Nina Simone songs by BPM
TempoTunes has 743 Nina Simone songs with verified tempo, and most of them live between 110 and 120 BPM. Here is the catalog by pace: something to wind down to, something to move to, and something to run to.
Where Nina Simone's music lives
Chill: 60 to 90 BPM
221 songs at this pace: wind-downs, slow burns, and late-night listening.
Little Girl Blue
72 BPM (1958)
Plain Gold Ring
73 BPM (1958)
Love Me or Leave Me
84 BPM (1958)
Don’t Smoke in Bed
82 BPM (1958)
You'll Never Walk Alone
76 BPM (1958)
Summertime
71 BPM (1959)
Can’t Get Out of This Mood
79 BPM (1959)
Willow Weep for Me
70 BPM (1959)
Steady: 90 to 120 BPM
295 songs at this pace: head-nod grooves and walking pace.
Good Bait
97 BPM (1958)
Mood Indigo
103 BPM (1958)
I Loves You, Porgy
97 BPM (1958)
I Loves You Porgy
97 BPM (1958)
Central Park Blues
111 BPM (1958)
Exactly Like You
115 BPM (1959)
Chilly Winds Don’t Blow
101 BPM (1959)
Solitaire
102 BPM (1959)
Drive: 120 to 150 BPM
209 songs at this pace: dance-floor and workout energy.
I'm Going Back Home
124 BPM (1951)
My Baby Just Cares for Me
133 BPM (1958)
He Needs Me
124 BPM (1958)
You’ll Never Walk Alone
139 BPM (1958)
That’s Him Over There
123 BPM (1959)
Stompin’ at the Savoy
140 BPM (1959)
You’ve Been Gone Too Long
137 BPM (1959)
Return Home
128 BPM (1959)
Fast: 150 to 200 BPM
18 songs at this pace: running cadence and full-sprint songs.
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
172 BPM (1959)
African Mailman
158 BPM (1959)
Forbidden Fruit
150 BPM (1961)
Vanetihu
157 BPM (1964)
Go to Hell
157 BPM (1967)
In the Dark
151 BPM (1967)
My Sweet Lord
151 BPM (1976)
A Single Woman
153 BPM (1993)
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