Alternative songs at 126 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 977 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 126 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
126 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 126 BPM alternative songs
Baba O’Riley
Nirvana
Parallel Universe
Red Hot Chili Peppers (2004)
Corvette Summer
Green Day (2024)
Burn Away
Foo Fighters (2002)
Pop Song 89
R.E.M. (1988)
Radioactive
Kings of Leon
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
The Killers (2018)
Every Morning
The Cranberries (2011)
The Only Hope for Me Is You
My Chemical Romance (2010)
Where Boys Fear To Tread
The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
The Ballad of Mona Lisa
Panic! At the Disco
Queen of Peace
Florence + the Machine (2015)
Shepherds Delight
The Clash (1980)
Movement
Hozier
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
Soundgarden (2009)
Feet in the Water
3 Doors Down (2008)
Hardly Wait
Placebo (2009)
The Sun Always Shines On T.V.
a-ha
Afterthought
Tame Impala (2025)
The Vegas Suite
Pixies
Only Love Matters
The Black Keys (2024)
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Deftones
Foolish Father
Weezer (2014)
The Grade
Faith No More (1991)
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