TempoPeek

170–179 BPM · Presto

Songs at 178 BPM

4080120160200

One beat

337.1 ms60,000 ÷ 178
Recordings
77at this whole tempo
Half time
89BPM
Double time
356BPM
Most used key
D major11 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.

77 recordings on this site sit at 178 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 337.1 milliseconds. That makes an eighth note 168.5 ms, a dotted eighth 252.8 ms and a sixteenth 84.3 ms — the delay times that will sit in time with anything at this tempo.

Half time is 89 BPM and double time is 356; a tempo detector that disagrees with this page by a factor of two is usually counting one of those instead.

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

Delay times at 178 BPM

Note valueBeatsMillisecondsHertz
Whole note41348.30.74
Half note2674.21.48
Dotted quarter1.5505.61.98
Quarter note (one beat)1337.12.97
Quarter triplet0.667224.74.45
Dotted eighth0.75252.83.96
Eighth note0.5168.55.93
Eighth triplet0.333112.48.9
Dotted sixteenth0.375126.47.91
Sixteenth note0.2584.311.87
Sixteenth triplet0.16756.217.8
Thirty-second note0.12542.123.73

178 BPM, key by key

Each key links to its list at this tempo band (170–179 BPM) where there is one, and to the whole key otherwise.

The recordings

  1. Whole Lotta LoveLed ZeppelinE minor178BPM
  2. You Never Give Me Your MoneyThe BeatlesC major178BPM
  3. Piano ManBilly JoelC major178BPM
  4. Mr. Blue SkyElectric Light OrchestraB♭ major178BPM
  5. Judy Is a PunkRamonesE♭ major178BPM
  6. Welcome to ParadiseGreen DayE♭ minor178BPM
  7. EruptionVan HalenE♭ major178BPM
  8. Taking ChancesCéline DionG major178BPM
  9. I’m on FireBruce SpringsteenE major178BPM
  10. Breaking the GirlRed Hot Chili PeppersG♯ minor178BPM
  11. Never Going Back AgainFleetwood MacF♯ major178BPM
  12. Too Many HandsEaglesD minor178BPM
  13. Voodoo Child (slight return)The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceA♭ major178BPM
  14. The Nile SongPink FloydA major178BPM
  15. Forever Not Yoursa‐haG minor178BPM
  16. AmericaSimon & GarfunkelD major178BPM
  17. BeetlebumBlurC major178BPM
  18. Smokin’BostonA minor178BPM
  19. TangerineLed ZeppelinF♯ major178BPM
  20. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)The BeatlesE♭ major178BPM
  21. Big Ten Inch RecordAerosmithA major178BPM
  22. Long Time GoneCrosby, Stills, Nash & YoungD major178BPM
  23. Big BrotherDavid BowieD major178BPM
  24. If I KnewBruno MarsA♭ major178BPM
  25. Corporal CleggPink FloydD major178BPM
  26. Try Not to BreatheR.E.M.D major178BPM
  27. StrippedDepeche ModeG minor178BPM
  28. Blue WindJeff BeckA major178BPM
  29. Stay (2009)J. ColeA minor178BPM
  30. NumbU2C major178BPM
  31. JeruMiles DavisE♭ major178BPM
  32. Taking Over MeEvanescenceA minor178BPM
  33. Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the WorldU2D minor178BPM
  34. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que será, será)Doris DayA major178BPM
  35. GodchildMiles DavisA♭ major178BPM
  36. Sysyphus, Part 3Richard WrightE♭ minor178BPM
  37. A Little MoreAlessia CaraG♯ minor178BPM
  38. Bonzo’s MontreuxLed ZeppelinC♯ minor178BPM
  39. The Lemon SongLed ZeppelinA minor178BPM
  40. Radio EntryScannerB minor178BPM
  41. I Believe in YouCéline Dion feat. Il DivoA major178BPM
  42. Make You HappyCéline DionB♭ major178BPM
  43. FeverAerosmithA major178BPM
  44. Miss YouEric ClaptonA minor178BPM
  45. TuskFleetwood MacD minor178BPM
  46. Don’t Believe in LoveDidoA minor178BPM
  47. Brahms’ LullabyCéline DionD major178BPM
  48. BlackoutScorpionsE minor178BPM
  49. The Roach (The Chronic Outro)Dr. DreA major178BPM
  50. Turning JapaneseThe VaporsC major178BPM
  51. Nobody’s FoolAvril LavigneE major178BPM
  52. All the Girls Love AliceElton JohnE♭ minor178BPM
  53. That’s AllGenesisE minor178BPM
  54. She Came in Through the Bathroom WindowJoe CockerD major178BPM
  55. This Ain’t a Love SongBon JoviE major178BPM
  56. Loving SomeoneThe 1975C major178BPM
  57. The SeekerThe WhoD major178BPM
  58. Inject the VenomAC/DCA minor178BPM
  59. Boat on the RiverStyxG minor178BPM
  60. Salt of the EarthThe Rolling StonesE major178BPM
  61. Groupie LoveLana Del Rey ft. A$AP RockyF♯ minor178BPM
  62. Die Young Stay PrettyBlondieG major178BPM
  63. What You AreAudioslaveB minor178BPM
  64. Love Is a BattlefieldPat BenatarF major178BPM
  65. EndgameR.E.M.D major178BPM
  66. Oh No Not My BabyAretha FranklinB♭ major178BPM
  67. L.A. WomanBilly IdolD minor178BPM
  68. Outlaw BluesBob DylanE major178BPM
  69. Heaven or Las VegasCocteau TwinsG major178BPM
  70. VuelieTim Davies & CantusG major178BPM
  71. Roll Over BeethovenElectric Light OrchestraE minor178BPM
  72. Supper’s ReadyGenesisD major178BPM
  73. Kozmic BluesJanis JoplinD major178BPM
  74. Forgiven, Not ForgottenThe CorrsG major178BPM
  75. CarolThe Rolling StonesB♭ major178BPM
  76. GodspeedAnberlinB♭ major178BPM
  77. Into My ArmsNick Cave & the Bad SeedsC major178BPM

Every recording whose median tempo rounds to 178 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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