150–159 BPM · Allegro
Songs at 153 BPM
One beat
392.2 ms60,000 ÷ 153- Recordings
- 51at this whole tempo
- Half time
- 76.5BPM
- Double time
- 306BPM
- Most used key
- —two or more keys tie
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.
51 recordings on this site sit at 153 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 392.2 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 196.1 ms, a dotted eighth 294.1 ms and a sixteenth 98 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.
Half time is 76.5 BPM and double time is 306; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.
No single key leads at this tempo — two or more are level, so none is named the most used.
Delay times at 153 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1568.6 | 0.64 |
| Half note | 2 | 784.3 | 1.27 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 588.2 | 1.7 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 392.2 | 2.55 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 261.4 | 3.83 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 294.1 | 3.4 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 196.1 | 5.1 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 130.7 | 7.65 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 147.1 | 6.8 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 98 | 10.2 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 65.4 | 15.3 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 49 | 20.4 |
153 BPM, key by key
- C major6
- A major6
- E major4
- F major4
- G major3
- B♭ major3
- A minor3
- E minor3
- D minor3
- D major2
- B major2
- F♯ major2
- D♭ major2
- E♭ major2
- B minor1
- F♯ minor1
- C♯ minor1
- G♯ minor1
- F minor1
- C minor1
Each key links to its list at this tempo band (150–159 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.
The recordings
- Saturday Night’s Alright for FightingElton JohnF major153BPM
- Crazy Little Thing Called LoveQueenD minor153BPM
- Shake a LegAC/DCE minor153BPM
- One Love / People Get ReadyBob Marley & The WailersB♭ major153BPM
- Five YearsDavid BowieC major153BPM
- Suite: Judy Blue EyesCrosby, Stills & NashA major153BPM
- Pump ItThe Black Eyed PeasA minor153BPM
- Make You Feel My LoveAdeleB♭ major153BPM
- Ten Years GoneLed ZeppelinA minor153BPM
- Across the UniverseThe BeatlesD♭ major153BPM
- Search and DestroyIggy and The StoogesC♯ minor153BPM
- Live and Let DieGuns N’ RosesF♯ major153BPM
- Mama KinAerosmithE major153BPM
- Very ApeNirvanaF♯ minor153BPM
- The Rockafeller SkankFatboy SlimC minor153BPM
- Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)Led ZeppelinA major153BPM
- Sex on FireKings of LeonA major153BPM
- GeneratorFoo FightersA major153BPM
- My Kind of TownFrank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle and His OrchestraF major153BPM
- Don't Let Me DownThe BeatlesE major153BPM
- X&YColdplayB minor153BPM
- HellFoo FightersD major153BPM
- I’ve Been Waiting for YouABBAA major153BPM
- When I Kissed the TeacherABBAE♭ major153BPM
- Ticks & LeechesToolA minor153BPM
- Southern ManCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungD minor153BPM
- Cry Baby CryThe BeatlesC major153BPM
- I Will Follow You Into the DarkDeath Cab for CutieF major153BPM
- So You Want to Be a Rock ’n’ Roll StarThe ByrdsD major153BPM
- Let Love RuleLenny KravitzC major153BPM
- I TryMacy GrayD minor153BPM
- BombtrackRage Against the MachineE major153BPM
- It Doesn’t Matter AnymoreLinda RonstadtC major153BPM
- Where Is the LoveCéline DionC major153BPM
- Combination of the TwoBig Brother & the Holding CompanyE major153BPM
- Skinny LoveBon IverB major153BPM
- Everything I OwnBreadA major153BPM
- High Plains DrifterBeastie BoysF minor153BPM
- RoamerEnrique IglesiasE♭ major153BPM
- BeautifulCarole KingG♯ minor153BPM
- They’re Red HotRed Hot Chili PeppersC major153BPM
- I Have NothingWhitney HoustonG major153BPM
- No SurrenderBruce SpringsteenF major153BPM
- Private InvestigationsDire StraitsE minor153BPM
- Come On OverShania TwainF♯ major153BPM
- Alice’s Restaurant MassacreeArlo GuthrieD♭ major153BPM
- Miss MeDrake feat. Lil WayneB♭ major153BPM
- You Are the EverythingR.E.M.G major153BPM
- Whatcha See Is Whatcha GetThe DramaticsB major153BPM
- The Better Life3 Doors DownE minor153BPM
- Beside You5 Seconds of SummerG major153BPM
Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 153 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.