The Top 200 Running Tracks (of all time!)

I run a lot.  And for those long marathon training runs, I like to pep up my mp3 player with songs that not only motivate, but inspire, and challenge me to go further. 

I’m always looking for new music to add to my list, but it’s quite hard to do, so I thought I would share my favourite running tunes in the hope you might find something in there that you like too.  My list is a mixture of fast paced songs with the occasional slow, inspirational track which knocks your breath away. They are in alphabetical order so that every song gets a fair place in the ranking.  If anyone does have any suggestions based on this playlist below, please do get in touch!

1.            1999 – Prince

2.            20^th Century Boy – T-Rex

3.            30 Days – The Saturdays

4.            A Little Less Conversation – Elvis vs JXL

5.            A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay

6.            Acceptable In The 80’s – Calvin Harris

7.            Ain’t It Funny – JLo

8.            Airwave – Rank 1

9.            All Fired Up – The Saturdays

10.         All Night Long – Alexandra Burke

11.         Animals – Martin Garrix

12.         Antidote – Swedish House Mafia

13.         Back in Black – AC/DC

14.         Bamboogie – Bamboo

15.         Barber’s Adagio for Strings – William Orbit (the remixed version)

16.         Be Somebody – Kings of Leon

17.         Beggin – Madcon

18.         Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve

19.         Black & Gold – Sam Sparro

20.         Bohemian Like You – The Dandy Warhols

21.         Bom Bom – Sam and the Womp

22.         Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal

23.         Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas

24.         Born Slippy – Underworld

25.         Bounce – Timbaland

26.         Braveheart – Neon Jungle

27.         Bright Lights Bigger City – Cee Lo Green

28.         Brokenhearted – Karmin

29.         California Girls – Katy Perry

30.         Can’t Stop This Thing We’ve Started – Bryan Adams

31.         Changed the Way You Kissed Me – Example

32.         Charlie Brown – Coldplay

33.         Children – Robert Miles

34.         Closer – Kings of Leon

35.         Closer – Ne-Yo

36.         Clubbed to Death – Rob D (Matrix soundtrack)

37.         Come & Get Me – Timbaland

38.         Come As You Are – Nirvana

39.         Cry For You – September

40.         Cryin’ – Aerosmith

41.         Dance Wiv Me – Dizzee Rascal

42.         Dark Horse – Katy Perry/Jessie J

43.         Diamonds – Rihanna

44.         Dirty – Christina Aguilera

45.         Do What You Want – Lady Gaga

46.         Doctor Pressure – Mylo

47.         Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine

48.         Don’t Cha – Pussycat Dolls

49.         Don’t Mess With My Man – Booty Luv

50.         Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna

51.         Don’t Stop The Party – Black Eyed Peas

52.         Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia

53.         Dynamite – Taio Cruz

54.         Earthquake – Labrinth

55.         Eat Sleep Rave Repeat – Fatboy Slim

56.         Elephant – Alexandra Burke

57.         Evacuate The Dancefloor – Cascada

58.         Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall – Coldplay feat. Swedish House Mafia

