Music?

ShinyDragonfly

I know many people like to listen to music while they run.
What are some of your favorite songs to run to?

kristafb

I don't have a specific song that I like but I downloaded the app Fitradio and it gives you a great mix of music for a lot of different genres so you can always find music you like. I highly recommend it.

rduhlir

I just use Pandora's workout station.

likitisplit

I look for songs about 165 BPM

Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Go Speed Racer Go - Ali Dee
I Go to Work - Kool Moe Dee
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
Shadrach - Beastie Boys
Swamp Thing - Pecker
Burn It To The Ground - Nickleback
*Don't Slow Down - Matt and Kim
Hawaii 5-0 - The Ventures
The Last Song - Foo Fighters
Love Like a Fountain - Ian Brown
*Man Like That - Gin Wigmore
The Rifle's Spiral - The Shins
Smokescreen - Willis
TubThumping - Chumbawamba
Guns in the Sky - INXS
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars
*Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
Devil Inside - INXS
Little Sister - Queens of the Stone Age
16 Dollars - Volbeat
I'll Kiss You - Cyndi Lauper
La Bomba - Ricky Martin
*Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
*She Bangs - Ricky Martin
Yeah Yeah - Cyndi Lauper
*The Sun - Maroon 5
*Manic Monday - Reliant K
We Got the Beat - The Go-Gos
Pump It - The Black Eyed Peas
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
Whip It - Devo
Kids Want to Rock - Bryan Adams
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Stuck Like Glue - Sugarland
*I'm So Excited - Pointer Sisters
Salvation - The Cranberries
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
What I Like About You - The Romantics
Come Out and Play - Offspring
La Grange - ZZ Top
Sexy and I Know it - LMFAO

* indicated especial favorites

(And you don't get a list like this without months of refinement.)

stoked2b

I did the entire c25k program using a playlist of All of Breathe Carolina's music. Almost every song has an up tempo beat and I also like the "angry voice" they do. Sometimes I need that screaming to kick my rear in gear.

I tried pandora's "hip hop power workout" and it was just so-so for me. Some songs were too slow and the commercials are a buzzkill.

likitisplit

Thank god for this thread! My iphone died and took my running list with it :sad: :explode: :sad:

bttrthanevr

Noooooo!!!! iphones are not allowed to die!

JoelleAnn78

Don't know what you listen to, but here's my "workout mix" --

Supernatural - Daughtry
Bad Girlfriend - Theory of a Deadman
19 & Crazy - Bombshell
Look What the Cat Dragged In - Poison
Crutch - Theroy of a Deadman
Fight Like a Girl - Bombshell
Brooklyn - Buckcherry
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen
Crazy B!tch - Buckcherry
Talk Dirty to Me - Poison

Some are repeated because of the tempo and I know I will need it to get me back at a good pace. 19 & Crazy is about 4mph -- I used to walk before I took up running. :laugh:

romyhorse

I've got quite a lot of music on my running playlist, but these ones always make me smile, which seems to make running easier:

Dire Straits, Twisting By The Pool (just a fun song)
The Jam, In The City (I'm a child of the 70s and grew up listening to The Jam)
Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer (brings back memories of a ridiculously crazy night out on a uni field trip)
The Proclaimers, There's A Touch (anything by The Proclaimers is great to run to but this is my favourite)

likitisplit

I'll have to check them out.

kristafb

As much as i liked Fitradio at the time of my first post I can now say I LOVE Songza 100 times more!! its a free app that has the best music!! I can highly recommend it! Not only is it an app but you can also go to songza.com and listen to the music on your computer. Its got a lot of playlist that you can customize according to what you're doing (driving, relaxing, exercising etc) and then pick a genre and voila! you've got the music you're in the mood for right then!!