I remember when I was 18, at home during winter break freshman year in college. My father had moved to a new town, and I had nothing much to do with myself — except run, of course. Only, Massachusetts in January is so cold … and at the time I really didn’t have any cold-weather running gear. So it was tough to get going. For motivation, I’d pump up AC/DC’s Thunderstruck . It’d never fail to get me out the door.
In the winter of 1998-’99, training for my first marathon in New Hampshire, I pretty much exclusively listened to Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill and Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled album on my handheld cassette deck.
In the summer I don’t listen to music so much … but now that it’s winter again, I’m looking to refresh the tunes in my little Samsung YP-MT6 MP3 player. With y’all’s help, I also thought I’d try to make a little list of some of the best running music … either angry stuff, tunes with driving beats you can “dance” to at a 7:30 pace, or cheesy lyrics related to running.
- Just about anything by Rage, esp. “Killing In The Name”, “Freedom”, and “Bullet in the Head”
- U2’s “Vertigo”, “All Because of You”
- Pearl Jam’s “Do the Evolution,” “Push Me Pull Me”, “Not For You”, “Hail Hail”
- AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck”, “Moneytalks” and “Are You Ready”
- Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” (Rocky III theme)
- Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” and “Born in the U.S.A.”
- Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”
- Cake’s “The Distance”
- Veruca Salt’s “Volcano Girls”
- The Offspring’s “Nitro (Youth Energy)”
- The Rolling Stones’ “Jumping Jack Flash”
- Tori Amos’ “Crucify”
- Beastie Boys’ “Sabatage”, “Fight for Your Right”
- Liz Phair’s “Supernova”
- Fatboy Slim’s “Right Here, Right Now”
- Neil Young’s “Freedom”
- Weezer’s “Buddy Holly”
- Moby’s “Run On”, “Bodyrock”
- Guns n’ Roses, “Welcome to the Jungle,” “It’s So Easy”
- Hole, “Violet”
- Brian Setzer Orchestra, “Jump Jive an’ Wail”
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, “Jumpin’ Jack”
- Meredith Brooks, “Bitch”
- Puff Daddy & the Family, “Victory”
- Tribe, “Joyride”
- Stone Temple Pilots, “Vasoline”
- Silverchair, “Lie to Me”
- Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
- Cracker, “Let’s Go For a Ride”
- Kool & The Gang, “Jungle Boogie” (on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack)
- Bush, “Everything Zen”
Please help me out here with suggestions for new songs, or songs you think don’t belong… There are also a pretty good lists of running songs here and here.
UPDATE: Also try,
Good Charlotte, “The Anthem”
Jimmy Eat World, “Pain”
Some of my favorites (keeping it to the less obscure):
Ian Van Dahl – Castles in the Sky
ATB – Let U Go, Believe in Me (Club Mix), Killer 2000, 9PM (Til I come)
Aurora – Ordinary World (Above & Beyond remix)
Moby – James Bond Theme (dance mix)
Ace of Base – Beautiful Life (ok stop laughing…but its got a good beat)
Good Charlotte – Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Bon Jovi – Run Away
Bryan Adams – Summer of ’69
BT – Dreaming (Tiesto Mix)
Chicane – Don’t Give Up
As far as you selections, a good mix. I would add Cake’s I will Survive and Moby’s James Bond Theme to the list..
I have many trance/dance type tunes that aren’t as familar to the eye as well (which is usually about 80% of my workout music). I’d be happy to share that as well. This was a fun entry to respond to…I’m always looking for new suggestions for music.
Excellent. And share away! We always welcome obscurity here.
Brooklyn sent me his running lists, which are in an Excel spreadsheet. I’ve uploaded them: running, warmup and cooldown.
I go for lots of techno-based stuff, including the James Bond theme done by Moby (rock on, Uptown Girl). A few others…
Sanctuary – The Cult
Space Age Love Song – Flock of Seagulls (no, really)
Manic Depression – Jimi Hendrix
Rock the Body – Moby (might have the title wrong here)
Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen – Baz Lerhman
Elevation – U2
Searching – Luther Vandross
I Feel Love – Donna Summer (the 8-minute remix)
One tune I’d recommend for you, Mofo, as well as the Running Red Sox fan and maybe Alison is the Dropkick Murphy’s kick-ass, punk version of “Dirty Water” from their album “Live on St. Patrick’s Day.” It rocks.
P.S. Here is Elyssa /Uptown Girl’s Excel spreadsheet of running tunes. Am I the only one without one?
Thanks, Derek, for providing a link to my website, jogTunes.com. I welcome any suggestions, comments, and impressions about the site and its content. Your blog has generated some great lists. I plan on checking out the BPMs so I can place them in my site’s database.
Best,
Bob
If you want to try some more dance orientated stuff I can make you a mix of some house music the BPM would all be about 120-130, I don’t know if that will keep you on a 7:30 pace or not..
