What BPM is drum and bass?
The most common tempo for drum and bass is 170 to 180 BPM. Across 11,295 drum and bass songs with verified tempo in the TempoTunes library, the median is 150 BPM and half of all songs fall between 113 and 173 BPM.
- Most common
- 170 to 180BPM
- Median
- 150BPM
- Songs
- 11,295verified tempo
Drum and bass songs across the tempo scale
Songs per 10 BPM. Orange marks the busiest stretch.
Drum and bass is a tight genre: 40% of it sits between 170 and 180 BPM, so a playlist in that pocket will feel like one continuous set.
One caution when you read any tempo chart: the same groove can be counted at half or double time, so a drum and bass song at 150 BPM can also read as 75 BPM. That is why many genres show a second, smaller hump.
The busiest drum and bass tempos
Chill drum and bass: 60 to 90 BPM
1,419 drum and bass songs at this pace: wind-downs, slow burns, and late-night listening.
Stomp
Sub Focus
87 BPM (2011)
Hold On to Love
Netsky
87 BPM (2009)
Hold On
Rusko
87 BPM (2010)
Make You Mine
Modestep
87 BPM (2015)
In the Future
Camo & Krooked
87 BPM (2011)
Blackout
Virtual Riot
87 BPM (2013)
Universal Truth
Matrix & Futurebound
87 BPM (2006)
Space Time
Delta Heavy
87 BPM (2010)
Drive drum and bass: 120 to 150 BPM
2,213 drum and bass songs at this pace: dance-floor and workout energy.
Lost & Not Found
Chase & Status
140 BPM (2013)
Coming Closer
Sub Focus
140 BPM (2009)
Love Has Gone
Netsky
140 BPM (2013)
Woo Boost
Rusko
140 BPM (2011)
Dropped From the Sky
Amon Tobin
140 BPM (2012)
In My Head
Dub FX
140 BPM (2013)
Sunlight
Modestep
140 BPM (2011)
All Fall Down
Camo & Krooked
140 BPM (2011)
Fast drum and bass: 150 to 200 BPM
5,662 drum and bass songs at this pace: running cadence and full-sprint songs.
Ten Tonne
Chase & Status
172 BPM (2005)
The Ways
Electro-Light
170 BPM (2015)
Follow the Light
Sub Focus
172 BPM (2009)
Smile
Netsky
175 BPM (2009)
sleepless
C418
170 BPM (2010)
Take My Hand
Steven Universe
170 BPM (2020)
Basta
Asian Dub Foundation
176 BPM (2003)
Gone Sleep
Rusko
172 BPM (2021)
Other genres by BPM
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