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Best Running Songs EVER

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  • AlmostMrsP
    AlmostMrsP Posts: 65 Member
    Eye of the Tiger.....I mean what's better than motivation from Rocky?

    This one came on yesterday while I was running and totally helped me run a little more even though I didn't want to at ALL.
  • jschm947
    jschm947 Posts: 84 Member
    Great thread!
  • Jdo13
    Jdo13 Posts: 25 Member
    Love this thread!!! I'm always looking for new music!!

    All American Nightmare: Hinder
    Here It Goes Again: OK Go
    54321: Pitpull
    Until the End: Breaking Benjamin
    Warehouse Live: DMB
    Shake Remix: Pitbull
    Rolling in the Deep: Adele
    Pause: Pitbull
  • KTDNLady
    KTDNLady Posts: 13 Member
    I also have to add:

    Whatever - Godsmack
  • apash
    apash Posts: 8 Member
    Cake- Going the Distance
    Beastie Boys- the song "you can't, you wont, don't stop"! I don't know the name but I say it repeatedly when I run :-)
  • CALake
    CALake Posts: 269 Member
    "List of Demands" by Saul Williams- it was a Nike commercial and really gets me going!
  • M_lifts
    M_lifts Posts: 2,218 Member
    bump! some great songs here!
  • sisa2324
    sisa2324 Posts: 164 Member
    Bump
  • fitinprogress
    fitinprogress Posts: 29
    My long-time favorite songs to run/workout to:

    Separate Ways - Journey
    Return of Salieri - Warmen (Well, ANY of the Salieri songs to be honest)
    Every Little Thing - Ra (Cover of an original by Police)
    Into the Moonlight - Dream Evil
    When I Grow Up - ***** Cat Dolls
    Hey Ya - Outkast


    Anything fast with a hard beat. It helps a lot if there is killer guitar involved.
  • robmaguire1
    robmaguire1 Posts: 111
    This was my "set list" on the iPod when I ran a 5K yesterday (9/11).

    Miami 2017- Billy Joel
    New York Groove- Ace Freely
    Cult of Personality- Living Colour
    Running on Empty- Jackson Browne
    It's My Life- Bon Jovi
    Sledgehammer- Peter Gabriel
    Walk- Foo Fighters (always end my runs with this song)
  • Brilynn492
    Brilynn492 Posts: 6 Member
    Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk :smile:
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
    "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus.

    No joke. It really is my power song.
  • pixlamarque
    pixlamarque Posts: 312 Member
    bump
  • 99clmsntgr
    99clmsntgr Posts: 777 Member
    Absolute, number 1 motivator song for me is Metallica's For Whom the Bell Tolls.

    Methinks this thread might inspire me to go make a couple playlists to run to. Usually I just shuffle all or run to Podrunner's pod cast (tonite was an hour of 160 BPM techno trance music. Good stuff!).
  • finchase
    finchase Posts: 174
    See A Little Light - Bob Mould
    Enchanted - Stevie Nicks
    Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy
    Travelin' Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
    These Days - REM
    Everything To Lose - Dido
    Clocks - Coldplay
    Rock While I Can Rock - Steve Forbert
    Barracuda - Heart
    99.9 F - Suzanne Vega
    When I Come Around - Green Day
    Born To Run - Bruce Springstee
    Rolling In The Deep - Adele
    Shout - Isley Brothers
  • Lilliedmd
    Lilliedmd Posts: 5
    Dirt of Your Shoulder by Jay-Z. Good for a 5-6mph run.
  • Sheeshy
    Sheeshy Posts: 133
    Anything by New Politics, Beastie Boys, or Toadies. Although I did have a pretty mellow Liam Finn song come on one day that kept me going, "The Music Moves My Feet". Perfect timing on that one! :)
  • paucar7
    paucar7 Posts: 6
    No Sleep - Wiz Khalifa
    Blow - Kesha
    Without You - Usher/David Guetta
    Sweat - Snoop Dogg/David Guetta
    Icky Thump - The White Stripes
    Don't Mind If I Do - Mac Miller
    Donald Trump - Mac Miller
    Take Over Control - Afrojack
    Hello - Martin Solveig
    Give You Hell - All American Rejects
  • beckyahern7
    beckyahern7 Posts: 8
    Stronger--Kayne West
    Imma Be--Black Eyed Peas
    Rock that Body--Black Eyed Peas
    Cobrastyle--Robyn
    Rio De Janeiro--Ugly Duckling
    Abigail Silk--Ugly Duckling
    Another Samba--Ugly Duckling
    Noam Chomsky Spring Break 2002--Department of Eagles
    Damn Girl--Justin Timberlake
    Brandenburg--Black Violin
    Dirty Orchestra--Black Violin
    Anna Molly--Incubus

