What BPM is punk?
The most common tempo for punk is 98 to 108 BPM. Across 36,997 punk songs with verified tempo in the TempoTunes library, the median is 130 BPM and half of all songs fall between 107 and 156 BPM.
Punk is usually played and felt at 160 to 200 BPM. Tempo detection often locks onto the half-time pulse, which is why so much of it measures near 100 BPM. If you want punk that feels fast, look at the 150 to 200 BPM end of the chart.
- Most common
- 98 to 108BPM
- Median
- 130BPM
- Songs
- 36,997verified tempo
Punk songs across the tempo scale
Songs per 10 BPM. Orange marks the busiest stretch.
Punk is spread wide. Even its busiest stretch, 98 to 108 BPM, holds only 14% of the songs, so you can find punk 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 punk song at 130 BPM can also read as 65 BPM. That is why many genres show a second, smaller hump.
The busiest punk tempos
Chill punk: 60 to 90 BPM
2,068 punk songs at this pace: wind-downs, slow burns, and late-night listening.
Forever Now
Green Day
88 BPM (2016)
Kings of the Weekend
blink‐182
88 BPM (2016)
Armagideon Time
The Clash
88 BPM (1999)
Journey to the Center of the Mind
Ramones
88 BPM (1993)
No Brains
Sum 41
88 BPM (2002)
Riot Girl
Good Charlotte
88 BPM (2002)
Rusted From the Rain
Billy Talent
88 BPM (2009)
Im Jet-Grill
Die Toten Hosen
88 BPM (1990)
Steady punk: 90 to 120 BPM
12,076 punk songs at this pace: head-nod grooves and walking pace.
86
Green Day
102 BPM (2000)
Marlboro Man
blink‐182
105 BPM (1993)
O Passeio da Boa Vista
Legião Urbana
103 BPM (1993)
Smash
The Offspring
105 BPM (1995)
Long Time Jerk
The Clash
101 BPM (1993)
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Ramones
102 BPM (1977)
Thanks for Nothing
Sum 41
102 BPM (2002)
Little Boxes
Rise Against
103 BPM (2013)
Drive punk: 120 to 150 BPM
11,126 punk songs at this pace: dance-floor and workout energy.
Revolution Rock
The Clash
140 BPM (1979)
Say Goodbye
Green Day
130 BPM (2016)
O Descobrimento do Brasil
Legião Urbana
120 BPM (1993)
Strings
blink‐182
133 BPM (1994)
A Thousand Days
The Offspring
124 BPM (1989)
I Don't Care
Ramones
140 BPM (1977)
Me Against the World
Simple Plan
133 BPM (2004)
The Ballad of Mona Lisa
Panic! At the Disco
126 BPM
Fast punk: 150 to 200 BPM
11,727 punk songs at this pace: running cadence and full-sprint songs.
Governator
Green Day
172 BPM (2004)
Smells Like Blood and Feces
blink‐182
165 BPM (2000)
Perdidos no Espaço
Legião Urbana
164 BPM (1985)
Whereabouts Unknown
Rise Against
185 BPM (2008)
Hammerhead
The Offspring
154 BPM (2008)
Police and Thieves
The Clash
153 BPM (1977)
Seasons
Good Charlotte
166 BPM (2000)
John Law
Dropkick Murphys
190 BPM (2002)
Other genres by BPM
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