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Like so many others, I'm forcing myself to embrace the gym to get in shape for my wedding... but I'm getting bored with what's currently on my ipod. I'm looking for new songs to spice up my workout. What are your favorite songs to work out to?
One of my favorite workout CD's is Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business. When I'm running on the treadmill it just makes me want to go faster!!
I guess it depends on what type of music you like but high energy songs definitely keep me going.
Here are a few:
Mika - Grace Kelly, Fergie - Here I Come, Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera, Love Song - Sarah Beilles, Ray of Light - Madonna and basically any 80's pop
I love anything by Gwen Stefani, but Wind it Up is probably my favorite. :)
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pump it by blacked eyed peas is good. stronger by kanye is good too. if you need motivation - try taking a spin class, that is if you're trying to shed some lbs. spin is 45 minutes and it's intense and good music gets you going! good luck =)
Britney Spears is my guilty workout pleasure. "Circus" (the single) is great for cardio, the chorus makes me want to work my butt off. I also love the Soho Dolls, and the Black Eyed Peas.
Definitely a matter of personal taste...
I love "Pump it" by Black Eyed Peas, Missy Elliott (Lose Control and Work it), Nelly Furtado's latest album Loose, and "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse.
Shipping up to Boston by the Dropkick Murpheys. It was on The Departed soundtrack- so good. Also, if you're into some different kind of stuff, Gogol Bordello is (and I'm serious, it's good) an eastern European punk rock band. Their stuff has some really good running beats to it (as does the Dropkick Murpheys).
Potential Breakup Song- Aly & AJ
Clumsy- Fergie and anything else by Fergie
Just Dance- Lady Gaga
See you again- Miley Cyrus
I pretty much like working out to pop music :)
My two favorite workout songs these days are: List of Demands by Saul Williams and Cupid Shuffle by Cupid. They are both VERY energetic, and I listen to them when I'm doing my high intensity intervals on the elliptical trainer.
Julius - Phish
daft punk - nearly anything, but Around the world is fantastic
bright eyes - four winds
crest - stereolab
little l - Jamiraquoia
These are sometimes the songs I wish I heard in spinning.
I second the cupid shuffle! I actually do the dance and I am sweating buckets by the time I go through the song about 3 times!
I also second Womanizer! Yay for Britney!
Well I guess I'm the strange one here. I work out to a mix of songs from Nine Inch Nails, some are fast for when I'm running, and then slower ones for jogging.
I love high-energy, "club" type songs. They seem to have a natural pulse-pumping beat!
Disturbia -Rhianna
Into the Nightlife-Cyndi Lauper
I Kissed a Girl-Katy Perry
Just Dance, Pokerface-Lady GaGa
Cry for You-September
Let Me Think About it-Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand
Gold Digger-Kanye West
Gotta Get Through This-Daniel Bedingfield
Pocket Full of Sunshine-Natasha Bedingfield
OK..that's my two cents..;-) (got them from my mp3-nice to have on the commute, too!)
2 More Years by Bloc Party gets me pumped up. (That's how long FI and I did long distance)
Tapes n Tapes is usually pretty good for workouts and some Arcade Fire works pretty well too.
MIA- Paper Planes
Rihanna- Please Don't Stop the Music
Justin Timberlake- My Love
Madonna (feat. Justin)- 4 Minutes
Chris Brown- Kiss Kiss
& of course Britney and Beyonce!
I second Britney! Also, love working out to Pink and Gwen Stefani...not sure if it's a "girl power" thing or what?!
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My Bust it Out playlist:
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
Bebot – Black Eyed Peas
Black Horse & a Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
Hey Ya! – Outkast
Survivor – Destiny’s Child
Temperature – Sean Paul
Maneater – Nelly Furtado
Burn it to the Ground – Nickelback
Pon de Replay – Rhianna
Stupid Girls – P!nk
Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira
Jump Around – House of Pain
Let’s Get it Started – Black Eyed Peas
Crazy B!tch – Buckcherry
Saturday Night Gallup – Hockey Night
Play My Game – The Donnas
Cover – Enginedown
Hyperactive – The Donnas
Wild Ride – The Oranges Band
The Reason – Hoobastank
Stand - Rascall Flatts
i too am a britney fan for the work out. there are a bunch of good songs on both of gwen stefani's solo albums...plus i like to picture her abs when i work out so i know what i'm working towards!! justin timberlake is also a favorite
some specific songs:
pain - jimmy eat world
since u been gone - kelly clarkson
red morning light - kings of leon
let's get loud - j.lo
semi-charmed life - third eye blind
money ain't a thing - jay-z
gotta get through this (remix) - daniel beddingfield
yummy - gwen stefani
do something - britney
here in your arms - hellogoodbye
i wanna be bad - willa ford
my favs
Diiiirty -- Xtina (and it's 5 minutes long so getting through the whole thing my work outs like 1/6 OVA!)
Put a Ring on It - Beyonce
Cyclone - Baby Bash
Salt Shaker - Ying Yang Twins
This Ain't a Scene - Fall Out Boy
Score! I love this thread! I was just on the internet the other night looking for new songs, because it had been AGES since I'd replaced my workout set list and was getting seriously demotivated half way through my workouts.
Thanks for all your ideas, ladies!
Some of the stuff might make some people gag, but hey, I'm just trying to pay it forward here!
Gwen Stefani -- Wind it up and Crash
Kanye West -- Gold Digger, Workout, Jesus Walks (very very good when you're on your last legs and might die!)
