Rock songs at 156 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 656 rock songs with a verified tempo of 156 BPM: guitar-driven songs with real drive. 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 rock songs
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LINKIN PARK (2012)
Dirty Eyes
AC/DC (1977)
It's So Easy
Guns N' Roses
Seek & Destroy
Metallica (1986)
All My Loving
The Beatles (2014)
Midnight Rambler
The Rolling Stones (1969)
Bring the Boys Back Home
Pink Floyd (2013)
We Don't Run
Bon Jovi (2016)
Sunday Rain
Foo Fighters (2017)
Born to Touch Your Feelings
Scorpions (2013)
Born In The 50's
The Police (1978)
I'll Remember You
Elvis Presley (1966)
Crippled Inside
John Lennon (1971)
Up All Night
blink-182
You Didn’t Hear It
The Who (1969)
Pearl Necklace
ZZ Top (1981)
We Three Kings
Rod Stewart (2012)
I Don't Want You
Ramones (1978)
Blue on Black
Five Finger Death Punch
One Track Mind
Motörhead (1983)
Ain't Too Proud to Pray
Lynyrd Skynyrd (1998)
Rejoice
Def Leppard (2026)
I've Loved Her So Long
Neil Young (2009)
Salty Haze
Priscilla (1970)
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