What BPM is funk?
The most common tempo for funk is 95 to 105 BPM. Across 20,340 funk songs with verified tempo in the TempoTunes library, the median is 110 BPM and half of all songs fall between 95 and 125 BPM.
- Most common
- 95 to 105BPM
- Median
- 110BPM
- Songs
- 20,340verified tempo
Funk songs across the tempo scale
Songs per 10 BPM. Orange marks the busiest stretch.
Funk is spread wide. Even its busiest stretch, 95 to 105 BPM, holds only 19% of the songs, so you can find funk at almost any pace.
One caution when you read any tempo chart: the same groove can be counted at half or double time, so a funk song at 110 BPM can also read as 55 BPM. That is why many genres show a second, smaller hump.
The busiest funk tempos
Chill funk: 60 to 90 BPM
3,244 funk songs at this pace: wind-downs, slow burns, and late-night listening.
Whatchu Thinkin’
Red Hot Chili Peppers
86 BPM (2022)
Year of the Boomerang
Rage Against the Machine
86 BPM (1995)
Your Love Was Good to Me
James Brown
86 BPM (1972)
Dead on It
Prince
86 BPM (1987)
Monuments and Melodies
Incubus
86 BPM (2003)
All I Want
Tim Maia
89 BPM (1978)
Sippin’ on a 40
Eazy‐E
86 BPM (1995)
Hippie Jam Song
Faith No More
86 BPM (1998)
Steady funk: 90 to 120 BPM
9,940 funk songs at this pace: head-nod grooves and walking pace.
Pretty Little Ditty
Red Hot Chili Peppers
98 BPM (1989)
Hot Pants
James Brown
115 BPM (1971)
A Feira
O Rappa
98 BPM (1996)
Cream
Prince
115 BPM (1991)
Take the Power Back
Rage Against the Machine
105 BPM (1991)
Absolute Zero
Faith No More
115 BPM (1995)
Vai Rebolar
DENNIS
95 BPM (2016)
Bom senso
Tim Maia
99 BPM (1974)
Drive funk: 120 to 150 BPM
6,277 funk songs at this pace: dance-floor and workout energy.
By the Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers
130 BPM (2002)
Down on the Street
Rage Against the Machine
130 BPM (2000)
Sex Machine
James Brown
120 BPM (1992)
Segura a Fera
MC Kevin O Chris
130 BPM
The Dance
Prince
120 BPM (2003)
Lindona
DENNIS
130 BPM (2014)
Tonight
Kool & the Gang
120 BPM (1983)
Acenda o farol
Tim Maia
123 BPM (1978)
Other genres by BPM
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