In the meantime you could try:
Bodyrockers – I Like The Way You Move
Shakedown – Feel Much Better
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army (Adam Freeland Remix)
The Killers – Somebody Told Me (Mylo Club Mix)
Junior Jack – Stupid Disco
Boogie Pimps – Somebody to Love (Remix)
Kings of Tomorrow – Thru (Junior Jack Remix)
Freestylers – Push Up
never too late to respond to this one i guess…
first off, those who do read my blog know my tastes run towards the dancier side…though i will stick other genres in occasionally.
in terms of full-length CD’s-i stand by Madonna’s “Confessions on a Dancefloor” and also love Kylie Minogue’s “Fever”-the latter CD barely left my CD walkman while running loops in the Central Park in the summer of ’03. Both have upbeat, fast-paced songs, and I never felt the need to skip over a song (unless there was a song i wanted to repeat.)
Songs…anything by the following artists:
Madonna (especially “Holiday” and “Ray of Light”)
Kylie Minogue (especially “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” and “Better the Devil You Know”)
Deborah Cox (especially “Easy As Life” and “Things Just Ain’t the Same”)
(and if you have songs by any of those artists on your playlist during the first mile or 2 of a half marathon, you *will* go out too fast. i’m jes sayin 🙂 )
And a few (or more than a few) others I love:
Move On Up-Curtis Mayfield
Don’t Stop Movin’-Livin’ Joy
Cruel Summer-Bananarama
Karma (Karmastition Remix)-Alicia Keys
Run Away-Real McCoy
Move Your Body-Eiffel 65
Un-break My Heart-Toni Braxton
The Warrior-Scandal
Could You Be Loved-Bob Marley
One More Time-Daft Punk
Love On My Mind-Freemasons
Put Em High-Stonebridge
Music Sounds Better With You-Stardust
Pump It-Black Eyed Peas
Fill Me In-Craig David
This Is How We Do It-Montell Jordan
I Turn To You-Melanie C
This Love-Maroon 5
Desert Rose (remix)-Sting
No More Drama (remix)-Mary J. Blige
Red Alert-Basement Jaxx
Rich Girl-Gwen Stefani
Insomnia-Faithless
Good Life-Inner City
Check The Rhime-Tribe Called Quest
Hey Ya-Outkast
Little Red Corvette-Prince
Whenever Wherever-Shakira
little bit of a tangent-anyone in the NY metro area remember WLIR/92.7-a radio station that broadcasted out of Long Island? Between 1999 and 2002…that played the best mix of non-top 40 dance and a little (non-hard) rock…i remember seeing their top song list of 2000 (i think that was the year) not too long ago and thinking…a lot of these songs would make awesome running playlist.
wow, guess i got carried away here. a topic like this is catnip for me.
[…] I am making myself a ferocious running mix for my MP3 player. We are talking 512 MB of fast-paced running tunes. Thank you to everyone that contributed to my last post on running music, esp. Uptown Girl (for introducing me to ATB) and my brother Evan (The White Stripes). I will post the full mix here when I am done. […]
Here’s my weird mix of music on my ipod right now:
1. Staple It Together – Jack Johnson
2. Big Mouth Strikes Again – The Smiths
3. Mr. Brightside – The Killers
4. Talk – Coldplay
5. Two Step – Dave Matthews Band
6. Violently Happy – Bjork
7. Wild – Poe
8. You Have Killed Me – Morrissey
9. First Of The Gang To Die – Morrissey
10. Still Ill – The Smiths
11. Holes In Heaven – Jack Johnson
12. Lost In A Plot – The Dears
13. Worn Me Down – Rachel Yamagata
14. Precious – Depeche Mode
15. Bubble Toes – Jack Johnson
16. Speed Of Sound – Coldplay
17. Yellow – Coldplay
18. Alarm Call – Bjork
19. Feel You Like River – ATB with Heather Nova
20. Too Much – Dave Matthews
21. In The Future When All’s Well – Morrissey
22. Suedehead – Morrissey
23. Warm and Sunny Days – The Dears
24. Life in Mono – Mono
25. On A High – Duncan Sheik
26. White Limousine – Duncan Sheik
27. Perfect Kind Of Day – Howie Day
28. Side – Travis
29. Shopping – Duncan Sheik
30. How Soon Is Now – The Smiths
[…] Also, fellow NYDN blogger Sam Borden thinks “Eye of the Tiger” is “the best song to have playing as you run on a treadmill.” C’mon … he may know baseball but not his running music… […]
Here is my running playlist, I love finding new songs for running.
Audiobullys – “Hit the Ceiling”
Bloc Party – “This Modern Love”
Eifel 65 – “Move Your Body”
Electric 6 – “Danger High Voltage”
Gorillaz – “Dare”
Kylie Minogue – “Can’t Get you out of my Head”
Puretone – “Addicted to Bass”
Shakira – “Ready for the Good Times”
Venus Hum – “Hummingbirds”
PLUS check out the soundtrack to the film RUN LOLA RUN
I really like running to different beats for speed work and cooldowns…
speedwork tunes…. (some of them you have to run double the music time)
politk – Coldplay
dreamteam – Spearhead
army – Ben Folds Five
shes the one – St. Ettiene
the sign – Ace of Base
mirror in the bathroom – English Beat
I will write later with more great site!!!!
