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100 Workout Songs for Your iPod
I went running today (just a little… mixed in with my morning walk) for the first time in a long time. It felt great. Here are the songs on my high impact cardio playlist… either for running, or elliptical or bike or walking anything else cardio.
You may or may not have my taste in music. I like quite the variety. I’m an 80′s band- freak so there’s a little of that in there. I have a 10 year old, so there are a few current hits that I happen to enjoy. And I’ve always loved The Offspring and the alternative, hard-core fast beat of most of their songs.
Starting with my current favorite song… and then in no particular order after that, here are 100 workout songs for your iPod.
All of these are pretty fast paced for running or high impact cardio:
Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO
Just Wanna Run by The Downtown Fiction
Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes
I Like It Like That by Hot Chelle Rae
Good Feeling by Flo Rida
You Can Still Rock in America by Night Ranger
We’ll Be Alright by Travie McCoy
Nobody Puts Baby in a Corner by Fall Out Boys
Cool for Cats by Squeeze
Pump It by The Black Eyed Peas
How Far We’ve Come by Matchbox Twenty
Only a Lad by Oingo Boingo
Why Can’t I Be Like You by The Cure
Working for the Weekend by Loverboy
Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me) by Blessid
Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
Rockstar by Nickelback
We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5
Where Them Girls At by David Guetta, Flor Rida & Nicki Minaj
The Time (Dirty Bit) by The Black Eyed Peas
All Along by The Offspring
Like a G-6 by Far East Movement
S&M By Rihanna
Right Round by Flo Rida
On the Floor by Jennifer Lopez
Tonight Tonight by Hot Chelle Rae
TNT by AC/DC
The Edge of Glory by Lady Ga Ga
Super Bass by Nicki Minaj
Don’t Wanna Go Home by Jason Derulo
Magic by B.O.B
One Fine Day by The Offspring
I Like It by Enrique Iglesias
Mr. Saxobeat by Alexandra Stan
Faster by Matt Nathanson
Walla Walla by The Offspring
Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO
Don’t Phunk With My Heart by The Black Eyed Peas
No Brakes by The Offspring
Buzzin’ by Mann
Super Freak by Rick James
Check Yes Juliet by We the Kings
Rise and Fall by The Offspring
Hey Baby by Pitbull
Come Out Swinging by The Offspring
Where Are We Runnin by Lenny Kravitz
The Rockafeller Skank by Fatboy Slim
Not quite as fast-paced, but I still love to run to these too:
Lose Yourself by Eminem
Gonna Make You Sweat by C&C Music Factory
Hot Blooded by Foreigner
I Ran by Flock of Seagulls
Rehab by Amy Winehouse
Police and Thieves by The Clash
No One Like You by The Scorpions
Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
All Right Now by Free
Nothin’ But a Good Time by Poison
Price Tag by Jessie J
Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedingfield
Rhythm of Love by Plain White T’s
Written in the Stars by Tinie Tempah
Rock and Roll All Night by Kiss
All the Small Things by Blink 182
Hey Soul Sister by Train
Don’t Trust Me by 3OH!3
What the Hell by Avril Lavigne
DJ Got Us Fallin in Love Again by Usher
The Stroke by Billy Squier
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
Cheers (Drink to That) by Rihanna
You Make Me Feel by Cobra Starship
Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammar
Rumour Has It by Adele
Jump by Van Halen
Centerfold by J Geils Band
Just Dance by Lady Ga Ga
I Gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas
I’ll Wait by Van Halen
Dirty Little Secret by The All American Rejects
All the Right Moves by One Republic
Rocketeer by Far East Movement
Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’ by Journey
Bring Me to Life by Evanescence
Somewhere Only We Know by Hopes and Fears
Bad by The Cab
Come Sail Away by Styx
Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey
Good Life by One Republic
If I Die Young by The Band Perry
Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond
Lighters by Bad Meets Evil
Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri
Space Cowboy by The Steve Miller Band
Oh Darling by Plug In Stereo
Don’t You Want Me by Human League
Amazing by Bruno Mars
What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction
(I Just) Died in Your Arms by Cutting Crew
Bad Case of Lovin’ You by Robert Palmer
If you’ve got a favorite workout song that did not make my list, please share! It’s always great to hear more recommendations…
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Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga — October 20, 2011 @ 12:28 PM
Great list. I need to update my playlists…really.badly.
Rachel @ Not Rachael Ray — October 20, 2011 @ 12:58 PM
Fun mix!
Janelle — October 20, 2011 @ 1:42 PM
Everybody Got Their Something, by Nikka Costa
Kim {Recipes To Run On} — October 20, 2011 @ 2:26 PM
I LOVE that you shared these. I am in desperate need of updating my tunes for running. Congrats on getting a run in.
Damyon — October 20, 2011 @ 8:28 PM
You have me at a disadvantage; two actually.
