Favourite Songs to Exercise to

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LemonBurns
LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
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Sitting here on iTunes creating a new RUNNING mix... could use some suggestions for upbeat songs that really make you MOVE!

So far I've got:
* Wild Ones - The Hit Club
* Wanna Go - Britney Spears
* I Kissed a Girl - Katy Perry
* Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
* Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson
* Raise your Glass - Pink
* Boyfriend - Beiber
* Bass Down Low - Dev

Thanks in advance for the suggestions :)
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  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
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    Seriously? No one has any suggestions? You all workout in Silence ;)
  • hawaii86442
    hawaii86442 Posts: 167
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    I use the Salsa music channel from DirectV
  • MellieRN
    MellieRN Posts: 7
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    Here are a few of the songs in my Running/Lifting playlist that push me further:

    In The Dark- Dev
    Lose Yourself-Eminem
    Blackout- Breathe Carolina
    International Love- Pitbull
    We Found Love- Rihanna
    Turn Me On- David Guetta
    Memories- David Guetta
    Tonight is the Night- Outasight
    Sexy and I know it_ LMFAO (makes me laugh every time I hear it when working out)
    T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)- Will.I.Am
    Sorry For party Rocking- LMFAO
    Part of Me- Katy Perry
    Tongue Tied- Grouplove
    Turn Up The Music- Chris Brown
    Call Me Maybe- Carly Rae Jepsen
    Just Dance- Lady GaGa
    Backseat- New Boyz
    Bangarang- Skrillex
    Equinox- Skrillex
    Rock N Roll- Skrillex
    Kill Everybody- Skrillex

    I like to mix it up with some Rock and Country too, but listed songs here based on the genre you referenced.

    Hope this helps!
  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
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    THANK YOU!!! I appreciate the input... Oh. And I love ROCK, as well - I am a HUGE 80's/90's Glam-Rock fan ;) ha ha
  • Lukazetta
    Lukazetta Posts: 427 Member
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    You're welcome.
  • MellieRN
    MellieRN Posts: 7
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    OOOHHH...Almost forgot one of my fav's: Talk That Talk- Rihanna
  • Eureka175
    Eureka175 Posts: 77 Member
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    There is another thread "What does your workout playlist look like" - I believe its under Exercise & Fitness - check it out, lots of ideas:)
  • b3kah5
    b3kah5 Posts: 280 Member
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    I have to use music with really high bpm.
    Muse-Uprising
    Muse-Supermassive Black Hole
    Rolling Stones-Paint it Black
    Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams
    Katy Perry-ET
    Prima J-Rock Star (Don't judge me lol)
    JoJo-sexy to Me
    and most anything by Kat deLuna
  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
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    There is another thread "What does your workout playlist look like" - I believe its under Exercise & Fitness - check it out, lots of ideas:)

    I will have to do that - thanks :)
  • WittneeT29
    WittneeT29 Posts: 47 Member
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    My new favorite think is Pandora on my iPhone set to Ke$ha station. I LOVE it!

    With that said, some of m favorite workout songs are:

    Anything Ke$ha (too cool for school, I am)
    The Eye of the Tiger
    Baby Got Back -- Sir Mix a Lot
    Rockstar -- Nickelback
    Piece of Me -- Britney Spears
    The Great Escape -- Boys Like Girls
    Footloose (workout remix)
    Do It Well -- Jennifer Lopez
    Move ***** -- Ludacris
    Crazy ***** -- Buckcherry
    Good Time -- Alan Jackson
    Stronger -- Kanye
    See You Again -- Miley Cyrus
    He Said She Said -- Headstrong

    Okay, that gives an idea. I have more stuff and am kind of all over the map. Sometimes I run to stand up comedy :)
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
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    Mines a mix of dubstep and rock.. Just random albums.
  • Tamitex
    Tamitex Posts: 11
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    I like to run to upbeat songs but one of my favorite is Mess of Me by Switchfoot. Its one of my power songs on my Nike GPS. Here are some others dont judge me LOL

    Bottoms Up - Nicki Minaj
    Candy Shop - 50 Cent
    Hell of a Season - The Black Keys
    Kush - Snoop Dogg
    Like a G6 - Free Wired
    Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
    No Church in the Wild - Kayne West
    Not Afraid - Eminem
    Stronger - Kayne West
  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
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    FOOTLOSE!! - yes, of course!!!

