Funk songs at 97 BPM
TempoTunes has 300 funk songs with a verified tempo of 97 BPM: syncopated, bass-forward funk. Here are some of the best known.
97 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 97 BPM funk songs
Letter to the President
2Pac (1999)
I Loves You Porgy
Nina Simone (1958)
Bird of Beauty
Stevie Wonder (1974)
Nookie
Limp Bizkit (2008)
Funky Drummer, Part 1
James Brown (1970)
Staxowax
Prince (1994)
Light Years
Jamiroquai (1994)
Little Church
Miles Davis (2003)
You Don’t Know What I Know
Tim Maia (2002)
Don't Fight the Feelin'
Nate Dogg (2002)
Let’s Go Dancin’
Kool & the Gang (1988)
Darling Dear
The Jacksons (1970)
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