Blues songs at 117 BPM
TempoTunes has 681 blues songs with a verified tempo of 117 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
117 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 117 BPM blues songs
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones (1993)
Dazed and Confused
Led Zeppelin (2007)
Love on my Mind
Ray Charles (1961)
Six Blade Knife
Dire Straits (1990)
Happiness Is You
Johnny Cash (1968)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Creedence Clearwater Revival (2009)
Rollin’ and Tumblin’, Part One
Muddy Waters (2001)
You Know, I Know
John Lee Hooker (1966)
Allergic
Placebo (1998)
Don't Pick Me for Your Fool
Etta James (2011)
No Trust
The Black Keys (2003)
That Smell
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2008)
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