TempoPeek

120–129 BPM · Allegro

Songs at 122 BPM

4080120160200

One beat

491.8 ms60,000 ÷ 122
Recordings
97at this whole tempo
Half time
61BPM
Double time
244BPM
Most used key
C major13 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.

97 recordings on this site sit at 122 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 491.8 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 245.9 ms, a dotted eighth 368.9 ms and a sixteenth 123 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.

Half time is 61 BPM and double time is 244; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.

13 of them are in C major, more than any other key at this tempo.

Delay times at 122 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41967.20.51
Half note2983.61.02
Dotted quarter1.5737.71.36
Quarter note (one beat)1491.82.03
Quarter triplet0.667327.93.05
Dotted eighth0.75368.92.71
Eighth note0.5245.94.07
Eighth triplet0.333163.96.1
Dotted sixteenth0.375184.45.42
Sixteenth note0.251238.13
Sixteenth triplet0.1678212.2
Thirty-second note0.12561.516.27

122 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. Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’Michael JacksonA major122BPM
  2. Have a CigarPink FloydG major122BPM
  3. Don’t PanicColdplayF major122BPM
  4. How to Save a LifeThe FrayB♭ major122BPM
  5. Love Is a StrangerEurythmicsF major122BPM
  6. Groove Is in the HeartDeee‐LiteC♯ minor122BPM
  7. WoodstockCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungB major122BPM
  8. Miss Me BlindCulture ClubF major122BPM
  9. Don’t Wanna Go HomeJason DeruloB♭ major122BPM
  10. Who’s Crying NowJourneyC major122BPM
  11. Sweet DreamsBeyoncéD♭ major122BPM
  12. Joe the LionDavid BowieD♭ major122BPM
  13. Our HouseMadnessC major122BPM
  14. Head Over HeelsABBAC♯ minor122BPM
  15. You Don’t Fool MeQueenA minor122BPM
  16. Counting StarsOneRepublicE major122BPM
  17. Manic MondayBanglesD major122BPM
  18. Harlem ShuffleThe Rolling StonesC♯ minor122BPM
  19. Station to StationDavid BowieG major122BPM
  20. You’re CrazyGuns N’ RosesA♭ major122BPM
  21. DisintegrationThe CureG major122BPM
  22. Kingdom ComeDavid BowieE major122BPM
  23. Exit Music (for a Film)RadioheadB minor122BPM
  24. There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me BackShawn MendesD major122BPM
  25. Greenhouse Heat DeathKing Gizzard & the Lizard WizardF♯ major122BPM
  26. Wild HoneyThe Beach BoysC major122BPM
  27. DesperadoAlice CooperF major122BPM
  28. Thorn in My SideEurythmicsG major122BPM
  29. IgnorelandR.E.M.D major122BPM
  30. MoneytalksAC/DCG major122BPM
  31. Take CareDrake feat. RihannaC minor122BPM
  32. Words of LoveThe BeatlesA major122BPM
  33. Heart and SoulHuey Lewis and the NewsD major122BPM
  34. This GirlKungs vs. Cookin’ on 3 BurnersA♭ major122BPM
  35. SunnyBoney M.C minor122BPM
  36. Wearing the Inside OutPink FloydB♭ major122BPM
  37. StarlightMuseE major122BPM
  38. AerodynamiteDaft PunkA♭ major122BPM
  39. Stand by My WomanLenny KravitzG major122BPM
  40. Till There Was YouThe BeatlesF major122BPM
  41. Pow R. Toc H.Pink FloydC major122BPM
  42. The Lion Sleeps TonightThe TokensF major122BPM
  43. My Boy Builds CoffinsFlorence + the MachineA minor122BPM
  44. The World’s Green LaughterThe B‐52’sC major122BPM
  45. Raise Your GlassP!nkC major122BPM
  46. World in My EyesDepeche ModeE♭ minor122BPM
  47. Say (All I Need)OneRepublicA major122BPM
  48. Miss the MiseryFoo FightersG major122BPM
  49. Movin’Brass ConstructionD major122BPM
  50. Because You’re YoungDavid BowieC major122BPM
  51. U Got the LookPrinceE♭ major122BPM
  52. Diamond DogsDavid BowieA major122BPM
  53. Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)Shania TwainD major122BPM
  54. St. JohnAerosmithD minor122BPM
  55. Kiss on My ListDaryl Hall & John OatesC major122BPM
  56. Live It Up TonightEnrique IglesiasB♭ minor122BPM
  57. Treat Me RightBackstreet BoysA major122BPM
  58. CongaMiami Sound MachineG major122BPM
  59. Grace KellyMIKAC major122BPM
  60. Tired of Waiting for YouThe KinksC major122BPM
  61. Last of the American GirlsGreen DayB major122BPM
  62. LatchDisclosure feat. Sam SmithB♭ minor122BPM
  63. Saint of MeThe Rolling StonesB♭ major122BPM
  64. The KillThirty Seconds to MarsE minor122BPM
  65. Lookin’ for a ReasonCreedence Clearwater RevivalG major122BPM
  66. Papa Don’t PreachMadonnaA♭ major122BPM
  67. Achy Breaky HeartBilly Ray CyrusA minor122BPM
  68. New Moon on MondayDuran DuranC major122BPM
  69. Be With YouEnrique IglesiasE major122BPM
  70. TroySinéad O’ConnorF major122BPM
  71. I Can’t Let GoLinda RonstadtC major122BPM
  72. Just a Little Bit of LoveCéline DionD minor122BPM
  73. My Little TownPaul Simon with Art GarfunkelD major122BPM
  74. Without YouMariah CareyF♯ major122BPM
  75. Let's Go Out TonightCraig Armstrong feat. Paul BuchananA major122BPM
  76. Darlin’Backstreet BoysB♭ major122BPM
  77. FORMATIONBeyoncéB♭ minor122BPM
  78. Rock’n MeSteve Miller BandE major122BPM
  79. Be PreparedJeremy Irons with Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, and Jim CummingsA minor122BPM
  80. Drive ByTrainE major122BPM
  81. Coffee & TVBlurA major122BPM
  82. Longfellow SerenadeNeil DiamondE major122BPM
  83. She WolfShakiraG major122BPM
  84. Take Me With UPrince and The RevolutionA major122BPM
  85. Shame on the NightDioA minor122BPM
  86. HeavenAvicii & Chris MartinA major122BPM
  87. My Mind (Mindless mix)Ace of BaseB♭ major122BPM
  88. Gone Shootin’AC/DCF♯ major122BPM
  89. no tears left to cryAriana GrandeF major122BPM
  90. Hinnom, TXBon IverC major122BPM
  91. All MeDrake feat. 2 Chainz & Big SeanB♭ minor122BPM
  92. Market ForroCarlinhos Brown & Mikael MuttiG minor122BPM
  93. In TheeBlue Öyster CultA major122BPM
  94. What It IsMark KnopflerA major122BPM
  95. Woman TonightAmericaD major122BPM
  96. My WifeThe WhoB minor122BPM
  97. I Follow Rivers (The Magician remix)Lykke LiF major122BPM

Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 122 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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