Blues songs at 125 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 547 blues songs with a verified tempo of 125 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
125 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 125 BPM blues songs
She’s Into Something
Muddy Waters (1985)
I'm Ready
John Lee Hooker (2001)
It Could Happen to You
Etta James (2011)
The Flame
The Black Keys (2006)
Sweet Lil' Woman
Joe Cocker (1995)
Drive
Joe Bonamassa
My Younger Days
Buddy Guy (1982)
Highway 49
Howlin' Wolf (1971)
Shake & Bake
Stevie Ray Vaughan (1994)
So Excited
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1991)
Got No Use for You
T‐Bone Walker (1975)
Love Shock
Albert King (2009)
Santa
Lightnin' Hopkins (1962)
Pretty Thing
Canned Heat (1970)
Diddy Wah Diddy
Bo Diddley (2010)
The Guy You Left Behind
Johnny Winter (1992)
Snowy Wood
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1967)
Faro
Ten Years After (1969)
Side Tracked
Freddie King (1961)
Nobody’s Fault but Mine
Eric Bibb (2010)
All Your Love
Otis Rush (1959)
Let Your Tears Fall Baby
Big Mama Thornton (1990)
Walking on Sunset
John Mayall (1968)
Gambler's Blues
Memphis Slim (1991)
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