Fave running songs??

Question

When I listen to the right music running is A LOT more fun...
that sensation of freedom which derives from running is like multiplied by 5764321456

What are some og your favorite running songs?

Two random ones for me are eye of the tiger
and actually I dont know the name of this song but i love it, the indian one that has a shmexy beat to it ... it used to make the charts a few years ago..
does anyone know the name of that too plz??

Answer 1

I personally just like listening to songs I already listen to that are upbeat.
Some of the songs I have on my Ipod right now are:
Black Swan by Thom York
Banquet by Bloc Party
Rabbits are Road Kill by AFI
Crossing the Frame by Coheed and Cambria
Ladies and Gentlemen by Thursday
Image of the Invisible by Thrice

Answer 2

This is what I run to: "Never Never" by Brick & Lace, "Perfect Day" by Hoku, "Solider" & "Different Now" by Out of Eden, and various songs by Cross Movement, Grits, Superchic(k), Toby Mac, & Disciple. I got some great cds from FCAgear.com, called Pump'd and Pump'd 2. Also the cd "Drew's Famous Sport Jams" by the Hit Crew is very good.

This is also a playlist I found in Shape magazine:
- "Everybody Got Their Something" by Nikka Costa
- "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" by The Police
- "Get on Top" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Fighting" by Yellowcard (I liked this one)
- "Talk to Ya Later" by The Tubes
- "I'm Ready" Jack's Mannequin (and I like this one)
- "Are You In" Incubus
- "Friday I'm In Love" The Cure

Also, you can go to iTunes in the iMix section and then the Sport iMix section and find a bunch more songs. Or go to nikeplus.com, they have some.

Answer 3

It's hard to match the thoroughness of the poster ahead of me, but here are a few songs that make my run time more enjoyable:

"You Make Me Feel" by Sylvester
"Smiley Faces" and "Go-Go Gadget Gospel" by Gnarls Barkley
"Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera
"She Wants to Move" by N.E.R.D.

I also love running to "Praise You" by Fatboy Slim. It was mentioned before, but I just wanted to second!

Answer 4

I can run my feet off when i listen to "pump it" by the black eyed peas.

Answer 5

well when ou team sings in the rain we sing Bubbly: the RAIN is falling on my window pains: haha and every1 knows it so its great to sing to = D

adn other wise we all sing w/e i normally sing a song w/ a good rythm specially during races it keeps you momentum going

Answer 6

wow the above answer is awesome... but it didnt include my favorite... Danger Zone (aka Top Gun theme)

Answer 7

1. "LOSE YOURSELF"
Performer: Eminem
Album: "8 Mile" soundtrack
Year: 2002
Defining line: "He's nervous/But on the surface he looks calm and ready/To drop bombs/But he keeps on forgetting/What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud/He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out."

Why: It's everything "Eye of the Tiger" is supposed to be -- times 1,000. "The greatest running song I've ever heard," Engle says. "First, it's the story of a kid trying to make it. The backbeat is fantastic and the words are clear and insightful. You listen to it and wanna kick ***. What more can you ask for?"

LISTEN UP!
Minus a couple AC/DC tunes, here's the playlist Jeff Pearlman will be using to train for the Philadelphia Marathon.

If you're having trouble with the link, here's what you can do:
1. Go iTunes store and click on Music on the top left of the page
2. In More In Music, click on iMix
3. Do a search for Pearlman's Running iMix

If you can't find it after that, then you should stick to cassettes.

2. "JESUS WALKS"
Performer: Kanye West
Album: "The College Dropout"
Year: 2004
Defining Line: "I ain't here to argue about his facial features/Or here to convert atheists into believers/I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers/The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way I need Jesus."

Why: West at his absolute best -- a strong marching beat accompanied by lyrics damning the downfall of a once-moralistic society. "What I'm looking for is inspiration," Engle says. "That song has the church choir in the background, which really gets me going strong."

3. "KING OF THE NIGHTTIME WORLD"
Performer: Kiss
Album: "Destroyer"
Year: 1976
Defining Line: "It's so sad you're not content/Far from the music and the neon glow/Ain't you glad we got the time/Far from our folks, they'll never ever know."

Why: Fast, hard, amazing drums by Peter Criss -- and (best of all, many would argue) the song wasn't written by lead singer Paul Stanley or bass player Gene Simmons. "King of the Nighttime World" was originally performed by a club band, who sold the rights to Kiss. An unappreciated classic.

4. "I TRY"
Performer: Talib Kweli with Mary J. Blige
Album: "The Beautiful Struggle"
Year: 2004
Defining Line: "Although we speak in different languages/We all pretty familiar with what anger is/ Young and dangerous/Get up on some gangsta s---/Guns to bang ya wit'."

Why: Critics panned this album, unfortunately overlooking a song that makes sense of a young rapper's refusal to sell out. Boosted by Blige's soulful backing vocals, Kweli raps flawlessly over a beat that can keep legs moving for hours.

5. "LAYIN' IT ON THE LINE"
Performer: Jefferson Starship
Album: "Nuclear Furniture"
Year: 1984
Defining Line: "Got U.S. boys on foreign soil/Spillin' their blood to keep the peace/Cities will vanish in turmoil/While the sheiks lay sleepin' on the beach."

