Alternative songs at 148 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 632 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 148 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
148 BPM pushes into workout territory: uptempo rock, dance, and faster hip hop. 148 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 148 steps per minute, on the quicker side of an easy jog.
Popular 148 BPM alternative songs

Over Each Other
LINKIN PARK
Beeswax
Nirvana (1991)

The Journey
Imagine Dragons (2025)
Take the Money and Crawl
Green Day (2020)

Matador
Arctic Monkeys (2007)

But Here We Are
Foo Fighters (2023)

Liar
Paramore (2023)

Slow Night, So Long
Kings of Leon (2008)

Mr Brightside
The Killers (2004)
Six Degrees of Separation
The Script (2012)

Desert Song
My Chemical Romance (2006)

Plume
The Smashing Pumpkins (1991)

Rescue Me
Thirty Seconds to Mars (2018)

The Old Religion
Florence + the Machine (2025)

London's Burning
The Clash (1977)

What'd Ya Do?
Ramones (1983)

Smokestack Lightnin’
Soundgarden (1988)

Loser
3 Doors Down (2000)

She Works Out Too Much
MGMT (2018)

Black Eyelashes
Franz Ferdinand (2025)

Act Nice and Gentle
The Black Keys (2004)

Make Yourself
Incubus (2000)

Stay
Mumford & Sons (2026)

Les Oriflammes
Noir Désir (1991)
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