A while back, I found a tool that estimated beats per minute for some of my favourite songs. I used this to create a suitable running playlist. Here it is! (Note: this playlist may show my age.) There’s enough music here for about an hour’s worth of running.
Warmup:
- Remember The Name (feat. Styles of Beyond) – Fort Minor, Styles of Beyond
- Driftin’ – Dirty Heads
Run:
- Trouble Boys – Dave Edmunds
- What I Like About You – The Romantics
- Into the Future – The Vibrators
- T T T – Buzzcocks
- Radio Free Europe (single version) – R. E. M.
- Going Down To Liverpool – The Bangles
- Hit A Nerve – The Methadones
- I’m The Man – Joe Jackson
- The Tears Of A Clown – The English Beat
- Roll Over Beethoven – Electric Light Orchestra
- I Wanna Be Sedated – Ramones
- Roots Radical – Rancid
- I’m A Believer (radio edit) – Smash Mouth
- Easter Island – The Methadones
- Psychotic Reaction – Count Five
- Tomorrows Girls – U.K. Subs
- Walk Of Life – Dire Straits
- English Civil War – The Clash
- I Found That Essence Rare – Gang of Four
Cooldown:
- Armagideon Time – The Clash
- Eyes Without a Face – Billy Idol
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