Alternative songs at 158 BPM
TempoTunes has 489 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 158 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
158 BPM is prime running tempo. 158 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 158 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 158 BPM alternative songs
Breed
Nirvana (1991)
Roots
Imagine Dragons
Holiday
Green Day (2005)
The News
Paramore (2022)
Sweetness Follows
R.E.M. (2018)
Love From The Other Side
Fall Out Boy (2023)
Glowing
The Script (2012)
Marchin’ On
The Smashing Pumpkins (2018)
Somebody Got Murdered
The Clash
I Just Want To Have Something To Do
Ramones (1978)
Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Franz Ferdinand (2025)
On The Game
The Black Keys
Karma, Come Back
Incubus
i'll die anyway.
girl in red
Syndicate
The Fray (2009)
The Terrace
Yann Tiersen (1999)
Angels of the Silences
Counting Crows (1997)
Out of Control
Hoobastank (2003)
Something Tangy, Something Sour
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2009)
Ne Güzel Güldün
Pinhani (2008)
National Front Disco
Morrissey (1993)
Hanging
Nothing But Thieves (2015)
Get Right
Jimmy Eat World (2016)
Who’s Got a Match?
Biffy Clyro (2009)
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