If you read my about me page, you know that in my previous life I was a band geek. So naturally I find music highly motivation when I workout. I am constantly searching for more workout songs that fit particular workouts, like running, yoga, or Insanity, so I actually have quite the variety of workout songs from slow to medium to super fast. The hard part with working out with a partner is finding music that both of you can tolerate without losing your mind. So after much trial and error, Heidi and I have come up our top 100 workout songs of 2014, it certainly isn’t the best playlist… yet. As you can probably tell from the songs below, it’s not so much what the lyrics are, but the beat of the song we are looking for. So without further delay here is my top 100 list in no particular order:
FAST MUSIC:
(For running or high intensity cardio sessions)
1. Beautiful Day – U2
2. Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Eiffel 65
3. Brighter Than the Sun – Colbie Caillat
4. Bring Me to Life – Evanesence
5. Bruises – Train
6. Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
7. Mr. Saxobeat – Alexandra Stan
8. Cleanin’ Up the Town – The Busboys (Don’t judge it until you try running a mile with it!)
9. Love You Like a Love Song – Selena Gomez
10. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
11. In the End – Linkin Park
12. Miss Independent – Kelly Clarkson
13. Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
14. Lights– Ellie Goulding
15. Lose Yourself – Eminem
16. Kryptonite – 3 Doors Down
17. I love it – Icona Pop
20. Hot N Cold – Katy Perry
21. Starships – Mike Tompkins
22. Viva La Vida – Cold Play
23. On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons
24. Here it Goes Again – Ok Go
25. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
26. What I Like About You – The Romantics
27. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye – Train
28. U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
29. The Other Side– Jason Derulo
30. Shut Up and Let Me Go – The Ting Tings
31. Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root
32. Hall of Fame – The Script (Which also happens to be the song used in my P90X Results Video)
33. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) – C+C Music Factory
34. Feel This Moment – Pitbull
35. Fireflies – Owl City
36. Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
37. Gone, Gone, Gone – Phillip Phillips
38. Dynamite – Taio Cruz
39. Firework – Katy Perry
40. I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
41. Just Dance – Lady Gaga
42. Only Girl – Rihanna
43. Ridin’ Solo – Jason Derulo
44. Song for the Lonely – Cher
45. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
46. Try – Pink
47. We Found Love – Rhianna
48. Wild Ones – Fio Rida
49. Hey, Soul Sister – Train
50. Loser Like Me – Glee Cast
SLOWER SONGS
(Good for light jogging or slower tempo workouts)
51. Bad Boys – Inner Circle
52. Brave – Sara Bareilles
53. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
54. Welcome to the Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
55. 22 – Taylor Swift
56. Bust a Move – Young MC
57. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
58. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Barry Manilow
59. Daylight – Maroon 5
60. Feel Again – OneRepublic
61. I Like to Move It – Erick Morillo & Sacha Baron Cohen
62. Home – Phillip Phillips
63. Misery – Maroon 5
64. Good Time – Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
65. Dog Days Are Over – Florence + The Machine
66. Rolling in The Deep – Adele
67. Roar – Katy Perry
68. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
69. Payphone – Maroon 5
70. Ninety-Nine Red Balloons – The Countdown Singers
71. Fighter – Christina Aguilera
72. Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
73. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
74. Singin’ In the Rain – Matthew Morrison
75. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
76. Clocks – Coldplay
77. Treasure – Bruno Mars
78. Tonight Tonight – Hot Chelle Rae
79. Titanium – David Guetta & Sia
80. Tik Tok – Ke$ha
81. We Are Young – Mike Tompkins
82. SOS – Rhianna
83. Unbelievable – EMF
84. Don’t Speak – Glee Cast
85. Electric Avenue – Eddy Grant
YOGA
86. Beneath Your Beautiful – Labrinth
87. The Cello Song – The Piano Guys
89. Demons – Imagine Dragons
90. Beethoven’s 5 Secrets – The Piano Guys
91. Ho Hey – The Lumineers
92. It’s Time – Imagine Dragons
93. Someone That I Used to Know – Luke Conrad
94. Peponi (Paradise) – The Piano Guys
95. Secrets – OneRepublic
96. Silhouette – Owl City
97. A Thousand Years – The Piano Guys
98. Unwell – Matchbox Twenty
99. 100 Years – Five for Fighting (I know it’s killing some of my OCD friends that this song was not listed as number 100)
100. The Only Exception – Paramore
So what did you think of our playlist? Did you find any songs that you wanted to add to your workout playlists? Any suggestions? Add them below!
I know I’m unique in this regard, but I really like slower music for almost all of my workouts. For an Insanity class I need the up-tempo music it comes with, but with a workout in the gym I’m usually into slow, folk music.
One of my all-time favorite albums for a workout was Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago album. It’s a great album that has a real desperate sound. I found that motivating as I’d push myself for a little more weight, or one more rep or a little longer at cardio.
I often listen to singer-songwriter material when I’m really going after it during a workout.
Great post!
A fellow band geek turned Beachbody coach!! Great to meet you! We should definitely connect. What do you play? And … is that the Haydn Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in the photo? 🙂
I love workout song lists. This is a great extensive one. I love that you did a fast and slow list. Great work!