Blues songs at 118 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 563 blues songs with a verified tempo of 118 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
118 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 118 BPM blues songs
I Be’s Troubled
Muddy Waters (1966)
I Don't Want No Woman If Her Hair Ain't No Longer Than Mine
John Lee Hooker (2015)
I Can Give You Everything
Etta James (1997)
Unchain My Heart
Joe Cocker (1987)
I Gave Up Everything for You, ’Cept the Blues
Joe Bonamassa (2014)
Totally Out of Control
Buddy Guy (2006)
Come to Me Baby
Howlin’ Wolf (1973)
Life Is Too Short
T‐Bone Walker (1975)
I Wanna Get Funky
Albert King (1986)
Shaggy Dad
Lightnin' Hopkins (1973)
Iron Horse
Canned Heat (1997)
India Arab
Chris Rea (2008)
I Am Looking for a Woman
Bo Diddley (1992)
I Feel So Bad
Little Walter (2009)
Mama, Talk to Your Daughter
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (2003)
Stormy Monday Blues
Junior Wells (1966)
Eileen
Keb’ Mo’ (2006)
Just a Little Bit
Freddie King (1973)
You Rub Me the Wrong Way
Popa Chubby (1995)
Looking Over Your Fence
Otis Taylor (2007)
I’m Drinking Again
Ry Cooder (1982)
Weak Brain, Narrow Mind
Willie Dixon (1988)
Turn off Your Tv
Walter Trout
If I Don’t Get Home
John Mayall (2001)
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