For thoughts on running with music read – The “Music While Running” Controversy
I have scoured the internet looking for the best running songs. Every site out there has a list, hell one site even puts together a new top 10 every month! Most of the songs chosen on these lists…frankly…suck to run to. I don’t know who’s picking them, but many are too slow, too dumpy, and just plain don’t get you pumped up to RUN! Not amped for a sprint and not enough to cruise on a long run either. So I assemled my own list. Hope you like it.
| BPM | Artist | Song (w/YouTube hotlink) | iTunes | Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Linkin Park | Nobody’s Listening | iTunes | Amazon |
| 102 | Eminem | Criminal | iTunes | Amazon |
| 106 | Finger Eleven | Paralyzer | iTunes | Amazon |
| 107 | Eminem | Shake That (Feat. Nate Dogg) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 110 | The All-American Rejects | Night Drive | iTunes | Amazon |
| 112 | Tiesto | Wasted (Feat. Matthew Koma) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 114 | Lemon Demon | The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny | iTunes | Amazon |
| 115 | Led Zeppelin | Immigrant Song | iTunes | Amazon |
| 118 | Lostprophets | Wake Up (Make A Move) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 120 | Nero | Doomsday | iTunes | Amazon |
| 121 | Eminem | Just Lose It | iTunes | Amazon |
| 124 | Disturbed | Liberate | iTunes | Amazon |
| 125 | Tiesto | Red Lights | iTunes | Amazon |
| 125 | Avicii | Hey Brother | iTunes | Amazon |
| 126 | Icona Pop | I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 126 | Pink | So What | iTunes | Amazon |
| 126 | Demi Lovato | Neon Lights | iTunes | Amazon |
| 127 | The Presets | My People | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Calvin Harris | Outside (feat. Ellie Goulding) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Kesha | Warrior | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Kesha | Die Young | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Avicii | Hey Brother (Syn Cole Remix) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Duck Sauce | Barbra Streisand | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Nine Inch Nails | The Hand That Feeds | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Foster The People | Pumped Up Kicks | iTunes | Amazon |
| 128 | Muse | Uprising | iTunes | Amazon |
| 130 | Selena Gomez | Come & Get It (Dave Aude Club Remix) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 130 | Britney Spears | If You Seek Amy | iTunes | Amazon |
| 130 | Pitbull ft. Kesha | Timber | iTunes | Amazon |
| 130 | Don Omar & Lucenzo | Danza Kuduro | iTunes | Amazon |
| 130 | Flo Rida | Jump (feat. Nelly Furtado) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 130 | Green Day | Know Your Enemy | iTunes | Amazon |
| 131 | Adam Lambert | If I Had You | iTunes | Amazon |
| 132 | Nelly Furtado | Maneater | iTunes | Amazon |
| 133 | The Offspring | Hit That | iTunes | Amazon |
| 133 | Tiesto | Let’s Go (Feat. Icona Pop) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 134 | Katy Perry | I Kissed A Girl | iTunes | Amazon |
| 135 | The Presets | Talk Like That | iTunes | Amazon |
| 136 | The White Tie Affair | Price Of Company | iTunes | Amazon |
| 136 | Metro Station | Shake It | iTunes | Amazon |
| 136 | Five Finger Death Punch | You | iTunes | Amazon |
| 137 | Muse | Knights Of Cydonia | iTunes | Amazon |
| 138 | Five Finger Death Punch | Anywhere But Here | iTunes | Amazon |
| 138 | 3OH!3 | My First Kiss (feat. Kesha) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 138 | Miley Cyrus | See You Again | iTunes | Amazon |
| 138 | Fall Out Boy | The Phoenix | iTunes | Amazon |
| 138 | Franz Ferdinand | This Fire | iTunes | Amazon |
| 139 | Britney Spears | Toxic (Armand Van Helden Remix) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 139 | The Killers | Somebody Told Me | iTunes | Amazon |
| 140 | Train | 50 Ways To Say Goodbye | iTunes | Amazon |
