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To ask what's your power song

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PowerupEtc · 23/09/2021 21:04

The song that gives you a boost of energy when you need a pick-me-up. However silly, naff or crazy, please share.

I'll go first: Believer by Imagine Dragons

Your turn 😎

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notacooldad · 24/09/2021 15:58

I put an eminem Play list on when I went for a walk yesterday and powered through it really quickly. Its definitely the right music to get you moving
I had my headphones on while walking a few months ago and wondered why I was out of breath. I had my YouTube metal play list on and a nice stroll turned into a jog I had planned on!

theDudesmummy · 24/09/2021 16:01

When I had an exam or interview, and needed to beef up my self-confidence: Do Anything You Want To by Thin Lizzy

LaBellina · 24/09/2021 16:05

m.youtube.com/watch?v=7nol7e9HJXg

This one ☝️

HopingForOurRainbowBaby · 24/09/2021 16:08

Fight song

HopingForOurRainbowBaby · 24/09/2021 16:10

[quote PowerupEtc]@cpjoli Fight song? Who is it by?[/quote]
Rachel Platten

JamesGetIn · 24/09/2021 16:16

Sigma, Nobody to Love 🙌

1dayatatime · 24/09/2021 18:24

@EnglishGirlApproximately

You should give the other two tracks a listen as well, I think you'll like them

Winecurestiredness · 24/09/2021 18:35

Darude- Sandstorm

Cyanchicken · 24/09/2021 18:45

Lizzo - good as hell

spagbog5 · 24/09/2021 18:49

We've got tonight- Bob sega and the silver bullet band

Bollockstothat · 24/09/2021 18:49

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Back in Black - AC/DC
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Mess Around - Ray Charles

EnglishGirlApproximately · 24/09/2021 18:50

@notacooldad can't beat a bit of angry music to get you moving!

coodawoodashooda · 24/09/2021 18:50

@cpjoli

Fight song!
Me too.
forinborin · 24/09/2021 18:55

@hangrylady

Lose Yourself, Eminem
Have you heard the klezmer-jazz version by the postmodern jukebox? check it out, worth it!
larchbirch · 24/09/2021 19:02

Electric Dreams. "Because the friendship that you gave taught me to be brave.." that line applies to a fair few women in my life. Makes me feel on top of the world and unbeatable

Mumberjack · 24/09/2021 19:09

Harder than you think by public enemy

MagpieCastle · 24/09/2021 19:19

Sisters are doing it for themselves (Annie Lennox and Aretha Franklin)
Dignity (Deacon Blue)
Common People (Pulp)

FusciasBright21 · 24/09/2021 19:29

Seize the Power by YONAKA

tshirtsuntan · 24/09/2021 19:34

To be real- Cheryl Lynn

Whatthechicken · 24/09/2021 19:36

Gimme shelter - stones
Voodoo Chile - Hendrix
I am the Resurrection - Roses
Me and Bobby McGee - Joplin
Piece of my heart - Joplin
Dreams - Cranberries

So many more though…

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 24/09/2021 19:40

OK I can't resist the temptation to go to town on this!

Ones others have already mentioned: Franklin, Respect, ACDC, Back in Black, G&R, Welcome to the Jungle, The Mac, The Chain.

My additions:

Steppenwolf: Born to be Wild
G&R: You could be mine
Nine Inch Nails: Head like a hole
Metallica: Enter Sandman
Muse: Plug In Baby
Rammstein: Mein Herz Brennt
The Mac: Oh Well
The Doors: Roadhouse Blues
The Stones: Start Me Up
Bon Jovi: Let it Rock
The Death Stars: Perfect Cult/Temple of the Insects
Oasis: Columbia
BRMC: Need Some Air
Fields of the Neph: For Her Light
Kasabian: Club Foot
QOTSA: Go with the flow
Pixies: Gigantic/UMass

Loving this thread. I'm doing a new playlist ...

mathanxiety · 24/09/2021 19:41

Like a Hurricane, by Neil Young

MarieIVanArkleStinks · 24/09/2021 19:42

Oh! And the Ramones - Sheena is a punk rocker

Tidypidy · 24/09/2021 19:46

Mass Destruction by Faithless, moves me every time.

grapewine · 24/09/2021 19:48

Fight Song and Skyscraper

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