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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 by Maroon 5 cover art

    Shiver

    Maroon 5 (2005)

  • Sweet Little Sixteen

    The Rolling Stones (1993)

  • Bron-Yr-Aur by Led Zeppelin cover art

    Bron-Yr-Aur

    Led Zeppelin (1975)

  • I Found My Baby There by Ray Charles cover art

    I Found My Baby There

    Ray Charles (2004)

  • I’ll Look Around by Nina Simone cover art

    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 by Muddy Waters cover art

    Key to the Highway

    Muddy Waters (1972)

  • I Put My Trust in You by John Lee Hooker cover art

    I Put My Trust in You

    John Lee Hooker (1966)

  • À l’hôtel des cœurs brisés by Johnny Hallyday cover art

    À l’hôtel des cœurs brisés

    Johnny Hallyday (1974)

  • All I Could Do Was Cry by Etta James cover art

    All I Could Do Was Cry

    Etta James (1999)

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