140–149 BPM · Allegro
Songs at 149 BPM
One beat
402.7 ms60,000 ÷ 149- Recordings
- 37at this whole tempo
- Half time
- 74.5BPM
- Double time
- 298BPM
- Most used key
- C major7 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.
37 recordings on this site sit at 149 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 402.7 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 201.3 ms, a dotted eighth 302 ms and a sixteenth 100.7 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.
Half time is 74.5 BPM and double time is 298; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.
7 of them are in C major, more than any other key at this tempo.
Delay times at 149 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1610.7 | 0.62 |
| Half note | 2 | 805.4 | 1.24 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 604 | 1.66 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 402.7 | 2.48 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 268.5 | 3.72 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 302 | 3.31 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 201.3 | 4.97 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 134.2 | 7.45 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 151 | 6.62 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 100.7 | 9.93 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 67.1 | 14.9 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 50.3 | 19.87 |
149 BPM, key by key
- C major7
- A major4
- E major4
- G major3
- D major3
- F♯ major2
- A♭ major2
- A minor2
- B♭ minor2
- B major1
- E♭ major1
- B♭ major1
- F major1
- E minor1
- B minor1
- G♯ minor1
- D minor1
Each key links to its list at this tempo band (140–149 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.
The recordings
- Dancing in the DarkBruce SpringsteenB major149BPM
- Be Good to YourselfJourneyC major149BPM
- Peggy Sue (alternate version)Buddy Holly & The CricketsD major149BPM
- A Whiter Shade of PaleProcol HarumC major149BPM
- Heartbeat SongKelly ClarksonF♯ major149BPM
- DreamerSupertrampF major149BPM
- We’re Not Gonna Take ItTwisted SisterE minor149BPM
- Baby Can I Hold YouTracy ChapmanD major149BPM
- Got My Mind Set on YouGeorge HarrisonE major149BPM
- Under African SkiesPaul SimonE♭ major149BPM
- The Last SongFoo FightersE major149BPM
- NightrainGuns N’ RosesA♭ major149BPM
- Legal TenderThe B‐52sF♯ major149BPM
- I Fought the LawThe Bobby Fuller FourG major149BPM
- Take It as It ComesThe DoorsA minor149BPM
- Spanish BombsThe ClashD major149BPM
- Green Is the ColourPink FloydG major149BPM
- Voodoo PeopleThe ProdigyG♯ minor149BPM
- Calm Like a BombRage Against the MachineB minor149BPM
- My Love, My LifeABBAC major149BPM
- Shoot the MoonNorah JonesC major149BPM
- SomaThe StrokesG major149BPM
- So Much IRed Hot Chili PeppersA major149BPM
- Bück dichRammsteinD minor149BPM
- Industrial DiseaseDire StraitsA major149BPM
- Poison HeartRamonesE major149BPM
- RunSnow PatrolC major149BPM
- I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)The 1975A major149BPM
- Do What You LikeBlind FaithA major149BPM
- Planet TelexRadioheadE major149BPM
- Declare IndependenceBjörkA minor149BPM
- X21 Savage & Metro Boomin feat. FutureB♭ major149BPM
- Blue HotelChris IsaakB♭ minor149BPM
- Hey BartenderBlues BrothersC major149BPM
- VerifiedA$AP FergB♭ minor149BPM
- Can’t Stop Rockin’ZZ TopC major149BPM
- Stamina$NotA♭ major149BPM
Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 149 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.