Why: By this point Jefferson Starship (once Jefferson Airplane) had become a shell of its revolutionary self. But this song -- powerfully sung by Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas -- combined Aerosmith-esque gusto with a passionate anti-war message.

6. "SCENARIO"
Performer: A Tribe Called Quest
Album: "The Low End Theory"
Year: 1991
Defining Line: "Bo knows this (what?) and Bo knows that (what?)/But Bo don't know jack, cause Bo can't rap/Well whaddya know the Di-Dawg is first up to bat/No batteries included, and no strings attached."

Why: Pure bliss. "It's impossible not to love 'Scenario,'" says Bev Oden, a former U.S. Olympic volleyball player. "It comes on, your body moves. It's that simple."

7. "ENTER SANDMAN"
Performer: Metallica
Album: "Metallica"
Year: 1991
Defining Line: "Dreams of war/Dreams of liars/Dreams of dragon's fire/And of things that will bite."

Why: Granted, it's Metallica's most pop-friendly song. But it's also an instant blood pumper. "Metallica makes you want to lift 1,000 pounds off the bar," says Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osborne's long-time guitarist. "That's the power."

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House of Pain

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8. "JUMP AROUND"
Performer: House of Pain
Album: Fine Malt Lyrics
Year: 1992
Defining Line: "I'm the cream of the crop/I rise to the top/I never eat a pig because a pig is a cop."

Why: Starting with DJ Muggs' deft production, the song is fast, furious and rowdy from beginning to end. Sadly, when it was finally played out, so was House of Pain.

9. "HIGHWAY TO HELL"
Performer: AC/DC
Album: "Highway to Hell"
Year: 1979
Defining Line: "Hey Satan! Paid my dues/Playin' in a rockin' band/Hey Mama! Look at me/I'm on my way to the promised land."

Why: "The beat, the tempo the riff, the message -- and one of the most celebrated voices in rock history," says Styx guitarist Tommy Shaw. "You can hurt yourself if you're not careful."

10. "CRAZY IN LOVE"
Performer: Beyonce with Jay-Z
Album: "Dangerously in Love"
Year: 2003
Defining Line: "Stick boney but the pockets are fat like Tony/ Soprano, the roc handle like van Exel/I shake phonies man, you can't get next to/A genuine article, I do not sing tho/I sling though, if anything I bling yo."

Why: Featuring a horn sample from the Chi-Lites' "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)," "Crazy in Love" comes alive when Jay-Z makes himself known with a simple muttering of, "I'm warmed up now" before -- whoosh! -- unleashing a fabulous few licks.

11. "HARDER TO BREATHE"
Performer: Maroon 5
Album: "Songs About Jane"
Year: 2003
Defining Line: "Does it thrill?/Does it sting?/When you feel what I bring/And you wish that you had me to hold."

Why: Written by singer Adam Levine about the frustration of dealing with a record label. The result is a frenzied, angry, fast-paced masterpiece.

12. "TOO COLD"
Performer: Vanilla Ice
Album: "Hard To Swallow"
Year: 1998
Defining Line: "Quick to the point and the point no faking/I'm cooking MCs like a pound of bacon."

Why: Stop laughing. Produced by Korn overlord Ross Robinson, this song -- a thrasher remake of "Ice, Ice Baby" -- oozes the anger Ice felt as he went from superstar to punching bag. To run angrily is to run successfully. Plus, the words are still catchy.

13. "PANAMA"
Performer: Van Halen
Album: "1984"
Year: 1984
Defining Line: "Jump back, what's that sound?/Here she comes, full blast and top down/Hot shoe, burning down the avenue/Model citizen, zero discipline."

Why: Midway through the song, lead singer David Lee Roth coos, "I can barely see the road from the heat coming off it." At that point, guitarist Eddie Van Halen revs his Lamborghini in the background. A mike was even attached to the exhaust pipe. In other words, what's not to like?

14. "CRAZY TRAIN"
Performer: Ozzy Osbourne
Album: "Blizzard of Ozz"
Year: 1980
Defining Line: "I've listened to preachers/I've listened to fools/I've watched all the dropouts/Who make their own rules."

Why: If it's good enough for Chipper Jones, Hanley Ramirez and Troy Glaus to hear as they approach the plate, it should be good enough for runners. "Everything about that song works," says Wylde, Osbourne's guitarist. "It's got a lot of power."

15. "HOT IN HERRE"
Performer: Nelly
Album: "Nellyville"
Year: 2002
Defining Line: "Stop placin', time wastin'/I gotta a friend with a pole in the basement (What?)/I'm just kiddin' like Jason (Oh)/Unless you gon' do it."

Why: At his best, Nelly uses his St. Louis-bred rap styling to come up with fast beats mixed with incredible hooks. Here, he borrows from Chuck Brown's "Bustin' Loose," and it works to perfection.

16. "BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS"
Performer: Public Enemy
Album: "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
Year: 1988
Defining Line: "I got a letter from the government, the other day/I opened and read it, it said they were suckers/They wanted me for their army or whatever/Picture me giving a damn/I said, 'Never.'"

