Best Running Songs?

BenMicheal

In the middle of freshining up my playlist for 'Running' on the auld Ipod and just curious what songs people run to?

(Translated: I'm looking for insperation of what to freshen it up with :-p)

rom

BenMicheal wrote: »

In the middle of freshining up my playlist for 'Running' on the auld Ipod and just curious what songs people run to?

(Translated: I'm looking for insperation of what to freshen it up with :-p)

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056469401

lway

Saw this in the shops a while back, not bought it myself, but here's the playlist. Might be something in it to your taste.

NOW That's What I Call Running (Official Tracklist)

CD1

01 Jessie J - Domino
02 Katy Perry - Firework
03 Rihanna - Disturbia
04 Cee Lo Green - Forget You
05 Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
06 Flo Rida feat David Guetta - Club Can’t Handle Me
07 Pitbull feat Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer - Give Me Everything
08 LMFAO - Sexy And I Know It
09 Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor
10 David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
11 Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me
12 Duffy - Mercy
13 Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
14 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?
15 A R Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)
16 Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
17 Nelly Furtado - Maneater
18 Example - Kickstarts
19 Peter Bjorn & John feat. Victoria Bergsman - Young Folks
20 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
21 Coldplay - Paradise

CD2

01 Rizzle Kicks - Mama Do The Hump
02 Lady Gaga - Born This Way
03 Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)(The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup (TM) Song)
04 Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup - We No Speak Americano
05 Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat
06 Avicii - Levels
07 Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor
08 Taio Cruz - Higher
09 Martin Solveig - Hello
10 Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand
11 Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party - Antidote
12 Snoop Dogg vs David Guetta - Sweat
13 Darude - Sandstorm
14 Nero - Promises
15 La Roux - In For The Kill
16 Metro Station - Shake It
17 Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
18 Outkast - Hey Ya!
19 DJ Fresh feat. Sian Evans - Louder
20 Magnetic Man - I Need Air
21 Owl City - Fireflies

CD3
01 Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner - Written In The Stars
02 Jay-Z - 99 Problems
03 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
04 Salt ‘N’ Pepa - Push It
05 Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
06 The Cardigans - My Favourite Game
07 The Killers - Human
08 U2 - Beautiful Day
09 Stereophonics - Dakota
10 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over
11 The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
12 The Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
13 Blondie - One Way Or Another
14 Michael Sembello - Maniac
15 Kenny Loggins - Footloose
16 OK Go - Here it Goes Again
17 Tina Turner - The Best
18 Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky")

huskerdu

Im a traditionalist

Anything by the Pixies
Copper Blue by Sugar
Anything by the Rolling Stones ( early years obviously)


lway - thanks for the Blondie suggestion - I hadn;t thought of them......

lway

lway wrote: »

Jessie J...Katy Perry...Rihanna...Maroon 5...Flo Rida feat David Guetta...Pitbull feat Ne-Yo...LMFAO...Jennifer Lopez...David Guetta feat Kelly Rowland...Sam Sparro...The Pussycat Dolls feat. Nicole Scherzinger...

Jaysis, all on one CD, that's scary! If I had to sit down and think of a collection of artists that I hate more, I'd be hard pressed, maybe I'd take the Black Eyed Peas from CD 2 and stick them into the first CD to complete the rogues gallery.

If you like electronic music, even if you hate euphoria/trance (because let's face it, most of it is awful), I find it's not the worst thing to exercise to. There is a reason they called some of the hands in the air stuff "euphoria"...

System 7 - Hinotari
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAx63r7qgo

Art of Trance - Swarm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s30yJw3gEPc

Binary Finary - 1998
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFHpUlyfKM

Or some progressive house/trance
Sasha - Xpander
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAJAIxaV7a8

Wrongway1985

Now That's What I Call Running!! ...Jesus christ 95% of that wouldn't personally wouldn't give me the drive to even run 100 yards, thats just a silly mish mash to cash in on the Olympics that was prob compiled by a few fat lads that never ran in their life. Me personally being mainly into rock/metal can't beat heavy guitar & drums pounding you on and on. Currently running to the likes of Mastodon,Opeth,Rob Zombie,David Bowie & The Rolling Stones.

