Blues songs at 86 BPM
TempoTunes has 1,164 blues songs with a verified tempo of 86 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
86 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 86 BPM blues songs

Shiver
Maroon 5 (2005)
Sweet Little Sixteen
The Rolling Stones (1993)

Bron-Yr-Aur
Led Zeppelin (1975)

I Found My Baby There
Ray Charles (2004)

I’ll Look Around
Nina Simone (1971)
Mama, You Been on My Mind
Bob Dylan (2020)
Drink to Me
Johnny Cash (2011)
Keep On Chooglin’
Creedence Clearwater Revival (2001)

Key to the Highway
Muddy Waters (1972)

I Put My Trust in You
John Lee Hooker (1966)

À l’hôtel des cœurs brisés
Johnny Hallyday (1974)

All I Could Do Was Cry
Etta James (1999)
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