Folk songs at 148 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 276 folk songs with a verified tempo of 148 BPM: acoustic, story-first folk. 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 folk songs
Long Way Down
Alela Diane (2011)
The Dead South
The Dead South (2014)
Tell Mama
The Civil Wars (2013)
Epistle to Dippy
Donovan (2013)
Lions
William Fitzsimmons (2013)
Seveceğim Seni
Orhan Hakalmaz (2025)
Gelen Benim
Ezginin Günlüğü (1997)
Zeitlos
Versengold (2015)
Sacré Géranium
Dick Annegarn (1974)
North Sea Bubble
Billy Bragg (1991)
My Children Are Seven in Number
Pete Seeger (1956)
So Fare Ye Well
The Highwaymen (1964)
Rocky Mountain Time
John Prine (1972)
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Burl Ives (2000)
Because You Are a Woman
Brett Dennen (2006)
Gina in the Kings Road
Al Stewart (2007)
Blau wie das Meer
Mr. Hurley & Die Pulveraffen (2013)
Imagine
Richie Havens (1987)
I'm Not From Around Here
Dan Bern (2012)
Same Old Man
Karen Dalton (1971)
Halo
Current 93 (2004)
Uncle John’s Band
Indigo Girls (1991)
The Auld Triangle
Luke Kelly (2004)
Alabama Jubilee
17 Hippies (1999)
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