Soul songs at 98 BPM
Tempo Tunes has 637 soul songs with a verified tempo of 98 BPM: classic soul with real voices. 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 soul songs

Just Wanna Cut
Trey Songz (2005)
I Got a Woman
Ray Charles (1987)

U Can’t See Me
Aretha Franklin (2011)

I Want You Back
Jackson 5 (2009)

Gotta Serve Somebody
Etta James (2000)

You Don’t Miss Your Water
Otis Redding (1993)

Time of Your Life
Robin Thicke (2014)

So Beautiful
Simply Red (1995)

No One Knows How to Love Me Quite Like You Do
Aaliyah (1994)

New York
Paloma Faith (2009)
Hum Along and Dance
The Temptations (1994)

Since You’ve Been Gone
Luther Vandross (1994)

Forgive Them Father
Ms. Lauryn Hill (1998)

Read All About It, Part III
Emeli Sandé (2012)

Never Gonna Let You Go
Omarion (2005)

Tender Things
Bill Withers (1977)

Nearer My God to Thee
Al Green (1985)

With You
Jamie Foxx (2005)

Afro
Erykah Badu (2003)

Sideway Shuffle
Joss Stone (2012)

It's Time to Break Down
The Supremes (2002)

All Night Long
Brian McKnight (2003)

I Wish You Love
Sam Cooke (1963)

Toot an' Toot an' Toot
Curtis Mayfield (1980)
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