330+ Motivational Songs for Running and Working Out
This page contains the most comprehensive list of Motivational Running songs to date! They are categorized by genres of Pop, Rock, Rap, Classic Rock, and Instrumental. The links lead to iTunes where you can download the particular song (a few don’t exist in iTunes). Please leave a comment with songs that I have forgotten so we can continue to grow this as the largest list on the net!
Pop
- I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) – Kevin Rudolf
- Coming Home – Diddy
- Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta) – Flo Rida
- Pump Up Mix – Jock Jams
- The Show Goes On – Lupe Fiasco
- Good Feeling – Flo Rida
- Written In the Stars (feat. Eric Turner) – Tinie Tempah
- Up Up & Away – Kid Cudi
- Wavin’ Flag – World Cup 2010 Anthems
- Let It Rock – Kevin Rudolf
- Mirror (feat. Bruno Mars) – Lil Wayne
- Bittersweet Dirt Off Your Shoulder – Jay-Z and The Verve
- Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer) – Pitbull
- Young Forever (feat. Mr. Hudson) – Jay-Z
- My Last – Evil Empire
- Young, Wild & Free (feat. Bruno Mars) – Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
- Forever – Chris Brown
- We Made It (feat. Linkin Park) – Busta Rhymes
- Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
- Lighters (feat. Bruno Mars) – Bad Meets Evil
- OMG (feat. will.i.am) – Usher
- I Like It (feat. Pitbull) – Enrique Iglesias
- Hey Ya! – Outkast
- Starry Eyed Surprise – Paul Oakenfold
- The Way I Are – Timbaland
- Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
- Letting Go (Dutty Love) [feat. Nicki Minaj] – Sean Kingston
- Will You Be There (Theme from “Free Willy”) – Michael Jackson
- Dynamite – Taio Cruz
- E.T. (feat. Kanye West) – Katy Perry
- Moment 4 Life – Nicki Minaj
- Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO
- Poker Face – Lady Gaga
- Beautiful – Akon
- Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) – T.I.
- Just Can’t Get Enough – Black Eyed Peas
- Run This Town – Jay-Z
- Bad Romance – Lady GaGa
- Paper Planes – M.I.A.
- Barbra Streisand – Duck Sauce
- Praise You – Fatboy Slim
- Take Care (feat. Rihanna) – Drake
- What You Got (feat. Akon) – Colby O’Donis
- Airplanes (feat. DeStorm Power) – Boyce Avenue
- Don’t Wanna Go Home – Jason Derulo
- Sleepyhead – Passion Pit
- Hot N Cold – Katy Perry
- Opposite of Adults – Chiddy Bang
- Rocketeer – Far East Movement
- B.O.B. – Outkast
- Moth’s Wings – Passion Pit
- Love Story – Taylor Swift
- Please Don’t Go – Mike Posner
- Forget You – Cee Lo Green
- Party In the U.S.A. – Miley Cyrus
- Best Love Song (feat. Chris Brown) – T-Pain
- Stereo Love – Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina
- Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) [feat. T-Pain] – Pitbull
- Empire State of Mind – Jay-Z
- In the Dark – Dev
- What’s My Name? (feat. Drake) – Rihanna
- Dreamer – Chris Brown
- Right Now (Na Na Na) – Akon
- Everytime We Touch – Cascada
- Viva la Vida – Coldplay
- Tonight Tonight – Hot Chelle Rae
- Just Dance – Lady GaGa
- How Do You Sleep? – Jessee McCartney
- Toxic – Britney Spears
- How Far We’ve Come – Matchbox Twenty
- Winner (feat. Justin Timberlake & T.I.) – Jamie Foxx
- Touch the Sky – Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco
- Heartbreaker (feat. John Legend) – MSTRKRFT
- Born This Way – Lady GaGa
- Day ‘n’ Nite – Kid Cudi
- Just a Dream – Nelly
- Meet Me Halfway – Black Eyed Peas
- Lost+ (With Jay-Z) – Coldplay
- All the Right Moves – One Republic
- Ridin’ Solo – Jason Derulo
- Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) – Katy Perry
- Let’s Get It Started (Radio Version) – Black Eyed Peas
- The Time (Dirty Bit) – Black Eyed Peas
- Like a G6 – Far East Movement
- Yeah 3X – Yeah 3X – Chris Brown
- Memories – David Guetta and Kid Cudi
- Keep Your Head Up – Andy Grammer
