TempoPeek

160–169 BPM · Vivace

Songs at 163 BPM

4080120160200

One beat

368.1 ms60,000 ÷ 163
Recordings
71at this whole tempo
Half time
81.5BPM
Double time
326BPM
Most used key
D major10 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.

71 recordings on this site sit at 163 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 368.1 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 184 ms, a dotted eighth 276.1 ms and a sixteenth 92 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.

Half time is 81.5 BPM and double time is 326; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.

10 of them are in D major, more than any other key at this tempo.

Delay times at 163 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41472.40.68
Half note2736.21.36
Dotted quarter1.5552.11.81
Quarter note (one beat)1368.12.72
Quarter triplet0.667245.44.08
Dotted eighth0.75276.13.62
Eighth note0.51845.43
Eighth triplet0.333122.78.15
Dotted sixteenth0.3751387.24
Sixteenth note0.259210.87
Sixteenth triplet0.16761.316.3
Thirty-second note0.1254621.73

163 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. Ziggy StardustDavid BowieG major163BPM
  2. One Way or AnotherBlondieD major163BPM
  3. CrazyAerosmithD major163BPM
  4. She Came In Through the Bathroom WindowThe BeatlesD major163BPM
  5. The Girl Is MineMichael Jackson with Paul McCartneyA major163BPM
  6. BecauseThe BeatlesC♯ minor163BPM
  7. ParanoidBlack SabbathA major163BPM
  8. KashmirLed ZeppelinD minor163BPM
  9. La GrangeZZ TopA minor163BPM
  10. OhioCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungG major163BPM
  11. Come Back BabyAretha FranklinF major163BPM
  12. Melt My Heart to StoneAdeleD major163BPM
  13. I Wanna Be SedatedRamonesB major163BPM
  14. First LoveAdeleA minor163BPM
  15. The Rain SongLed ZeppelinC major163BPM
  16. Walk All Over YouAC/DCD major163BPM
  17. Roll Over BeethovenThe BeatlesD major163BPM
  18. The Wind Cries MaryThe Jimi Hendrix ExperienceF major163BPM
  19. Southern ManNeil YoungD minor163BPM
  20. RemedyAdeleD major163BPM
  21. The Boys Are Back in TownThin LizzyA♭ major163BPM
  22. Kentucky WomanNeil DiamondB major163BPM
  23. SummertimeJohn ColtraneC♯ minor163BPM
  24. AmsterdamColdplayE♭ major163BPM
  25. Kicked in the TeethAC/DCD minor163BPM
  26. Dazed and ConfusedLed ZeppelinG major163BPM
  27. (Love Is Like a) Heat WaveMartha Reeves and the VandellasC minor163BPM
  28. Bullet Proof..I Wish I WasRadioheadC major163BPM
  29. Princes of the UniverseQueenG major163BPM
  30. What Difference Does It Make?The SmithsB minor163BPM
  31. OrgullecidaBuena Vista Social ClubE♭ major163BPM
  32. I Can’t Quit You BabyLed ZeppelinD major163BPM
  33. Nip It in the BudThe B‐52’sA♭ major163BPM
  34. WinterTori AmosE♭ minor163BPM
  35. Blue ConditionCreamC minor163BPM
  36. I’m DownAerosmithC major163BPM
  37. Let’s Twist AgainChubby CheckerE♭ major163BPM
  38. Love in VainThe Rolling StonesG major163BPM
  39. Hurdy Gurdy ManDonovanC major163BPM
  40. Trapped Under IceMetallicaA major163BPM
  41. SuperwomanAlicia KeysC major163BPM
  42. The TrooperIron MaidenG major163BPM
  43. Koka KolaThe ClashG major163BPM
  44. My Body Is a CageArcade FireG minor163BPM
  45. Don’t Dream It’s OverCrowded HouseE♭ major163BPM
  46. Coronation DayTim DaviesE♭ major163BPM
  47. My Precious OneCéline DionA minor163BPM
  48. Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)Skunk AnansieB♭ major163BPM
  49. She Lays DownThe 1975G major163BPM
  50. Bounce BackBig SeanB♭ minor163BPM
  51. Free Man in ParisJoni MitchellA minor163BPM
  52. Go With the FlowQueens of the Stone AgeE minor163BPM
  53. Honey Don’tThe BeatlesE major163BPM
  54. Soul OneBlind MelonA major163BPM
  55. The Thunder RollsGarth BrooksD minor163BPM
  56. Changes3 Doors DownD minor163BPM
  57. Kitty’s BackBruce SpringsteenA minor163BPM
  58. The Evil That Men DoIron MaidenA minor163BPM
  59. Diamonds and PearlsPrince & The New Power GenerationC major163BPM
  60. San Francisco Bay BluesEric ClaptonC major163BPM
  61. A Winter’s TaleQueenF♯ major163BPM
  62. M+M’sblink‐182A major163BPM
  63. Miles From NowhereCat StevensD major163BPM
  64. MagnoliaPlayboi CartiE minor163BPM
  65. Young Black Male2PacB♭ major163BPM
  66. Wasting My HateMetallicaA♭ major163BPM
  67. Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms)Detroit EmeraldsD♭ major163BPM
  68. Little SisterQueens of the Stone AgeG♯ minor163BPM
  69. Viðrar vel til loftárásaSigur RósA major163BPM
  70. What’s This?Danny ElfmanF minor163BPM
  71. SomedayNickelbackD major163BPM

Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 163 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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