TempoPeek

120–129 BPM · Allegro

Songs at 121 BPM

4080120160200

One beat

495.9 ms60,000 ÷ 121
Recordings
79at this whole tempo
Half time
60.5BPM
Double time
242BPM
Most used key
G major10 recordings

Source: AcousticBrainz, dump of 2022-06-23 (CC0) · MusicBrainz core data, 2026-09-17 (CC0) · how each number is measured. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

79 recordings on this site sit at 121 beats per minute once each one's analyses are reduced to their median. A score would call that Allegro, by the ranges printed on the data page.

One beat lasts 495.9 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 247.9 ms, a dotted eighth 371.9 ms and a sixteenth 124 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.

Half time is 60.5 BPM and double time is 242; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.

10 of them are in G major, more than any other key at this tempo.

Delay times at 121 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41983.50.5
Half note2991.71.01
Dotted quarter1.5743.81.34
Quarter note (one beat)1495.92.02
Quarter triplet0.667330.63.03
Dotted eighth0.75371.92.69
Eighth note0.5247.94.03
Eighth triplet0.333165.36.05
Dotted sixteenth0.3751865.38
Sixteenth note0.251248.07
Sixteenth triplet0.16782.612.1
Thirty-second note0.1256216.13

121 BPM, key by key

Each key links to its list at this tempo band (120–129 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.

The recordings

  1. Wish You Were HerePink FloydG major121BPM
  2. Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton JohnF major121BPM
  3. Rather BeClean Bandit feat. Jess GlynneE major121BPM
  4. DesperadoEaglesG major121BPM
  5. Ashes to AshesDavid BowieA♭ major121BPM
  6. Around the WorldDaft PunkG major121BPM
  7. The Logical SongSupertrampC minor121BPM
  8. SussudioPhil CollinsC major121BPM
  9. I Don’t Want to Miss a ThingAerosmithD major121BPM
  10. Roadhouse BluesThe DoorsA minor121BPM
  11. Glass OnionThe BeatlesF major121BPM
  12. Raspberry BeretPrince and The RevolutionD major121BPM
  13. Tears Dry on Their OwnAmy WinehouseE major121BPM
  14. Savoy TruffleThe BeatlesA minor121BPM
  15. The SoundThe 1975C major121BPM
  16. Buddy HollyWeezerA♭ major121BPM
  17. Orange CrushR.E.M.E minor121BPM
  18. Don’t Leave Me This WayThelma HoustonF major121BPM
  19. WarningGreen DayD major121BPM
  20. Just Lose ItEminemB♭ major121BPM
  21. TopazThe B‐52sG major121BPM
  22. TimePink FloydA major121BPM
  23. Hurtin’ You Don’t Come EasyNeil DiamondB♭ major121BPM
  24. The Black Angel’s Death SongThe Velvet UndergroundC major121BPM
  25. Rovers FancyThe Irish RoversG major121BPM
  26. We’re Gonna GrooveLed ZeppelinA major121BPM
  27. Electric AvenueEddy GrantA major121BPM
  28. Peter Gunn ThemeBlues BrothersA major121BPM
  29. HereAlessia CaraF major121BPM
  30. Money Changes EverythingCyndi LauperF♯ major121BPM
  31. RevolutionThe BeatlesB♭ major121BPM
  32. Anything GoesAC/DCD major121BPM
  33. Baby I Need Your LovingFour TopsE♭ major121BPM
  34. Proud MaryCreedence Clearwater RevivalD major121BPM
  35. Stone Cold CrazyQueenB minor121BPM
  36. My Sweet LordGeorge HarrisonF♯ major121BPM
  37. My Best Friend’s GirlThe CarsB♭ major121BPM
  38. The Look of LoveABCC major121BPM
  39. It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)The 1975A♭ major121BPM
  40. Last Train to LondonElectric Light OrchestraG major121BPM
  41. Better Be Good to MeTina TurnerE♭ major121BPM
  42. It’s Raining AgainSupertrampB♭ major121BPM
  43. Out of My HeadThe Black Eyed PeasC♯ minor121BPM
  44. Beautiful GirlINXSE major121BPM
  45. Not FairLily AllenF major121BPM
  46. 4 My PeopleMissy Elliott featuring EveF minor121BPM
  47. New York State of MindBilly JoelC major121BPM
  48. I Cannot Believe It’s TruePhil CollinsE♭ major121BPM
  49. Today I Sing the BluesAretha FranklinD major121BPM
  50. SupernautBlack SabbathF♯ minor121BPM
  51. Nowhere ManThe BeatlesE major121BPM
  52. Cover MeBruce SpringsteenD major121BPM
  53. All Right NowFreeA major121BPM
  54. Come as You AreNirvanaG major121BPM
  55. GuiltinessBob Marley & The WailersD minor121BPM
  56. Private EyesDaryl Hall & John OatesC major121BPM
  57. Only Happy When It RainsGarbageE major121BPM
  58. The Anchor SongBjörkC major121BPM
  59. Life in a Northern TownThe Dream AcademyE major121BPM
  60. Rain When I DieAlice in ChainsC♯ minor121BPM
  61. I Couldn’t Be More in LoveThe 1975F minor121BPM
  62. CelebrationKool & the GangA♭ major121BPM
  63. The Bells of RhymneyThe ByrdsD major121BPM
  64. Miracle ManElvis CostelloE major121BPM
  65. Please Mr. PostmanThe MarvelettesG major121BPM
  66. ÆnemaToolA minor121BPM
  67. SacredDepeche ModeD♭ major121BPM
  68. 100 YearsFive for FightingC major121BPM
  69. CupidSam CookeG major121BPM
  70. Stay High (Habits remix)Tove Lo feat. Hippie SabotageE minor121BPM
  71. Der KommissarAfter the FireD minor121BPM
  72. Black Wave/Bad VibrationsArcade FireC minor121BPM
  73. (Love Is) The Tender TrapFrank SinatraF major121BPM
  74. Eenie MeenieJustin Bieber & Sean KingstonD♭ major121BPM
  75. The TrollsTim DaviesA♭ major121BPM
  76. Deep BlueArcade FireG minor121BPM
  77. I Miss YouBjörkB♭ major121BPM
  78. Don’t Worry BabyThe Beach BoysE major121BPM
  79. Around the World (radio edit)Daft PunkG major121BPM

Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 121 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.

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