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to ask you to tell me some good running tunes

51 replies

scottishtreehugger · 11/07/2017 21:57

I need inspiration!

OP posts:
Collaborate · 12/07/2017 07:34

Nothing beats the Benny Hill chase music for when you need that extra burst of speed.

minesapintofwine · 12/07/2017 07:50

Nothing beats the Benny Hill chase music for when you need that extra burst of speed. Grin😂

sweetbitter · 12/07/2017 07:57

Veruca Salt (female rock band) - any of the uptempo tracks from their Eight Arms to Hold You album I find great to run to. Straight, With David Bowie, Volcano Girls, Sound of the Bell. The screaming guitars, kickass female musicians aNd pumping drumbeats always get me going.

I also love McFly and Busted to run to, weirdly. The kind of positive cheesy guitar vibe puts a spring in my step.

minesapintofwine · 12/07/2017 08:01

Lynx-take back the night

I like it because the beat gets measier back into a steady running tempo (good for fartleks too)

Ifailed · 12/07/2017 08:01

If you can download a Fatboy Slim set from you-tube, it's all at 120 bpm.

minesapintofwine · 12/07/2017 08:02

Sorry about typos

RiversDisguise · 12/07/2017 08:12

But at 120 you're either walking or terribly over striding, surely? If you're running your the beat.

TheNaze73 · 12/07/2017 08:19

Booyah by Showtek

HibernoCaledonian · 12/07/2017 10:57

Off the top of my head.

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance (slow start but brilliant once it gets into it)
Screamager - Therapy?

And for a final sprint

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme - Nerf Herder

I'll probably think of more later.

MaidOfStars · 12/07/2017 11:00

I have different playlists for different tempos Blush

MaidOfStars · 12/07/2017 11:02

Rivers I can run to some 120bpm songs, but I take 3 strides for 2 beats.

Areyoufree · 12/07/2017 11:20

All time favourite running song is "Stop the rock", by Apollo 440. Doesn't matter how tired I about, it always gives me a boost!

MrsMoggy · 12/07/2017 11:28

I don't run but when working out I like:
Eminem- til I collapse
Sia- unstoppable
Netsky- come alive and work it out
Sigma- higher and coming home
Calvin Harris- lets go

minesapintofwine · 12/07/2017 11:49

I have some of the other songs mentioned on my play list. They must be good running tunes!

My guilty pleasure for running to is Hall and Oates-you make my dreams come true Blush

megletthesecond · 12/07/2017 11:58

Queens of the stone age - No one knows.
Lady Gaga and beyonce - Telephone.
LCD soundsystem - Daft Punk is playing in my house (soulwax Shibuya remix).
Riton feat Kah-Lo - rinse and repeat.

minesapintofwine · 13/07/2017 12:44

Tina Turner-Proud Mary

minesapintofwine · 13/07/2017 12:45

Oh and

Dropkick murphys-shipping up to Boston

londonmummy1966 · 13/07/2017 18:22

Another vote for Tainted Love ...

Going to date myself big time but a lot of 80s stuff has a good beat for running (Madness, YMCA etc)
I use quite a bit of classical as well - nothing quite like ending a run to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory). Fast movements from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos (think Antiques Roadshow theme tune) get me through tough patches.
I also like a bit of swing - Java Jive - and some of the Scott Joplin piano rags.

revolution909 · 13/07/2017 18:25

I listen to terrible 90s eurodance, Daft Punk, Cut Copy, The Chemical Brothers, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx...

LuxCoDespondent · 13/07/2017 18:38

N-Trance - Set You Free
Redline - King of the Mountain
Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me
The Libertines - Campaign of Hate
Aqua - Doctor Jones
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Bernard Cribbins - Right Said Fred
NWA - Gangsta Gangsta
Ladytron - Ace of Hz
Babyshambles - Fuck Forever
Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues
Meat Loaf - Where the Rubber Meets the Road
James - Laid
The Wildhearts - Red Light Green Light
The Velvet Underground - Waiting for the Man
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Howaboutthisone · 15/07/2017 13:28

Thanks for this thread OP! I started a similar one and someone linked to this. Some awesome running songs here that I've just added to my playlist.

Nousername2015 · 15/07/2017 13:34

My running music is also very eclectic, I'm so pleased to see everyone else's is! One more time by Daft Punk, Kick-starts by Example, Say my name by Florence and the Machine, Knights of Cydonia by Muse and Dammit by Blink 182 are my favourites.

Howaboutthisone · 15/07/2017 13:42

So many of the ones that I've thought will be great to run to are songs I would never really listen to at other times.

justkeeponsmiling · 15/07/2017 14:20

Hyberno oh my god the Buffy theme tune!! How have I never downloaded this? This will get me through every single walk/run in the future!

justkeeponsmiling · 17/07/2017 18:25

Coming back to resurrect this and add some of my favourite songs:

Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
Arctic Monkeys - I bet that you look good on the
Jay Z/Linkin Park -
Paramore - Misery Business
Guns N Roses - Night Train
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth
Kanye West - Stronger