Source on the science: musicradar.com
119 BPM is in the neighborhood of 2 beats per second. If you count "1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi", and clap your hands twice each "Mississippi" you'll be clapping at 120 BPM. You can also lookup a song's BPM by browsing to SongBPM.com.
Here are a few tracks in this neighborhood:
- Gorillaz - DARE (120 BPM)
- Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (119 BPM)
- Journey - Don't Stop Believing (119 BPM)
- Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (118 BPM)
- The Police - Every Breath You Take (117 BPM)
- Tom Petty - Love is a Long Road (116 BPM)
Questions for discussion:
- Is the ideal tempo for sex the same as for getting a lap dance? Why or why not?
- If you were making a sex playlist all in the neighborhood of 119 BPM, which tracks would you include?


The new rules say you’ve got to say Omaha not Mississippi 😁