What BPM is house?
The most common tempo for house is 120 to 130 BPM. Across 32,361 house songs with verified tempo in the TempoTunes library, the median is 126 BPM and half of all songs fall between 122 and 130 BPM.
- Most common
- 120 to 130BPM
- Median
- 126BPM
- Songs
- 32,361verified tempo
House songs across the tempo scale
Songs per 10 BPM. Orange marks the busiest stretch.
House is a tight genre: 61% of it sits between 120 and 130 BPM, so a playlist in that pocket will feel like one continuous set.
One caution when you read any tempo chart: the same groove can be counted at half or double time, so a house song at 126 BPM can also read as 63 BPM. That is why many genres show a second, smaller hump.
The busiest house tempos
Steady house: 90 to 120 BPM
4,981 house songs at this pace: head-nod grooves and walking pace.
Kazet
Bob Sinclar
118 BPM (2001)
Finale
Daft Punk
110 BPM (2010)
Royal Asscher Cut
DJ Koze
118 BPM (2013)
Arabian Adventure 2
DJ Antoine
110 BPM (2006)
Easin’ In
Fritz Kalkbrenner
118 BPM (2014)
See Clear Now
Wiley
110 BPM (2008)
Cult of Snap
Snap!
110 BPM (1990)
Pray for Me
Purple Disco Machine
118 BPM (2017)
Drive house: 120 to 150 BPM
25,535 house songs at this pace: dance-floor and workout energy.
The Prime Time of Your Life
Daft Punk
128 BPM (2005)
ESHE ODIN KOROCHE SHOT
SLAYERR
120 BPM
By Any Means
Fritz Kalkbrenner
122 BPM (2012)
Synphonica
Nicky Romero
140 BPM (2013)
Can U Feel It
Swedish House Mafia
135 BPM (2022)
We Came to Smash
Martin Solveig
131 BPM (2011)
Celebrate
Klangkarussell
121 BPM (2014)
Reload
Sebastian Ingrosso
133 BPM (2015)
Other genres by BPM
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