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Running is made for music. It has its own tempo, its own rhythm, its own pace. You, the runner, can speed up or slow down. You orchestrate the way forward. You can run without music, listening to only that which you create. Or you can listen to music made for running. These 50 songs—from heavy metal to indie rock to hip-hop—represent the motivation, drive, and perseverance required to run, to race, and to (eventually and finally) stand victorious in accomplishment. And a truly great song that plays just as you hit your stride, well, that's a feeling we all aspire to. Now all you need to do is lace up. Here are the 50 best running songs to fuel your next workout, from classic jams to recent hits.
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"Testify" by Rage Against the Machine
Tom Morello's driving guitar feeds off Zack de la Rocha's resistance chants as he urges: "It's right outside your door." There's no better song to remind—and motivate—that a run is right across the threshold.
Motivating lyric: With precision, you feed me // My witness, I'm hungry // Your temple it calms me, so I can carry on // My slaving, sweating the skin right off my bones
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"Up the Mountain" by Vince DiCola
"Eye of the Tiger" steals all the thunder, but this short jab off the Rock IV soundtrack offers just as much power.
Motivating lyric: [sweeping strings section]
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"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen
Freddy Mercury embraces all the burning glory and supersonic speed of a full-out, smile-on-the-face, let-the-legs-go first mile of a sunny-day run.
Motivating lyric: Yeah, I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars // On a collision course
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Kanye circa 2010 raps about...his own greatness. Consider it your own self-empowerment anthem on a run.
Motivating lyric: I guess every superhero need his theme music
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"Run Run Run" by Jill Scott
Claps and horns power this 2015 second-wind of a track. It's like having your own cheering section—no matter where you are on the course.
Motivating lyric: Gotta hustle and handle my business // I'll be right back when I'm done
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"Running" by Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx
Scott-Heron's poetic contemplation, matched with Jamie xx's forefoot-striking beats, evokes those long miles during training runs that raise the question: "Why do I do this?"
Motivating lyric: Not running for my life // Because I have to be running for something of more value
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Because not every run goes as planned.
Motivating lyric: Introducing the SOS // Make a beeline cos I'm in distress
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"Out In the Street" by Bruce Springsteen
They play "Born to Run" at every color run, 5k, 10k, half marathon, marathon, and obstacle race ever. When you're sick of it (and you will be) try this track from The Boss' 1980 album The River.
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This pulsating slow-burner of a track is the perfect cool-down song. When your pace slows, let Banks' voice carry you to the finish line.
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"Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon
This 1980s heavy-rotation hit will have you fist-pumping as you sprint through the verses. Don't forget your sweatband.
Motivating lyric: You're under the gun so you take it on the run
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"Running to the Sea" by Röyksopp
What starts as a slow thumping builds into a head rush of fuzz and pressure. Sound familiar?
Motivating lyric: And the river flows beneath your skin // Like savage horses kept within
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"Shoes for Running" by Big Boi feat. B.o.B, Wavves
Surf-indie rockers Wavves back up the faster half of Outkast in a goose chase through politics, truth, and mortality. Whew.
Motivating lyric: Shoes for running, and I'll race ya // Sun is coming, it'll chase ya
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"Start the Commotion" by The Wiseguys
The 1998 dance jam jangles and horn-blares through nearly six minutes of jumping, pumping craziness.
Motivating lyric: Get up // Put the body in motion
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"I Can See For Miles" by The Who
Depending on where you slot this one into your playlist, all you might be able to focus on is the repetition of "miles, and miles, and miles, and miles, and" you get the point.
Motivating lyric: I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise // I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes
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This something haunting about this 2016 track off the German band's album III. Haunting in a way that propels you not from inside, but as if being chased.
Motivating lyric: All this time running 'round // Legs and limbs
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"Drumming Song" by Florence + The Machine
Florence + The Machine's Lungs is a masterpiece from start to finish, but this epic track's building instrumentals make you want to push harder just to keep up.