- Livin’ la Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
- Man In the Mirror – Michael Jackson
- Live Like We’re Dying – Kris Allen
- Temperature – Sean Paul
- Where Them Girls At (feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida) – David Guetta
- United States of Pop 2008 – DJ Earworm
- Play Your Part Pt. 1 – Girl Talk
- Untouched – The Veronicas
- Down (feat. Lil Wayne) – Jay Sean
- Hello – Martin Solveig & Dragonette
- Ready, Steady, Go – Paul Oakenfold
- 4 Minutes – Madonna
- Don’t Stop the Music – Rihanna
- Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
- Circus – Britney Spears
- Breakeven (Falling to Pieces) – The Script
- I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
- We R Who We R – Ke$ha
- Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
- Evacuate the Dancefloor – Cascada
- Maniac – Flashdance Movie
- California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) – Katy Perry
- (I’ve Got) The Power – Sports Party Music
- Blow – Ke$ha
- One More Time – Daft Punk
- Half Acre – Hem
- The Longer I Run – Peter Bradley Adams
- No Hands (feat. Roscoe Dash & Wale) – Waka Flocka Flame
Rock
- Numb / Encore – Linkin Park & Jay-Z
- Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400
- Where the Streets Have No Name – U2
- The Distance – Cake
- Manhattan – Kings of Leon
- Let the Drummer Kick – Citizen Cope
- Time Is Running Out – Muse
- Mother We Just Can’t Get Enough – The New Radicals
- High Road – Fort Minor
- Daylight – Matt and Kim
- When You Were Young – The Killers
- The Impression That I Get – Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Bleed It Out – Linkin Park
- Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon
- The Rockafeller Skank – Fatboy Slim
- Somewhere I Belong – Linkin Park
- You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid – The Offspring
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
- I Like the Way (Radio Edit) – Bodyrockers
- Bodyrock – Moby
- Remember the Name – Fort Minor
- Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
- Jerk It Out – Caesars
- Beautiful Day – U2
- Speed of Sound – Coldplay
- Headstrong – Trapt
- Tubthumping – Chumbawumba
- Learn to Fly – Foo Fighters
- Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
- Paradise – Coldplay
- Human – The Killers
- Born Too Slow – The Crystal Method
- I Just Wanna Run – The Downtown Fiction
- Bring Me to Life – Evanescence
- Move Along – All American Rejects
- California – Phantom Planet
- Faith – Ladies & Gentlemen – George Michael
- Elevation – U2
- I Would Do Anything for You – Foster the People
- Clocks – Coldplay
- Thnks Fr Th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy
- Paint the Silence – South
- Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
- Helena Beat – Foster the People
- Last Train Home – Lost Prophets
- Motorcycle Drive By – Third Eye Blind
- Call On Me (Radio Edit) – Eric Prydz
- Savior – Rise Against
- The Cave – Mumford and Sons
- Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons
Rap/ R&B
- All of the Lights (Remix) – Evil Empire
- Forever – Drake
- Lose Yourself – Eminem
- ‘Till I Collapse – Eminem
- All I Do Is Win – DJ Khaled
- Airplanes (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore) – B.o.B
- Right Above It – Lil Wayne & Drake
- A Star Is Born (feat. J. Cole) – Jay-Z
- Black and Yellow – Wiz Khalifa
- Don’t Let Me Fall – B.o.B
- I Am the Champion – B.o.B
- #1 – Nelly
- Heart of a Champion – Nelly
- All of the Lights – Kanye West
- We Takin’ Over – DJ Khaled
- Good Life – Kanye West
- No Sleep – Wiz Khalifa
- Headlines – Drake
- Under Ground Kings – Drake
- Over – Draker
- I’m On One (feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne) – DJ Khaled
- Soldier – Eminem
- My Time – Fabolous
- Power – Kanye West
- Whatever You Like – T.I.
