R&B songs at 116 BPM
TempoTunes has 317 r&b songs with a verified tempo of 116 BPM: smooth R&B grooves. Here are some of the best known.
116 BPM is the heart of dance music: house, disco, and most of the pop charts live within a couple of clicks of it. It keeps spin warmups and gym floors moving without redlining anyone.
Popular 116 BPM r&b songs

Hold Me
Whitney Houston (1984)

2Infinity
gee. (2016)

I Just Called to Say I Love You
Stevie Wonder

Pool Hall
Marvin Gaye (2012)

Respect
Aretha Franklin (2017)

Brown Eyes
Destiny's Child (2001)

Can’t Be the Same
James Brown (2006)

Little Red Corvette
Prince (1982)

Far
SZA (2022)

Come Back Baby
Etta James (1999)

Any Fool Could See
Barry White (1979)

Salut salaud
Shy'm (2017)

She Put the Hurt On Me
Otis Redding (1966)

Rollin'
Kool & The Gang (1983)

This Time I Know It's for Real
Donna Summer (1980)

Playing Games
Summer Walker

On Bended Knee
Boyz II Men (1994)

Runaway Child, Running Wild
The Temptations (2003)

Your Teeth In My Neck
Kali Uchis (2018)

Eternal
The Isley Brothers (2001)

Hold Me Down
Daniel Caesar

Believer
Chic (1983)

Out of Touch
Daryl Hall & John Oates (1984)

Ain't That Good News
Sam Cooke (1964)
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