What BPM is disco?
The most common tempo for disco is 118 to 128 BPM. Across 15,384 disco songs with verified tempo in the TempoTunes library, the median is 120 BPM and half of all songs fall between 107 and 128 BPM.
- Most common
- 118 to 128BPM
- Median
- 120BPM
- Songs
- 15,384verified tempo
Disco songs across the tempo scale
Songs per 10 BPM. Orange marks the busiest stretch.
118 to 128 BPM is the busiest stretch, holding 33% of all disco songs, but plenty of disco lives well outside it.
One caution when you read any tempo chart: the same groove can be counted at half or double time, so a disco song at 120 BPM can also read as 60 BPM. That is why many genres show a second, smaller hump.
The busiest disco tempos
Steady disco: 90 to 120 BPM
6,177 disco songs at this pace: head-nod grooves and walking pace.
It Ain't Love, Babe
Barry White
118 BPM (1979)
Zion’s Daughter
Boney M.
117 BPM (1986)
Big Fun
Kool & the Gang
117 BPM (1981)
Love Is Just a Breath Away
Donna Summer
115 BPM (1980)
Oh Happy Day
Gloria Gaynor
117 BPM (1994)
You're My Heart You're My Soul
Modern Talking
117 BPM (2009)
Clouds
Chaka Khan
115 BPM (1980)
Squeeze Me
Anita Baker
117 BPM (1983)
Drive disco: 120 to 150 BPM
7,221 disco songs at this pace: dance-floor and workout energy.
Stick Up
Barry White
120 BPM (1974)
What Is It You Want
Donna Summer
124 BPM (1980)
Ma Baker
Boney M.
129 BPM (1999)
Remember
Gloria Gaynor
124 BPM (1994)
Tonight
Kool & the Gang
120 BPM (1983)
Hangin'
Chic
124 BPM (1982)
Baby Come and Get It
The Pointer Sisters
124 BPM (1983)
Sexy, Sexy Lover
Modern Talking
129 BPM (2000)
Other genres by BPM
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