"Hey Mr. DJ!": Favorite songs for exercising?
on 8/22/12 4:22 pm, edited 8/21/12 9:25 pm
"Poker Face" - Lady Gaga
"Pop Drop and Roll" - Chonique Sneed
"The Way You Make Me Feel" - Michael Jackson
"I See You Baby" - Groove Armada
"Little Lion Man" - Mumford & Sons
"Dustbowl Dance" - Mumford & Sons
"Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" - KT Tunstall
"Out Tonight" - Rent soundtrack
"Stray Cat STrut" - Stray Cats
"Summer of 69" - Bryan Adams
"We Built This City" - Starship
"Defying Gravity" - Wicked soundtrack
"Strangelove" - Depeche Mode
"Like a Prayer" - Madonna
"Just Dance" - Lady Gaga
"Last Friday Night" - Katy Perry
"Hot and Cold" - Katy Perry
"Here Comes the Hotstepper" - Ini Kamoze
"Hey, Soul Sister" - Train
"Forget You" - CeeLo Green (I actually prefer the edited version)
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
"Somebody to Lovw" - Queen
"Livin on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
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I created a playlist of 140 - 160 BPM for my long base runs. I'm probably dating myself (and I don't mean for dinner and movie) with the artists I like:
Who's Cheatin' Who, Alan Jackson
Superwoman, Alicia Keys
Back in the U.S.S.R., The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There, The Beatles
Effington, Ben Folds
You May Be Right, Billy Joel
Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico), Bonnie Raitt
You Got My Letter, Boz Scaggs
One Toke Over the Line, Brewer & Shipley
Wondering Where The Lions Are, Bruce ****burn
Marry You, Bruno Mars
Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen
Before He Cheats, Carrie Underwood
Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits
Got to Get You Into My Life, Earth, Wind & Fire
Crocodile Rock, Elton John
Lose Yourself, Eminem
Don't Make Promises, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap
Dancing With Myself, Glee Cast
My Life Would Suck Without You, Glee Cast
Workin' For A Livin', Huey Lewis & the News
Losing Keys, Jack Johnson
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late, Johnny Mathis
Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain, The Judds
Dumas Walker, Kentucky Headhunters
Break the Rules Tonite (Out of School), Kim Carnes
My Sharona, Knack
Heatwave, Linda Ronstadt
Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Linda Ronstadt
There You Go, Linda Ronstadt
Hold Me Back, Michelle Shocked
Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen
Killing the Blues, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Gonna Get Over You, Sara Bareilles
El Condor Pasa (If I Could), Simon & Garfunkel
Come Sail Away, Styx
Tube Snake Boogie, ZZ Top
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My exercising playlists have titles like "zippy" and "move that ass", some favorite songs are:
Barbie Girl (Aqua)
Walk like an Egyptian (The Bangles)
BOB (Outkast)
Toxic (Britney Spears)
Jump Around (House of Pain)
You Spin Me Right Round (Dead or Alive)
Blue Monday
Days Go By (Dirty Vegas)
Yeah (Usher)
pretty much anything by Rob Zombie
The Orgy - Basil Poleodouris
Beds are burning - Midnight oil
Am I 2 blame - razed in black
Bokura no bouken - kids alive
Wheels of a dream - ragtime oc
Get over -dream
White reflection - gundam wing
Wwbbd - southpark cast
You think you're a man - full frontal
House of the rising sun - animals (cool down)