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    For the runners: Motivating Running Songs

    Posts: 284 Member
    edited December 2024 in Motivation and Support
    I need a new playlist, stat. I'm a big Florence & The Machine, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Hollywood Undead fan. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated :)

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    • Posts: 40 Member
      As corny as it sound I have about 5 songs from the Rocky movies in my playlist, Eye of the Tiger, Gonna Fly etc.....thos have always been my standard motivational/workout songs
    • Posts: 99 Member
      That nanana song by my chemical romance does the trick for me
    • Posts: 714
      Low by Flo Rida always gets me going...lol, don't know why.
    • Posts: 39
      I was a runner in the 80's and my favorite song in my head was Whitesnake's "here I go again"
    • Posts: 39
      Now as a cyclist I like Rev Theory's "hell yea"
    • Posts: 284 Member
      I was a runner in the 80's and my favorite song in my head was Whitesnake's "here I go again"

      ^^GREAT suggestion! Always makes me think of Old School :)

      Love the other suggestions too!! Thank-you! And keep them coming :)
    • Posts: 14 Member
      Stronger by Kelly Clarkson

      pretty much any song by florida helps me finish my run
    • Posts: 284 Member
      Stronger by Kelly Clarkson

      pretty much any song by florida helps me finish my run

      Stronger has not made it to my Ipod...and really should be on there. Ty!!
    • Posts: 108
      Bump!
    • Posts: 2
      Queen - Don't Stop Me Now is fun song I put toward the end of my run to keep me going.
    • Posts: 154 Member
      Queen - Don't Stop Me Now is fun song I put toward the end of my run to keep me going.

      Love that in my playlist. I also enjoy Boom Boom Pow by Black Eyed Peas. There's a great website for choosing songs by beats per minute to match up to how fast you run.

      http://jog.fm/
    • Posts: 1,588 Member
      The Fighter

      It's a new song can't remember by who but it is a great getting through the last mile song!
    • Posts: 714
      Stronger by Kelly Clarkson

      pretty much any song by florida helps me finish my run

      That's a good one...I love that song!

      And yep, I agree about Flo Rida too :-)
    • Posts: 284 Member
      The Fighter

      It's a new song can't remember by who but it is a great getting through the last mile song!

      Just listened to it! Great call!! If it's the same one I just listened to, it's Gym Class Heroes ft. Ryan Tedder. Ty :)
    • Posts: 3 Member
      Songs on my iPod running playlist that I think have great beats for running, and that always result in me running a little harder/faster:

      White Stripes - Seven nation army
      Bon Jovi - It's my life
      Iron Maiden - Wicker man
      Black Eyed Peas - Let's get it started
      Eminem - Lose yourself
      Linkin Park - Breaking the habit
      Ram Jam - Black betty
      Neil Young - Rockin' in the free world
      Van Halen - Dreams
    • Posts: 55 Member
      Queen - Don't Stop Me Now is fun song I put toward the end of my run to keep me going.

      I got it on mine now too. It came on as the last song(randomly) when doing the C2K5 week 9 and thought it was appropriate for the end of a run.
    • Posts: 159
      Bossa Nova Baby - Viva Elvis
      Miami 2 Ibiza - Swedish House Mafia
      T.O.R.N.A.D.O. - The Go!Team
      Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal
      Commander - David Guetta
      Bad Girls - MIA
      Bad Kids - Lady Gaga
      Blow - Ke$ha
      Super Bass - Nicki Minaj
      Remember The Name - Fort Minor

      The Workout Mix 2011 has some pretty good songs as well. :)
    • Posts: 284 Member
      You guys rock!! Thank-you! And keep them coming :)
    • Posts: 2,406 Member
      I like to put gag songs in my running playlists to make myself laugh in the middle of long runs. "Do you think I'm sexy" always gets put randomly in the middle, "Something in the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins and "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (yes, I Rick Roll myself). It brightens an otherwise hum-drum sort of run.