    What about WHAM?!? - "Wake me Up before you Go Go"
    Then there's QUEEN - "Don't Stop me Now"
    and INXS - "Devil Inside"
  • 2Bskinny4good_Stacie
    2Bskinny4good_Stacie Posts: 40
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    These are some of my favorite songs to run to, depending on the day...:some are "happy" songs and some not so much but all have a great beat:

    Mr. Saxobeat-Alexandra Stan
    Let Me Think About It-J Rae
    Evacuate the Dance Floor-Cascada
    Wait A MInute-remix by the Allstars
    I Like to Move it-The workout heros
    One, Two Step-Power Music Workout
    Sexy & I Know it-DJ Shocker & Chani
    Womanizer-J Rae
    Somebody's Watching Me-remix DJ Brian Howe
    Breathe-The Prodigy
    Danza Kuduro-Don Omar & Lucenzo
    Dragula-Rob Zombie
    The Good LIfe-Three Days Grace
    Hot N Cold-Katie Perry
    High-Jimmie's Chicken Shack
    Killing in the Name-Rage Against the Machine
    Make Me Bad-Korn
    I Come From the Water-Toadies
    Lose Yourself-Eminem
    Moves Like Jagger-Maroon 5
    Smooth Criminal-Alien Ant Farm
    Uprising-Muse
    Whatever-Godsmack
    Woman-Wolfmother
    Head Like a Hole-Nine Inch Nails
    Bodies-Drowning Pool
    Bad Girlfriend-Theory of a Deadman
    You Make the Rain Fall-DB Sound
    Crazy *****-Buckcherry (edited out I guess B*tch is the missing word with an "i")
    Super Bon Bon-Soul Coughing
  • maisierita
    maisierita Posts: 3
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    I've got half of those on my ipod also.

    I've also got, among others:
    All the Small Things (Blink 182)
    Blow (Ke$ha)
    Bulletproof (La Roux)
    Conga (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, how embarrassing)
    Dirty Little Secret (The All-American Rejects)
    Dynamite (Taio Cruz)
    Face Down (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - not exactly upbeat by makes me move)
    Get Ready for This (The Starlite Singers - basically no words, but a good beat)
    Get the Party Started (P!nk)
    Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne - I love working out to this)
    Holiday (Green Day)
    Hot N Cold (Katy Perry)
    I Don't Wanna Be in Love (Good Charlotte)
    If I Had You (Adam Lambert - such a silly song but I still love working out to it)
    Jellyhead (Crush)
    The Cup of Life (Ricky Martin, embarrassing again)
    Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Good Charlotte)
    The Middle (Jimmy Eat World)
    Misery Business (Paramore - again, not especially upbeat but great beat)
    Move Along (The All-American Rejects)
    Ohio (Come Back To Texas) (Bowling for Soup)
    Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne)
    So What (P!nk)
    Take it Off (Ke$ha)
    Tik Tok (Ke$ha, though the beginning is a little slow)
    U + Ur Hand (P!nk)
    Voulez-Vous Danser (Ace of Base)
    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham! - ha, this cracks me up that it's on my ipod)
    Walk This WAy (Run-DMC, I love the hook)
    What's My Age Again? (blink-182)
    What the Hell (Avril Lavigne)

    I'll have to check out the ones on your list that I don't know, though I'm not sure I could bring myself to put Justin Bieber on my ipod, and my kids might kill me ... ;)
  • chopinlover21
    chopinlover21 Posts: 2
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    bump
  • LemonBurns
    LemonBurns Posts: 538 Member
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    These are ALL very AWEsome suggestions... keep 'em coming! I am going to have THE best mix EVER!!!
  • Crystella82
    Crystella82 Posts: 2
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    I download from Itunes the Ministry of Sound running Traxx, best ever. Always has up beat songs and keeps you motived. If you go to the Fitness/Workout Catergory in your Itunes Store, you can download songs that you want, I preview them first and just download the songs that I would like.
  • kbeckley11
    kbeckley11 Posts: 203 Member
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    Mika- Grace Kelly
    The Darkness- I Believe in a Thing Called Love
    Cheap Trick- Surrender
  • sarahdee2007
    sarahdee2007 Posts: 257
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    [90s]

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