# Recommend music for my workout mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332 "2010-05-22T02:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/1 "2010-05-22T02:31:31Z")
I have a mix on my iPod for when I’m at the gym, and I like listening to fast-paced, high energy songs to keep me going. The songs that seem to work best for me lately are “Pump It” by Black Eyed Peas, “Move Along” by All American Rejects and “King Without a Crown” by Matisyahu if that gives you a frame of reference. Suggestions welcome! ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/2 "2010-05-22T02:37:27Z")
Oh and Muse, too. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/3 "2010-05-22T03:15:12Z")
Tom Waits Just kidding. Fergie, **Glamourous** Mika, **Grace Kelly** K-Os, **Sunday Morning** Kaiser Chiefs, **Ruby** VHS or Beta, **Can’t Believe a Single Word** Katy Perry, **Waking up in Vegas** Jason Derulo, **In My Head** The Ting Tings, **That’s Not My Name** The Donnas, **Take it Off** Gym Class Heroes, **The Queen and I** Gym Class Heroes, **Clothes Off** Warren Zevon, **Poor Poor Pitiful Me** Tegan and Sara, **Back in your head** ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/4 "2010-05-22T03:52:05Z")
You’ll have to take my suggestions with a grain of salt beause I don’t know one of the three songs in the OP, dislike a second, and much prefer other songs by the same band…but we’ll see. But hey, I like Muse too. Based on you liking "Move Along: Sugarcult “[Do It Alone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL8vBGP5eGk)” The Plain White Ts “[Hate (I Really Don’t Like You)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpBjJ0dp2mc)” The Academy Is… “[Checkmarks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFlI1e5zzxE)” Relient K “[Which To Bury; Us Or The Hatchet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTcra0aBfs)” Say Anything “[Baby Girl, I’m a Blur](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_RrwW9RpXw)” Good Charlotte “[I Just Wanna Live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rISYCquFeI8)” Matchbook Romance “[Monsters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxurZPG1k-M)” Gob “[Oh! Ellin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B27m-f-C8UI)” Simian Mobile Disco “[Audacity of Huge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylu0ybj7DIg)” New Found Glory “[Failure’s Not Flattering](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIDgXShFOyM)” Based on liking Muse (since you don’t specify songs, I’m going to assume you mean their new stuff, not songs like “Uno” & “Muscle Musuem”): Moving Units “[Between Us and Them](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztFbhM5caw)” The Black Ghosts “[I Want Nothing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPeMldyS83M)” Justice Vs. Death From Above 1979 “[Blood On Our Hands](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HR6BLSWpMQ)” The Dirty Secrets “[5 Feet of Snow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOkdwEBOZNM)” (pref. the Miami Horror mix) The Faint “[Glass Danse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQWe6y2xRzU)” Ladytron “[Evil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya0H86ogOzU)” Fischerspooner “[Just Let Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vas4sK63dg)” Controller.Controller “[PF](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Z2y104hcA)” Project Jenny, Project Jan “[Pins and Needles [w/ Fujiya & Miyagi]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_GPRhax6xw)” Starlight Mints “[Power Bleed](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxA14vvKpRY)” ---
**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:** [May 22, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/5 "2010-05-22T06:04:02Z")
I always thought “Walk of Life” by Dire Straights was a great workout song. And anything by the Ramones…TRM ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/6 "2010-05-22T06:39:24Z")
About 99.44% of AC/DC songs have the same exact tempo, which happens to be a good workout tempo. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/7 "2010-05-24T00:13:59Z")
Thanks for the suggestions, some of those were right what I was looking for. I thought I’d list the Muse songs I’ve got in the workout mix to see if that helped give another idea of what I like: Time is Running Out Stockholm Syndrome Hysteria Starlight Supermassive Black Hole Map of the Problematique ---
**Author:** ![meanoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@meanoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meanoldman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-music-for-my-workout-mix/540332/8 "2010-05-24T03:37:05Z")
I was listening to some streaming audio site about a month or so back when they played: B.L.O.S.S.O.M by Komeda [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r3y3hWuoFOg/hqdefault.jpg "Komeda - B.L.O.S.S.O.M.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3y3hWuoFOg) It’s repetitive, fun, catchy. Too bad it’s actually so old.