ThisRegard

Saw the ad for that the other day and it struck me how awful it was. It reminded me of 101 Running Songs which I picked up from somebody which is as brutal and pollutes my mp3 player as I have yet to get around to removing it.

corny

If you have to run really fast!

DaEvilTwin

Slydice

I'm not sure if this is the version I have on my phone but I find the music from the counter-strike music video "Hard Clan - Die Hard" is pretty motivational.

Works pretty good at any of the changeover points if I get it at the start of a nice downhill.

BenMicheal

Have noticed that those 'Running Collections' haveproliferated quicker than Nuclear Missiles in the cold war! In my eyes all theyare is another psychological barrier/excuse not to go running! (Don’t mean totake anything away from the effort of posting it above - thank you very muchfor doing so.)

Found some gems tho:
Michael Bolton - How can we be lovers (Genius - Dont dare slag!)

Feeder - Come Back Around (and pretty much anything on therocky side of feeders back catalogue)

Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (Genius)

but one absolute GEM is:

Mystery Jets - The Hail Bop!! You feel like your Tigger fromwinnie the pooh running with it - eating up the miles so i was!

BenMicheal

BenMicheal wrote: »

Michael Bolton - How can we be lovers (Genius - Dont dare slag!)

How can one not slag?

I can only assume it helps running if you imagine you are running away from your ears!

And yet, bizarrely, better then 95% of the running compilation mentioned above!

career_move

You can't beat a bit of Jon Bonjovi IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovuu52hCHqo

delta_bravo

Roots Manuva is the man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltP7L16A8Hs

BenMicheal

Deleted User wrote: »

How can one not slag?

I can only assume it helps running if you imagine you are running away from your ears!

And yet, bizarrely, better then 95% of the running compilation mentioned above!

The cheese factor always makes me smile and when your battling over those last few km/miles a smile is the perfect escape from the pain!

Also, find me a better guitar solo from that era!?

Nathan Fake and James Holden...even if you don't like the music, the men can think of the video...though probably takes a couple of minutes to get into a cadence that might suit running...

http://vimeo.com/2512509

ecoli

******** Disclaimer this list is not for everyone but is so damn random should find something for most people *****


Anything by E S Posthumus
Anything by Skrillex
Eminem - Till I collapse, Lose yourself, 8 mile
Rocky songs - No easy way out, burning heart, victory bell
80s cheese - Push it to the limit (Scar face), Days of thunder sound track
Kate bush/ Placebo - running up that hill
Muse - Hysteria, Plug in Baby and most others bar creep

sconhome

Was running this evening and I listen to rock / metal, anything with a really solid beat. Having read the thread earlier I was thinking about the songs and then . .

Highway Star came on. Anything like this is perfect for me running, and at 7-8mins long is great for tempo sessions.

b.harte

Have been loving this of late (Thanks Triple J hottest 100!), not a fan of hip-hop / rap usually but "found" this on the web
360, Running alone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSXr05hHl1I
And an old favourite from a few years ago: (Was featured in a great kitesurfing video)
Hilltop Hoods, Recapturing the vibe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zqJtpEoLo
A bit slower but nice to run to:
The Notwist, One with the Freaks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI0prZWmxQk&feature=related
I also go all back to the oldskool from time to time:
Human Resouces, Dominator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dohzrXT09w
&
Age of Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3nJr8NpoVM (Weird video)
And for now closer to proper music:
British Sea Power, Be Gone http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=4ucC4FG4w_Q

I've a pair of 11hr playlist on ipod that I rotate and put on shuffle for every run, seldom hear the same thing on consecutive days.

b.harte

b.harte wrote: »

I also go all back to the oldskool from time to time:
Human Resouces, Dominator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dohzrXT09w
&
Age of Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3nJr8NpoVM.

:cool:

I'm bigger n bolder n rougher n tougher in other words sucker there is no other
I'm the one an only Dominator!

This might be an appropriate old skool tune for a road run...happiness...is just around the bend!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw5ri4CeadQ

And if you like that Hoover effect...Acen B's Trip II the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_xhBRbH0cM

rob w

ecoli wrote: »

Anything by Skrillex

THIS.

