What's your favorite workout song??
 

Is there one particular song that gets you really pumped up? I'd like to get some new really upbeat songs, thought I'd ask you all. I like the song chumbawamba - I get knocked down. Just like this weight loss journey, some days you feel like you're 'knocked down', but you 'get up again'. ;)

"Lips Like Sugar" by Echo and the Bunnymen!!!!
I can dance or work out to this song all day and night!

Here's my current playlist!

ATOMIC Dog - George Clinton
Me Myself and I – De La Soul
So Many Men, So Little Time – Miquel Brown
Buffalo Stance – Neneh Cherry
Rasputin – Boney M
Better Shape Up - Grease
Turn the Beat Around – Vickie Sue Robinson
Holding out for a Hero – Bonnie Tyler
I’ll Tumble 4 Ya – Culture Club
We Got the Beat – The GoGos
Fame – Irene Cara
Maniac – Michael Sembello
Wild Wild West – Escape Club
No Parking on the Dance Floor – Midnight Star
Boom Boom Boom – Paul Lekakis
Catch Me I’m Falling – Pretty Poison
Naughty Girls – Samantha Fox
W.O.R.K – Wild in the USA
Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira

Mine would have to be a tie between Muse - Super Massive Black Hole and the Gorillaz - Feel Good, Inc. They're both so darn catchy!

Angie swears that is my work-out song...every time I twist off the cap to another MGD ;)

She said her favorite work-out song right now is Waterloo by ABBA

OK...I don't work out, but there is one song that always gets me to dance. Even if I look like an idiot in my truck by myself....

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Kerri

I've always enjoyed The Matrix movie soundtrack. Lots of HIGH ENERGY sound!

I have Tub Thumping on my playlist. I have a running playlist on my MP3 player with songs like:

Wild Wild West
Walking on Sunshine
I Love Rock and Roll
Roll With the Changes
I Need a Hero
Dancing in the Light (If you've never heard it, GREAT song, GREAT band. They do the GE commercials. Band we found up north playing at our local community center called Entrain.)
Raise Your Hands
Dance the Night Away
Jump
Teenage Wasteland
Big Yellow Taxi
8th World Wonder
Plus a bunch of Alannis Morrisett and Pat Benetar music, and lots of others.

Anyone under 30, need not ask who sings these songs. You just wouldn't understand. LOL

Yeah Sweet Home Alabama is a good one too, Feel Good Inc., and some that you listed Glory, I really like too.

i like um. . . . cherry poppin daddies, mighty mighty bosstones, five iron frenzy, black eyed peas, garbage, hot rod circuit. fun music.

Here's a few of my favorites:

You Spin Me Right Round - Dead or Alive
Weapon of Choice - Fat Boy Slim
Working 9-5 - Dolly Parton
Let's Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez
Boom Shakalaka - Apache Indian
and for a bit of Bollywood - Chunari Chunari - Anu Malik

Party Train on the Turbo Jam DVD. I get so happy and really want to shake it!! lol It's my all time favorite song to workout to.

THANKS guys! These are all really great suggestions. I'll have fun downloading!

I dance- be-bop while in the kitchen draining brita water.. on the radio or my cd player..

I dance to Hips don't lie-Shakria
Escape..Gwen Steffani
SOS- Rhainana
The cup of life ..Ricky Martin
I like it like that,,Blackalstars
Party for two..Shaina Twain

Ok this is going to sound cheesy, but I find myself getting in the swing of things with my exercise routine every time I hear "Takin' Care Of Business" by Randy Bachman:D

For me any song that is Hard rock...it gets my adrenaline pumping. At some points I feel like singing along but dont want to look like a dumb *** at the gym.

I have a real eclectic mix on my MP3 but
... I'm a Believer by Smash Mouth is great for jogging.
... Wicked Game by Chris Isaac is fabulous for shoulders, it reminds me to goooo sloooow.

