TempoPeek

160–169 BPM · Vivace

Songs at 165 BPM

4080120160200

One beat

363.6 ms60,000 ÷ 165
Recordings
61at this whole tempo
Half time
82.5BPM
Double time
330BPM
Most used key
A major8 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.

61 recordings on this site sit at 165 beats per minute once each one's analyses are reduced to their median. A score would call that Vivace, by the ranges printed on the data page.

One beat lasts 363.6 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 181.8 ms, a dotted eighth 272.7 ms and a sixteenth 90.9 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.

Half time is 82.5 BPM and double time is 330; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.

8 of them are in A major, more than any other key at this tempo.

Delay times at 165 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41454.50.69
Half note2727.31.38
Dotted quarter1.5545.51.83
Quarter note (one beat)1363.62.75
Quarter triplet0.667242.44.13
Dotted eighth0.75272.73.67
Eighth note0.5181.85.5
Eighth triplet0.333121.28.25
Dotted sixteenth0.375136.47.33
Sixteenth note0.2590.911
Sixteenth triplet0.16760.616.5
Thirty-second note0.12545.522

165 BPM, key by key

Each key links to its list at this tempo band (160–169 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.

The recordings

  1. Come TogetherThe BeatlesD minor165BPM
  2. Travelin’ BandCreedence Clearwater RevivalF♯ major165BPM
  3. Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & GarfunkelE♭ major165BPM
  4. ZombieThe CranberriesC major165BPM
  5. Stairway to HeavenLed ZeppelinC major165BPM
  6. Helter SkelterThe BeatlesG♯ minor165BPM
  7. What Is and What Should Never BeLed ZeppelinA major165BPM
  8. Love Is a Losing GameAmy WinehouseF major165BPM
  9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI–IXPink FloydG minor165BPM
  10. Peace TrainCat StevensF major165BPM
  11. Rock & Roll MusicChuck BerryE♭ major165BPM
  12. Don’t Forget to RememberBee GeesC major165BPM
  13. RosannaTotoB♭ major165BPM
  14. At LastEtta JamesF major165BPM
  15. Chan ChanBuena Vista Social ClubD minor165BPM
  16. The JokerSteve Miller BandF major165BPM
  17. River LeaAdeleD♭ major165BPM
  18. Bullet in the HeadRage Against the MachineA minor165BPM
  19. I’ve Got a FeelingThe BeatlesA major165BPM
  20. Psychotic ReactionCount FiveF♯ major165BPM
  21. DistanceApparatB♭ minor165BPM
  22. TodaySmashing PumpkinsE♭ major165BPM
  23. It's Gonna Be Me*NSYNCC minor165BPM
  24. Summer ’68Pink FloydD major165BPM
  25. Hey JoeThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceA minor165BPM
  26. Yesterday Once MoreCarpentersE major165BPM
  27. Wake UpRage Against the MachineD minor165BPM
  28. Hey JoeJimi HendrixA minor165BPM
  29. See‐SawPink FloydC major165BPM
  30. Rivers & BridgesScannerC minor165BPM
  31. AutobahnKraftwerkD minor165BPM
  32. IrresistibleFall Out BoyA major165BPM
  33. Wild in the StreetsBon JoviA major165BPM
  34. When a Man Loves a WomanMichael BoltonF♯ minor165BPM
  35. (I Don’t Want to Go to) ChelseaElvis CostelloD major165BPM
  36. SaviorRed Hot Chili PeppersG major165BPM
  37. AwakenYesE minor165BPM
  38. La BayamesaBuena Vista Social ClubE♭ major165BPM
  39. River Deep - Mountain HighIke & Tina TurnerE♭ major165BPM
  40. Can’t Get It Out of My HeadElectric Light OrchestraC major165BPM
  41. Wicked WorldBlack SabbathA major165BPM
  42. The Righteous & the WickedRed Hot Chili PeppersB minor165BPM
  43. Walk on WaterNeil DiamondF minor165BPM
  44. In One EarCage the ElephantB major165BPM
  45. Pink MoonNick DrakeD major165BPM
  46. A Pair Of Brown EyesThe PoguesC major165BPM
  47. Deadbeat HolidayGreen DayG major165BPM
  48. Safe From HarmMassive AttackE major165BPM
  49. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a PictRoger WatersE minor165BPM
  50. No Earthly GoodJohnny CashD♭ major165BPM
  51. Pale Blue EyesThe Velvet UndergroundF major165BPM
  52. Come Rain or Come ShineFrank SinatraB minor165BPM
  53. WhiteoutTim DaviesE minor165BPM
  54. BrianstormArctic MonkeysF minor165BPM
  55. DeepPearl JamA major165BPM
  56. Nervous ShakedownAC/DCA major165BPM
  57. That's Just the Woman in MeCéline DionE major165BPM
  58. Holy SmokeIron MaidenA major165BPM
  59. Edge of the WorldEmeryF minor165BPM
  60. So UnsexyAlanis MorissetteE major165BPM
  61. Let My Love Open the DoorPete TownshendC major165BPM

Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 165 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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