Always gives a bit of aboost when getting tired!

kazzdee

delta_bravo wrote: »

Roots Manuva is the man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltP7L16A8Hs

He is indeed and that video is one of my favorites, though I couldn't run to it, I need a faster beat! Ninjatune FTW

EauRouge79

I cant listen to anything too "Dancy", Iif I do ill cover the few miles far to quickly with all the excitment.
I rather something a little slower.
Depeche Mode, the Cure, Bruce Springsteen, or 2fm radio and usually over to my Floorfillers album for some 90's dance when things are getting tough towards the end of the run.

nerraw1111

Skrillex makes my ears bleed with his dance pop.

Anyway, I can settle this thread. I present (the free), 1980's Action Movie Mixtape. Bloodsport, Karate Kid, Rocky, Kickboxer and MONTAGES.

http://www.nialler9.com/blood-bros-action-movie-mixtape-blood/

and part two.

http://www.nialler9.com/blood-bros-80s-action-movie-mixtape-heaven2hell/

Personally, I listen to BBC's essential mixes. http://m.soundcloud.com/das-boy/sets/essential-mix/

Footy101

Anything from the Rocky Training Montages (because everyone needs a montage) and then a bit of Kasabian - Club Foot and Fire :-)

I find Goa Trance to be perfect if you need a running boost. Has the perfect beats per minute level for running.

Slydice

Guns n Roses - Paradise City was a big help on my run last night.

career_move

Love love love the video for this (and the song!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUONl2RPDmM

PaulieC

The most HTFU song ever when you're feeling like quitting - Mannish Boy by Muddy Waters.

Anything from The Prodigy

Going the Distance by Cake

vindaloo by Fat Les

To reiterate, most trance is utter ear gouging crap, but some of the better stuff is great running music.

Here is another classic. It's cheesy, but as the dj died a few years ago, it seems to be more appreciated...

Oh and Skillrex (I prefer to call him Sonny Moore) is appalling! "Hey man, who threw the can, it's like soooooo not cool man!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIURSfxkGds

rom

If you like trance then an album called "Hands to heaven" is the best. I used to listen to it rowing in the gym and you would really go for it. Gonna try it again today for a speed session. Havin't listened to it in years.

rom

rom wrote: »

If you like trance then an album called "Hands to heaven" is the best. I used to listen to it rowing in the gym and you would really go for it. Gonna try it again today for a speed session. Havin't listened to it in years.

Just checked it out. Some of it is a bit commercial/cheesy. On the other hand, I like stuff like that DB Boulevard hit in the late 90s, and System F's "Out of the Blue".

rom

Deleted User wrote: »

Just checked it out. Some of it is a bit commercial/cheesy. On the other hand, I like stuff like that DB Boulevard hit in the late 90s, and System F's "Out of the Blue".

Totally agree too but the tempo is perfect unlike lots of other music that has long lead in times starting off slow and the building up. Personally I listen to podcasts like marathon talk most of the time but would be interested on what effect this music would have on an 8 mile tempo run I have today which I should have done yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8cY65j6rY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiCtNgus-s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-XNIdZtsw4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHqTHDoTS8E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIbIHxKh9bk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV-VNhgO_SQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfSkpAdDhZ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4toG4iaLkOE

used to get me sweating back then for different reasons.

00MARTZ00

Jaysus its a few years since i heard some of them tunes!

00MARTZ00

00MARTZ00 wrote: »

Jaysus its a few years since i heard some of them tunes!

The trick would be to get the perfect candence so every time the foot hits the ground you say "ootza"!

Ootza ootza ootza ootza...that's trance!

