I constantly hound people for their best running playlists and love when I can add a new song to mine … but I don’t add them lightly. Each one has to be just right.
The songs on my list are varied and random and don’t really reflect what I like to listen to when I’m not running. But what all the songs on it have in common is that they make me feel like a badass when I run.
Here are 99 of the best badass running songs I’ve found, in no particular order:
- “Move Shake Drop Remix” DJ Laz, Flo Rida & Casely
- “Drop” Ying Yang Twins
- “(Rock) Superstar” Cypress Hill
- “My Humps” Black Eyed Peas
- “Born an OG” Ace Hood
- “Baby Got Back” Sir Mix A Lot
- “Move Bitch” Ludacris
- “Places to Go” Eminem
- “If I Can’t” 50 Cent
- “Fergaliciuos” Fergie
- “99 Problems” Jay-Z
- “Girlfriend” Avril Lavigne
- “It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop” Dead Prez
- “LoveGame” Lady Gaga
- “It’s All About the Benjamins” Puff Daddy & The Family
- “Imma Be” Black Eyed Peas
- “Pressing On” Relient K
- “When the Sun Goes Down” Arctic Monkeys
- “Born to Run” Bruce Springsteen
- “I Run for Life” Melissa Etheridge
- “Southern Hospitality” Ludacris & Pharrell
- “Give It to Me” Timberland
- “Grew Up a Screw Up” Ludacris
- “Sober” Pink
- “Gold Digger” Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
- “Should I Stay or Should I Go” The Clash
- “Stronger” Kanye West
- “Cotton Eye Joe” Rednex
- “Hate Me Now” Puff Daddy
- “Popular” The Veronicas
- “All Falls Down” Kanye West
- “Hotel Room Service” Pitbull
- “Empire State of Mind” Jay-Z
- “If U Seek Amy” Britney Spears
- “Me Against the World” 2Pac & Dramacydal
- “Loser” Beck
- “Goody Two Shoes” Adam Ant
- ‘Till I Collapse" Eminem and Nate Dogg
- “We Made You” Eminem
- “Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)” Jay Z
- “That’s Not My Name” The Ting Tings
- “Nasty Girl” Nitty
- “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” The Proclaimers
- “Blister in the Sun” Violent Femmes
- “Fat Bottomed Girls” Queen
- “Bout It, Bout It II” Master P
- “Hollaback Girl” Gwen Stefani
- “I’mma Shine” YoungBloodz
- “What Up Gangsta” Fifty Cent
- “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” John Denver
- “B.O.B” OutKast
- “Don’t Cha” The Pussycat Dolls and Busta Rhymes
- “Master of Puppets” Metallica
- “Running” No Doubt
- “SOS” Rihanna
- “SexyBack” Justin Timberlake
- “Stacy’s Mom” Fountains of Wayne
- “Let’s Go” Trick Daddy
- “I Want You to Want Me” Cheap Trick
- “Piece of Me” Britney Spears
- “X Gon’ Give It to Ya” DMX
- “Work It” Nelly and Justin Timberlake
- “Mary Jane Shoes” Fergie
- “Wild Wild West” Will Smith
- “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” Soulja Boy Tell’Em
- “Mickey” Toni Basil
- “Bring Em Out” T.I.
- “The Beautiful People” Marilyn Manson
- “Faith” George Michael
- “Hail Mary” 2Pac & Dramacydal
- “Alive” Pearl Jam
- “The Sound of Settling” Death Cab for Cutie
- “Welcome to The Jungle” Guns N’ Roses
- “Lose Yourself” Eminem
- “Hips Don’t Lie” Shakira and Wyclef Jean
- “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” Big and Rich
- “Lay Low” Snoop Dogg
- “Another One Bites the Dust” Queen
- “Fight for Your Right” Beastie Boys
- “Where the Streets Have No Name” U2
- “Jesus Walks” Kanye West
- “Livin La Vida Loca” Ricky Martin
- “Pump It” Black Eyed Peas
- “Blah Blah Blah” Ke$ha
- “I Will Survive” Cake
- “We Do This” T.I.
- “The Pretender” Foo Fighters
- “Highway to Hell” AC/DC
- “Pain” Jimmy Eat World
- “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Nirvana
- “Harder to Breathe” Maroon 5
- “We Are the Champions” Queen
- “Can’t Stop” Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “The Distance” Cake
- “You Can Do It” Ice Cube
- “When You Were Young” Killers
- “I Kissed a Girl” Katy Perry
- “Jane Fonda” Mickey Avalon Note: I do tend to like a lot of explicit music when I run, so be warned and wary of little ears when checking out some of these. What are your favorite workout songs? Image via mikebaird/Flickr
