Blues

Blues Dancing is the family of dances that developed alongside of and were danced to blues music. Contemporary blues dancing emerged as an offshoot of the 1980's swing revival and as such is an example of dance traditions coming full circle, as blues dancing was one of the parents of [swing dancing].

Tempo Information

The Blues is generally danced to music in a 4/4 meter between 40 and 100 beats per minute (10 and 25 measures per minute). Click here to see a list of Blues songs between 10 and 25 measures per minute.

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Top 10 songs for dancing Blues

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TitleArtistTempo (BPM)
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4
Do I Move You?Nina Simone163
3
Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)Aretha Franklin140
3
Your Heart Is As Black As NightMelody Gardot77
3
I Put A Spell On YouNina Simone58
3
Sinkin' SoonNorah Jones92
2
I Want a Little Sugar In My BowlNina Simone99
2
Hoochie Coochie ManMuddy Waters72
2
Am I WrongKeb' Mo'113
2
I Put a Spell On YouJeff Beck & Joss Stone174
2
Down The RoadC2C111

Browse all 1177 Blues songs in the music4dance catalog.