JohnDozer

I recommend 2manyDJ's - as heard on radio soulwax. Time and time again has proven the perfect collection for a one hour run... Followed closely by either of Guns n Roses use your illusion albums - in particular 'get in the ring'

mak78

just read scott jureks book 'Eat and Run' and he recommends music that is either 180 or 90 bpm - based on the fact that an efficient stride rate is 90 steps with each foot per minute. Would be nice to get a playlist together of 90/180 bpm tunes ...

martyeds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_TfAGPqKM

Always like to finish my run to this......great song for pushing yourself to the finishing line.

hot to trot

Ideal cadence for running co incides with Don Henly Boys of summer and
dancing with myself- Billy Idol.
Might not be cup of tea but helpful for cadence training:D

b.harte

I found this helpful for a fast footwork interval session the other day:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHyrmbfN86A Damien Dempsey, Party on. (The album version is faster but couldn't find it on youtube.)

Also have this on the playlist as well, I always enjoy listening to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznS7X9BOxs Focus, Sylvia. There's no rock like prog-rock

papu

I've actually been Researching this is a big way , I usually just stick random playlist on on my phone as I run and skip songs using the bluetooth headset. I've found that some songs aren't suited to running . if they start off slow / have a very long intro /are quite repetitive or dramatically change tempo throughout the song.

so over the past week I've been thinning down my playlist and out of two thousand or so songs tapered it down to less than 100. then I organised them with respect to Bpm and have run into a bit of a problem., I run a tracking app as I run and look at the split times . I'm consistently slowest 3/4 of the way through my run. Slowest splits on the 3rd Km of a 4km run , 5th of a 7km run etc.
Do people try to build the pace throughout the run or keep it relatively consistent? just wondering how to build the playlist up with regards to pace setting?

ultra_other

I listen to some snow patrol at the start, then some old stuff
Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPM1q_Uyxc&feature=related
OMD - Enola Gay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01SBf0tsLyI
And finally during the warm down walk some
Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire (I know very very cheesey, its a feel good thing for me;))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEF4zH6XHCk

Slydice

Guy I work with pointed me to this website recently: http://jog.fm/

Hasn't worked out for me yet but I've only tried it the once. Good idea though I think.

hot to trot

Slydice wrote: »

Guy I work with pointed me to this website recently: http://jog.fm/

Hasn't worked out for me yet but I've only tried it the once. Good idea though I think.

I thought that your cadence should be the same regardless of how fast or slow you run ~180-190 approx and that its the stride length that changes? I was a bit confused to see that there are different bpm's correlating to pace.
Have I got this all wrong , or the cadence thing less significant than I thought ?

Savage Tyrant

Cheesey 80's but I love it coming on my playlist when i'm running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE7zlB-uVCM

TFBubendorfer

hot to trot wrote: »

I thought that your cadence should be the same regardless of how fast or slow you run ~180-190 approx and that its the stride length that changes? I was a bit confused to see that there are different bpm's correlating to pace.
Have I got this all wrong , or the cadence thing less significant than I thought ?

No you're right, ideally cadence should be the same no matter what pace.

fletch

Just when I'm setting off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGN-fuNlpuM

Anything by Sash! really

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu2oCqR9GHM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P86fPsC_cCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4a82LRNdlQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQPCdCQZUK4

Like this when I'm nearing home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lo7qdICQLw

donglen

Wrongway1985 wrote: »

Now That's What I Call Running!! ...Jesus christ 95% of that wouldn't personally wouldn't give me the drive to even run 100 yards, thats just a silly mish mash to cash in on the Olympics that was prob compiled by a few fat lads that never ran in their life. Me personally being mainly into rock/metal can't beat heavy guitar & drums pounding you on and on. Currently running to the likes of Mastodon,Opeth,Rob Zombie,David Bowie & The Rolling Stones.

Love it.........throw in a bit of Rammstein / Dio / Rainbow / Iron Maiden and you're all set.

b.harte

donglen wrote: »

Love it.........throw in a bit of Rammstein / Dio / Rainbow / Iron Maiden and you're all set.

I was running in the forestry behind the house a while back, right near the top there is a section where the trees are dense and it always cool and shaded there.(slightly spooky at times, always feel like the tree spirits are watching.
The below rammstein song came on and I got goosebumps during the intro, fastest uphill km ever!
Had to listen to some Katy perry just to get back down without bricking myself.
Good tune to run to:

areyawell

Eminem - Till I collapse (best motivational song)

Eminem - Soldier
SOAD - Aerials

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