Why: Simply the toughest, most poignant rap song ever written. Chuck D at his angriest, Flavor Flav at his most serious -- and a piano sample from Isaac Hayes' "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic."

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17. "ALL THESE THINGS THAT I'VE DONE"
Performer: The Killers
Album: "Hot Fuss"
Year: 2005
Defining Line: "I wanna shine on in the hearts of men/I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand."

Why: Has gone from being yet another great song on a loaded album to a political call for action. Most importantly (running-wise), it's bouncy from beginning to end.

18. "PRAISE YOU"
Performer: Fatboy Slim
Album: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby"
Year: 1999
Defining Line: "We've come a long, long way together/Through the hard times and the good/I have to celebrate you baby/I have to praise you like I should."

Why: What's not to love? Uplifting, lightning-fast, and it features a bridge that subtly samples the theme from the cartoon "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids."

19. "WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE"
Performer: Guns 'n' Roses
Album: "Appetite for Destruction"
Year: 1987
Defining Line: "Welcome to the jungle/It gets worse here everyday/You learn to live like an animal/In the jungle where we play."

Why: While walking through New York City in the mid-1980s, lead singer Axl Rose encountered a homeless man who looked at him and said, "You know where you are? You're in the jungle, baby. You're gonna die!" Bam -- instant inspiration. A marvelous all-around pick-me-up.

20. "IT TAKES TWO"
Performer: Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
Album: "It Takes Two"
Year: 1988
Defining Line: "Ladies love me, girls adore me/I mean even the ones who never saw me/Like the way that I rhyme at a show/The reason why man, I don't know."

Why: Not the best rap song of all time, but surely the most fun. Dismissed as a one-hit wonder, Rob Base was as smooth an MC as any of his more respected contemporaries. "I hear that song and it makes me want to be one of those sexy backup singers," says Alison Cimmet, who recently starred in the award-winning "Unlock'd" at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. "It makes you feel alive."

21. "SON'S GONNA RISE"
Performer: Citizen Cope
Album: "The Clarence Greenwood Recordings"
Year: 2004
Defining Line: "Got this woman in the back seat/Yeah, she's my wifey/In the middle of the delivery/Man she saves me/To this day I don't know why/She picked me up."

Why: Magical mixture of folk, blues, reggae and R&B, blending into one smooth sound. Big props to Jessica Guggenheimer of Ithaca, N.Y., who brought this gem to my attention.

22. "WALK THIS WAY"
Performer: Run DMC with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
Album: "Raising Hell"
Year: 1985
Defining Line: "School girl sleazy with a classy kinda sassy/Little skirt hangin' way up her knee/There were three young ladies in a school gym locker/And I find they were lookin' at D."

Why: Why?! Because this is an amazing, revolutionary, ************ song that starts off strong with Perry's opening guitar riff and never lets up. Run DMC initially balked at the project, then wanted to change all the lyrics. Thank God they didn't.

23. "NEW SENSATION"
Performer: INXS
Album: "Kick"
Year: 1987
Defining Line: "Hate baby hate/When there's nothing left for you/You're only human/What can you do?/It'll soon be over/Don't let your pain take over you."

Why: For those who only know INXS from the insipid 2004 TV show "Rock Star," hit up the local CD store and buy the band's greatest hits album. The late Michael Hutchence had his issues, but his voice was a phonic cannon. "New Sensation" is INXS at its peak.

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Michael Jackson

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24. "WANNA BE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'"
Performer: Michael Jackson
Album: "Thriller"
Year: 1982
Defining Line: "You're a vegetable/You're a vegetable/Still they hate you/You're a vegetable/You're just a buffet/You're a vegetable/They eat off you/You're a vegetable."

Why: Mock Jacko all you want, but no fewer than 10 of his songs ("Billie Jean," "PYT," "Smooth Criminal," "Scream," etc …) make for excellent running fare. Written by Mark Anthony Neal, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" peaks near the end, when the Cameroonian chant of "Mama-se, mama-sa, ma-ma-koo-sa" explodes through the ears.

25. "SPIN AROUND"
Performer: Kay Hanley
Album: "Josie and the Pussycats" soundtrack
Year: 2001
Defining Line: "I've been starin' at the sun for some time/It gets dark inside but I don't mind/And if you're gone it's like I'm going blind/I can't get by this time."

Why: Hanley, the former lead singer of Letters To Cleo, takes lame lyrics of lame songs from a lame movie -- and absolutely, positively kills it. Letters To Cleo never earned the appreciation it deserved, but "Spin Around" and "Three Small Words" -- the best offerings on the Josie soundtrack -- show off Hanley's pipes and moxie and make for inspired running fare.

26. "WAR"
Performer: Edwin Starr
Album: "War and Peace"
Year: 1970
Defining Line: "I said -- war!/Good God, y'all/What is it good for?/Absolutely nothing."

Why: Though The Temptations are legendary, they butchered the original version of this song -- delivering a heartless, mellow rendition of what was penned as a Vietnam protest. Fortunately, Starr came along and added the needed furor. Before there was PE's "Black Steel," there was this.

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