Alternative songs at 149 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 482 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 149 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
149 BPM pushes into workout territory: uptempo rock, dance, and faster hip hop. 149 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 149 steps per minute, on the quicker side of an easy jog.
Popular 149 BPM alternative songs

Battle Symphony
Linkin Park (2017)
Sliver
Nirvana (1990)

All the Right Friends
R.E.M. (2011)

Under the Gun
The Killers (2004)

Hollywood
The Cranberries (2002)

Bleed
The Smashing Pumpkins (1999)

Police On My Back
The Clash

First Light
Hozier

Island Walking
Tame Impala (2010)

Human Crime
Pixies (2022)

Serotonin
girl in red

Buffalo
alt-J (2013)

Plush
Stone Temple Pilots (1992)

Stourm
Yann Tiersen (2025)

I Wanna Be Me
Sex Pistols (1979)

Roland
Interpol (2002)

Name
Goo Goo Dolls (1997)

Zaman Beklemez
Pinhani (2008)

Lemon Glow
Beach House

Written in the Heart
Midnight Oil (1981)

The End Is Beautiful
Jimmy Eat World (2016)

Miracle of Survival
Biffy Clyro (2007)

Nothing’s Changed
The Calling (2001)

Never Land
The Sisters of Mercy (1985)
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