For the runners: Motivating Running Songs

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YogaNikki
YogaNikki Posts: 284 Member
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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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  • brun73
    brun73 Posts: 40 Member
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    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
  • Cwilbanks12105
    Cwilbanks12105 Posts: 99 Member
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    That nanana song by my chemical romance does the trick for me
  • MtnKat
    MtnKat Posts: 714
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    Low by Flo Rida always gets me going...lol, don't know why.
  • bikechic61
    bikechic61 Posts: 39
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    I was a runner in the 80's and my favorite song in my head was Whitesnake's "here I go again"
  • bikechic61
    bikechic61 Posts: 39
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    Now as a cyclist I like Rev Theory's "hell yea"
  • YogaNikki
    YogaNikki Posts: 284 Member
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    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 :)
  • mtamashiro
    mtamashiro Posts: 14 Member
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    Stronger by Kelly Clarkson

    pretty much any song by florida helps me finish my run
  • YogaNikki
    YogaNikki Posts: 284 Member
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    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!!
  • Icedancer94
    Icedancer94 Posts: 108
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    Bump!
  • mma_1176
    mma_1176 Posts: 2
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    Queen - Don't Stop Me Now is fun song I put toward the end of my run to keep me going.
  • exwilson
    exwilson Posts: 154 Member
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    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/
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
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    The Fighter

    It's a new song can't remember by who but it is a great getting through the last mile song!
  • MtnKat
    MtnKat Posts: 714
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    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 :-)
  • YogaNikki
    YogaNikki Posts: 284 Member
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    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 :)
  • mneveu
    mneveu Posts: 3 Member
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    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
  • naprestsleep
    naprestsleep Posts: 55 Member
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    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.
  • louised88
    louised88 Posts: 159
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    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. :)
  • YogaNikki
    YogaNikki Posts: 284 Member
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    You guys rock!! Thank-you! And keep them coming :)
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    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.
  • shanae727
    shanae727 Posts: 546 Member
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