Motivating lyric: I ran to a tower where the church bells chime // I hoped that they would clear my mind
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"Run to You" by Bryan Adams
The 1984 classic-rock powerhouse is studded with drumming that fires like a starting gun and then up-tempos into a steady heartbeat.
Motivating lyric: 'Cause when the feelin's right I'm gonna run all night
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"Running If You Call My Name" by HAIM
The LA trio delivers driving lyrics to a steady throwback 80s beat. It's the kind of song you can't help but dance to.
Motivating lyric: I will run away if you call my name // And I, I'll keep running if you come my way
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"8 Miles and Runnin'" by Jay Z, feat. Freeway
Hova relays with Philly rapper Freeway on a wild, revenge-fueled ride off the 8 Mile soundtrack.
Motivating lyric: Revenge is sweet honey, we run this // Young is the illest, free is the future
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"Where's Your Head At" by Basement Jaxx
That initial sound of a circulating saw cuts through your grey matter and opens your eyes wide awake. Then, for 4 minutes and 45 seconds, you're thrown into complete insanity. This is speed work music.
Motivating lyric: Okay are you ready? // I'm ready
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"Keep on Runnin" by Sheer Mag
There's not much to this 2019 guitar-centric track, lyric-wise, but what's there is really all you need: "keep on runnin'."
Motivating lyric: On my back // They wanna see us fall // Decay, decay, decay // But I hear a distant call
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"Runnin' with the Devil" by Van Halen
If you feel like throwing up the horns when it charges into your earbuds, by all means.
Motivating lyric: I live my life like there's no tomorrow
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"Jurass Finish First" by Jurassic 5
The Los Angeles grandmasters of rap style all over this 2000 Quality Control masterclass in hip-hop. The beat bounces along, right in step.
Motivating lyric: I'm searching for ways to avoid the charade // Cause when voices are laid, choices are made
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Beck Hansen sounds like a speed-fueled trucker shouting through a CB on this Odelay track. What begins slow and ominous quickly turns into the wheels falling off.
Motivating lyric: Novocaine, hit the road // Expressway, explode
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"Let's Run Away" by Matt and Kim
Remember Matt and Kim? The wildest married couple in electronic indie rock go absolutely nuts on this 2016 song off their EP We Were the Weirdos.
Motivating lyric: Let's run, run, run, run away // Don't bring, bring anything
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"Let's Go On The Run" by Chance the Rapper
Too many people talk about how much they hate
running. They don't get it. Not enough people talk about how much fun running is. Chance gets it.
Motivating lyric: Greaseproof, meep meep, I feel like Road Runner // I get my feet loose
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"Block Rockin' Beats" by The Chemical Brothers
It's best played loud, in the city, as you tick off numbered streets, but it'll do you well pretty much anywhere else too.
Motivating lyric: We're 'bout ready to rock steady
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"Dreamer" by Charli XCX, Starrah, and Raye
This opener off Charli XCX's 2017 Number 1 Angel feels like the exact moment you hit your stride on a run: liberating.
Motivating lyric: Went to go get it, I get it, I got it.
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"Runnin'" by The Pharcyde
This one's for all the haters who ask, "What are you running from?"
Motivating lyric: So I stood up and let my free form form free // Said I'm gonna get some before they knockin' out me
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Okay, so it's about race car drivers. But a race is a race. And an engine is an engine.
Motivating lyric: Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course // He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
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"Run Like Hell" by Pink Floyd
This pulsating track off The Wall sounds a very little bit like the Chariots of Fire theme song yet doesn't conjure the same images of tiny white shorts.
Motivating lyric: Don't leave me now // Don't say it's the end of the road
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Even if you're not a metal fan, you'll appreciate the long, plodding build of this opener to the Georgia band's 2010 album Spiral Shadow. Embrace the burn.
Motivating lyric: Keyed up, all tore up
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"The Descent" by Bob Mould
Because for every grueling ascent, there's a joyous descent.