Call me old school — but here are my running songs
“Cocaine” — Eric Clapton
“In the Evening” — Led Zepplin
“Runnig with the Devil” — Van Halen
“Highway to Hell” — AC/DC
“Back in Black” — AC/DC
“The Choice is Yours” — Black Sheep
“In the Dark” — Billy Squier
“Eminence Front” — The Who
“Rough Boys” — Pete Townshend
“Way Down Now” — World Party
“Dancing with Myself” — The Donnas
“Baby, I Can’t Please You” — Sam Phillips
“How it Hurts when You Call Me Name” — Joan Armatrading
“Houses of the Holy” — Led Zeppelin
“Midnight Rider” — The Allman Brothers Band
“Shambala” — Three Dog Night
“Tell Your Sister” — Lloyd Cole
“Steal My Sunshine” — LEN
“Twist of Cain” — Danzig
“Ways to be Wicked” — Lone Justice
You’re lucky that “The Snob” happened upon your website. The very BEST running tracks:
“Not To Touch The Earth” – The Doors
“Run Like Hell” – Pink Floyd
“Marathon” – Rush (the live version from “A Show of Hands” is the best)
“Running One,” “Supermarket,” and “Believe” from the sountrack to “Run Lola Run.”
“Run to You” – Bryan Adams
and, of course, the theme music to “Chariots of Fire”
“gimme three steps” – Lynard Skynard
“son of a bitch” – ACDC
“right now” – Van Halen
“halycon & on & on” – Orbital
“lord of trance” – DJ Tiesto
“get over” – Dream
Hey, I found your site after searching for “best running music”. I got some great ideas from here. My 2 cents: The best running track EVER is..
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“Du Hast” by Rammstein
Here’s a list I just finished. Be warned, it hasn’t been tested.
Arctic Monkeys ~ A Certain Romance
Wolfmother ~ Apple Tree
Wolfmother ~ Woman
Nickelback ~ Animals
KT Tunstall ~ Black horse and the cherry tree
The All American Rejects ~ Dirty Little Secret
Keane ~ Let it slide
Fall Out Boys ~ Saturday
Arctic monkeys ~ The view from the afternoon
Gorillaz ~ Feel good
Pearl Jam ~ World wide suicide
Keane ~ Is it any wonder
Foo Fighters ~ No way back
Rob Zombie ~ Educated Horses
Fall Out Boys ~ Where is your boyfriend tonight
Collective Soul ~ Gemeral attitude
Nickelback ~ Because of you
INXS ~ Like it or not
INXS ~ Pretty Vegas
Collective Soul ~ Counting the days
Collective Soul ~ Feels like it feels all right
kaci Brown ~ I think I love you
Hope this keeps the blood pumpin’
These are some good suggestions but I haven’t seen any Foo Fighers up here. I have quite a few of their songs on my playlist.
-NT
My favorite new running song is “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley. Speaks to me as a runner who is embraces the less than sane appearance that running often puts out to nonrunners. I got my first “Run Forest Run” from such an observer a few weeks back and it made my year. Check out this song and I bet it will speak to you.
Good sugestions by the rest of you ….BUT … there is one song above all else that is absolutly essential for all long distance runners.
Final Countdown – Europe
I kid you not this song is so stimulating i actualy get sexually aroused by it in the middle of races.
In my oppinion you want this song about 2/3rds of the way through your playlist as it so that it hits you probably at the time your starting to flag it starts of slow and steady probably at the pace you’ll be plodding a long at and gets faster in the middle resulting in you picking up the pace a little (not that you’ll notice because you jusst be completly absordbed by the awesomness of this tune
Just got the new 1gig MP3, did a search and found your blog..
THANK YOU ALL!!
Great suggestions, here are some others that I enjoy-
Solsburry Hill – Peter Gabriel
St. Elmo’s Fire – John Parr
Breathe – Michele Branch
Alive – Celine Dionne
Dream On – Aerosmith
Where the Streets Have No Name – U2
Everything Zen – Bush
Happy Running!
If you like a little inspiration rather than some mindless euro/techno trash then you really need “Sinnerman” by nina simone.
eminem- hes really angry. the best running ones are “Never Enough” and “My 1st Single”
Touch the Sky is great by Kanye west. so is Heart of a Champion by nelly. theyre both inspirational.
Hi! My name is Peter Andersson and I live in Sweden. I’ve been running to music since I got my first Walkman and nowadays I run to mp3s. I’m also a writer and this year I’ve taken up promoting running with music on a local online community for runners by writing a series of articles about it. I’ve coined the running term SPM (Steps Per Minute) as a compliment to the music term BPM (Beats Per Minute) to highlight the correlation between music and running. Following below here (if the comments field can handle it) is my top 200 list sorted by SPM. For a top 50 quality list check out the subpage http://k1chyd.adress.eksjo.com/running4.htm on my homepage. (It’s in Swedish but song titles are mostly in English so just scroll down below the intro).
