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Some of my favorite songs I've heard while running races...
"Running on Empty" (very funny
when played in the last mile of a long race)
"Theme from Chariots of Fire" (unfortunately this one makes most folks want to
run in slow motion)
"Eye of the Tiger"
"Theme from Rocky"
"Scotland the Brave" (must be played on bagpipes)
"Soul Man" (must be played slightly off key by a high school band)
My favorite workout CD for working out indoors (and I'm showing my age here)
is the sound track from "Top Gun" (makes you want to go FAST)
Best song at a race for me was the inaugural “Rock ‘n Roll” Marathon in San Diego. I forget what mile it was but we were working a way up a hill just as one of the bands stopped for a break. One of the guitarists saw us struggling up the hill and broke into a solo version of “It I Only Had a Brain” from the Wizard of Oz. We finished that mile with gales of laughter!
From Lauren Clark:
Here is a very eclectic list -
these songs have the right beat for my runs:
Baha Men - Move it Like This
Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
Bon Jovi - Runaway
Bon Jovi - Its My Life
Garth Brooks - Standing Outside the Fire
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Unknown - Video Killed the Radio Star
Etype - Here I Go Again
Jock Jams Megamix
Michael Jackson - Black or White
Sha Na Na - Pretty Little Angel Eyes
Tina Turner - Shake a Tail Feather
Three Dog Night - Eli's Coming
Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun
More From Lauren Clark:
My songs are mostly from the
60's-80s. People who are into music think I have no taste in
music. That being said, here is what I run to:
Abba
A-Teens
Bangles
Billy Idol
Beach Boys
Ace of Base
Baha Men
Bare Naked Ladies
Bon Jovi
Elton John
Etype (dance music)
Go Gos
Grease the Musical
Joan Jett
Nsync
Queen
Sha Na Na
Tina Turner
Van Halen
My very favorite songs to run to are:
Garth Brooks - Standing Outside the Fire
Bon Jovi - Runaway
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
From Dixie:
Running has turned me into a
metalhead, I didn't listen to stuff like this (not much anyway) until I
started running six years ago.
Metallica's "Until it sleeps"
(Starts out with "Where do I take this pain of mine?/I run but it stays right
by my side")
Metallica's "Unforgiven" and "Unforgiven 2"
Metallica's "I Disappear"
System of a Down's "Chop Suey", "Aerials", "Forest", and I can't remember the
other one, all of them are on their Toxicity album
Nickelback's "Too Late" and "How You Remind Me"
Alice Cooper's "Elected", "No More Mr. Nice Guy," and "Poison"
U2's "Elevation" and "Beautiful Day", also "New Year's Day," "Sunday Bloody
Sunday", and "Where the Streets have no name"
Creed's "My Own Prison" "Torn", and "Illusion"
Staind's "Outside" and "It's Been Awhile"
3 Doors Down's "Kryptonite," "Duck and Run," "The Better Life" and "When I'm
Gone"
Rocky Horror Picture Show's "Sweet Transvestite"
From Don Covington:
| Hit The Road Jack | ray charles |
| House of Tom Bombadil | Nickel Creek |
| Ode to a Butterfly | Nickel Creek |
| Awesome God | Michael W. Smith |
| Open the Eyes of My Heart | Michael W. Smith |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| The Battle of Stirling | The London Symphony Orchestra |
| Running With the Night | Lionel Richie |
| Danger Zone | Kenny Loggins |
| Sweet Surrender (Live) | John Denver |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver |
| Rocky Mountain High | John Denver |
| Hero's Dream | Jim Brickman |
| Remembrance | Jim Brickman |
| Top Gun Anthem | Harold Faltermeyer/Steve Stevens |
| Rhythm Is Gonna Get You | Gloria Estefan |
| 1,2,3 [Remix] | Gloria Estefan |
| Here Comes the Sun | George Harrison |
| My Sweet Lord | George Harrison |
| Standing Outside the Fire | Garth Brooks |
| Wild One | Faith Hill |
| Rollin' and Tumblin' | Eric Clapton |
| Hey Hey | Eric Clapton |
| Further on up the Road | Eric Clapton |
| Anywhere Is | Enya |
| The Fire of Joy | Ed Van Fleet |
| Hotel California | The Eagles |
| Tripping Billies | Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds |
| Get on Your Feet | Gloria Estefan |
| The Empire Strikes Back: The Imperial March | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra |
| Beginnings | Chicago |
| Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? | Chicago |
| Just You 'N' Me | Chicago |
| Make Me Smile | Chicago |
| It's All Coming Back to Me Now | Celine Dion |
| Peace Train | Cat Stevens |
| Can't Keep It In | Cat Stevens |
| Truckin' | Bread |
| Spinning Wheel | Blood, Sweat & Tears |
| The Long and Winding Road | The Beatles |
| The Prayer [Live] | Angie Stone / Josh Groban |
| The Winner Takes It All | ABBA |
From Dawn...the Pink Lady:
From Chelsea Taylor:
The very model of a modern major general -
Gilbert and Sullivan
(Pirates of Penzance)
Be my Yoko Ono - Barenaked Ladies
Melting Pot - School House Rock
Nancy Whiskey - my version is by Gerry
O'Kane
Under Attack - Mamma Mia
Good Old Hockey Game - Stompin' Tom
Connors
Donkey Riding - Great Big Sea
No Nay Never - Irish Rovers
The Saga Begins - Weird Al Yankovich
The Monkey's Uncle - Disney (from the
Monkey's Uncle)
Except for Monday - Lorrie Morgan
Bitch - Meredith Brooks
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty
Springfield
Blame Canada - South Park
Who Put the bop in the
bop-shoo-bop-shoo-bop - ??
Black and Red - Les Miz