Music for walking/running
 

I looked for a thread on what music people listen to while walking/running, but couldn't find one. . .so, I'm starting this one--if someone knows of a thread like this already existing, please let me know. Thanks!

What do you listen to when you walk/run? I thought if people shared their lists, we could all get ideas to help keep our lists interesting. I'd love to hear some great ideas to help me mix it up so I have multiple lists to choose from and don't get bored with the one I have!
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This is my playlist for walks with jogging intervals (um, I don't run):

Finally--Patti Page (gets me started in a positive way)
Lora Lei--The Pogues (nice, lyrical, but still walking fast)
Corazon Espinado--Santana (good for a fast walk interval)
Wild World--Cat Stevens (good to slow down a bit again)
Marry--Domestic Problems (Michigan band, cute song about love/family makes me smile)
James Francis--Domestic Problems (same, but this is about the lead singer's dad)
Africa--Toto (good walking pace, bright energetic)
Breakfast at Tiffany's--Deep Blue Something (same)
Sometimes--Midnight Oil (I usually jog to this, it appeals to my sense of social justice and makes me feel strong and determined)
Lust for life--Iggy Pop (I can't help moving fast to this one!)
I Wanna Be a Supermodel--Clueless soundtrack (funny, slows me down to a walk)
One Week--Barenaked Ladies (fast enough to return to a jog if I'm up to it)
Runaround--Blues Traveler (fast walk, just a great song)
Smooth--Santana/Rob Thomas (still a fast walk, really energetic to keep me going)
Desert Rose--Sting (a great cool-down song, very peaceful and meditative)

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Great topic! I have "Lust for Life" on my list, too! Another one that I find great to walk/jog to is "All My Life" by the Foo Fighters :)

you read my mind. i was going to start a thread about this this morning.

i crave really overplayed pop music when i run. here's my latest cd

lean back -terror squad
ignotion remix- r kelly
lose my breath- destiny's child
goodies-ciarra
move your body- nina skye
hit em up style- blu cantrell
head sprung-ll cool j
got yo money- ol dirty *******
milkshake- i can never remember her name
bootylicious- destiny's child
you remind me- usher

and then for the cool down
my boo- usher/alicia keys
confessions pt one and two- usher
burn - usher
my way- usher
if i ain't got you- alicia keys


on days when i really feel like diggin in, i've got overly played pop music from the "punk" genre.

emo- blink 182
J.A.R.- greenday
Stutter-elastica
Lifestyles of the rich and the famos-good charlotte
fat lip- sum 41
movies- alien ant farm
take it off- the donnas
in too deep- sum 41
young and hopeless- good charlotte
bad reputation- joan jett ( had to get one really good song in here :) )
she- greenday
motivation- sum 41
loser anthem- good charlotte
come on eilleen- save ferris

anything that moves, and i can sing along to, turns into a good running cd for me. i mouth along to the words and before i know it i'm finishing up mile three.

Cool topic! Being from the Pacifici Islands, I enjoy walking/running/working out to good tahitian music.. I find that the faster the drum beats are, the faster I move.. ;)

This is so great!!! Lots of songs I know and hadn't thought of and even more I want to hear!!! thanks you guys for posting on the thread!!!

I find the following albums are pretty good:

Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Velvet Revolver - Contraband
Green Day - Dookie
Rage Against the Machine - Self Titled
Blind Melon - Self Titled, Soup, Nico, Bootlegs with ampy songs on them
Rammstein
Sometimes guns'n roses
Everclear
Offsrping

My boyfriend made up a cd for legs workout, it has '80 & '90's hardcore dance tracks, plus marilyn manson, disturbed, rod zobie, offspring, the donnas on it.. all stuff the gets me going

I dunno, I am a rock chick, although sometimes at the gym I will tune in to the overplayed pop! The Milkshake song is by Kaylis (sp??)

Pulp- different class is a great album to walk quickly to

How about audio books? They pass the time so well.

I just got Gwen Stefani's cd Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Almost every song has a great beat :)

No Doubt

Seven Nation Army-The White Stripes

Santeria, Same in the End, What I Got, Burritos, 5446, I saw Red-Sublime

Sugar, I-E-A-I-A-I-O, Atwa, Bounce, Forest, Chop Suey!, Prison Song-System Of A Down

Old School Vol. 1 has a bunch of great stuff

Never There, Perhaps -Cake


I could keep going, but I'll spare you :lol:

Please don't spare us, Jessie! The more ideas, the better. I have the attention span of a housefly, so I need to constantly mix up my music or I get bored/unmotivated!!!

Hmmm, I'm starting to wonder if I mention what I listen to if anyone will know what I'm talking about. So...who are all these people you guys are talking about? LOL

Some of my favorite running tunes are:

Teenage Wasteland
Pour Some Sugar On It
**** is For Children
Comon Ileen
Karma Cameleon
Brickhouse
Wild Thing
We Built This City on Rock and Roll
We've Got the Beat
Centerfold
Cecilia
Kiss Me Deadly
Heartbreaker
Freeze Frame
Paradise City
Sweet Child of Mine
Panama
Jamie's Crying
Dance the Night Away
I Will Survive
Hey Now You're a Rock Star
Roll With the Changes

Since I've learned to run, I don't walk anymore, so I don't have any specific walking tunes.

