Blues songs at 89 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 877 blues songs with a verified tempo of 89 BPM: twelve-bar feeling and guitar bends. Here are some of the best known.
89 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 89 BPM blues songs

Rock Me Baby
Muddy Waters (1996)

Solid Sender
John Lee Hooker (1960)

Love It or Leave It Alone
Etta James (1997)

Stay All Night
The Black Keys (2021)

Darlin’ Be Home Soon
Joe Cocker (1996)

Tamp Em Up Solid
Joe Bonamassa (2006)

She’s Nineteen Years Old
Buddy Guy (1993)

Change My Way
Howlin’ Wolf (1975)

Anything
The Animals (2004)

32–20 Blues
Robert Johnson (1937)

The Things
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1984)

Glamour Girl
T‐Bone Walker (1990)

California
Albert King (1969)

Bad Luck and Trouble
Lightnin' Hopkins (1959)

House of Blue Lights
Canned Heat (1981)

You Shook Me
Jeff Beck Group (1968)

Teenage Beat
Little Walter (1972)

I’m So Lonesome
Seasick Steve (2016)

It’s My Own Fault
Johnny Winter (1968)

Shadow Play
Rory Gallagher (1980)

Tell Me You Love Me
Jimmy Reed (1961)

The Sky Is Crying
Elmore James (1988)

Blues for the Lost Days
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers (1997)

Stop Breaking Down
Junior Wells (1970)
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