- Put On – Young Jeezy
- Roll Up – Wiz Khalifa
- Out Here Grindin’ – DJ Khaled
- Driving Me Crazy – Sammy Adams
- Go Getta – Young Jeezy
- Alors on danse (Remix) [feat. Kanye West & Gilbere Forte] – Stromae
- On My Way – DJ Khaled
- Stronger – Kanye West
- Mr. Carter – Lil Wayne & Jay-Z
- I’m So Paid – Akon
- She Will (feat. Drake) – Lil Wayne)
- What You Know – T.I.
- I’mma Shine – YoungBloodZ
- No Matter What – T.I.
- Not Afraid – Eminem
- When I’m Gone – Eminem
- Show Me What You Got – Jay-Z
- Hate It or Love It (G Unit Remix) – 50 Cent
- Best I Ever Had – Drake
- I Luv It – Young Jeezy
- Find Your Love – Drake
- Like Toy Soldiers – Eminem
- Drop the World – Lil Wayne
- Breathe – Fabolous
- ASAP – T.I.
- All Night – T.I.
- I Need a Doctor (feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey) – Dr. Dre
- Foolish – Shawty Lo
- I’m Back – T.I.
- In Paris – Kanye West & Jay-Z
- Miss Me – Drake
- Golddust – DJ Fresh
- Bring Em Out – T.I.
- What’s My Name? – DMX
- Hell of a Life – Hell of a Life – T.I.
- You Be Killin’ Em – Fabolous
- Fall for Your Type (feat. Drake) – Jamie Foxx
- 99 Problems – Jay-Z
- Number One – Busta Rhymes
- All of the Above – Maino
- Lil Wayne – Sky is the Limit
- I Tried – Bone Thugz-N-Harmony
- Marvins Room – Drake
- Beautiful – Eminem
Classic Rock
- We Will Rock You – Queen
- The Boys of Summer – Don Henley
- Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
- Fields of Gold – Sting
- Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
- Takin’ Care of Business – Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO)
- Gonna Fly Now (Theme from “Rocky”) – Rocky
- Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
- Streets of Philadelphia – Bruce Springsteen
- Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
- Twist and Shout – The Beatles
- I Wanna Be Your Dog – The Stooges
- Runnin’ Down a Dream – Tom Petty
- Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
- Enter Sandman – Metallica
- American Girl – Tom Petty
- Talk Dirty to Me – Poison
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
- Dream On – Aerosmith
- Renegade – Styx
- Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benatar
- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
- It’s My Life – Bon Jovi
- Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
- Footloose – Kenny Loggins
- Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi
- Gimme All Your Lovin’ – ZZ Top
- Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones
- Caught Up In You – .38 Special
- Livin’ On the Edge – Aerosmith
- Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
- Jack and Diane – John Mellencamp
- Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
- Ooh La La – Rod Stewart
- Baba O’Riley – The Who
- The Final Countdown – Europe
- We Are the Champions – Queen
- I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff
- Back in Black – AC/DC
- Thunderstruck – AC/DC
- Hell’s Bells – AC/DC
- Rocker – AC/DC
- You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
Instrumental
- Now We Are Free – Gladiator
- Requiem for a Tower – Requiem for a Dream
- The Blood of Cu Chulainn – Boondock Saints Movie
- Intro – xx
- Sandstorm – Darude
- The Dance – Bear McCreary
- Chariots of Fire – Chariots of Fire Movie
- Call of the Champions – John Williams
- Driving With the Top Down – Iron Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Morrison’s Jig – The Irish Experience
- Hills of Ireland – A Celtic Romance
- Onwards – Hans Zimmer
- Funeral – A Celtic Romance
- Main Theme from the Last of the Mohicans / The Gael – Last of the Mohicans
- Clubbed to Death – The Matrix Soundtrack
- Main Theme (From “Superman”) – John Williams