144 SPM (36 BPM) – Hooters – Private emotion
144 SPM (36 BPM) – Snow Patrol – Run
144 SPM (72 BPM) – A flock of seagulls – I ran (so far away)
144 SPM (72 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Cold as ice
144 SPM (72 BPM) – Hooters – And we danced
144 SPM (72 BPM) – Raven – Screaming down the house
144 SPM (72 BPM) – Steeler – Hunter or hunted
144 SPM (72 BPM) – The Donnas – Fall behind me
144 SPM (72 BPM) – Wolfsbane – I like it hot
146 SPM (146 BPM) – Members of Mayday – The day X
146 SPM (146 BPM) – Scatman John – Scatman’s world
146 SPM (73 BPM) – At Vance – Chained
146 SPM (73 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Wanted man
146 SPM (73 BPM) – Blink 182 – All the small things
146 SPM (73 BPM) – Green Day – Holiday
146 SPM (73 BPM) – Lordi – The deadite girls gone wild
146 SPM (73 BPM) – Pretty Maids – One way to rock
146 SPM (73 BPM) – Rose Tattoo – It’s gonna work itself out
146 SPM (73 BPM) – Wilmer X – Cool tid ihop
147 SPM (49 BPM) – Gavin Rossdale – Adrenaline
148 SPM (37 BPM) – Sugababes – Stronger
148 SPM (74 BPM) – Cinderella – In from the outside
148 SPM (74 BPM) – Danko Jones – First date
148 SPM (74 BPM) – Eminem – White America
148 SPM (74 BPM) – Motorhead – Down the line
148 SPM (74 BPM) – Motorhead – In the name of tragedy
148 SPM (74 BPM) – Seether – I’m the one
148 SPM (74 BPM) – Static X – Push it
148 SPM (74 BPM) – The Nails – 88 lines about 44 women
150 SPM (150 BPM) – Razed in Black & Taime Down – Too fast for love
150 SPM (50 BPM) – Alice In Chains – What the Hell have I
150 SPM (50 BPM) – Evanescence – Tourniquet
150 SPM (75 BPM) – Danko Jones – We sweat blood
150 SPM (75 BPM) – Judas Priest – Turbo lover
150 SPM (75 BPM) – Magnus Uggla – Mitt liv
150 SPM (75 BPM) – Motorhead – Devil I know
150 SPM (75 BPM) – Rose Tattoo – Union man
150 SPM (75 BPM) – The Donnas – It’s on the rocks
150 SPM (75 BPM) – Wolfsbane – Fell out of heaven
150 SPM (75 BPM) – Y & T – Forever
151 SPM (151 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Streets of fire
152 SPM (38 BPM) – Fjeld – Mother of devotion
152 SPM (76 BPM) – Bon Jovi – Runaway
152 SPM (76 BPM) – Dio – We rock
152 SPM (76 BPM) – Motorhead – Be my baby
152 SPM (76 BPM) – Sparks – Progress
152 SPM (76 BPM) – Tank – Stormtrooper
154 SPM (77 BPM – Bloodhound Gang – Along comes Mary
154 SPM (154 BPM) – Scooter – Let me be your valentine
154 SPM (154 BPM) – The Free – Children of the night
154 SPM (77 BPM) – ABBA – King Kong Song
154 SPM (77 BPM) – Motorhead – All gone to Hell
154 SPM (77 BPM) – Myofist – Double or nothing
154 SPM (77 BPM) – Rainbow – Can’t happen here
155 SPM (155 BPM) – Depeche Mode – Barrel of a gun
156 SPM (39 BPM) – Coolio – Gangstas paradise
156 SPM (39 BPM) – Megadeth – 1000 times goodbye
156 SPM (39 BPM) – Moby – Spiders
156 SPM (39 BPM) – Nas – If Heaven was a mile away
156 SPM (39 BPM) – Scorpions – China white
156 SPM (39 BPM) – Shawn Mullins – Lullaby
156 SPM (52 BPM) – Consolidated & Yeasty Girls – You suck
156 SPM (52 BPM) – Gina Jacobi – Upp igen
156 SPM (52 BPM) – Van Halen – Don’t tell me (what love can do)
156 SPM (78 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Call of the wild dogs
156 SPM (78 BPM) – Motorhead – One night stand
156 SPM (78 BPM) – Petter – Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd
156 SPM (78 BPM) – The Beatles – Paperback writer
156 SPM (78 BPM) – The Donnas – I don’t care (so there)
158 SPM (79 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Firewall
158 SPM (79 BPM) – Cheap Trick – Mighty wings
158 SPM (79 BPM) – Raven – Hard Ride
158 SPM (79 BPM) – The Donnas – Take it off
158 SPM (79 BPM) – Wilmer X – Lyckliga hundar
158 SPM (79 BPM) – Wolfsbane – Kathy Wilson
159 SPM (53 BPM) – Di Leva – Ber om ljus
160 SPM (160 BPM) – Scooter – Move your ass
160 SPM (40 BPM) – Ice Cube – It was a good day
160 SPM (40 BPM) – Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page – Come with me
