# Let's create a playlist for walking **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285 "2010-06-15T12:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/21 "2010-06-15T16:55:29Z")
“uh uh uh uh I’m so tired, but I just can’t lose my stride” [Twenty Five Miles, by Edwin Star](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKIjt765ANM)! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/22 "2010-06-15T16:56:57Z")
Just to get a feel, would I’m So Excited by the Pointer Sisters be too fast for a walk? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/23 "2010-06-15T17:16:02Z")
Kool & the Gang’s Celebration is 120 beats per minute. That’s right around where I want my walking music. Pretty much everything on the Yes album 90125 keeps me moving forward. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/24 "2010-06-15T17:23:10Z")
[Let’s hear it for the Proclaimers!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0sTNtWDiI) (Seriously - this song has gotten me through some \*very \*long walks. It’s the perfect marching song). ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/25 "2010-06-15T17:25:07Z")
Wild, Wild West by Escape Club ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/26 "2010-06-15T17:45:06Z")
[Battle Without Honor or Humanity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnfFTVjRpLI) (for walking _tough_). ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/27 "2010-06-15T18:43:37Z")
Here’s a partial of one my current walking playlists. I am a big Def Leppard fan, so there is a fair amount of their music in it, but it’s all great music for walking a 2-3mph pace. Hope it gives you some kind of inspiration. Sorted by artist in no particular order: Def Leppard: [Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbMz4rXzBaI), [C’mon C’mon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuauBjKFeeQ), [He’s Gonna Step On You Again](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSWiKgWK2FE) (cover), [20th Century Boy](http://www.youtube.comwatch?v=EmX3_bHZqiE) (cover), [Demolition Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmX3_bHZqiE), [Truth?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqXVtRwX8SA), [Slang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7sbkpZiU8) Man Raze: [Skin Crawl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ8R9w0Ndyo), Spinning Out ABBA: [Take A Chance On Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UvtOQnPE5c) (song’s rhythm was based on writer’s running rhythm) Christian Kane: [The House Rules](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvRowiuG0Is) Dave Edmunds: [Slipping Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixiXoa6SILA) Duran Duran (some of my favorite walking songs): [Nite Runner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Mxrc2_x-8), [Skin Divers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g2VYhQQpgo), [Want You More!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AkvJlisfX4) Electric Light Orchestra: [Alright](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZULbPJfVKw), [State of Mind](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Vmkc24sh0), [Don’t Bring Me Down](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctxLMTjS3HY) Elton John: [Medley: Yell Help/Wednesday Night/Ugly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnAehV33eQk), [Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sO293Q_VKw) George Michael: [Freeek '04](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QADYp5njXP0&feature=related) NOTE: NSFW! Little Big Town: [Boondocks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-XfthjK-bk), [Bones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVisABCk0kI) Nine Inch Nails: [Closer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccY25Cb3im0) Paul McCartney & Wings: [Medicine Jar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGxB6xyeXGg), [Mrs. Vandebilt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HgCtHZQlJM) Phil Collins: [Who Said I Would?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC1_35iQfeo) ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/28 "2010-06-15T21:03:28Z")
No [Fats Domino](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOR1OkwiBCY)?! There’s also the derivative, but still wonderful “[I’m Walken](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoAQcKSLL-Q)” by Wilco. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/29 "2010-06-15T21:09:52Z")
My suggestion might \*sound \*like the wrong type of entry (walking theme) but I mean it in the \*right \*way (proper tempo to get you moving) - Dire Straits’ [Walk of Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZxVC0GB838). It always makes me want to get up and walk briskly around the block. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/30 "2010-06-15T21:41:51Z")
For long walks I like to hook up with long saga-like songs, especially those replete with images of travel, imaginary or distant locations in space and/or time, wandering and longing. I also try to find lots of songs by a small set of artists that fit well so they segue into one another - ideally, full albums - so you can “lose yourself” in a familiar musical flow. Otherwise you’ll find yourself paying attention to the jukebox shuffle and stopping to fiddle with the playlist as you walk, which detracts from the “zone-out” type of experience I like for this sort of thing. From the extensive Classic Rock folder in my head, there’s Bruce Springsteen’s _Thunder Road_, _Rosalita_, _It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City_, _Jungleland_, _Bobby Jean_, _Streets of Philadelphia_. … The Rolling Stones’ _Shine A Light, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?, Gimme Shelter, Sympathy For The Devil, Monkey Man, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Dead Flowers_, \*Angie, Memory Motel, \*… Bob Dylan’s … Heck, if you’re a Dylan fan, just drop in both _Highway 61 Revisited_ and _Blonde On Blonde_ albums as a back-to-back playlist (remember the “double album cassettes” they used to have? woulda been perfect.) Led Zeppelin’s _Kashmir, Over The Hills And Far Away, Ramble On, D’yer Mak’er, Since I’ve Been Loving You, Going To California…_ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/31 "2010-06-15T22:53:28Z")
These are great suggestions! Keep 'em coming 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/32 "2010-06-15T23:52:34Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > (The songs don’t have to be about walking, just have a good walking rhythm) I use walking music for spinning. For running I need a driving beat, but for spinning I like something more moderate, even if I spin double time to the existing beat. Nena recorded several new versions of “99 Luftballoons” and there is an MP3 version almost 5 minutes long that I like, it’s a [Westbam Remix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoHEvOV1Ppc&feature=PlayList&p=392B82F2F4962686&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=66). Unfortunately, my link is not so great, it sounds much better, and I think slower, as the MP3 version. It’s readily available on iTunes. It may be suitable for brisk walking. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/33 "2010-06-16T04:34:31Z")
> [@cormac262](#): > > Since few other seem to be replying to the OP, I might as well join the revolt. > > I was walking 3 times a week for 1 to 1.5 hours each walk. And I think you may find that music just won’t help pass the time/walking as well, the more you walk. What does work (wonders) are audiobooks. The time/miles would fly by when listening to a good book. I would get a good hour’s worth each walk, and would go through unabridged audiobooks in a week or two. > > Rather than buy any books on CD (or mp3), I would just go to the library with my laptop and rip the disks, and convert them to mp3. I wouldn’t even need to check them out ! Ditto here. I actually use audiobooks as a bribe to get exercise: \*“Man, I’m beat… but I’ve GOT to hear how Jeeves gets Bertie out of Tuffy Finknotle’s armoire!” \* A good mystery is even better. Time just flies. And, yes, most of mine are from the library. Except the [HowThingsWork.com](http://HowThingsWork.com) podcasts. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/34 "2010-06-17T22:31:38Z")
I don’t know the name of the song, but the music that plays during the Buckaroo Banzai credits is perfect for a peppy walk, and can be heard [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WzB1Rtr7Q0) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285/35 "2010-06-17T23:15:51Z")
Sidewalking-- Jesus and Mary Chain [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-create-a-playlist-for-walking/543285.md?page=1)