Motivating lyric: Now my race is finally run // And as I tumble to the Sun
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This stadium-rock anthem feels simultaneously wide in scope, but singularly focused. It's one runner in a marathon full of them.
Motivating lyric: Step by step I'll keep it up, I won't slow, I gotta go
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"Run Through the Jungle" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
This swampy slap-and-clap Cosmo's Factory jam feels like you're being pursued and the odds are against you. All you have, it seems, are your feet.
Motivating lyric: Two hundred million guns are loaded // Satan cries "take aim"
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"Runnin'" by Ludwig Goransson, feat. A$AP Rocky, Jacob Banks
The whole Creed II score is a force of nature, but this horn-blaring, guns-blazing, five-minute epic is the most inspiring ringside coach. Time to hit some steps.
Motivating lyric: Runnin' outta breath, they gon know my name // Came up out the mud, brush the dirt off of me
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"The Fire" by The Roots, feat. John Legend
This one's for all the times you want to quit, when the lactic acid builds, and your brain can't take another footfall. Don't stop.
Motivating lyric: Yeah, and if I'm ever at the crossroads // And start feeling mixed signals like Morse code // My soul starts to grow colder than the North Pole // I try to focus on the whole of where the torch goes
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"Life of the Party" by Allie X
Running's also about finding clarity. This track's lyrics about a party gone wrong might help you get there.
Motivating lyric: I was the life of the party
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"Speed Living" by The Growlers
Big brass blows through this meandering song, which, actually, isn't the best for speed work. Deploy it to reinforce a strong and steady pace.
Motivating lyric: Can't seem to put a harness on the go // Going too fast now to jump off
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"Take The Money And Run" by Steve Miller Band
Yes, it's a song about Billy Joe and Bobbie Sue, but it's also about getting the heck out of Dodge and trying to make something of yourself.
Motivating lyric: They got the money, hey, you know they got away // They headed down south and they're still running today
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"breathin" by Ariana Grande
Just remember: Keep breathing. You're nearly there. Let Ariana Grande's song serve as a reminder.
Motivating lyric: Just keep breathin' and breathin' and breathin' and breathin'
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"Climb That Hill" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Because motivation is a muscle that needs working too.
Motivating lyric: Over that hill one more time // Got to get up in the morning, make my way // Over that hill again
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"I Really Like You" by Carly Rae Jepsen
How could we not include at least one song by CRJ? This single off her critically acclaimed second album, Emotion, works better than any pre-workout.
Motivating lyric: I really, really, really, really, really, really like you
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There comes a time in every runner's life where they ponder, and then train for, and then actually attempt to run 26.2. For when that time comes, Rush is there for you.
Motivating lyric: It's a test of ultimate will // The heartbreak climb uphill // Got to pick up the pace // If you want to stay in the race
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"When a Fire Starts To Burn" by Disclosure
The stutter-step beat of this 2014 dance track is for the depths of those rough, tough many-mile runs and races. It goes well with a caffeinated gummie.
Motivating lyric: When a fire starts to burn, right, and it starts to spread
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"Started from the Bottom" by Drake
This one is your pre-race pump-up jam. Reflect. Shake out. Focus. Now's your chance to hit your stride. It's go time.
Motivating lyric: I done kept it real from the jump
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Some disco-inspired pop to help you move even quicker.
Motivating lyric: I believe that you're for me, I feel it in our energy
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"Long Way 2 Go" by Cassie
The song's title might throw you off, but this throwback's all about making those long-distance runs feel a little shorter—because it's just that good.
Motivating lyric: It's not that deep, take it easy
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"Pass That Dutch" by Missy Elliott
Breaking a sweat has never been so easy, thanks to this adrenaline-fueled beat by Missy Misdemeanor Elliott.
Motivating lyric: Just keep it going like the Energizer Bunny
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Because every workout should end with this classic.
Motivating lyrics: Gotta be compatible // Takes me to my limits
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