I tweeted that a couple hours ago, right after hearing “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Tom Sawyer” by Rush, and two Who songs in a row — “Eminence Front” and “Baba O’Riley.” Awesome.
It led to some fun conversations with others on Twitter about workout songs; Blake Thompson asked me to post my playlist, so now that I’ve figured out how to export from iTunes, why not? Earlier this year, I posted 8 Great Workout Songs, but here’s the full list of 50+ songs that accompany me to the gym, in alphabetical order by artist.
| Name | Artist |
| Der Kommissar | After the Fire |
| Deep and Wide and Tall | Aztec Camera |
| Long Lost | Better Than Ezra |
| Speeding Up To Slow Down | Better Than Ezra |
| In A Big Country | Big Country |
| Dancing With Myself | Billy Idol |
| Nothing Man | Bruce Springsteen |
| The Rising | Bruce Springsteen |
| Politik | Coldplay |
| Clocks | Coldplay |
| Welcome | Collective Soul |
| Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby | Counting Crows |
| Heroes | David Cook |
| Animal | Def Leppard |
| Pour Some Sugar On Me | Def Leppard |
| Learn To Fly | Foo Fighters |
| Two Tribes | Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
| Paradise City | Guns N’ Roses |
| Sweet Child o’ Mine | Guns N’ Roses |
| At Last | Hothouse Flowers |
| Ruby | Kaiser Chiefs |
| Can’t Stop Now | Keane |
| Use Somebody | Kings of Leon |
| First Time | Lifehouse |
| Time Is Running Out | Muse |
| Hysteria | Muse |
| Starlight | Muse |
| Uprising | Muse |
| Kill Your Television | Ned’s Atomic Dustbin |
| Wishlist | Pearl Jam |
| Under Pressure | Queen & David Bowie |
| Beat A Drum | R.E.M. |
| Beautiful Sky | Reamonn |
| Angels Fly | Reamonn |
| Tom Sawyer | Rush |
| Four Corners | The Sea And Cake |
| Chocolate | Snow Patrol |
| Wild Wild Life | Talking Heads |
| All That’s Left | Thrice |
| Out Of Control | U2 |
| The Electric Co. | U2 |
| Vertigo | U2 |
| Original of the Species | U2 |
| Magnificent (Fred Falke Remix – Edit) | U2 |
| Mofo | U2 |
| Bad (live) | U2 |
| Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love | Van Halen |
| The Secret | Vib Gyor |
| When We Were Young | Whipping Boy |
| Eminence Front | The Who |
| Baba O’Riley | The Who |
So yeah. A mix of ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and more current songs. Mostly rock, but a few slower songs too (Hothouse Flowers, REM, the Pearl Jam song, etc. Good times. Sure makes 45 minutes on a treadmill much more enjoyable.
