Pop drum beats to play online

Pop beats are all about feel and space: simple patterns, a solid backbeat and a kick that pushes the song forward. Many of them are the easiest way to start playing drums to real songs.

The style in numbers (from our 22 grooves)

Tempo range

96–193 BPM

Typical tempo

119 BPM

Most common groove

straight pop beat (6/22)

Grooves with ghost notes

5%

Shuffle or triplet feel

5%

Time signatures

4/4, 5/4

Learn The median pop tempo here is 119 BPM, against 118 BPM across all 150 songs. Compare tempos by genre →

Pop songs

• ▶ In the Air Tonight Phil Collins · 96 BPM
• ▶ Every Breath You Take The Police · 117 BPM
• ▶ Take On Me a-ha · 169 BPM
• ▶ Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics · 126 BPM
• ▶ Rock Me Amadeus Falco · 116 BPM
• ▶ Billie Jean Michael Jackson · 117 BPM
• ▶ Beat It Michael Jackson · 139 BPM
• ▶ Thriller Michael Jackson · 118 BPM
• ▶ Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson · 118 BPM
• ▶ Another One Bites the Dust Queen · 110 BPM
• ▶ Shape of You Ed Sheeran · 96 BPM
• ▶ Blinding Lights The Weeknd · 171 BPM
• ▶ Rolling in the Deep Adele · 105 BPM
• ▶ Happy Pharrell Williams · 160 BPM
• ▶ Bad Guy Billie Eilish · 135 BPM
• ▶ Poker Face Lady Gaga · 119 BPM
• ▶ 99 Luftballons Nena · 193 BPM
• ▶ Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst) Peter Schilling · 146 BPM
• ▶ Da Da Da Trio · 118 BPM
• ▶ Atemlos durch die Nacht Helene Fischer · 128 BPM
• ▶ Macarena Los del Río · 103 BPM
• ▶ Mission: Impossible Theme Lalo Schifrin · 150 BPM

Typical pop drum patterns

The grooves most songs in this genre are built on. Learn these and the rest are small variations.