Rock songs at 85 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 1,714 rock songs with a verified tempo of 85 BPM: guitar-driven songs with real drive. 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 rock songs
Think About You
Guns N' Roses
Holier Than Thou
Metallica (1991)
I Am the Walrus
The Beatles (1967)
She's So Cold
The Rolling Stones
Learning to Fly
Pink Floyd (1987)
Rock and Roll
Led Zeppelin (2018)
Livin' On The Edge
Aerosmith (2023)
Every Beat of My Heart
Bon Jovi (2004)
The Pretender
Foo Fighters (2008)
Hear My Train
Jimi Hendrix (1991)
Whiskey, Mystics and Men
The Doors (2006)
Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley (1968)
Changes
Black Sabbath
Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning
Phil Collins (1982)
Life and How to Live It
R.E.M. (1985)
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care (Jam)
John Lennon (1970)
Blame It on My Youth
blink-182
Old Red Wine
The Who (2004)
Fogo
Capital Inicial (1988)
April
Deep Purple (1972)
Take Me Back
Van Halen (1995)
Endgame
Megadeth (2009)
If I Don't Love You This Way
Jackson 5 (1974)
Jailhouse Rock
ZZ Top (1975)
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