      Go to songs for me though are "No Light, No Light" by Florence and the Machine, "Freaks and Geeks" by Childish Gambino and "Judas" by Lady Gaga.
    • Posts: 546 Member
      bump
    • Posts: 192 Member
      Lady Gaga . . . ANYTHING Lady Gaga lol. With a little bit of LMFAO mixed in. :wink:
      Though I've also found the NOW Dance (old ones and new ones) and Hip Hop mixes to be pretty good for the long runs.
      I love all these suggestions though, I've also been looking for some new material.
      :drinker:
    • Posts: 70 Member
      "Made" by Dub FX. Check out his video on youtube performing on the streets.
    • Posts: 284 Member
      I like to put gag songs in my running playlists to make myself laugh in the middle of long runs. "Do you think I'm sexy" always gets put randomly in the middle, "Something in the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins and "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (yes, I Rick Roll myself). It brightens an otherwise hum-drum sort of run.

      Go to songs for me though are "No Light, No Light" by Florence and the Machine, "Freaks and Geeks" by Childish Gambino and "Judas" by Lady Gaga.

      I put a few gag songs on mine too! I like 1980 by Dirt Nasty. It's graphic but it makes me laugh! And I too have "Never Gonna Give you Up" on my iPod. No shame here!!! :smile:
    • Posts: 58 Member
      My newest addition is "f*&^ you betta" by Neon Hitch. Love.
    • Posts: 217
      Bumping this for later when I edit my iPod!

      I like ACDC "It's A Long Way to the Top" for running :)
    • Posts: 40 Member
      Warm up: Hold on Loosely - 38 special
      Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
      I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
      Not Afraid - Eminem
      Stronger - Britney Spears
      Just the Way you Are - Bruno Mars
      Hero - Skillet
      The War Inside - Switchfoot
      Winning -- Santana

      Love some of the suggestions here...time to add to the playlist!
    • Posts: 86 Member
      My current playlist:
      "One Foot" Fun. (warm up)
      "Impossible" Anberlin
      "Open Road Song" Eve 6
      "Stronger" Kelly Clarkson
      "U + UR Hand" Pink (teehee!)
      "The Anthem" Pitbull feat. Lil John
      "You Make Me Feel..." Cobra Starship feat. Sabi
      "#1 Nite" Cobra Starship
      "Sweetness" Jimmy Eat World (cool down)

      I'm a pretty slow runner so I don't know what the bpm's are for these songs. All I know is they get me going! I am starting to get bored with them, though, so I'm gonna go read this topic more carefully and get some ideas. :drinker:

      EDIT: I should add, although it's probably clear, that I like stupid cheesy music to run to. Older playlists included Bon Jovi, Rick Astley, Shakira, Billy Idol, etc.
    • Posts: 30 Member
      Usher - OMG
      Black Eyed Peas - any song they ever made, lol
      Beyonce - Single Ladies, Upgrade You; Sweet Dream; Deja Vu; Until the End of Time...too many to list!
      Destiny's Child - Bootylicious, Survivor; Sexy Daddy
      Ke$ha - Blow
      Lagy Gaga - Alejandro
      Timbaland/Pitbull - Pass at Me

      These all make me run faster, harder...partly because I want to shake my booty to them :)
    • Posts: 48
      I love Florence & the Machine. They are always on my exercise playlist!

      These don't necessarily all fit in with your style of music, but here's some favorites from my playlists.

      Parade - Garbage
      Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men
      Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
      This Head I Hold - Electric Guest
      Keep on Livin' - Le Tigre
      Alive - Beastie Boys
      Pocketful of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
      F***in' Perfect - P!nk
      Misty Mountain - Ferron
      What I Got - Sublime
      That's the Way We Flow - Queen Latifah
      One Day - Matisyahu
    • Posts: 2
      Beyonce- Put a ring on it
      Snoop Dogg- Sweat
      Snoop Dogg- SIgns
      Hole- Celebrity Skin
      Jay Z- Big Pimpin
      Maroon 5- Moves like Jagger
      JLo- On the floor
      Rihanna- S&M
      Blink 182- All the small things
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