59.         Express Urself – Tinchy Stryder

60.         Extreme Ways – Moby (Bourne Identity theme tune)

61.         Fashion Beats – Black Eyed Peas

62.         Feel It – The Tamperer

63.         Feel So Close – Calvin Harris

64.         Feel The Love - Rudimental

65.         Fix You – Coldplay

66.         For An Angel 2009 – Paul van Dyke

67.         Get The Party Started – Pink

68.         Gettin’ Over You – David Guetta

69.         Give Me Everything – Pitbull

70.         Good Time – Carly Rae Jepsen/Owl City

71.         Greyhound – Swedish House Mafia

72.         Happiness – Alexis Jordan

73.         Happy – Pharrell Williams

74.         Here We Go – Swedish House Mafia

75.         Hideaway – Kiesza

76.         Higher – The Saturdays

77.         Highway to Hell – AC/DC

78.         Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me – U2

79.         Holiday – Dizzee Rascal

80.         Homecoming – Kanye West

81.         How We Roll – Loick Essien

82.         I Need Your Love – Calvin Harris

83.         I Will Never Let You Down – Rita Ora

84.         I’m Alive (7 – Eat Me Edit) – Stretch n Vern

85.         I’m Not Alone – Calvin Harris

86.         If I Lose Myself – Alesso vs OneRepublic

87.         If You Love Me (Disco Lips Remix) – Chanel

88.         In My Mind – Swedish House Mafia

89.         In The End – Linkin Park

90.         Insomnia – Faithless

91.         Intro – The xx

92.         Intro (feat Zola Jesus) – M83

93.         Iron – Calvin Harris

94.         Jenny from the Block - JLo

95.         Jump – Rihanna

96.         Jump Around – House of Pain

97.         Just – Radiohead

98.         Kickstarts – Example

99.         King of My Castle – Wamdue Project

100.       Ladidadi – Swedish House Mafia

101.       Laserlight – Jessie J feat David Guetta

102.       Let Me Blow Ya Mind – Eve feat. Gwen Stefani

103.       Let Me Think About It – Ida Corr

104.       Let’s Go – Calvin Harris Feat. Ne-Yo

105.       Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars

106.       Lose Yourself – Eminem

107.       Loud Like Love – Placebo

108.       Louder (Club Mix) – DJ Fresh

109.       Love Don’t Let Me Go – David Guetta vs The Egg

110.       Lust For Life – Iggy Pop

111.       Many of Horror – Biffy Clyro

112.       Midnight City – M83

113.       Miscommunication – Timbaland

114.       Mo Money, Mo Problems – The Notorious B.I.G

115.       Money In The Bank – Swizz Beatz

116.       Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5

117.       My Generation – Limp Bizkit

118.       My Love – Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne

119.       My Tears Are Becoming A Sea – M83

120.       Nobody To Love – Sigma

121.       Nookie – Limp Bizkit

122.       Notorious – The Saturdays

123.       O Verona – Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack (the one with Leonardo Di Caprio)

124.       Of The Night – Bastille

125.       OMG – Usher

126.       On Our Own – Bobby Brown

127.       One Day Like This – Elbow

128.       One Step Closer – Linkin Park

129.       Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna

130.       Out Of My Head – Black Eyed Peas

131.       Out Of Touch – Uniting Nations

132.       Outro – M83

133.       P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) – Michael Jackson

134.       Paint The Silence – South

135.       Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO

136.       Pound The Alarm – Nicki Minaj

137.       Project Infinity 08 – Guru Josh

138.       Proud – Heather Small

139.       Radioactive – Rita Ora

140.       Ready For Your Love – Gorgon City

141.       Respect – Aretha Franklin

142.       Return of the Mack – Mark Morrison

143.       Riverside (Let’s Go) – Sidney Samson

144.       Roar – Katy Perry

145.       Rocky theme song

146.       Run The World (Girls) – Beyonce

147.       Running (Original) – Freddie Le Grand

148.       Scandalous – Mis-teeq

149.       Sexy and I Know it – LMFAO

150.       Shine A Light – McFly feat. Taio Cruz

151.       Show Me Love – Michael Mind

152.       Sing – Ed Sheeran

153.       Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana

154.       Some Kinda Rush – Booty Luv

155.       Stay – SASH

156.       Still DRE – Dr Dre

157.       Stop Me – Mark Ronson

158.       Summer – Calvin Harris

159.       Super Bass – Nicki Minaj

160.       Superman – Stereophonics

161.       Superman (Soundtrack) – John Williams

162.       Sweat – Snoop Dogg (David Guetta remix)

163.       Take A Look Around – Limp Bizkit

164.       Takin’ Back My Love – Enrique Iglesias

165.       Tambourine – Eve

166.       Teardrop – Massive Attack

167.       Telephone – Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga

168.       Thank You – Jay-Z

169.       That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings

170.       The Time (Dirty Bit) – Black Eyed Peas

171.       The Wave – Swedish House Mafia

172.       This Is Love – Will.I.Am feat. Eva Simons

173.       TiK ToK – KeShah

174.       Titanium – David Guetta

175.       Toca’s Miracle – Fragma

176.       Too Close – Alex Clare

177.       Touch – Shift K3Y

178.       Touch Me – DJ Rui Da Silva

179.       Troublemaker – Olly Murs

180.       Turn Around – Phats and Small

181.       Turn Me On – David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj

182.       Unfinished Sympathy – Massive Attack

183.       Untouched – The Veronicas

184.       Use Somebody – Kings of Leon

185.       Wake Me Up – Avicii

186.       Way Back – Ministry of Funk

187.       Wearing My Rolex – Wiley

188.       What A Feeling – Alex Gaudino

189.       What’s My Name? – Rihanna

190.       When Love Takes Over – David Guetta

191.       When You Touch Me – Freemasons feat. Katherine Ellis

192.       Who’s That Girl – David Guetta feat. Rihanna

193.       Wild Ones – Flo Rida feat. Sia

194.       With Every Heartbeat – Robyn (Dave Pearce version)

195.       Work – Kelly Rowland (Freemasons radio edit)

196.       Yellow – Coldplay

197.       You Bring Me Joy – Amelia Lily

198.       You Don’t Know Me – Armand Van Helden

199.       You Make Me – Avicii

200.       You See The Trouble With Me – Black Legend

 

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