160 SPM (40 BPM) – Queensryche – Empire
160 SPM (40 BPM) – Sugababes – Follow me home
160 SPM (40 BPM) – Yellowcard – Only one
160 SPM (80 BPM) – AC/DC – Heatseeker
160 SPM (80 BPM) – Black Sabbath – Time machine
160 SPM (80 BPM) – Ministry – New world order
160 SPM (80 BPM) – The Donnas – Too bad about your girl
162 SPM (162 BPM) – Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
162 SPM (81 BPM) – Kingdom Come – Do you like it
162 SPM (81 BPM) – Rose Tattoo – Motorbike song
162 SPM (81 BPM) – The Ramones – I wanna be sedated
162 SPM (81 BPM) – Wilmer X – För dum för pop
162 SPM (81 BPM) – Y & T – Don’t stop running
164 SPM (41 BPM) – Britney Spears – Born to make you happy
164 SPM (41 BPM) – Enigma – Out from the deep
164 SPM (41 BPM) – Eva Dahlgren – Jag är Gud
164 SPM (41 BPM) – Marc Anthony – You sang to me
164 SPM (41 BPM) – Moby – Beautiful
164 SPM (41 BPM) – Saxon – You don’t know what you’ve got
164 SPM (82 BMP) – The Donnas – Who invited you
164 SPM (82 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Living on the wildside
164 SPM (82 BPM) – Wilmer X – Blind mans bluff
164 SPM (82 BPM) – Celtic Frost – They were eagles
164 SPM (82 BPM) – Rammstein – Mann gegen mann
164 SPM (82 BPM) – Sam – Club amnesia
164 SPM (82 BPM) – Scorpions – He’s a woman, she’s a man
164 SPM (82 BPM) – WASP – Mean man
166 SPM (83 BPM) – Flash and the Pan – Early morning wake up call
166 SPM (83 BPM) – Rose Tattoo – The radio said rock ‘n’ roll is dead
166 SPM (83 BPM) – WASP – Rebel in the F.D.G
168 SPM (42 BPM) – Björk – Army of me
168 SPM (42 BPM) – Black Ingvars – Genie in a bottle
168 SPM (42 BPM) – Eminem – Loose yourself
168 SPM (42 BPM) – Sheryl Crow – Steve McQueen
168 SPM (84 BPM) – At Vance – Broken vow
168 SPM (84 BPM) – At Vance – Only human
168 SPM (84 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Tear down the walls
168 SPM (84 BPM) – Dr Feelgood – Milk and alcohol
168 SPM (84 BPM) – Sisters of Mercy – Doctor Jeep
168 SPM (84 BPM) – The Donnas – Not the one
168 SPM (84 BPM) – Tom Petty – Running down a dream
170 SPM (85 BPM) – Rammstein – Asche zu asche
170 SPM (85 BPM) – Savage Garden – Affirmation
172 SPM (43 BPM) – Seether – Gasoline
172 SPM (43 BPM) – Weezer – Beverly Hills
172 SPM (43 BPM) – Weird Al Yankovic – Couch potato
172 SPM (86 BPM) – Accept – Burning
172 SPM (86 BPM) – Foo Fighters – Monkey wrench
172 SPM (86 BPM) – Markoolio – Rocka på
172 SPM (86 BPM) – Pearl Jam – Brain of JFK
174 SPM (87 BPM – Yellowcard – Ocean Avenue
174 SPM (29 BPM) – Boney M – He was a steppenwolf
174 SPM (58 BPM) – New Order – Blue faith
174 SPM (58 BPM) – Style – Empty bed
174 SPM (87 BPM) – Bon Jovi – Last man standing
174 SPM (87 BPM) – Di Leva – Naked number one
174 SPM (87 BPM) – Raven – Seek and destroy
174 SPM (87 BPM) – Skid row – Riot act
174 SPM (87 BPM) – Status Quo – What you’re proposing
174 SPM (87 BPM) – Okänd Artist – Fotbollsplan
176 SPM (44 BPM) – 50 Cent – In da club
176 SPM (44 BPM) – 50 Pence – In da pub
176 SPM (44 BPM) – Disturbed – Down with the sickness (clean fix)
176 SPM (44 BPM) – Sam – She’s not
176 SPM (44 BPM) – Sam – Spectator game
176 SPM (44 BPM) – Silverchair – Anthem for the year 2000
176 SPM (88 BPM) – Billy Idol – Speed
177 SPM (59 BPM) – Bowling for soup – 1985
177 SPM (59 BPM) – Drain S.T.H – Alive
177 SPM (59 BPM) – Green Day – Whatshername
178 SPM (89 BPM) – Axel Rudi Pell – Land of the Giants
180 SPM (45 BPM – Rob Halford & Bruce Dickinson – The one you love to hate
180 SPM (90 BPM – Yellowcard – Miles apart
180 SPM (90 BPM – Yellowcard – Way away
180 SPM (45 BPM) – Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s free
180 SPM (45 BPM) – De La Soul featuring Redman – Oooh
180 SPM (45 BPM) – Di Leva – Vem ska jag tro på
180 SPM (45 BPM) – Disturbed – Fear
180 SPM (45 BPM) – George Michael – Freedom
180 SPM (45 BPM) – Marie Fredriksson – Mellan sommar och höst
