Songs that use Tempo changes

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Hey, not bad! He made it more than 10 minutes without mentioning Radiohead!

i’m really glad radiohead is getting some more attention on this channel, he hardly mentions them.

I've always loved the slow down in "Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand. Dynamic tempo perfection

6:41 it's amusing that the abrupt change in We Are Young completely messes up the audience clapping

Woke up, fell out of bed. Dragged a comb across my head.

Mama is another My Chemical Romance song that has a tempo change, I believe! Also, they had a lot of (probably) unintentional rhythmic fluctuations on their first album too. Honey This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us has a bit around the start of the bridge where there was an unintentional speeding up part, but it goes back to the original tempo almost immediately. And on Demolition Lovers, it speeds up around when the drums and guitars come in harder and Gerard starts screaming more. I think Demolition Lovers has some other tempo changes as well. Also I think there might be something on Drowning Lessons, but I'm not sure

I would've expected Free Bird to be on here, absolutely legendary tempo change.

Stairway to Heaven. But of course, if you used that as an example you'd be zapped by the death ray.

I think in Bohemian Rhapsody they were going for the double time/half time feel. They aren’t exactly doubles and halves, but it’s pretty close. 72-146 (as opposed to 144), then 139-72. Off by two bpm in the first one and five bpm in the second. Not bad, considering it was played on tape by humans.

The change in harmonic motion helps with the slowdown in "We Are Young." I love how tempo changes can be a little deceptive if the harmonic motion changes at the same time

Why haven't you featured me? When I play I alter the tempo at every bar!

My favourite song that has (quite a few) tempo changes is Ode to Sleep by Twenty One Pilots, because the tempo changes have a specific meaning in the context of the lyrics. The tempo reflects the moods or the state of mind of the narrator that are also in the lyrics. There's parts where the lyrics are upbeat and hopeful, and so the music and the tempo reflects that, and there's slower parts that feel really heavy where the lyrics are quite dark. I just love how the tempo is used to show this huge contrast in the lyrics

Awwww, I was waiting for him to talk about big metal breakdowns where it goes from, like 180 to 45.

Roundabout by Yes has a very subtle tempo change, I only noticed it after playing along to the song, its a very natural speed up, like the band might have been excited recording the song. Edit: actually the tempo is all over the place in the song.

I love how "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Céline Dion plays with tempo. The constant slowing down and speeding up add so much to the song's emotion and make it feel alive!

"Black Parade" is overwhelmingly underrated. I don't care what genres of guitar-based music you may or may not like, it's a masterwork.

I think "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" also changes the tempo twice, the first time from the verse to the bridge/pre-chorus, and then again from the pre-chorus to the chorus (and, of course, again back to the verse)

"Chop Suey" has multiple tempo changes. For some reason, the slowdowns in the chorus manage to heighten the intensity of the music.

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand is one of the best examples of a Tempo change in a song. It hits everytime you listen to it.