Sexual Healing BPM

Marvin Gaye · Funk & Soul

Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye has a tempo of 94 BPM (94.4 to be exact), in 4/4 time, played in sixteenths. That is Moderato.

94 BPM · 4/4 · Sixteenths

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Tempo and time signature

Tempo: 94 BPM (94.4) · Moderato
Time signature: 4/4
Feel: Sixteenths
One beat: 636 ms
One click: 159 ms
One bar: 2.54 s
Half time / double time: 47 BPM / 189 BPM
Tempo range: 80 – 100 BPM

How to count it

Count 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a: 4 quarter-note beats to the bar, with the click on every sixteenth note, 159 ms apart. The first beat of each bar is accented.

Practise it up to speed

Start at 71 BPM and let the tempo trainer raise it 2 BPM every 4 bars until it reaches 94.

Start the tempo trainer at 71 BPM

Or open the full metronome at a slower tempo:

47 BPM · 50 % of the tempo
71 BPM · 75 % of the tempo
85 BPM · 90 % of the tempo

About this tempo

This is the tempo the ENYO Metronome app uses for this song. Live versions and remasters can differ, so trust your ears over the number.

Tempo list updated 5 October 2026.

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Songs at a similar tempo

Funky Drummer · James Brown · 96 BPM · 4/4
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Just the Two of Us · Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers · 96 BPM · 4/4
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) · The Temptations · 92 BPM · 4/4
Virtual Insanity · Jamiroquai · 92 BPM · 4/4
You Can't Hurry Love · The Supremes · 97 BPM · 4/4

All songs at 94 BPM

More by Marvin Gaye

Got to Give It Up · Marvin Gaye · 123 BPM · 4/4
I Heard It Through the Grapevine · Marvin Gaye · 117 BPM · 4/4
What's Going On · Marvin Gaye · 102 BPM · 4/4

All 4 songs by Marvin Gaye