Alternative songs at 85 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 986 alternative songs with a verified tempo of 85 BPM: left-of-center rock and pop. Here are some of the best known.
85 BPM is the head-nod zone: boom bap, R&B grooves, and mid-tempo rock. It works for warmups, brisk walks, and steady strength work.
Popular 85 BPM alternative songs
Pale
Linkin Park (2010)
Puss
Nirvana (1994)
My Car
Imagine Dragons (2025)
NDA
Billie Eilish (2022)
Love Rollercoaster
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1996)
Brain Stew
Green Day (1995)
Backslide
twenty one pilots (2024)
Empty Handed
Foo Fighters (2015)
Ignorance
Paramore (2009)
I Believe
R.E.M. (1986)
Rat A Tat
Fall Out Boy (2013)
Conversation Piece
Kings of Leon (2016)
I Don’t Love You
My Chemical Romance (2006)
Soothe
The Smashing Pumpkins (1994)
Hawaii
The Strokes (2005)
F9mily
Lil Nas X (2019)
Delilah
Florence + the Machine (2015)
Police & Thieves
The Clash (1977)
Daddy Issues
The Neighbourhood
Swallow My Pride
Ramones (1977)
Fresh Tendrils
Soundgarden (2014)
Train
3 Doors Down (2008)
Pierrot the Clown
Placebo (2006)
Nothing To Declare
MGMT (2024)
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