The north is party capital of UK.

It may be capital of England, but London certainly isn’t party capital of the British Isles, after a survey suggested people in the north listen to music with more beats per minute.

The survey, by Uncut magazine found a difference of 110bmp between Scotland and the south of England.

It also found a wide variety in tastes of music, with country music most popular in Northern Ireland while the Scots prefer Celtic rock anthems.

With every type of music having a different beat rate, all over the country everyone is bopping at a different speed.

In London, the average beats-per-minute is 90, while it increased to 190bmp in Hull and Scotland.

The survey, conducted by John Lewis, looked at sales at HMV across the UK, comparing regional music charts and the music played in clubs and at gigs.

It found that people in the Highlands prefer Country and Western music where as in Wales they prefer to rock out to metal, indie and folk.

Soundtracks are popular in Bristol, with more sold there than anywhere else in Britain.

Large parts of the north and Yorkshire enjoy Bloke, Folk sells well in Doncaster while people in
Sheffield prefer heavy metal and it is goth music for Leeds.

In the north-west, the most popular is indie, but also has large world and classical sales in the big cities such as Liverpool and Manchester.

London is a more versatile place, with most types of music being popular. In fact, jazz and classical music is the best sellers in London, selling better than the rest of the UK put together.

The midlands was more varied, with Birmingham and Coventry favoring reggae whereas in Nottingham it was heavy metal and hip-hop.

The south coast’s preference of European dance is thought to be influenced by European immigration.

The survey found that the heavy metal was the closest to a national genre of music.