180 SPM (45 BPM) – Rose Tattoo – Who’s got the cash
180 SPM (60 BPM) – The Shamen – Move any mountain
180 SPM (90 BPM) – Gary Moore & Phil Lynott – Out in the fields
180 SPM (90 BPM) – Oz – Fire in the brain
180 SPM (90 BPM) – Y & T – Don’t tell me what to wear
182 SPM (91 BPM) – Cinderella – Hell on wheels
182 SPM (91 BPM) – Flash and the Pan – Captain beware
182 SPM (91 BPM) – Girlschool – Action
182 SPM (91 BPM) – Oz – Stop believing
182 SPM (91 BPM) – Saxon – Taking your chances
183 SPM (61 BPM) – Bon Jovi – Undivided
183 SPM (61 BPM) – Flash and the Pan – Opera singers
183 SPM (61 BPM) – Rammstein – Living in America
184 SPM (46 BPM) – Drain S.T.H – Simon says
184 SPM (46 BPM) – Girlschool – Back to start
184 SPM (46 BPM) – Kenneth and the Knutters – Man av dynamit
184 SPM (46 BPM) – Notorious B.I.G – Hypnotize
184 SPM (92 BPM) – Accept – Aiming high
186 SPM (62 BPM) – Future Sound Of London – Landmass
186 SPM (93 BPM) – HIM – Buried alive by love
186 SPM (93 BPM) – Ramones – Rockaway beach
188 SPM (94 BPM) – Markoolio – Nostalgi
188 SPM (94 BPM) – Rammstein – Feuer frei
190 SPM (95 BPM) – NG3 – The anthem
192 SPM (192 BPM) – Ministry – No W
192 SPM (96 BPM) – 220 Volt – Electric messengers
194 SPM (97 BPM) – Motorhead – Sword of glory
194 SPM (97 BPM) – Saxon – Freeway mad
195 SPM (65 BPM) – Marily Manson – Mobscene
195 SPM (65 BPM) – New Order – Blue Monday
196 SPM (98 BPM) – Die Krupps – To the hilt
198 SPM (66 BPM) – Man with no name – Floor essence
198 SPM (99 BPM) – At Vance – Now or never
202 SPM (101 BPM) – Motorhead – Trigger
204 SPM (102 BPM) – Sugababes – I bet you look good on the dancefloor
204 SPM (68 BPM) – Astral Projection – Zero
204 SPM (68 BPM) – Man with no name – Vavoom
204 SPM (68 BPM) – Scooter – We are the greatest
206 SPM (103 BPM) – Rob Halford – Made in Hell
207 SPM (69 BPM) – Astral Projection – Enlightened evolution
207 SPM (69 BPM) – E-Type – Olympia
i think these r all good songs but i suggest
Clocks-coldplay
ace of spades-motorhead
the rocky soundtracks
Your the best-karate kid soundtrack
the laser dance -oceans twelve soundtrack
bodyrock-moby
fuka mori-inuyasha (sound gay but works for me)dont know if spelled right
and last but not least Under pressure-david bowie and Queen
Hi all, Paul here
What great tunes im seein, but ive gotta give an irish flavour too!
Bell x1-Rocky took a lover
Snow Patrol-(almost any song)
Ash-(Likewise)
Also Rocky,Coldplay fix you, bit of new Keane stuff,Tom Petty free fallin.
Some amazing tunes to pound away the miles but good from time to time to take off the headphones, the feeling of losing your thought an emptying and claring the clutter from the ol sally noggin has me out the door with my asics every single time! heres to Dublin City Marathon next mon!!!!!
Try “The Faint”. Anything by them is great
Fantastic site and thanks for your suggestions. I love running to:
More than a feeling – Boston
You oughta Know – Alannis Morrisette
Hearts on Fire – John Cafferty (Rocky IV)
The Best of You – Foo Fighters
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Up until 4 years ago I used to run all the time. Then I got a stress-filled job that really eliminated that possibility-in three weeks I will be leaving that job and I am going to emerse myself back into running-thank God-I cant wait.I have looked at the songs listed here and already have some of them on my ipod and the ones I didn’t I have downloaded. There were some great ones listed. Great site-I’ll be back to check out some more songs. God it will be great to feel the freedom of running again!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, it’s Peter Andersson again, the 200 running songs list man, this blog and the songs listed are great but after all it’s just a blog. Check out Dr Bob’s site http://www.jogtunes.com, we’re trying to get a community going there, I myself have already listed some new stuff.