| 140 | The White Tie Affair | Watching You | iTunes | Amazon |
| 140 | Lady Gaga | Applause | iTunes | Amazon |
| 140 | 3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry | Starstrukk | iTunes | Amazon |
| 140 | Cascada | Just Like A Pill | iTunes | Amazon |
| 140 | Linkin Park | Bleed It Out | iTunes | Amazon |
| 142 | System Of A Down | Violent Pornography | iTunes | Amazon |
| 143 | Marilyn Manson | The Beautiful People | iTunes | Amazon |
| 143 | The Offspring | (Can’t Get My) Head Around You | iTunes | Amazon |
| 144 | Maroon 5 | Lucky Strike | iTunes | Amazon |
| 144 | Avril Lavigne | What The Hell | iTunes | Amazon |
| 144 | Powerman 5000 | When Worlds Collide | iTunes | Amazon |
| 144 | Nero | Promises | iTunes | Amazon |
| 144 | Everclear | Blackjack | iTunes | Amazon |
| 145 | Slipknot | Duality | iTunes | Amazon |
| 145 | Flo Rida | Right Round | iTunes | Amazon |
| 146 | The Ting Tings | That’s Not My Name | iTunes | Amazon |
| 146 | Ok GO | Here It Goes Again | iTunes | Amazon |
| 146 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Can’t Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 148 | Five Finger Death Punch | Bulletproof | iTunes | Amazon |
| 148 | Florida Georgia Line | Cruise | iTunes | Amazon |
| 148 | Basshunter | Now You’re Gone | iTunes | Amazon |
| 148 | Eminem | Rap God | iTunes | Amazon |
| 149 | The Prodigy | Voodoo People | iTunes | Amazon |
| 149 | Neon Trees | Animal | iTunes | Amazon |
| 150 | DJ Khaled | All I Do Is Win | iTunes | Amazon |
| 150 | Everclear | So Much For The Afterglow | iTunes | Amazon |
| 150 | Linkin Park | Hit The Floor | iTunes | Amazon |
| 150 | The Killers | Mr. Brightside | iTunes | Amazon |
| 150 | Five Finger Death Punch | Lift Me Up | iTunes | Amazon |
| 150 | Bonnie Tyler | Holding Out for A Hero | iTunes | Amazon |
| 152 | Five Finger Death Punch | Under And Over It | iTunes | Amazon |
| 152 | Five Finger Death Punch | Back For More | iTunes | Amazon |
| 152 | Fall Out Boy | The Mighty Fall (feat. Big Sean) | iTunes | Amazon |
| 152 | Fall Out Boy | My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ’em Up | iTunes | Amazon |
| 153 | Black Eyed Peas | Pump It | iTunes | Amazon |
| 153 | Fall Out Boy | Thks Fr Th Mmrs | iTunes | Amazon |
| 153 | Fatboy Slim | The Rockafeller Skank | iTunes | Amazon |
| 154 | The Fratellis | Chelsea Dagger | iTunes | Amazon |
| 154 | Outkast | B.O.B. | iTunes | Amazon |
| 155 | Avenged Sevenfold | Beast and the Harlot | iTunes | Amazon |
| 156 | Drowning Pool | Step Up | iTunes | Amazon |
| 158 | Metallica | Ain’t My Bitch | iTunes | Amazon |
| 159 | The Donnas | Take It Off | iTunes | Amazon |
| 160 | Lemon Demon | Knife Fight | iTunes | Amazon |
| 160 | Outkast | Hey Ya! | iTunes | Amazon |
| 162 | Andrew W.K. | Party Hard | iTunes | Amazon |
| 164 | Avril Lavigne | Girlfriend | iTunes | Amazon |
| 165 | Matchbox Twenty | How Far We’ve Come? | iTunes | Amazon |
| 168 | Sum 41 | Motivation | iTunes | Amazon |
| 170 | Led Zeppelin | Rock And Roll | iTunes | Amazon |
| 172 | Eminem | Cinderella Man | iTunes | Amazon |
| 172 | Eminem | Business | iTunes | Amazon |
| 173 | Iron Maiden | The Trooper | iTunes | Amazon |
| 174 | Iron Maiden | Run To The Hills | iTunes | Amazon |
| 175 | Avenged Sevenfold | Almost Easy | iTunes | Amazon |
| 176 | Eminem | Survival | iTunes | Amazon |
| 178 | Fall Out Boy | Centuries | iTunes | Amazon |
| 178 | Good Charlotte | The Anthem | iTunes | Amazon |
| 180 | Cascada | Sk8er Boi | iTunes | Amazon |
| 187 | Cobra Starship | Nice Guys Finish Last | iTunes | Amazon |
| 187 | Lostprophets | Everyday Combat | iTunes | Amazon |
| 220 | Fatboy Slim | Slash Dot Dash | iTunes | Amazon |
A couple of things:
1. Just because I’d run to it doesn’t mean I’d listen to it in real life.
2. I claim no ownership of nor responsibility for the content of the videos linked below. Some of them are official, some of them are original, and some of them are downright crappy…but you can listen to the song, and that’s what counts. Some are explicit.
