Blues songs at 85 BPM
TempoTunes has 417 blues songs with a verified tempo of 85 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. 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 blues songs
Can’t Buy Me Love
The Beatles (1995)
Might as Well Get Juiced
The Rolling Stones (2021)
Rock and Roll
Led Zeppelin
Hear My Train A Comin’
Jimi Hendrix (1992)
Alabama Song
The Doors (2009)
Little Moses
Bob Dylan (2020)
Honey Bee
Muddy Waters (1958)
Shake It Baby
John Lee Hooker (1966)
Done in the Dark
Etta James (1997)
Nobody but You
The Black Keys (2006)
How Soon We Forget
Lynyrd Skynyrd (1997)
You Love Me Back
Joe Cocker (2012)
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