Rock songs at 159 BPM
TempoTunes has 458 rock songs with a verified tempo of 159 BPM: guitar-driven songs with real drive. Here are some of the best known.
159 BPM is prime running tempo. 159 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 159 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 159 BPM rock songs
Human Being
Guns N' Roses (1993)
Fight Fire with Fire
Metallica (1984)
Don't Lie To Me
The Rolling Stones (1968)
Going to California
Led Zeppelin
Crazy
Aerosmith (2023)
Everlong
Foo Fighters
Messenger
Jimi Hendrix (2010)
Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter
Iron Maiden (1993)
Can't Stand Losing You
The Police (1997)
It's Alright
Black Sabbath (1976)
Woman
John Lennon (2020)
M+M's
blink-182
Industrial Disease
Dire Straits (1982)
Our Lady
Deep Purple (2000)
Snappy Kakkie
ZZ Top (1987)
Too Tough to Die
Ramones (1984)
Barbara Ann
The Beach Boys (1965)
Dön
Mustafa Ceceli
You Can't Stop the Music
The Kinks (1975)
Out of Time
Stone Temple Pilots (2013)
Never Love Again
Roy Orbison (1966)
S.M.F.
Twisted Sister (2016)
Ce Sera Le Temps
Barış Manço (1981)
A Venture
Yes (1971)
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