I like oldies. This is what's on my playlist. Of these, I've bolded my extra special favorites, those that have that extra umph that really get me psyched and moving. :p

Hava Nagila - Neil Diamond
I Like To Move It
I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone - Monkees
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - Monkees
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley
Grease (Frankie Valli)
Disco Inferno -The Trammps
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Big Black Horse - KT Tunstall
Burnin' Love - Elvis Presley
I Wear My Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
Cha Cha - Chelo
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Cuban Pete - Desi Arnaz/Lucille Ball
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Driver's Seat - Sniffin' The Tears
Menea (Mad Hot Ballroom Soundtrack)
Don’t Go Breakin' My Heart - Elton John
I'm Still Standin' - Elton John
Every1's A Winner - Hot Chocolate
Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
Fame - Irene Cara
Far From Over - Frank Stallone
Greased Lightnin'
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
Hit The Road, Jack - Ray Charles
I Need A Hero - Laura Branigan
I'm A Believer - Monkees
Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers
It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
Shake Your Booty - KC
Sukiyaki(the Japanese version by Kyu Sakamoto)
Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
Let's Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
Safety Dance
Mambo Italiano
Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
One Night In Bangkok -Murray Head
Puttin' On the Ritz - Taco
Pop Muzik - M
Get Off Of My Cloud - Stones
Jumpin' Jack Flash - Stones
She's So Cold - Stones
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
Rocky Theme
Run For Your Life - Beatles
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Eye of The Tiger - Survivor
Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals
Spirit In the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
That's The Way I Like It - KC
The Breakup Song - The Greg Kihn Band
The Hustle - Van McCoy
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tokens
The Night Before - Beatles
Corazon De Acero - Lucia Mendez
Tu Eres Ajena (Mad Hot Ballroom Soundtrack)
We Are The Champions - Queen
We Will Rock You - Queen
Well Alright - Buddy Holly
What A Feeling - Irene Cara
White Wedding - Billy Idol
You Can't Touch This - MC Hammer
You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
You're The One That I Want (Grease)

Oh, and I confess...if YMCA comes on, it gets me moving. So does Macho Man. :D

Ellie,
You go some good song choices! I really like alot that you picked especially some of those oldies.
I mentioned that I like Lips Like Sugar earlier, but want to add
K.C and the Sunshine's, Keep it Coming Love
Could it be I'm falling in love, The Spinners
Good Vibrations, Mark Walberg
Rich Girl and Holla back Girl, Gwen Stephani
Anything fast, I love to dance a good work out. It's funny, I can dance longer than I work out.

My favorite workout music band is The Fratellis. They've got lots of high energy songs that make you want to dance like crazy. Three best songs are "Henrietta", "Flathead", and "The Gutterati".

Anything sung by Robert Plant. I especially like the "Shine It All Around-Remix" that's after Brother Ray (it's not listed, it's a bonus :D) from the Mighty ReArranger CD. It's got an awesome techno vibe and it makes me work hard on the elliptical. Any rockin' Led Zeppelin hits the spot too! Did I mention I like Robert Plant? :lol:

*I also like INXS's greatest hits CD.
*Gwen Steffani's "Holla Back Girl"
*I also like The Tragically Hip and the "Road Apples" CD.

Thanks, Fit! I'm trying to add Rubber Band Man, Under My Thumb (who knew the Stones made so many good workout songs, lol....then again, Mick Jagger is a beanpole so maybe he was onto something!) and Boogie Wonderland (thanks to Happy Feet, lol). The music really does keep me going. I don't do anything for a set time or set count, it's all to the music. In the beginning I used to challenge myself to keep a particular exercise going for the duration of the song. Now, I just change up when I feel like it, just try to keep moving and keep it interesting for myself. :carrot:

Hey TREKKIE ~ You know I always love your music tastes...just not enough Neil Diamond in there ;)

Do the Monkees songs he wrote count? ;) He's actually my favorite. :D He's got more "swaying" music than workout music, though. But I may add Forever in Blue Jeans. :p

This was also my Air Supply dilemma. Love them but it's all ballads. ;)

Yeah Neil Diamond too,
What's the one called, Cherry Baby?
That one I can dance to as well as, Salvation Traveling Show, Solitary Man and and the one the Monkees do, A Little Bit, A little bit you.
Good Ones!

Of course! TREKKIE I grew up in the MONKEES era...I can still remember the junior high girls debating on who was cuter..DAVY ~ PETER ~ MIKE or MICKEY ........us boys just didn't really understand it! We were probably too busy looking at pictures of Haley Mills

Yep FIT Cherry Cherry ...she got the way to groove me;)

My high school girlfriend and I were big Neil fans...she always wanted to sing that song "SHERRY SHERRY" for the obvious reason ...fun times!

