180–189 BPM · Presto
Songs at 185 BPM
One beat
324.3 ms60,000 ÷ 185- Recordings
- 22at this whole tempo
- Half time
- 92.5BPM
- Double time
- 370BPM
- Most used key
- F major5 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.
22 recordings on this site sit at 185 beats per minute once each one's analyses are reduced to their median. A score would call that Presto, by the ranges printed on the data page.
One beat lasts 324.3 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 162.2 ms, a dotted eighth 243.2 ms and a sixteenth 81.1 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.
Half time is 92.5 BPM and double time is 370; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.
5 of them are in F major, more than any other key at this tempo.
Delay times at 185 BPM
| Note value | Beats | Milliseconds | Hertz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole note | 4 | 1297.3 | 0.77 |
| Half note | 2 | 648.6 | 1.54 |
| Dotted quarter | 1.5 | 486.5 | 2.06 |
| Quarter note (one beat) | 1 | 324.3 | 3.08 |
| Quarter triplet | 0.667 | 216.2 | 4.63 |
| Dotted eighth | 0.75 | 243.2 | 4.11 |
| Eighth note | 0.5 | 162.2 | 6.17 |
| Eighth triplet | 0.333 | 108.1 | 9.25 |
| Dotted sixteenth | 0.375 | 121.6 | 8.22 |
| Sixteenth note | 0.25 | 81.1 | 12.33 |
| Sixteenth triplet | 0.167 | 54.1 | 18.5 |
| Thirty-second note | 0.125 | 40.5 | 24.67 |
185 BPM, key by key
Each key links to its list at this tempo band (180–189 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.
The recordings
- SongbirdFleetwood MacF major185BPM
- New York Mining Disaster 1941Bee GeesA minor185BPM
- One After 909The BeatlesB major185BPM
- Billion Dollar BabiesAlice CooperF major185BPM
- I Me MineThe BeatlesA minor185BPM
- Early in the Mornin’Ray CharlesA♭ major185BPM
- Nobody’s Fault but MineLed ZeppelinA minor185BPM
- Good CompanyQueenF♯ major185BPM
- Long Distance RunaroundYesE minor185BPM
- Young, Gifted and BlackAretha FranklinF major185BPM
- DisclosureScannerF major185BPM
- Gates of EdenBob DylanG major185BPM
- Good Times Bad TimesLed ZeppelinA major185BPM
- Downblink‐182B major185BPM
- Look at Me, I’m Sandra DeeStockard ChanningA minor185BPM
- It’s All Coming Back to Me NowCéline DionC major185BPM
- Damage, Inc.MetallicaE minor185BPM
- Don’t Think of MeDidoG♯ minor185BPM
- The Bed’s Too Big Without YouThe PoliceE minor185BPM
- DriveIncubusC major185BPM
- IceMeat PuppetsF major185BPM
- Moby DickLed ZeppelinF♯ minor185BPM
Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 185 BPM, most analysed first. Measured up to 23.06.2022 — AcousticBrainz stopped collecting in 2022, so nothing released after that date is here.