Great site! Always looking for fantastic run music. Thanks for Arctic Monkey’s, never heard of ’em before this thread, great band. My mp3 is all over the place, from Bob Marley to Justin Timberlake. Lots of hair bands, GnR, Skid Row, Poison, Bon Jovi. I’ve also got about 20 of the Killers songs. Great tunes to run to. Keep ’em coming.
Just want to thank Derek and everyone for your support of JogTunes.com. This blog is my greatest source of hits other than my new site, jogtunesindie.com. This new site is the home site for my new podcast, The JogTunesIndie Podcast. It’s a 30 minute show with BPM rated indie songs sequenced for a relatively casual run. The maximum rate is usually in the 180s with warm-up and cool-down in the 150s-160s range. Please check it out and send comments to comments@jogtunes.com. I’d love to hear from you.
Best,
Bob the joggernut
Hi Derek,
Just wanted to let you and everyone know of a new website launched yesterday http://www.run2rhythm.com.
Runners can download music specifically designed for their running requirements in 15, 30, 45 or 60 minute lots, and for different cadences. So no changing of songs, breaks or beat disruptions. It is not commercial music, so you can’t hear it on the radio or buy it in the stores, however because a number of different genres are included there is sure to be something to cater for everyones tastes.
This is a world first! Hope it helps.
Kind regards,
Kristen
Derek . . . all you guys who have posted . . . THANK YOU! I was given an iPod Shuffle for Christmas and was looking for some running tunes . . . what a selection!!! It will take me many hours to sort through all this information but it will be so worth it!!! Thank you also for the info about other running tune sites . . . I for sure will be telling all my running buddies about this!! HAPPY NEW YEAR . . . HAPPY TRAILS!!!
outkast bombs over bagdad!!!!
mystical and busta is they wild’n with us
Thanks for all the great suggestions. Glad I stumbled upon this site!
Thanks
Just wanted to say, “Thank you” to everyone who tool the time to share your favorite running songs. I am on winter break from college and I can’t sleep at night so I’ve been running. I also was given my first MP3 player for Christmas and I’ve been for motivation music such as you’ve all shown me, and it’s great to have all these selections!
Thanks!
Brittany
The best for me is this:
1. Almost the whole soundtrack Run Lola Run (Lola rennt), this is a must *****
2. David Holmes – 69 Police *****
3. Guitar – Ayako ***
4. Guitar – Hot sun trail *****
5. Lingua – Salient ****
6. The Crystal Method – London ***
7. Lemon Jelly – Nice weather for ducks ****
8. Penguin Cafe Orchestra – Music for found harmonium ****
9. James Newton Howard – I do believe in fairies *****
If anyone has a similar taste, let me know:
LANTIS @ CENTRUM . CZ
PS: Go forward!
Also if you like some heavy techno, try out these from Blade I. soundtrack:
1. Junkie XL – Dealing with the Roster
2. New Order – Confusion
3. Roger S. – Wrek tha Discotek
4. Expansion Union – Playing with Lightning
Plus there is one more song by Guitar – House full of time. Hard to obtain though…
This blog is sweet. All these song suggestions are very helpful. My own playlist is kind of getting old and so, I am trying to add some more songs to it. However, I have suggestions of my own:
“Tony the Beat” – The Sounds
“Ma-Ya-Hi (Valentine Remix radio edit)” – O-Zone
“If You’re Gonna Jump (Paul Oakenfold mix)” – Natasha Bedingfield
“Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A Man After Midnight)” – A-Teens
“Not Gonna Get Us” T.A.T.U.
“All The Things She Said” T.A.T.U.
“Lovestoned/ I think She knows(Interlude)” Justin Timberlake
“Glow” – Nelly Furtado
“Maneater” – Nelly Furtado
“Shut Your Mouth” – Garbage
“Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)” – Garbage
“Gotta Get Thru This (radio edit)” -Daniel Bedingfield
“Midnight Show” – The Killers
“Die Another Day” – Madonna
“In My Pocket” – Mandy Moore
“So Real (Wade Robson Remix)” – Mandy Moore
“One Sided Love” – Mandy Moore
“X Amount of Words” – Blue October
“Prelude 12/21” – AFI
“Miss Murder” – AFI
“Daylight Robbery” – Imogen Heap
“Headlock” – Imogen Heap
“Drive” – Incubus
“Clean” – Incubus
“Favorite Things” – Incubus
“Redefine” – Incubus
“Sick Sad Little World” – Incubus
“A Kiss to Send Us Off” – Incubus
“Anna Molly” – Incubus ( Good band to run to, what can I say?)