What debate? It was Micky Dolenz, of course. :cool: :cloud9:

Hmmm...I'll have to revisit my Neil collection and see what I can pull out. :D

I always had a crush on Mike. I always went for the quiet silent type. I could not resist his voice when he sang "Joanne".
Swooonnn!!!

Oh, I liked when Mike sang "You Just May Be The One" and "Door Into Summer." Actually, one of my favorite Monkees songs that I don't think I mentioned on the playlist is one he wrote and Micky sang, "Mary, Mary." Oh, I do have another Neil Diamond on my mp3..."Hey, Louise." Only if you've seen The Jazz Singer do you remember that one. :p

We just got our oldies station back in NYC (WCBS-FM, what used to be Cousin Brucie's station) after 2 years of JACK-FM (ugh). A few months before it was unceremoniously banished, Micky had become the morning deejay. I'd love to hear him come back.

I like to work out to fast paced music and also to songs that make me feel somehow empowered.

My favorite work out songs:

Cake - Short Skirt, Long Jacket, Sheep go to Heaven & Shut the @#$% up
Fiona Apple - Sleep to Dream & Criminal
Lords of Acid - most specifically Lady Marmalade & Rough Sex
PWEI (I don't expect anybody to know who this is)

So here's where you're hiding Tina!! I have just come back after going a bit mad with this pregnancy and putting on a little more than I wanted. I have rejoined our "1 pound down" group and was wondering where you had got to.

Come back to us sweetie!!

I need fast music for the cardio machines! Some of my favs right now are:

• Check On It - Destiny's Child
• Get Me Bodied - Beyonce (love the line "a little sweat never hurt nobody"!)
• Beautiful Life - Ace of Base
• Taste of Dis - Brooke Valentine (love the line "I'm looking good, I'm feeling good, I'm pedicured, I think I'm ready"!)
• Pass Us By - Brooke Valentine
• DOA - Foo Fighters
• Candyman - Christina Aguilera
• What Are You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani
• Head to Toe - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
• Istanbul not Constantinople - They Might Be Giants
• Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
• Hey Baby - No Doubt
• Cold Hearted Snake - Paula Abdul
• Get the Party Started - Pink
• Shut Up and Drive - Rihanna
• This is How a Heart Breaks - Rob Thomas
• I Want You - Savage Garden
• C'Mon C'Mon (Theme from Rescue Me) - The Von Bondies (My SO found this one for me--he was really excited to discover that it was an actual song)

I have a separate play list for running that includes a lot more 80's songs.

Woo, Cake! :D

My current fave is a little weird and probably most of you haven't heard of it, but...

Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

You'd all recognize the basic piece (its a classical piece by Aaron Copland), but the ELP version is really upbeat and somehow makes me feel like I'm an olympic athlete, headed toward a finish line. NOTHING makes me move faster on the elliptical.

i have a wide mix in my ipod...but my "exercise" file is mostly hard pumping music that gets me going like:
Headsprung - L.L. cool j
Animal - Nickelback
several of P!nk's songs including Cuz i can, God is a Dj, and trouble
I think i love you - a cover by less than jake
pump it - black eye peas (this one always gets me really going...great workout song)
those are just a few...there's a few new songs i need to download too..but that's a small sample

Okay this is going to sound totally lame... but keep in mind I have little sisters and it's all their fault!!!! :D

Buuuut... Hannah Montana gets me pumped up for a good workout.

There. I said it. Please be kind. :o

Whip It...Devo
Fighter...Christina Aguilera
U Got The Look...Prince
C'Mon, C'Mon...Von Bondies
Let's Get It Started...Black Eyed Peas
Somebody Told Me...The Killers
Mickey...??? This is a GREAT & funny work out song for me, lol!
Dancing on the Ceiling...Lionel Ritchie
Ain't No Stopping me Now...McFadden & Whitehead
Shake Your Groove Thang...Peaches & Herb
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...Cyndi Lauper

Too many songs to name, lol.

Ooooh, I just found another song I HAVE to add to my playlist. "I Like It Like That" by Tito Nieves. It came on the radio earlier and I couldn't stop moving. :carrot:
Yeahhhh baby, I like it like that! :D

I doubt anyone here knows this one, but for some reason I always really liked the beat in the song "Go Film" by Covenant when I was out doing my walking.