Best Songs for Different Workouts

Intense: Running, HIIT, sprinting

• Pop / Dance-Pop / Disco

• Move Your Feet – Junior Senior

• Still into You – Paramore 

• Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves

• Break My Stride – Matthew Wilder

• Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley

• I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston

• Bye Bye Bye – *NSYNC

• I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys

• Baby, I Love Your Way – Big Mountain 

• One in a Million – Bosson

• Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli

• Electronic / Dance

• Everytime We Touch – Cascada 

• Instant Crush – Daft Punk & Julian Casablancas

• Back On 74 – Jungle

• Cheri Cheri Lady – Modern Talking

• Rock / Pop Rock

• Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

• Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi

• Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses

• The Night Begins to Shine – B.E.R. 

• Psychedelic / Alternative

• Borderline – Tame Impala

• Let It Happen – Tame Impala

• Softcore – The Neighbourhood

• Hip-Hop / Rap

• NOKIA – Drake 

Medium: Strength training, jogs, pilates, cycling, endurance training

• Classic Rock / Rock

• • Paint It, Black – The Rolling Stones

  • Head Over Heels – Tears for Fears

  • Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears

  • Under Pressure – Queen & David Bowie

  • Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus

  • 505 – Arctic Monkeys

  • Selfless – The Strokes

• Funk / Disco / Pop

  • Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee

  • More Than a Woman – Bee Gees

  • ...Baby One More Time – Britney Spears

  • Maneater – Nelly Furtado

  • Like a Virgin – Madonna

  • Last Christmas – Wham!

• Hip-Hop / R&B

  • 3005 – Childish Gambino

  • The Next Episode – Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg

  • Just the Two of Us – Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers 

• Alt / Indie

  • The Boat I Row – Tame Impala

  • Chamber of Reflection – Mac DeMarco

  • Freaking Out the Neighborhood – Mac DeMarco

  • New Wave / Synth Pop

  • Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell

Calm: Walks, yoga/stretching, cool downs/rest days

• Soul / R&B

  • Leave the Door Open – Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)

  • Thinkin Bout You – Frank Ocean

  • At Last – Etta James

  • Stand By Me – Ben E. King

• Jazz / Standards

  • Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra

  • Dream a Little Dream of Me – Doris Day

• Classic Rock / Soft Rock / Pop

  • (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding

  • Time of the Season – The Zombies

  • Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds

  • A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum

  • (They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters

  • Every Breath You Take – The Police

  • Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

• Indie / Alt

  • Cherry Wine – grentperez

  • Show Me How – Men I Trust

  • Things Are Changing – Tokyo Tea Room

• Hip-Hop / Rap (Mellow)

  • Mind Playing Tricks on Me – Geto Boys

Happy listening! 

Written by: Siena