Rock songs at 149 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 1,050 rock songs with a verified tempo of 149 BPM: guitar-driven songs with real drive. 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 rock songs

Ride the Lightning
Metallica (1984)

Yer Blues
The Beatles (1968)

Star Star
The Rolling Stones (1973)

Us and Them
Pink Floyd (1974)

Lost In Hollywood
System Of A Down

I Can't Quit You Baby
Led Zeppelin (1997)

Amen
Bon Jovi (2013)

Somewhere
Jimi Hendrix (2008)

Seventh Sun
Scorpions (2022)

Polk Salad Annie
Elvis Presley (1970)

Johnny Blade
Black Sabbath

How?
John Lennon (2023)

Tunnel of Love
Dire Straits (1984)

Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
The Who (1967)

Combination of the Two
Janis Joplin (1996)

Cemetery Gates
Pantera (1990)

Can’t Stop Rockin’
ZZ Top (1985)

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Rod Stewart

Coming Home to See You
Supertramp (1971)

Un grand çarnaval
Indochine (1993)

The Hammer
Motörhead (1979)

Lucky Man
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2003)

Bye Bye Johnny
Chuck Berry (1986)

I Get Around
The Beach Boys (1964)
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