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CPR shuffle: The life-saving playlist you need

Every song on our list falls within the recommended 100 to 120 bpm range to perform CPR

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Chest compressions should be administered using a rhythm of 100 to 120 bpm.

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Just like a good beat is required to properly dance, a steady rhythm is necessary when performing CPR.

While “The Office” helped make the song “Staying Alive” a popular life-saving soundtrack, you might be getting tired of the Bee Gees. For a change of pace, we’ve compiled a list of songs ranging from 100 to 120 bmp, the recommended range to perform CPR.

Do you have a go-to song you hum when you’re administering compressions that we don’t have? Let us know in the comments and we’ll add it to our list.

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The CPR Shuffle

Add these songs to your music library, or listen with our Spotify playlist below.

1. “Glory Days” – Bruce Springsteen: 117 bpm

2. “The Real Slim Shady” – Eminem: 105 bpm

3. “Bad Romance” – Lady Gaga: 119 bpm

4. “Purple Rain” – Prince: 113 bpm

5. “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson: 117 bpm

6. “Rumor Has It” – Adele: 120 bpm

7. “Rock Your Body” – Justin Timberlake: 101 bpm

8. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Nirvana: 117 bpm

9. “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” – Toby Keith: 112 bpm

10. “All Star” – Smash Mouth: 104 bpm

11. “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” – Backstreet Boys: 108 bpm

12. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” – Whitney Houston: 119 bpm

13. “Eye of the Tiger” – Survivor: 109 bpm

14. “Ring of Fire” – Johnny Cash: 105 bpm

15. “Ice Ice Baby” – Vanilla Ice: 116 bpm

16. “Monday Morning” – Fleetwood Mac: 106 bpm

17. “Baby Shark” – Pinkfong: 115 bpm

18. “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It” – Will Smith: 108 bpm

19. “Country Girl” – Luke Bryan: 106 bpm

20. “Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Justin Timberlake: 113 bpm

(We still love the original, though. Thanks, Michael Scott and “The Office” for this not-entirely helpful look at CPR basics. Watch the CPR fail scene here.)

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Rachel Engel is an award-winning journalist and the senior editor of FireRescue1.com and EMS1.com. In addition to her regular editing duties, Engel seeks to tell the heroic, human stories of first responders and the importance of their work. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and began her career as a freelance writer, focusing on government and military issues. Engel joined Lexipol in 2015 and has since reported on issues related to public safety. Engel lives in Wichita, Kansas. She can be reached via email.