Alternative songs at 160 BPM
TempoTunes has 324 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 160 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
160 BPM is prime running tempo. 160 BPM also lines up with a running cadence of about 160 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 160 BPM alternative songs

Casualty
LINKIN PARK

Levitate
Imagine Dragons (2016)
I Saw Her Standing There
The Beatles (2013)

Ballyhoo
Green Day (2024)

The Craving
twenty one pilots
Infallible
Pearl Jam (2013)

Bobby in Phoenix
Gorillaz (2010)
Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine (1994)

Electric Blue
The Cranberries (1996)

Doing Time
Avenged Sevenfold
Venus in Furs
The Smashing Pumpkins (2012)

This Is War
Thirty Seconds to Mars (2010)
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