So this week when I went to the gym, my ipod was fully charged and ready for a hardcore workout! I hit start and play at the same time and got moving. The first couple songs were great and I was getting back into my rhythm, and then "Confessions" by Usher came on. *Skip* "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West *Skip* "Stir it Up" by Bob Marley. What the hell is going on?!? That was when I realized I was using the playlist I had made for a going away party for my friend Krissy as my workout mix. I had forgotten this detail while being on bed rest and was now realizing that I had been running to "I Only Wanna Be with You" by Hootie and the Blowfish for the past 6 months.
Now, there is nothing wrong with any of these songs. I love them all I mean did you see Usher at the Grammy's singing next to that girl, what's her name... Justine Beiber? Anyways, these are just not songs you workout to. So I decided I needed to come up with a new playlist and why not share it with you and get your feedback and suggestions!
The Running List
- Sleepyhead- Passion Pit (The theme song of my life.. I dare you not to be happy when you listen to it)
- Forget You- Cee Lo Green
- Yeah - Usher
- Forever- Chris Brown (I bought this pre-Rihanna incident, so it is grandfathered in...)
- Shake It- Metro Station (One of the best songs to run to... ever. If you haven't download it now!)
- Fire Burning- Sean Kingston
- Teenage Dream- Katy Perry (Another one of my 'anthems'. She is just so catchy!)
- Dirty Little Secret - All American Rejects
- Electric Feel- MGMT (One of my favorite songs in general. Also the first song I heard Jake play)
- Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
- Pon de Replay - Rihanna
- Black Betty - Ram Jam (Just reminds me of nights at the FIJI house)
- Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
- Beat that Beat- DJ Pauly D (If it's good enough for the CAPS....)
The Lifting List
- Get Low- Lil Jon & Ying Yang Twins (Used to listen to this on the way to my games in high school)
- Till I Collapse- Eminem and Nate Dog
- Shake That- Eminem (Pretty much anything Eminem is lifting music...)
- Go Girl- Pitbull (A definite favorite..)
- Forever- Drake
- Bia Bia- Lil' John and the East Side Boyz (I remember rapping this in my basement in middle school....)
- Thunderstruck- AC/DC (Had to throw in some rock music)
- X is Gonna Give it to Ya- DMX
What gets you all running and pumped up?