I ran a couple searches (literally, two), and browsed my way to a free bpm counter widget from www.flyingcheeseburger.com. While working on some other things, I have started counting beats per minute looking for potential running songs. Here are the albums I checked out tonight and each song’s bpm. I’m setting up a Running Playlist for all the songs that are in the 160-170-ish range to see if they work well as running songs. The logic there is that the Podrunner episode that I find easiest to run to is 166 bpm.
(Couple of notes on the widget… it’s a manual thing, so the bpm probably aren’t 100% accurate. I’m laboring under the presumption that it doesn’t have to be for my purposes. Also, I’m pretty sure it’s just for Macs – sorry, PC users.)
If this works, I’m going to have to learn how to not waste precious O2 singing along. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Fratellis – Costello Music
- Henrietta – 117 bpm
- Flathead – 212
- Cuntry Boys & City Girls – 179
- Whistle for the Choir – 131
- Chelsea Dagger – 154
- For the Girl – 222
- Dogginabag – 122
- Creeping up the Backstairs – 245
- Vince the Lovable Stoner – 168
- Everybody Knows You Cried Last Night – 205
- Baby Fratelli – 125
- Got Ma Nuts From a Hippie – 216
- Ol’ Black N Blue Eyes – 130
Presidents of the United States of America: Love Everybody
- Love Everybody – 183
- Some Postman – 119
- Clean Machine – 136
- Highway Forever – 133/266
- Zero Friction – 140
- Surf’s Down – 166
- Shortwave – 181
- Poke n Destroy – 185
- Munky River – 92
- Droolin at You – 177
- Vestina – 155
- 5,500 Miles – 167
- Shreds of Boa – 118
- Jennifer’s Jacket – 222
22-20s : 22-20s
- Devil In Me – 218
- Such a Fool – 123
- Baby Brings Bad News – 124
- 22 Days – 209
- Friends – 97
- Why Don’t You Do It For Me? – 240
- Shoot Your Gun – 113
- The Things That Lovers Do – 132
- I’m the One – 235
- Hold On – 134
- Baby, You’re Not in Love – 103
Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf
- You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar – 156
- No One Knows – 171
- First It Giveth – 210
- Song for the Dead – 206
- The Sky is Fallin – 168
- Six Shooter – 170
- Hangin’ Tree – 211
- Go With the Flow – 159
- Gonna Leave You Now – 142
- Do It Again – 133
- God Is In The Radio – 113
- Another Love Song – 148
- Song for the Deaf – 201
- Mosquito Song – 100
Eagles of Death Metal: Death by Sexy
- I Want You So Hard – 165
- I Got a Feelin’ – 128
- Cherry Cola – 145
- I Like To Move In The Night – 112
- Solid Gold – 169
- Don’t Speak – 135
- Keep Your Head Up – 119
- Ballad of Queen Bee – 121
- Poor Doggie – 96
- Chase the Devil – 227
- Eagles Goth – 133
- Shasta Beast – 136
- Bag O Miracles – 105