The first is I never, you read that right, never workout. As a matter of fact when I need to run across a street to avoid being hit by a moving vehicle, my body can’t remember how to start.
The second is I do not recognize any of those tunes by their names. Maybe if you hum a few bars of each …
Marg — October 20, 2011 @ 11:22 PM
I’m Latin and 45 with a 13 year old girl so my list is varied (as in oldies, disco, latin) lol.. but a couple of mine (for walking): “Another ChaCha”- Santa Esmeralda, “Tweedly Dee” – Laverne Baker (I think) – “Please don’t stop the music” Rhianna.
Btw, just found your website looking for pumpkin snickerdoodles. I’m going to try your recipe this weekend. Thank you.
Jessie — October 21, 2011 @ 5:31 AM
Nice list! Add Elevation by U2.
Diana — October 21, 2011 @ 9:31 AM
Great list! I also love “No Sleep Tonight” by The Faders and “Anthem” by Superchick. Gotta have the girl power!!!
edward — October 22, 2011 @ 2:29 AM
Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd
Marty — October 22, 2011 @ 4:21 PM
“Pretender” by the Foo Fighters and “Walk Like an Egyptian” are really fun to run to as well.
Great list! Thanks.
Heather — October 25, 2011 @ 7:01 PM
Love this post Lori! I’m always looking for workout music to get me motivated. Great list!!
Kay — October 27, 2011 @ 7:36 AM
I really like running to “house music”- my favorites right now are by Pretty Lights- “Finally Moving” and “Hot Like Sauce” are AWESOME. Also “I Can’t Stop” by Flux Pavilion
Meg @ Sweet Twist — October 27, 2011 @ 5:24 PM
What an awesome list….I will have to make note of these for my runs.
Valerie — October 31, 2011 @ 10:52 AM
This list could not have come at a better time! I’m running my first marathon on Saturday & desperately needed to get some new inspriational songs on my MP3 player! Thanks ever so much!
Julie @ juliechiou [dot] com — October 31, 2011 @ 11:13 AM
great list!
You asked for suggestions so here are some fast pace beat songs that I love running to:
Blow – Ke$ha
You Make me Feel – Cobra Starship feat. Sabi
Gasoline – Britney Spears
I Wanna Go – Britney Spears
catherine — November 2, 2011 @ 10:40 AM
i like to run to “Bend and Snap” and “WHipped into shape” from legally blonde the musical!
Lori Lange replied: — November 2nd, 2011 @ 11:21 AM
How fun! Will have to check those out for sure
Becky — November 6, 2011 @ 8:20 AM
I like “Bombs over Baghdad” (it always gets me through the toughest hills) and “I don’t like your girlfriend” By Avril. They keep me moving. Thanks for the other ideas!
Heidi — November 9, 2011 @ 7:29 PM
One Way or Another by Blonde is fantastic!
Shannon — November 16, 2011 @ 8:20 AM
AWESOME list! I have been looking for something like this!
Rebecca — November 18, 2011 @ 11:49 AM
Bulletproof by La Roux – even my dad has it on his iPod for his workouts!
Marnie — November 24, 2011 @ 11:01 AM
This is an extensive list, thanks for all the ideas!
MrsSmith — November 28, 2011 @ 10:07 AM
great list! Thank you!
I love Dog Days are Over – Florence +The Machine
Anji — November 29, 2011 @ 2:40 AM
Very nice list! Totally required for a good workout!
Jess — January 10, 2012 @ 12:43 PM
Awww, come on. No “Eye of the Tiger”? That one is a MUST!
Clare — January 10, 2012 @ 7:32 PM
Get Me Bodied – Beyonce, is SUCH a great workout song!
Katie — January 13, 2012 @ 11:00 PM
Somewhere Only We Know is by Keane. Hopes and Fears is the name of the CD.
Kira =] — January 17, 2012 @ 10:48 AM
Umbrellla- Punk Goes Crunk
Waka Waka, Hips Don’t Lie, Ojos Asi – Shakira
Only Girl in the World- Rihanna
United State of Pop 2009, Just Dance to New Order – DJ Earworm (free on his site)
Damaged (Power Remix) – Nicky Sky
Regina — January 20, 2012 @ 4:59 PM
Great List!
I’ll add the entire Sum 41 – Does this look infected CD. I could run straight through every song.
My Chemical Romance – Just about anything
The Hours – Ali in the Jungle. This was on a Nike commercial and it totally makes me bustmybutt!
The Killers – Ready My Mind
Rainey — February 9, 2012 @ 4:16 PM
Thank You For This Playlist. Very helpful.
Try: Diturbia – Down With The Sickness
Saliva – Click Click Boom
Shakira – Loca
?Rainey
Carollee — February 16, 2012 @ 12:48 PM
Country Girls Shake it for Me – Luke Bryan
I love this song it is so fast paced, I just breeze right through it.
jonbull — February 19, 2012 @ 7:28 AM
Died This Way- Lady GaGa (skrillex remix)