    THIS PLAYLIST WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD. TRUST.
    You're welcome in advance ;-)
  • loristroud
    loristroud Posts: 138 Member
    Almost anything by A7X makes me push a million times harder, especially Afterlife and Unholy Confessions.
  • kbrogan78
    kbrogan78 Posts: 158 Member
    I'm not sure how they work for running, since I'm just starting C25K, but these songs give me lots of extra energy for my other workouts:

    Cee Lo Green- Forget You (the non-radio-appropriate version is even better for getting me fired up)
    Ricky Martin- La Vida Loca (please don't judge)
    Arethra Franklin- Respect (a classic!)
  • shauna121211
    shauna121211 Posts: 575 Member
    daft punk - harder, better, faster, stronger :wink:
  • Frankenbarbie01
    Frankenbarbie01 Posts: 432 Member
    Autograph-Sick of Sarah
    Dreaming /Sunday Girl/One way or another-Blondie (ok...anything by Blondieor Debby Harry)
    My Sharona - The knack
    Almost anything by AC/DC or the Cult
    Ultimate running song for me....What I like about you - The Romantics
  • Scarlettdawn764
    Scarlettdawn764 Posts: 856 Member
    Thank you so much whoever suggested Evening Wear by Mindless Self Indulgence. I'm finding a few of their songs to be good for running!
  • pixlamarque
    pixlamarque Posts: 312 Member
    Loads of great stuff on here. In addition,

    White Stripes: Seven Nation Army, Fell in love with a girl
    Violent Femmes: Blister in the Sun and Add it up
    System of a Down: Chop Suey
    White Zombie: More human than human
    Rob Zombie: Living dead girl
    Disturbed: Indestructible and Down with the Sickness (might have been on here already?)
    Marilyn Manson: The beautiful people.
    Limp Bizkit: Just one of those days
    NIN: Animal and Head like a hole.
    Artic Monkeys: Dancing shoes and just about anything else from the Whatever People Say I Am album.
  • lawkat
    lawkat Posts: 538 Member
    Kashmir by Led Zepplin. Has a great beat that I can pace myself to.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Loads of great stuff on here. In addition,

    White Stripes: Seven Nation Army
    Violent Femmes: Blister in the Sun and Add it up
    System of a Down: Chop Suey
    White Zombie: More human than human
    Rob Zombie: Living dead girl
    Disturbed: Indestructible and Down with the Sickness (might have been on here already?)
    Marilyn Manson: The beautiful people.
    Limp Bizkit: Just one of those days
    NIN: Animal and Head like a hole.

    WOW...I have almost every song on your list on my iPod already... I love Rob Zombie's Dragula for hard workouts too! Good Taste!
  • sherip22
    sherip22 Posts: 81 Member
    Don't Stop believing- Journey
    It's My Life - Bonjovi
    I'm on the Edge- Lady gaga
    Stronger- Britney Spears ( don't laugh! it's a good song!)
  • Lavern77
    Lavern77 Posts: 108 Member
    bump
  • tabik30
    tabik30 Posts: 443
    bump
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