Funk songs at 118 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 342 funk songs with a verified tempo of 118 BPM: syncopated, bass-forward funk. 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 funk songs
The Zephyr Song
Red Hot Chili Peppers (2003)
Ain’t It a Groove
James Brown (1972)
Under the Cherry Moon
Prince (1986)
Mr Moon
Jamiroquai (1994)
Let It Be
Bill Withers (1971)
Vein Melter
Herbie Hancock (1973)
Tell Me, Tell Me
Curtis Mayfield (1979)
Hang Loose
Alabama Shakes (2012)
Whatever
Gnarls Barkley (2008)
R U Experienced
Rick James (1986)
I Want to Take You Higher
Sly & the Family Stone (1969)
Sinister Exaggerator
Primus (1992)
Weave Your Spell
Level 42 (1982)
Theme From Shaft
Isaac Hayes (1973)
Honky Tonk Women
Ike & Tina Turner (1970)
Jamboree
Thundercat (2011)
Party Lights
The Gap Band
This Broken Heart
Funkadelic (1973)
Ain't No New Thing
Gil Scott‐Heron (2012)
Ology
Living Colour (1990)
Pick Up the Pieces
Candy Dulfer (2001)
Wizard of Finance
Parliament (1977)
Free Love
Stefanie Heinzmann (2008)
Get Down Saturday Night
Oliver Cheatham (1983)
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