Now if any of you guys are wondering what the heck these songs are, think 80's, perhaps even 70's. If you weren't born yet, you don't know what you're missing. :D

Cool songs! he he.. alot of those are ones I use!

Almostheaven...I remember a lot of those songs :)



As for more let's see...Some of these have a slow beat, but I enjoy singing with them, not that I know how to sing well :lol:


Always be my baby, Dreamlover, Honey, Sweetheart~ Mariah Carey

Forca, Explode, One trick pony, Powerless, Baby Girl, Hey Man, I will Make You Cry, I'm Like A Bird, Legend, Turn Off The Light, Well Well~ Nelly Furtado


Coconut, Everywhere, Nowhere and Everywhere ~ Practical Magic Soundtrack


Another One Bites the Dust, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, Killer Queen, Under Pressure ~ Queen

Cabron, Can't Stop, Minor Thing, One Mercury, Venice Queen, Universally Speaking, Around The World, Californication, Get on Top, I like Dirt, Purple Stain, Aeoplane, Walkabout~Red Hot Chilli Peppers


Eyes Like Yours, Objection, Poem To A Horse, Ready For the Good Times, Whenever Wherever, Rules, Te Dejo Madrid ~ Shakira



:)

LOL at Almostheaven. I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Your song list is great! I recognized all of them ;)

As for me I have about 5 different compilation CD's that I run too. Here is what I ran to this morning:

Piece of my Heart - Janis Joplin
Shameless - Garth Brooks
The Promise - When in Rome
Stuck in the Middle - (from Reservoir Dogs...don't remember who sang it)
Shook me All Night Long - AC/DC
No One Like You - Scorpions
Rock me Amadeus - Falco
Under Pressure - Queen
Fight for your Right to Party - Beastie Boys
Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe (I think)
Knock 3 Time - Tony, Orlando and Dawn
Rock n Roll All Night - KISS
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Wipeout - Fat Boys (remake with the Beach Boys)

And as Almostheaven said...think 80's and before (for the most part).

I almost forgot about the Flashdance soundtrack...and Footloose :)

I conned myself on to the elliptical today, then did the 'one more song' thing until I'd been on for 15 minutes. But then (I'm not the only one who uses my MP3 player).... "Play that Funky Music" and "I Want You to Want Me". 25 minutes had passed almost painlessly.

I hope you guys don't mind me jumpping in on this. Here's some of my music.

Dire Straits - Walk Of Life ( I like this at the start of my workout)
U2 - Beautiful Day ( I like to cool down to this)
Sublime - What I Got
Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Jock Jams - Mortal Combat
Jock Jams Tribal Dance
Jock Jams Cheerleaders - Watch Out We're Here
Jock Jams, Vol. 4 - 10 - J.K. Simmons - No One Pushes Us Around.
Jock Jams, Vol. 4 - 19 - Jock Jams Cheerleaders - Be Aggressive.mp3
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Reel To Reel - I Like To Move It
Quad City DJs - Cmon N Ride It The Train
ATC - Around The World (La La La La La)
Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Bowling For Soup - 1985
Christina Aguilera Feat.Redman - Dirty
Christina Aguilera - Can't Hold Us Down
Jock Jams Cheerleaders - Don't Stop, Get It, Get It !
Beatles - Eight Days A Week
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Madonna - Vogue 2000

I put the jock jams in between songs to keep me motivated.

oooo this one is a good one. i ahve it on one of my older running cd's. i play it on repeat at the end of my runs and usually end up putting in a little more time and distance than planned.

Ahh, there's one I forgot. Tubthumping's a good one for a jog.

oooooh, footloose! I loved that song--and the movie. . .that's a great one!!!!! black eyed peas are so much fun to listen too. What a great list, Mez! I catch myself singing along and weirding people out when I'm walking!

here are some of my favorite older ones:

True Blue (the whole album)--Madonna
Paye Mate--Buena Vista Social Club
Lover Boy-Dirty dancing
I'm a believer--Monkees (or the remake, whatever)
If I could hold you tonight (i think that's the title)--Bodeans
Safety Dance--Men At Work
Land Down Under--Men w/out Hats

I keep my MP3 player loaded with all of the great songs from my high school and college days - 80's stuff. I was much, much, thinner back then so all of those old songs motivate me by bringing back very vivid memories of what life was like when I wasn't fat - my goodness it was much better! Don't get me wrong, I'm really happy with my family and where I am in life - I'd just like to have the confidence and do anything attitude I had back then.

I also really like to listen to Justin Timberlake and John Mayer - even though I'm a little old to be such a teeny bopper!

P.S. - what a great idea for a thread!