Blues songs at 120 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 517 blues songs with a verified tempo of 120 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
120 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 120 BPM blues songs
Lead Me
John Lee Hooker (1991)
I Want to Ta Ta You, Baby
Etta James
Busted
The Black Keys (2002)
Shelter Me
Joe Cocker (1986)
Somewhere Trouble Don’t Go
Joe Bonamassa (2012)
Let Me Love You Baby
Buddy Guy (1970)
Spoonful
Howlin’ Wolf (1960)
Sugar Coated Love
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991)
Lenny
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1983)
T‐Bone Blues Special
T‐Bone Walker (1996)
Personal Manager
Albert King (1967)
Death Bells
Lightnin' Hopkins (1961)
It Hurts Me Too
Canned Heat (1981)
Tallyman
Jeff Beck Group (1967)
Lone Star Boogie
Chris Rea (2005)
Mama Mia
Bo Diddley (1962)
Feel So Bad
Little Walter (2009)
Save Me
Seasick Steve (2006)
Goin’ Down Slow
Johnny Winter (1989)
Public Enemy No. 1
Rory Gallagher (1979)
Pickin' the Blues
Elmore James (2006)
Why’d They Call It Falling
Ten Years After (2008)
I See Love
Keb’ Mo’ (2006)
Pulp Wood
Freddie King (1974)
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