Funk songs at 101 BPM
TempoTunes has 322 funk songs with a verified tempo of 101 BPM: syncopated, bass-forward funk. Here are some of the best known.
101 BPM is an easy groove: funk, disco edges, and relaxed pop. A comfortable walking pace lands near this tempo, which makes it a natural fit for daily-steps playlists.
Popular 101 BPM funk songs
If You Want Me to Stay
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1985)
Oh Baby Don’t You Weep
James Brown (1989)
Sometimes It Snows in April
Prince (1986)
Nebula
Incubus (1997)
Funky Stuff, More Funky Stuff
Kool & the Gang (1993)
Palm Grease
Herbie Hancock (1974)
Life Is a Dance
Chaka Khan
The Bump
Commodores (1975)
The Underground
Curtis Mayfield (1997)
3 Deuces
Marcus Miller (2002)
Loosey’s Rap
Rick James (1988)
Are You Ready?
Sly & the Family Stone (1968)
Tihuanaco
Fruko y sus Tesos (2010)
The Invisible Ladder
Keziah Jones (1992)
Bob
Primus (1993)
Since Our Last Goodbye
Charles Bradley (2011)
Stormy Monday Blues
Isaac Hayes (1973)
Mean Old World
Ike & Tina Turner (1994)
Radio W‐00–10
Victor Wooten (1996)
Pretty Baby
Donald Byrd (1979)
Beautiful Illusion
Redbone (1974)
A Very Precious Time
Gil Scott‐Heron (1974)
Let Me Be
Parliament (1975)
It’s a Lie
Ugly Kid Joe (1996)
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