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50 Best Drum and Bass Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Updated on September 11, 2025
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Best Drum and Bass Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a kind of rush that drum and bass nails better than anything else. It’s jittery but smooth, anxious but alive, the kind of sound that makes your chest feel like it’s trying to keep pace with the kick. You might be scrolling late at night, half-tired, when one of those tracks hits under a clip of someone sprinting across a city bridge or showing the glow of a club at 2 a.m. The beat takes the wheel, and suddenly the moment feels bigger, like the rhythm decided the mood for everyone watching.

Drum and bass pulls at a different thread than pop, rock, country, and R&B songs. It’s not tidy, not clean, not built to hold your hand through a caption. Instead it throws you into the noise and asks you to find balance inside the chaos. Some of these songs might not be literally tied to the theme, but they capture the energy that fits anyway. A reel can turn into something else entirely when the drums start racing under the surface, almost like they’re daring your followers to keep up.

These aren’t tracks that smile at the camera. They twitch, they shake, they hit hard when everything around them feels unstable. That’s why they land so well in Stories and Reels, making people pause for a second in their scroll because the sound won’t let them ignore it. Here are the best drum and bass songs for Instagram reels and stories.

Top 10 Drum and Bass Instagram Songs

1. 'Solar System' by Sub Focus

2. 'All I Know' by Rudimental ft. Khalid

3. 'BACKBONE' by Chase & Status ft. Stormzy

4. 'Angel' by Dimension, Sub Focus & NGHTMRE ft. Mougleta

5. 'On & On' by Sub Focus ft. bbyclose

6. 'Sientelo' by Mefjus & Camo & Krooked

7. 'Do It All' by Rameses B, Southby, Wigal

8. 'We Are One' by Rameses B ft. Veela

9. 'First To Go' by Andromedik & Ayah Marar

10. 'Don't Let Me Go' by The Prototypes

Best Drum and Bass Selections #11 to 20

11. 'Feel The Vibration' by Kanine

12. 'Just Hold On' by Sub Focus & Wilkinson

13. 'Only You' by K Motionz ft. Emily Makis

14. 'The Time Is Now' by Culture Shock

15. 'Sweet Lies' by Wilkinson ft. Karen Harding

16. 'Miracle' by Culture Shock

17. 'You Make It Better' by Sub Focus

18. 'Gold Dust' by DJ Fresh

19. 'Need To Feel Loved' by Reflekt

20. 'Afterglow' by Wilkinson ft. Becky Hill

Top Drum and Bass Picks #21 to 30

21. 'Messy' by Lola Young

22. 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A.

23. 'I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)' by Four Tops

24. 'Inner City Life' by Goldie

25. 'Valley Of The Shadows' by Origin Unknown

26. 'Breathe' by Wilkinson ft. Shannon Saunders

27. 'Blind Faith' by Chase & Status

28. 'Tarantula' by Pendulum

29. 'End Credits' by Chase & Status ft. Plan B

30. 'Miracle' by Sub Focus & Dimension

Popular Drum and Bass Songs #31 to 40

31. 'Tidal Wave' by Sub Focus ft. Alpines

32. 'Easy' by DJ Zinc

33. 'Still Here' by Stay

34. 'Miracle' by Alok, The Chainsmokers, Arcando

35. 'Give & Take' by Metrik

36. 'Is This Love' by Wilkinson ft. iiola

37. 'All Eyes On Me' by Fox Stevenson

38. 'Take It Off' by Fisher

39. 'Another Life' by Karyuu ft. Jaylenn

40. 'Hide U' by Kosheen

Modern Drum and Bass Tracks #41 to 50

41. 'Odyssey' by 1991

42. 'Wildfire' by Sub Focus ft. KAZADI

43. 'With Me' by METHOD & UNTIL DAWN

44. 'Push The Tempo' by Sub Focus ft. Katy B

45. 'The Music' by Kove

46. 'Your Eyes' by Andromedik

47. 'Midnight Steps' by Silence Groove

48. 'The Emptiness Machine' by Linkin Park

49. 'Freed From Desire' by Gala

50. 'Go Back (We Can't)' by Pirapus

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