100 Workout Songs

Looking for 100 workout songs that will energize you and motivate you to finish your workout? There are hundreds of songs in many genres that can build motivation. The key is finding the songs that work for you. This article contains suggestions for music that will get you moving and keep you motivated.

Before getting to the list of 100 workout songs, consider what makes a good workout song.

• Good workout songs have a beat that falls between 125 and 155 beats per minute, especially for cardiovascular exercise. This quick beat keeps you moving and motivates you.
• Good workout songs motivate you. If there’s a song that gets you going and it’s not on the list, put it on your iPod anyway!
• Songs with a driving baseline are motivating for strength training.

Here is a list of workout songs that will get you moving. The list is in no particular order.

1. Beautiful Day – U2
2. Viva la Vida – Coldplay
3. You Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
4. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
5. Click Click Boom – Saliva
6. Walk This Way – Aerosmith
7. What I’ve Done – Linkin Park
8. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
9. I Need to Know – Marc Anthony
10. Mony Mony – Billy Idol
11. Fame – Irene Cara
12. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
13. Push It – Salt n’ Peppa
14. 1999 – Prince
15. Pocket Full of Sunshine – Natasha Beddingfield
16. Play that Funky Music – Wild Cherry
17. Super Freak – Rick James
18. Y.M.C.A. – Village People
19. Living La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
20. Bust a Move – Young MC
21. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
22. Footloose – Kenny Loggins
23. Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
24. One Week – Bare Naked Ladies
25. Barracuda – Heart
26. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
27. Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
28. Celebration – Kool and the Gang
29. Theme from Rocky (Gonna Fly Now) – Bill Conti
30. My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson
31. We Will Rock You – Queen
32. Dude Looks Like a Lady – Aerosmith
33. Rock n’ Roll All Night – KISS
34. The Rockafeller Skank – Fatboy Slim
35. Fight for Your Right – Beastie Boys
36. More than a Feeling – Boston
37. Paradise by the Dashboard Light – Meatloaf
38. Barbie Girl – Aqua
39. Enter Sandman – Metallica
40. Baba O’Reilley – The Who
41. I Love Rock n’ Roll – Joan Jett
42. All Star – Smash Mouth
43. Light On – David Cook
44. Bleed It Out – Linkin Park
45. Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
46. All American Girl – Carrie Underwood
47. Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
48. Stop the World I’ll Melt With You – Modern English
49. Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong – Black Crowes
50. Life is a Highway – Joe Walsh
51. Mrs. Jones – Counting Crowes
52. Even Flow – Pearl Jam
53. Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
54. In da Club – 50 Cent
55. Lose Yourself – Eminem
56. Pocket Full of Kryptonite – Spin Doctors
57. Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
58. Wanna Make a Memory – Bon Jovi
59. Get the Party Started - Pink
60. We Got the Beat – Go Gos
61. Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira and Wyclef Jean
62. Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
63. Radar Love – Golden Earring
64. Jungle Love - Morris Day and the Time
65. Control – Janet Jackson
66. You Shook Me All Night Long – ACDC
67. Paradise City – Guns N’ Roses
68. Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
69. Bad – Michael Jackson
70. Respect – Arethra Franklin
71. Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
72. Brick House – Commodores
73. Funky Town – Lipps, Inc.
74. Unwritten – Natasha Beddingfield
75. Cradle of Love – Billy Idol
76. Hemmorhage (In My Hands) - Fuel
77. Cherub Rock – Smashing Pumpkins
78. Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
79. It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
80. Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic
81. Working for the Weekend – Loverboy
82. Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen
83. Jump – Van Halen
84. Feelin’ All Right – Joe Cocker
85. I Want Candy – Bow Wow Wow
86. Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
87. Dirty Little Secret – The All-American Rejects
88. Clocks – Cold Play
89. Dancing in the Street – Van Halen
90. Rio – Duran Duran
91. Whip It – Devo
92. It’s the End of the World as We Know It – REM
93. Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
94. I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry
95. One Way or Another – Blondie
96. I Want You to Want Me – Cheap Trick
97. Never Been Any Reason – Head East
98. The Final Countdown – Europe
99. Thunderstruck – ACDC
100. American Idiot – Green Day

Use the list above as a starting point for compiling your own collection of workout music. Is there a song that motivates you? If it pumps you up, then it is the perfect song for your workout play list. Now that you have your list, what are you waiting for? Load up your iPod with music that motivates you, put on your head phones and get your body moving..

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