Song tempos

98 songs with the BPM, the time signature, who drummed them and what the drums do — each one a tap from the metronome at that tempo. Sorted by the drummers whose rigs are in the Rig Vault.

By drummer

Every drummer here has a Rig Vault page or a feature, so a song leads to the kit it was played on.

John Bonham8 songs · 71–170 BPM
Chad Smith7 songs · 84–123 BPM
Dave Grohl7 songs · 79–174 BPM
Ringo Starr7 songs · 66–127 BPM
Tré Cool6 songs · 83–186 BPM
Alex Van Halen5 songs · 96–142 BPM
Lars Ulrich5 songs · 86–212 BPM
Taylor Hawkins5 songs · 130–173 BPM
Bill Ward4 songs · 77–163 BPM
Joey Jordison4 songs · 93–144 BPM
Phil Collins4 songs · 95–129 BPM
Tommy Lee4 songs · 77–178 BPM
Danny Carey3 songs · 107–150 BPM
Josh Dun3 songs · 76–90 BPM
Matt Cameron3 songs · 92–105 BPM
Neil Peart3 songs · 88–141 BPM
Steve Gadd3 songs · 103–118 BPM
Chris Slade2 songs · 123–134 BPM
Questlove2 songs · 81–111 BPM
Travis Barker2 songs · 149–157 BPM
Anderson .Paak1 song · 98–98 BPM
Eloy Casagrande1 song · 147–147 BPM
Jay Weinberg1 song · 92–92 BPM
Larnell Lewis1 song · 130–130 BPM
Mario Duplantier1 song · 95–95 BPM
Mike Portnoy1 song · 102–102 BPM
Scott Travis1 song · 206–206 BPM
Stanton Moore1 song · 125–125 BPM
Steve Jordan1 song · 88–88 BPM
Terry Bozzio1 song · 121–121 BPM
Tomas Haake1 song · 115–115 BPM

About the tempos

Every BPM is the studio recording's, checked against published tempo data. Where the databases disagree it is almost always the same argument — a half-time groove counted at its eighth-note pulse comes out at double the number — and the song page says which count this is. If a song here is counted the way you would not count it, the note on the page explains why, and the metronome link uses the count drummers actually play to.

Missing a song? The list is built around the drummers in the Rig Vault. Their features and rigs are the reason the song pages exist, and the next hundred will follow the same rule.