Alternative songs at 156 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 382 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)
She’s a Rebel
Green Day (2004)
Sunday Rain
Foo Fighters (2017)
Imploding the Mirage
The Killers (2020)
Hippy Trippy
The Smashing Pumpkins (1991)
Barely Legal
The Strokes (2001)
I Don't Want You
Ramones (1978)
She Don't Want the World
3 Doors Down (2008)
Monster Truck
Placebo (2010)
Bar Lonely
Franz Ferdinand (2025)
Sidetracked Soundtrack
Tame Impala (2023)
Here
Mumford & Sons (2026)
The Chauffeur
Deftones (1997)
October Passed Me By
girl in red
Thank You and Good Night
Weezer (2022)
3WW
alt-J (2017)
Ain't No Rest for the Wicked
Cage the Elephant
Step
Vampire Weekend (2014)
Try Honesty
Billy Talent (2001)
Ana's Song
Silverchair (1999)
Exes
Bloc Party (2016)
Bookstore
Sonic Youth (2005)
Somebody’s Trying to Tell Me Something
Midnight Oil (1982)
Iname
Biffy Clyro (1999)
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