Funk songs at 98 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 430 funk songs with a verified tempo of 98 BPM: syncopated, bass-forward funk. Here are some of the best known.
98 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 98 BPM funk songs

Pretty Little Ditty
Red Hot Chili Peppers (1989)

A Feira
O Rappa (1996)
Settle for Nothing
Rage Against the Machine (1993)

The Boss
James Brown (1973)

One Nite Alone…
Prince (2002)

Whatever It Is, I Just Can’t Stop
Jamiroquai (1993)

You Don't Know What I Know
Tim Maia (1974)
Battlestar Scralatchtica
Incubus (1999)
Livin’ in the 21
Kool & the Gang (2007)

Nutz on Ya Chin
Eazy‐E (1995)

Evidence
Faith No More (1995)
Lovely Day
Bill Withers (1988)

On Green Dolphin Street
Herbie Hancock (2013)

(Intro)
Chaka Khan (1998)
I Wanna Go Back
Kid Rock (1996)

The Got Dang Song
Curtis Mayfield (1996)

Outro Duction
Marcus Miller (2005)

Hot Summer Nights
Rick James (1988)
Do You Know What?
Sly & the Family Stone (2007)

Never Gonna Let You Go
Keziah Jones (1995)

Mrs. Blaileen
Primus (1995)

Bumpy’s Blues
Isaac Hayes (1971)

Push
Ike & Tina Turner (1986)

Naima
Victor Wooten (1997)
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