Alternative songs at 156 BPM
TempoTunes has 455 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 156 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
156 BPM is prime running tempo. 156 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 156 steps per minute, right in the range coaches suggest for an efficient stride. Drum and bass also lives here, if you want the energy without the pop.
Popular 156 BPM alternative songs

Yesterday
Imagine Dragons (2017)

Hearts Without Chains
Ellie Goulding (2013)

She’s a Rebel
Green Day (2004)

Sunday Rain
Foo Fighters (2017)
Insignificance
Pearl Jam (2000)

Come Out and Play
The Offspring

Hippy Trippy
The Smashing Pumpkins (1991)
Barely Legal
The Strokes (2001)

Monte Carlo
The Verve (2004)

The Lightning Strike
Snow Patrol (2008)

She Don't Want the World
3 Doors Down (2008)
Monster Truck
Placebo (2010)
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