“Bittersweet Symphony” – The Verve
“4ever” – The Veronicas
“You’re My Flame” – Zero 7
“Private Radio” – Vanessa Carlton
“Jerk It Out” – Caesers
“The Kill” – 30 Seconds to Mars
“Sweet Sacrifice” – Evanescence
“Lacrymosa” – Evanescence (seems slow, but its a motivating song)
“Apres Moi” – Regina Spektor (slow at first, but gets better, and its long)
“Sweet Surrender (DJ Tiesto Remix)” – Sarah Mclachlan
“Silence (DJ Tiesto Remix)” – Sarah Mclachlan
“Fergalicious” – Fergie (For the ladies, just replace her name with yours, hehe, plus the beat is good for running)
“Since U Been Gone (Jason Nevins Ambient: Candlelight remix)” – Kelly Clarkson
“Behind These Hazel Eyes (Bermudez & Harris Mixshow edit)” – Kelly Clarkson
“Holding Out For A Hero” – Frou Frou
“Only Time” – Enya (Good cool down song)
“Creatures (For a While)” – 311
“Flowing” – 311
“Beautiful Disaster” – 311
“All Mixed Up” – 311
“Beyond the Gray Sky” – 311 (Another good band to run to, gets faster in the middle this song)
“All That I Am” – Rob Thomas
“Lonely No More” – Rob Thomas
“This Is How A Heat Breaks” – Rob Thomas
“My Lovely” – Eisley (Slow, but I love the beat)
“Sleep to Dream” – Fiona Apple (The lyrics are motivating)
“Get Him Back” – Fiona Apple
“Fast As You Can” – Fiona Apple
“Hounds of Love” – Futureheads
“Weak and Powerless (‘Tilling My Grave’ Mix)” – A Perfect Circle
“Bleed American” – Jimmy Eat World
“Get It Faster” – Jimmy Eat World (Slow at first, but rocks on a minute in)
“Your New Aesthetic” – Jimmy Eat World ”
“Don’t Stop” – Brazilian Girls
“Dance Till the Morning Sun” – Brazilian Girls
“Corner Store” – Brazilian Girls
“Watching the Rain” – Katy Rose
“I like” – Katy Rose
“This Is The Last Time” – Keane
“Bend and Break” – Keane
“KRWLNG” – Linkin Park (Reanmination album)
“1stp Klosr” – Linkin Park
“T.B.D.” – Live
“Iris” – Live
“Top” – Live
“Take A Bow” – Muse
“Starlight” – Muse
“Supermassive Black Hole” – Muse
“Bullet Proof” – Morcheeba
“Big Calm” – Morcheeba
“Trigger Hippie” – Morcheeba
“Time to Dance” – Panic! At the Disco
“There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey…” – Panic! At the Disco
“The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage” – Panic! At the Disco
Okay, so maybe I got carried away, but I like sharing the music I listen to and these all have been good ones to run to. I hope some songs may fit your taste or beat. Enjoy! Run like the Dickens! :>
– Superchick
I love running to Franz Ferdinand. Great dance band.
You know, upon further reflection, I think there are two types of running music out there: longer, slower, repetitive songs that are good for helping you tune out and motor along on a long run, and more techno-oriented stuff that gets your legs pumping for a fast few miles.
For example, I think two great songs for long runs are ‘Sailing’ by Christopher Cross, and the theme song to ‘The Bounty’ by Vangelis (the same guy who did themes for St. Elmo’s Fire, Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire). You let them play and pretty much just forget where you are or where you’re going.
For the faster, harder stuff, I like fast, guitar-heavy songs like ‘The Chemicals Between Us’ by Bush. And usually I run four or five miles on a busy college track, so once I get something like that blaring in my ears, I start bookin’ and weaving between the slower runners. That gets the adrenaline pumping even more, and it goes from there. Good stuff.
I HIGHLY suggest buck 65’s “Wicked and Weird” for the middle of your run….
Give it a shot…
Also, the ULTIMATE warmup song is the theme to “The Sopranos”.
I believe it is by Alabama 3 and it is called “Woke Up This Morning”…..
Super site….
hey: doesn’t anyone have any suggestions for the older generation? I am 50 ish and still run but need some suggestions for downloads. I’ve never heard of most of these bands!!!
FOR thebigd: I would suggest instrumental songs (see my previous posts). It does not make your mind concentrate on the meaning of the words (you can turn off your brain a bit more and just run).
Big D–
Four Sticks by Led Zeppelin. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones (including the latin instrumental). Or if you were punking out back in the day, anything by the Sex Pistols.
I tend to go for the steady beat and inspirational lyrics as apposed to the insane guitar and tech-trance junk. Hyper beats burn me out too quickly.
Here are my top 10 favorites…
10. Slade – Run Run Away
9. McFly – Don’t stop me now
8. Relient K – Pressing on
7. Gina G – Just a little bit
6. Christina Aguilera – Fighter
5. Garbage – Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)
4. Superchick – Stand in the Rain
3. Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
2. Phil Collins – Son of Man
1. Audio Adrenaline – Underdog
Thanks to everyone else for their contributions. I’ve listened to many of the songs in your posts. Some I love, some don’t work for me. But it’s good to have some new tunes so I don’t wear out my favorites…
There is some good suggestions here definitely. Trivium’s “falling to grey” and genesis’ “jesus he knows me” both are fast enough to get u pumped, especially the first one.
Speedwork: Most anything by Dragonforce. The songs are really long and the BPM is great, as well the majestic harmonies I find very inspirational and keep me going up the hills. If you want something for sub 7:00 miles check out the tune “Black Winter Night” .