80's Motivational Song Playlist

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  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
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    bainsworth1a wrote: »
    this is not a motivational song but i really like exercising to the beat Eurythmics Sweet Dreams are made of this 1983

    I'm putting it on the list! I can hear that synth scale at the beginning really getting me going.
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
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    Mishy wrote: »
    Ozzy
    Crazy Train
    War Pigs
    Iron Man

    Poison
    Talk Dirty To Me
    Fallen Angel
    Nothin' But a Good Time

    Guns N Roses
    My Michelle
    Welcome to the Jungle
    Paradise City
    You Could Be Mine

    AC/DC
    Back in Black
    You Shook Me All Night Long
    Highway to Hell

    Danzig
    Mother

    Guns N Roses is an overlooked source of workout music, in my opinion.
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
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    Ut kind of depends as well whats happening in the workout. Lifting I use different music than rowing or cardio or running. Rythm etc is important.
  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
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    A lot of mine have been mentioned already (ACDC, GNR)! This is an awesome thread. :)

    Kenny Loggins, Playing with the Boys (yes, That Volleyball Sequence)
    on a technicality, the Beatles, "Twist and Shout" cover
    Pat Benetar, "Heartbreaker"
    Bruce Springsteen, "Murder Incorporated"
    Bon Jovi, "You Give Love a Bad Name"
    Foreigner, "Jukebox Hero"
    Robert Palmer, "Simply Irresistible"
    B-52s, "Love Shack"
  • Shananigans457
    Shananigans457 Posts: 486 Member
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    I'm a fan of Journey for some good motivation from the 80's. :)
  • Bill8855
    Bill8855 Posts: 4,267 Member
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    Hearts on Fire. Jon Cafferty

    This Is the son from the montage following Apollo's death.
    Sticking with the rocky theme.
  • jlewisrn74
    jlewisrn74 Posts: 94 Member
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    LOVING this thread!!! A great playlist can make or break my run. My favorite is pour some sugar on me and living on a prayer. I have those 2X in my play list so they come on twice during a long run.
  • cdlee05
    cdlee05 Posts: 718 Member
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    Journey - Seperate Ways
  • GreenGoddess22
    GreenGoddess22 Posts: 3,821 Member
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    Footloose and Walking on Sunshine always put me in an upbeat, I can do anything mood.
  • jlewisrn74
    jlewisrn74 Posts: 94 Member
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    I can't wait until tomorrow and I can add some of these songs!! Great suggestions! I can't wait

  • cdlee05
    cdlee05 Posts: 718 Member
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    ^ditto
  • losingrae
    losingrae Posts: 260 Member
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    Fleetwood Mac isn't really 80's but it dawned on me during a run that most of their songs have the perfect rhythm to match my run.

    Also when I first started running, I had this hilly 3 mile loop. I made it a goal to run the whole thing by Mother's Day starting in March. If I went one direction, I ended on a flat. If I went the other way, I ended with a big hill. The Saturday before Mother's Day, I went the big hill way and was actually running the whole thing. I came to the hill and told myself, don't let it stop you. I swear to God I had the "Eye of the Tiger" song in my head the whole way up that hill and I totally did the Rocky arms up, jumping around when I reached the top. I know these are two different movies...but Eye of the Tiger is way more motivating than "Gonna Fly Now"--or whatever that song is.
  • bainsworth1a
    bainsworth1a Posts: 313 Member
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    tincanonastring wrote: »
    bainsworth1a wrote: »
    this is not a motivational song but i really like exercising to the beat Eurythmics Sweet Dreams are made of this 1983

    I'm putting it on the list! I can hear that synth scale at the beginning really getting me going.

    Glad you like it :)
  • fatcatsrule247
    fatcatsrule247 Posts: 19
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    Sister Christian
  • tincanonastring
    tincanonastring Posts: 3,944 Member
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    I'm going to have to learn2marathon just so I can fit all these songs! Worth it!
  • jlewisrn74
    jlewisrn74 Posts: 94 Member
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    About to go for a long run and just downloaded a bunch of these songs! Thanks!
  • gsmi77
    gsmi77 Posts: 1
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    Don't forget Ratt- Round and Round
  • Live2InspireHope
    Live2InspireHope Posts: 157 Member
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    Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane
    Men At Work – Down Under
    Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round
    Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
    A Flock of Seagulls – I Ran
    I Want a New Drug - H. Lewis
    Silent Running - Mike and the Mechanics
    Thin Red Line - Glass Tiger
    Major Tom - Peter Schilling
    Come Dancing - Kinks
    Invincible - Pat Benatar
    No Easy Way Out - Robert Tepper You have Rocky on your post one best rocky songs!
    Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
    All The Right Moves - Jennifer warnes Chris thompson
    The Runner - Manferd Mann
    It's a dead mans Party - Oingo Boingo
    One Night In bangkok - Murry Head
    Black Cars - Gino Vanelli
    A Veiw To a Kill - Duran Duran!
    All you Zombies - The Hooters
    Saved By Zero - The Fixx
    In a big country - Big Country
    Obsession - Animotion
    Always On My Mind - Shop Boys
    Nothing's gonna stop me now - Samantha Fox
    Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
    Taking My Chances - The Outfield
    That Was Yesterday - Foreigner
    The Kid Is hot Tonight - Loverboy
    Mr Roboto - Styx
    Fantasy - Aldo Nova
    Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel
    Puttin On the Ritz - Taco
    Manic Monday - The Bangles
    We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's
    Don't Pay The Ferryman - Chris de Burgh This song really still one of my best from 80s

    I could go on and on loved the 80s Skinny Tie Music everything was just about crazy hair and being a Teen the clothes and everything about the music. What it would have been like had Yoga pants been the fad back then i would have never learned a thing in school :D
  • dln1975
    dln1975 Posts: 62 Member
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    This is a great thread!! I'm seeing lots of "new" ones to add to my playlist! Love it!
  • Mishy
    Mishy Posts: 1,551 Member
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    Technically released in 1978 according to the Google machine; one of my favorite songs to run to is Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen.

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