- I’m Shipping Up to Boston – Boston Pops Orchestra
- The Start – Spirit of the Marathon
- Twenty Six Point Two – Spirit of the Marathon
- Twenty Miles – Spirit of the Marathon
- The Ecstasy of Gold – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- The Battle – Gladiator
Country
- Ain’t Back Yet – Kenny Chesney
- Runaway – Love and Theft
- Reality – Kenny Chesney
- Drink In My Hand – Eric Church
- Barefoot Blue Jean Night – Jake Own
- Dirt Road Anthem – Jason Aldean
- You Lie – The Band Perry
- Some People Change – Montgomery Gentry
- Tough – Tough – Kellie Pickler
- Days Go By – Keith Urban
- Honey Bee – Blake Shelton
- Last Name – Carrie Underwood
- Gunpowder & Lead – Miranda Lambert
- Bait a Hook – Justin Moore
- Wild At Heart – Gloriana
- Country Girl (Shake It for Me) – Luke Bryan
- Take a Back Road – Rodney Atkins
- I Don’t Want This Night to End – Luke Bryan
- My Town – Montgomery Gentry
- Stand – Rascal Flatts
- Famous In a Small Town – Miranda Lambert
- It Happens – Sugarland
- Wildflower – The JaneDear Girls
- Johnny Cash – Jason Aldean
- One In Every Crowd – Montgomery Gentry
- Big Star – Kenny Chesney
- Change – Taylor Swift
- Best Days of Your Life – Kellie Pickler
country music?
Which songs are your favorites to run to? I’d love to add a new genre/section for it! Feel free to post it here or send me an email at calijackmc@gmail.com!
I will give you some songs that I enjoy from the country genre to run to Wildflower by The JaneDear Girls, Change by Taylor Swift, Ain’t Back Yet by Kenny Chesney, Runaway by Love and Theft, Last Name by Carrie Underwood, Best Days of Your Life by Kellie Pickler, Wild at Heart by Gloriana, Famous in a Small Town by Miranda Lambert, Big Star by Kenny Chesney, Days Go By by Keith Urban, Johnny Cash by Jason Aldean, It Happens by Sugarland, and One in Every Crowd by Montgomery Gentry. Hope this helps, let me know if you need more of a base for the genre.
Thank you so much for providing some songs for the Country Genre! I really appreciate as I was obviously lacking the whole genre. This is a fantastic start and I will be adding these for the next update on Tuesday. If you do have time to send more, please do! I’ll take as many as I can get and will have to add some to my iPod:)
Alright, I have some more country songs to add to the list I already gave you, Reality by Kenny Chesney, Drink in My Hand by Eric Church, Dirty Road Anthem by Jason Aldean, I Don’t Want This Night to End by Luke Bryan, Country Girl (Shake It for Me) by Luke Bryan, Barefoot Blue Jean Night by Jake Owen, Bait a Hook by Justin Moore, Take a Back Road by Rodney Atkins, Honey Bee by Blake Shelton, Gunpowder & Lead by Miranda Lambert, You Lie by The Band Perry, Tough by Kellie Pickler, Stand by Rascal Flatts, and Some People Change by Montgomery Gentry. I used to list to the last 2 songs before every race in high school. I will keep sending you some more as I have time, but Physics is currently consuming most of it so I will try my best. Hope you enjoy the change up.
You are awesome! Thank you so much for these!
Also, the memories of Physics makes me shutter. Far too many long nights in college getting through Engineering haha. Keep fightin’ the good fight!
“Can’t Be Touched” -Roy Jones Jr. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCOg8ZzUfg
That song is awesome. I absolutely love running to this now. Thanks so much for sharing! I’m going to add it with the next update of the song list!
This is pretty much the best thing ever. I’m totally going to incorporate as many of these songs as I can into my workout playlists
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Awesome job with the blog — let’s catch up after the holidays!
