key are measured by audio analysis (AcousticBrainz, CC0) on MusicBrainz recordings; detected BPM can be half or double the felt tempo. Always check by ear — or use our tap tempo tool.

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