The best and worst songs to have sex to right now: science
Sandy Verma September 08, 2024 07:24 AM

To set the mood in the bedroom, you’ll need bangers on queue — but most people are choosing the wrong tunes, researchers say.

Experts analyzed current pop playlists on Spotify with keywords like “romance,” “sexy,” “sensual” and “intimate” to determine which strictly sensual songs meet the desired tempo for sex, which has been determined by science to be 119 beats per minute.

Turns out, we’re way off the mark, according to the pros at Dating Scoutwho have revealed some of the worst offenders — a long list of accidentally unsexy shame topped off by (ironically) Jeremih’s “Birthday Sex.”

Past research has determined the ideal tempo for music during sex as 119 BPM. Dmitrii Kotin – stock.adobe.com

The tune from the R&B crooner, registering at 60 BPM, was ranked as the wrongest song to be playing while trying to do the deed, despite it appearing in approximately 121 playlists.

Other popular tracks like “I Wanna Be Yours” by the Arctic Monkeys and “Get You (ft. Kali Uchis)” by Daniel Caesar also ranked poorly.

Multiple songs by The Weeknd were discovered to have low BPMs, such as “High for This.”

Despite the sexually charged lyrics, the tune has a tempo of 75 BPM — making it ineligible according to the pros, who were disheartened to find it on 146 boudoir-ready playlists, 31 of which had the word “sex” in the title, per the study.

Despite the sexually charged lyrics and meaning behind the track, “Birthday Sex” by Jeremih finished last — in terms of best sex songs. Youtube
The best song to turn on in the bedroom is a Post Malone hit. Nomad_Soul – stock.adobe.com

Rihanna also had multiple tracks that were deemed unsuitable for the bedroom, like “Needed Me” and “Sex With Me.”

Researchers also analyzed the best songs in the Billboard Hot 100 to have sex to — and a tune by Post Malone came out on top.

The track, “Pour Me A Drink (ft. Blake Shelton),” has a tempo of 119 BPM, making it the ideal song for knocking boots. Meanwhile, chart-topping hits like “misses” by Dominic Fike, with a tempo of 119.9 BPM, and “Brand New Dance” by Eminem, with a tempo of 120 BPM, were runner-ups.

Past research has suggested the best songs to turn on when you want to last longer in the bedroom, with hip-hop lovers averaging a time of 31.5 minutes.

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