# Need suggestions for a Walking Mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081 "2007-02-28T20:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/1 "2007-02-28T20:59:54Z")
I have a nice shiny 2 gb MP3/WMA player that I would like to load up with songs to walk to. I have a subscription to a few music sites so obtaining music should not be a problem. I’m looking for songs to get started to, then move faster then slow down to. ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/2 "2007-02-28T21:02:55Z")
What type of music, and any time frame? ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/3 "2007-02-28T21:04:06Z")
[QUOTE=2pelo honey] What type of music, and any time frame? [/QUOTE] Sorry, that looks odd…“time frame”…I meant any decade/era/etc? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/4 "2007-02-28T21:29:47Z")
Obviously, you must have the immortal **Free Bird**. Not only is it the perfect song for any event, but it starts slow before building to amplified Southern fried guitar goodness. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/5 "2007-02-28T21:48:40Z")
[QUOTE=2pelo honey] Sorry, that looks odd…“time frame”…I meant any decade/era/etc? [/QUOTE] I listen to all types of music from classical to rap. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/6 "2007-02-28T21:49:29Z")
Strangely “The Passenger” by Iggy Pop is the best walking song I’ve come across. A song about not walking. But there it is. ---
**Author:** ![Spiral\_Stairs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Spiral\_Stairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiral_Stairs)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/7 "2007-02-28T21:51:19Z")
Can’t omit “We Walk,” by REM. Not only topical, but it’s got a nice bouncy rhythm to which your pace will inevitably conform. ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/8 "2007-03-01T00:25:04Z")
I’m probably surely showing my age, as many of my suggestions would be from the 70’s, give or take. Additionally, I would tend to use the same stuff for a walk/run mix as I would a good road mix. If you’re into Southern Fried Rock, as Oakminster suggests, I’d go for more Skynard, such as: Call Me the Breeze, Gimme Three Steps, I Know a Little, and Honkey Tonk Night Time Man. Then, I’d have to add my fav, Marshall Tucker: 24 Hours at a Time, This Ole Cowboy, Fire on the Mountain, I’ll Be Loving You, Change is Gonna Come, Running Like the Wind, Last of the Singing Cowboys, Cattle Drive, and…I should stop that now. I could go on and on. Then, perhaps some Charlie Daniels, Outlaws, Allman Bros, CCR, Little Feat, IF…you’re into that kinda stuff. I have a older cassette that I loved to walk to - Contemporary blues: Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, SRV, Gary Moore, and a bunch of songs off The Alligator 20th Anniversary Collection. I’ve got a few others w/ good Motown/Phil soul mix, and an alternative (dated) of w/ Third Eye Blind, Sugar Ray, Barenaked Ladies, The Cure, Sara McLaughlin, Paula Cole, Sheryl Crow. Then, there’s Tom Petty…I can’t think of a better road song than Running Down a Dream, and he’s got SO much more great stuff. Hey, that brings up Traveling Wilburys…hell, if you don’t have it, just buy Vol 1. I hesitate to go into too much detail here, since some of the other musical threads I’ve seen contain artists and songs I have never heard of, so I feel I may be in a definite time warp…Beatles anyone??? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/9 "2007-03-01T00:42:59Z")
Walking on Sunshine? I wondered if this thread might be for GORP recipies (i.e. trail mix) Brian ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/10 "2007-03-01T01:11:33Z")
I like “Diamonds on the soles of her shoes” by Paul Simon for walking. Probably my favourite walking song ever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/11 "2007-03-01T13:42:02Z")
“These boots are made for walkin’,” “Never met a girl like you before,” “Crazy” by Gnarles Barkley, “In These Shoes” by Kristy McColl I like to work out to Outkast and the Black Eyed Peas, but most of thier stuff is better for faster activities than walking, although you “Hey Ya” might work. ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/12 "2007-03-01T14:59:48Z")
“Walking To Do” by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/13 "2007-03-01T15:11:46Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] “In These Shoes” by Kristy McColl [/QUOTE] This is a wonderful song! Or how about “500 Miles” by the Proclaimers? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/14 "2007-03-01T15:41:27Z")
I’m Walkin’ - Fats Domino Walk It and Talk It - Velvet Underground Walk Away - The James Gang Walk Away - Tom Waits (a completely different song from the James Gang) Walk It Down - Talking Heads Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles Walk of Life - Dire Straits Walk on Water - David Byrne Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed Walk This Way - Aerosmith Walk to the Water - U2 Walk with Me - Damien Jurado Walkin’ All Night - Little Feat The Walkin’ Blues - Royal Crown Revue Walkin’ Down the Line - The Rising Sons Walkin’ Like Brando - Royal Crown Revue Walkin’ the Blues - Willie Dixon Walkin’ the Boogie - John Lee Hooker Walking After Midnight - Cowboy Junkies Walking in the Park with Eloise - Wings Walking on a Wire - Richard & Linda Thompson Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves Walking Song by Meredith Monk Walking Spanish - Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/15 "2007-03-01T15:44:40Z")
Fat Boy Slim’s got a song I think called “You can Blow with This” (not very sure about the title). Might be the song that Christopher Walken did the kick-ass video for a few years back. There’s a line in it that goes something like. “Walk without rythm, and you won’t attract the worm.” Most of the music on the greatest hits has a decent tempo for fast walking. Not usually my favorite genre but I pretty much love the entire album. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/16 "2007-03-01T15:54:02Z")
[QUOTE=Hey you!] I’m Walkin’ - Fats Domino Walk It and Talk It - Velvet Underground Walk Away - The James Gang Walk Away - Tom Waits (a completely different song from the James Gang) Walk It Down - Talking Heads Walk Like a Man - The Four Seasons Walk Like an Egyptian - Bangles Walk of Life - Dire Straits Walk on Water - David Byrne Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed Walk This Way - Aerosmith Walk to the Water - U2 Walk with Me - Damien Jurado Walkin’ All Night - Little Feat The Walkin’ Blues - Royal Crown Revue Walkin’ Down the Line - The Rising Sons Walkin’ Like Brando - Royal Crown Revue Walkin’ the Blues - Willie Dixon Walkin’ the Boogie - John Lee Hooker Walking After Midnight - Cowboy Junkies Walking in the Park with Eloise - Wings Walking on a Wire - Richard & Linda Thompson Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves Walking Song by Meredith Monk Walking Spanish - Tom Waits [/QUOTE] The first song I thought of was Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walking” ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/17 "2007-03-01T15:57:57Z")
It’s strange: the first song I thought of as a good walking song – one that in my mind evokes being outside, being a little carefree – was (or what I thought was) “For Your Love,” by Widespread Panic. After a visit to Napster, it turns out the song is actually “Walkin’ (For Your Love).” So there’s that. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/18 "2007-03-01T20:51:42Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] The first song I thought of was Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walking” [/QUOTE] Me too, but **Renee** already mentioned it. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/19 "2007-03-01T20:53:31Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] Fat Boy Slim’s got a song I think called “You can Blow with This” (not very sure about the title). Might be the song that Christopher Walken did the kick-ass video for a few years back. There’s a line in it that goes something like. “Walk without rythm, and you won’t attract the worm.” Most of the music on the greatest hits has a decent tempo for fast walking. Not usually my favorite genre but I pretty much love the entire album. [/QUOTE] That song is called “Weapon of Choice” from Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-a-walking-mix/394081/20 "2007-03-01T21:00:56Z")
For your faster walking interlude, “Pump it up” by Elvis Costello. WooHOO!