As a runner, I often turn to music to keep me entertained and motivated
during my training runs and races. I love discovering new running songs
(even if "new" only means "new to me"), listening to them, and sharing
them with others via
my blog posts and
Facebook page.
I recently asked people to
share their favorite running songs, then created a list of 100 titles, new and old, that keep us on our feet and on pace. List in hand, I asked members of
SparkPeople.com, America's #1 weight loss and fitness website, to vote on
their favorites, too.
Find
out which song took the tittle of best running song, whether your
favorite made the list, and how you can download a brand new
60-minute running mix of the top 12 songs (as voted on by runners like you)!
No. 1 Running Song of All Time:
Pink –
Raise Your Glass
Watch it on YouTube.
No. 2:
Survivor –
Eye Of The Tiger
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No. 3:
Adele –
Rolling In The Deep
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No. 4:
Maroon 5 –
Moves Like Jagger
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No. 5:
LMFAO –
Party Rock Anthem
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No. 6:
Journey –
Don't Stop Believin'
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No. 7:
Kelly Clarkson –
Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
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No. 8:
Black Eyed Peas –
Pump It
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No. 9:
Bon Jovi –
Livin' On A Prayer
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No. 10:
Outkast –
Hey Ya!
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No. 11:
Eminem –
Lose Yourself
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No. 12:
Kenny Loggins –
Footloose
Watch it on YouTube.
Here are the rest of the 100, ranked in order of your votes:
13 Lady Gaga -- ''Bad Romance''
14 The Black Eyed Peas -- ''Let's Get It Started''
15 Ricky Martin -- ''Livin' La Vida Loca''
16 Van Halen -- ''Jump''
17 Bonnie Tyler -- ''I Need A Hero''
18 Jennifer Lopez -- ''On The Floor''
19 Blondie -- ''Call Me''
20 C+C Music Factory -- ''Gonna Make You Sweat''
21 Pitbull -- ''Give Me Everything''
22 Britney Spears -- ''Toxic''
23 Taio Cruz -- ''Dynamite''
24 The Go Go's -- ''We Got The Beat''
25 Katrina & The Waves -- ''Walking On Sunshine''
26 Foster the People -- ''Pumped Up Kicks''
27 Elton John -- ''I'm Still Standing''
28 Rick Springfield -- ''Jessie's Girl''
29 Billy Joel -- ''We Didn't Start The Fire''
30 Ram Jam -- ''Black Betty''
31 Blink 182 -- ''All The Small Things''
32 MC Hammer -- ''U Can't Touch This''
33 Soft Cell -- ''Tainted Love''
34 Duran Duran -- ''Hungry Like The Wolf''
35 ACDC -- ''Thunder Struck''
36 Queen -- ''We Are The Champions''
37 Madonna -- ''4 Minutes''
38 Rihanna -- ''Only Girl In The World''
39 Avril Lavigne -- ''Girlfriend''
40 Far East Movement -- ''Like A G6''
41 Devo -- ''Whip It''
42 Ke$ha -- ''Your Love Is My Drug''
43 Slumdog Millionaire Theme -- ''Jai Ho''
44 The Clash -- ''Should I Stay Or Should I Go''
45 Gorillaz -- ''Feel Good Inc.''
46 ZZ Top -- ''Legs''
47 Nirvana -- ''Smells Like Teen Spirit''
48 Neon Trees -- ''Animal''
49 Motley Crue -- ''Kick Start My Heart''
50 Britney Spears -- ''Til The World Ends''
51 The Verve -- ''Bittersweet Symphony''
52 ABBA -- ''Waterloo''
53 Billy Idol -- ''Cradle Of Love''
54 Aretha Franklin -- ''Think''
55 Shakira -- ''Waka Waka''
56 Tommy Tutone -- ''867-5309''
57 Pat Benatar -- ''All Fired Up''
58 M.I.A. -- ''Paper Planes''
59 Loverboy -- ''Working For The Weekend''
60 Jordin Sparks -- ''Battlefield''
61 Bill Conti -- ''Gonna Fly Now (Rocky's Theme)''
62 Elvis Presley -- ''Jailhouse Rock''
63 Tom Petty -- ''Now I'm Free (Free Fallin')''
64 Katy Perry -- ''Waking Up In Vegas''
65 Scandal -- ''Goodbye To You''
66 Prince -- ''When Doves Cry''
67 The Killers -- ''Human''
68 Aerosmith -- ''I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing''
69 Gwen Stefani -- ''The Sweet Escape''
70
Wiz Khalifa -- ''Black And Yellow''
71 KISS -- ''I Was Made For Loving You''
72 Madonna -- ''Like A Prayer''
73 Michael Sembello -- ''Maniac''
74 Frankie Goes To Hollywood -- ''Relax''
75 The Cars -- ''Shake It Up''
76 ABBA -- ''Lay All Your Love On Me''
77 U2 -- ''Pride (In The Name Of Love)''
78 Leanne Rimes -- ''Can't Fight The Moonlight''
79 Culture Club -- ''Do You Really Want To Hurt Me''
80 Flock of Seagulls -- ''Ran (So Far Away)''
81 Fall Out Boy -- ''Thks Fr Th Mmrs''
82 Judas Priest -- ''Johnny B. Good''
83 Pink Floyd -- ''Learning To Fly''
84 Janet Jackson -- ''All For You''
85 The Police -- ''Do Do Do Da Da Da''
86 Venga Boys -- ''We Like To Party''
87 Arctic Monkeys -- ''I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor''
88 The Doobie Brothers -- ''Long Train Running''
89 Daft Punk -- ''One More Time''
90 Keri Hilson -- ''Pretty Girl Rock''
91 Chris Brown -- ''Turn Up The Music''
92 Miley Cyrus -- ''Can't Be Tamed''
93 Hank Williams Jr. -- ''Born To Boogie''
94 Rihanna -- ''Rehab''
95 Jason Derulo -- ''Ridin' Solo''
96 Willow Smith -- ''Whip My Hair''
97 Aerosmith -- ''Jaded''
98 Hall & Oates -- ''Private Eyes''
99
Stevie Wonder -- ''Sir Duke''
100 Rod Stewart -- ''Young Turks''
