I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Whitney Houston · 1987
a staple for an upbeat programmed dance-pop feel on the kit
- Artist
- Whitney Houston
- Year
- 1987
- Genre
- dance-pop
- Drummer
- programmed (Narada Michael Walden)
- Tempo
- 119 bpm
- Time
- 4/4
- Feel
- bright programmed 80s dance-pop beat
- Difficulty
- beginner
Drummer's Quick-Start
Practice tempos
Woodshed
72bpm
Building
96bpm
Target
119bpm
The feel
A bright programmed 80s dance-pop beat in 4/4 around 119 BPM. A comfortable mid-tempo — lock the backbeat first, then shape the dynamics.
What to watch
- •Play to a metronome and prize consistency over speed — even time is the whole game.
How to learn it
Well-known tutorials exist for this one — use the links below, and play along from your own copy.
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