Danity Kane -- Damaged
Twista -- Celebrity Overnight
Usher -- Bad Girl or Yeah
Britney Spears -- Radar
Anything by Kylie Minogue
Most Beyonce, especially Ring the Alarm and Check Up on It and Keep Giving Your Love to Me
Katy Perry -- Hot N Cold
Natasha Beddingfield -- Pocketful of Sunshine
Jay Z -- Pretty much anything, but that's probably just me!
I wish I had my player with me here at work and I'd lend a few more, but that's all I can think of right now!
Holy cow! Maybe it's my age, but I don't know half of the songs mentioned. My list is as follows:
"Africa" by Toto (I am a child of the '80s)
"Shippin' off to Boston" by Dropkick Murphys
"T&A" by The Stones
"Bottle of Smoke" by The Pogues
"Little Red Corvette" by Prince
"Scarlett Begonias" by The Grateful Dead
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Anything by the group Girl Talk does it for me, and I ABHOR exercise.
I agree with many others that Britney is the way to go! :)
If you're a talk radio person (like I am), you might also consider downloading podcasts from NPR. It's commercial free, and some of the segments (i.e. The Story and Public Radio International's This American Life) are really interesting.
I also sometimes listen to audiobooks, which can be free if you get them from the library.
Good luck! :)
Oh, I love this topic. I try to keep upbeat music on "workout" playlists to help keep me moving. Off the top of my head:
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel- Tavares
S.O.S. and Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - ABBA
anything from Death From Above 1979, The Teddybears, CSS, or The Go! Team
Le Disko - Shiny Toy Guns
The World Is Mine - David Guetta
Whenever, Wherever and Objection (Tango) - Shakira
pretty much any popular 70s disco
And I Was A Boy From School- Hot Chip
Groove Is In The Heart- Deee-Lite
anything from Fatboy Slim
I Feel Love- Blue Man Group's version
Mercy- Duffy
Emerge- Fischerspooner
Gut Feeling- DEVO
Days Go By- Dirty Vegas
Hands of Death (Burn Baby Burn)- Rob Zombie
... I love the high energy stuff for workouts. I tend to mix in lots of early punk songs too. I also agree with some of the earlier posts, like using Madonna, Prince and Beyonce. Ooo also lots of early hip hop could be good too like Monie Love.
any Rhianna, Justin, Britney, Christina, or Madonna. My FI snuck some Metallica onto my iPod Shuffle and that actually gets me real pumped when it comes up when I'm running.
Candyman - Christina and 4 Minutes - Madonna have awesome beats that keep me going at the end of a run.
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Just wanted to BUMMMP this to see if anyone else had any fun song suggestions!
Here's my current workout play list:
Gold Digger - Kanye West
Glamorous - Fergie
Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera & Lil Kim
Gimme More - Britney
Beautiful Girls - Season Kingston
Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
Stronger - Kanye West
Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls
Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna
Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
My Love - Justin Timberlake
ok... I admit there's also the thong song by Sisqo. Kinda embarrassed to put that one on.
Great songs Bees - I see a lot I want to add to my list now :)
Here are some of my faves that make me stay on the treadmill longer:
Britney Spears - Chris Cox Megamix
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Rihanna - Pon De Replay
Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This
Backstreet Boys - Larger Than Life
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
Gipsy Kings - Volare
Ralph Tresvant - Stone Cold Gentleman
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
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Great songs Bees! I'm gonna go add some of these to my iPod!
Here are some of my current workout playlist that make me stay on the treadmill longer:
Britney Spears - Chris Cox Megamix
Gipsy Kings - Bamboleo & Volare
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Johnny O. - Dream Boy/Dream Girl
Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This (Remix)
Junior Boys - In The Morning
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Kinder Words
Backstreet Boys - Larger Than Life
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix)
Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous
Ralph Tresvant - Stone Cold Gentleman
Here are some songs I have used for marathon training and running - these definitely helped me when I hit the wall at mile 20! You can get all of these on iTunes.
Most songs by the Faint - if you like high energy this band will do it for you...check iTunes for their most popular songs
Satisfaction - Benny Benassi
Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John
Alsatian - White Rose Movement
One More Time - Daft Punk
Disco Lies - Moby
Route 66 - Beatmasters Mix - Depeche Mode
Behind the Cow - Scooter
Untouched - The Veronicas
Rock this Party (Everybody Dance Now) - Big Ali, Bob Sinclair & Dollar Man
Closer - Ne-Yo
U Sexy Girl - Fatman Scoop
Lose Control - Missy Elliott
Shawty Get Loose - Lil Mama
The Night - Nick Fiorucci
Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
Move Shake Drop (Remix) - DJ Laz
Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
When Worlds Collide - Powerman 5000
Let me Think About it - Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand
Revolution of the Heart - Howard Jones
I Feel Love - Blue Man Group
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Joy - Staxx of Joy
Fuego - Pitbull
As the Rush Comes - Motorcycle
Ready to Go - Republica
Rock Star (Jason Nevis Remix) - N.E.R.D
Keep Hope Alive - The Crystal Method
The Pretender - Foo Fighters
Because We Can - Fatboy Slim
Faint - Linkin Park
A Deeper Love - Clivilles & Cole
Sexual (Li Da Di) - DJ Skribble
Born Slippy - Underworld
Universal Mind Control - Common
Bounce - MSTRKRFT & N.O.R.E
i'm also on the Britney bandwagon... pretty much every song shes ever made. :)
Not all are songs I would typically listen to outside of the gym. :)
Pink - U + Ur hand
Ashlee Simpson - L.O.V.E., Boyfriend
Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
The Killers
Beyonce - Crazy in Love
Black Eyed Peas - Pump it
Xtina - Dirty, Fighter
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