Thanks so much Kelsey! I’m glad to hear that you liked the post and that you’ll be adding songs to your own workout list! We’ll definitely have to catch up after the holidays, looking forward to it!
oh, what fun it is to run with great songs in my ear….. Nice job!
Loving the holiday spirit and jingle:) Thanks for the comment and glad that you like the list!
My workout mixes are SO out of date and this is exactly what I need, especially to help pump me up for my first 26-2! Thanks Jack!
So happy to help! If you have any additions feel free to share! I also will be updating this every month or so, so be sure to check back.
Love that you took the time to put together this list of songs to help keep people motivated for their runs! I would add a section for house/dance and include songs like:
- Take Over Control – Afrojack feat. Eva Simons
- Turbulence – Laidback Luke
- Save The World -Swedish House Mafia
- Bounce – Kelis & Calvin Harris
- We Found Love – Rihanna
We actually took this concept and worked with pro DJ’s to create seamless DJ mixes made for running over at http://www.rockmyrun.com. Check it out and let us know what you think!
Thanks so much for the share! I’ll have to add a new section to accommodate these songs and more! If you have more suggestions, feel free to send them my way. I’m really diggin http://www.rockmyrun.com! Great job!
Thank you. This list is sweet.
Check out “Running” by Christian rapper Flame on his album “The 6th”
Even if you’re not religious, it’s got a strong running theme – good tempo track.
well i can see that ed sheeran is missing..try adding A team or Lego house to the list
I can’t wait to update my ipod with songs from this list. Thank you! Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Call Me the Breeze” played during my run last night. It would be a great addition to the list!
8 mile by Eminen, Pump it by the Black Eyed Peas, Going the Distance by Cake, Locked out of Heaven by Bruno Mars.
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Thank you for this list! It’s greatly appreciated.
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I’ve spent a lot of time researching music for running and I think it works well as fitness music too. If you look into many studies done, they show that performance can be enhanced thru music, but you need to have songs that match the bpm (beats per minute) to your pace. Some of the songs mentioned above are great songs, but they may make you subconsciously slow down to the beat of the song. In the spirit of never having enough music, I’ve put a few of my favorites w/ bpms below and please check out the 12 different playlists I’ve put together specifically for running (esp for marathons). There is over 60 hrs of running music w/ carefully selected songs that are motivational (thought you might like that!), about running, or at least are fun w/ great beat (no “19th Nervous Breakdown”, “Loser”, “Blister in the Sun”, etc.) Check it out at:
http://www.remanents.com/blog/bold-pace-music/
Some favs:
Tick Tick Boom – The Hives (137)
Come Together – Beatles (167)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place – Radiohead (167)
This Year – The Mountain Goats (140)
Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken – Camera Obscura (145)
The Way We Get By – Spoon (152)
Take a Minute – K’naan (156)
Joker and the Thief – Wolfmother (158)
Niagara Falls – Harlem Shakes (159)
Slight Figure of Speech – The Avett Brothers (165)
Salute Your Solution – Raconteurs (165)
Jigsaw Falling Into Place – Radiohead (167)
Australia – The Shins (171)
It’s Okay – The Kings (165)
Getting Down – The Kills (150)
What Do All the People Know – The Monroes (143)
Wolf Like Me – TV on the Radio (177)
Sydney (I’ll Come Running) – Brett Dennen (165)
Ten-Twenty-Ten – Generationals (172)
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips (156)
Street Boy – Rodriguez (180) (btw…gotta see the movie “Searching for Sugarman”)
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Good list. A few of my favorites not on the list: Peace of Mind (Boston); Ali in the Jungle (can’t recall the artist, but it was in a Nike commercial); How you Like me Now? (The Heavy); Starlight (Muse); Uprising (Muse); I will wait (Mumford & Sons)
I really like Champion by The Chevin, Closer to the Edge by Thirty Seconds to Mars, 45 by The Gaslight Anthem, Scream by Usher, I Like How It Feels by Enrique Iglesias feat Pitbull