The American Heart Association recommends songs that can be used during hands-only CPR to get someone’s heart beating again.
The tunes need to be between 100 and 120 beats per minute. So it would be songs like Staying Alive by the Bee Gees, Ice, Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice, Tití Me Preguntó by Bad Bunny, Fearless by Taylor Swift, Wicked’s Dancing Through Life, Macarena, Thriller by Michael Jackson, Walk the Line by Johnny Cash, Crazy in Love by Beyoncé, Last Christmas by Wham, Baby Shark, and Hips Don’t Lie by Shakira.
And the AHA added a new/old single to the list: Pearl Jam’s Even Flow, which comes in at 105 BPM.
There is something for everyone!
However, there is one record missing from that list, and it is The Fray’s How to Save a Life. It won’t save one at 122 BPN—two beats, too many.
Oh, and if you want to RickRoll someone in their time of need, Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up comes in at 113 BPM.
Now that you know which songs to sing as you do CPR, remember to call 9-1-1 before you get started so that they are there in time to get that person to the hospital.
