Alternative songs at 157 BPM
TempoTunes has 318 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 157 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
157 BPM is prime running tempo. 157 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 157 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 157 BPM alternative songs
Give Me Novacaine
Green Day (2004)
2013
Arctic Monkeys (2013)
Pretty Persuasion
R.E.M. (1992)
Flores
gee. (2020)
Common People
My Chemical Romance
Choreomania
Florence + the Machine (2022)
Almost
Lewis Capaldi
See You On Monday
Tame Impala (2025)
Allison
Pixies (2026)
Give Me a Sign
Breaking Benjamin (2009)
The Spider
Weezer (2008)
Unglued
Stone Temple Pilots (1994)
No Feelings
Sex Pistols (1977)
Miss Nothing
The Pretty Reckless (2010)
Ana’s Song
Silverchair (2003)
Pigwig
Bloc Party (2026)
Masal
Pinhani (2021)
Don’t Wanna Be the One
Midnight Oil (1981)
Firestarter
Jimmy Eat World (2001)
I'm Still Here
Modest Mouse (2019)
Dark Days
The Used (2007)
Some Faces
Bauhaus (2018)
Housebound
The Specials (1984)
Wooden Jesus
Temple of the Dog (1991)
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