Top Fifty Workout Tunes

Adding music to your everyday workout routine can be just the edge you need to burn those stubborn calories. Exercising can be fun with the right tunes to get your body moving. Music will provide an added boost to take your mind off how tired or bored you may be. Let’s look at the top fifty songs that will make your workout a success.


1. Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses

“Welcome to the jungle, we take it day by day
If you want it your gonna bleed, but that’s the price you pay
And you’re a very sexy girl, that’s very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights, but you won’t get them for free”

Allow the lyrics to flow through your ears as you count down the minutes until your treadmill session is over! Imagine an angry lion is chasing you, as you run for your life through the African jungle!

2. Enter Sandman by Metallica

“Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord my soul to keep If I die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take”

This is a favorite workout tune that will put a little spring into your step. Blast Metallica’s Enter Sandman and let your feet catch the beat. This is a popular workout tune that goes well with dance aerobics.

3. Push It by Salt-N-Pepa

“Ah, push it - push it goodAh, push it - push it real goodAh, push it - push it goodAh, push it - p-push it real good”

Push the limits of your workout with this jamming song. Your entire body will feel the music as you push your way from one exercise to the next. Push your way through your entire workout.

4. Good Vibrations by Mark Moody “It’s such a good vibrationIt's such a sweet sensation
It's such a good vibration It's such a sweet sensation”
Sensations and vibrations will be making their way through every muscle in your body as you add this song to your workout play list. The weight will seemingly fall off with the sweet sensations of the music. 5. Cherry Pie by Warrant “She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good make a grown man cry
Sweet cherry pie
Oh yeah” Is cherry pie one of the deserts you had to give up when you decided to tone up your figure? Allow the lyrics to Cherry Pie to replace the hunger pains for chocolates and sweets as you work off the excess pounds. 6. If You’re Going Through Hell by Rodney Atkins “If you're going through hell
Keep on going, don't slow down
If you're scared, don't show it
You might get out
Before the devil even knows you're there”

Just when you think you can’t take anymore, don’t slow down because the devil knows you really want to be eating a big bowl of ice cream. Add a little bit of Country to your workout when you invite Rodney Atkins to become part of your fitness routine. Picture Rodney singing the encouraging words you need to "keep on going.” How could you say no to that?

7. You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC

“She was a fast machineShe kept her motor cleanShe was the best damn woman I had ever seenShe had the sightless eyesTelling me no liesKnockin’ me out with those American thighsTaking more than her shareHad me fighting for airShe told me to come but I was already there”

If you are interested in the American thighs mentioned in this timeless classic then allow your workout routine to last all night long. This song is sure to keep you shaking throughout its entirety.


8. Eye of the Tiger by Survivor

“It’s the eye of the tiger it’s the thrill of the fight
Rising up the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey at night
And he’s watching us all with the eye of the tiger”

This is another one of those lost in the jungle songs. While the eye of the tiger is on you, show no fear. Continue your workout as if you are the lone survivor of the world and your survival depends on staying in shape.

9. Loosen Up My Buttons by Pussycat Dolls

“I'm telling you loosen up my buttons baby (Uh huh)But you keep fronting (Uh)Saying what you going do to me (Uh huh)But I ain't seen nothing (Uh)”

If you are looking for a song that will put you in the mood to look good, add this song to your workout list. Picture the buttons to your clothes being so much easier to fasten after you shed five or ten pounds.

10. Have a Party by 50 Cent

“This is how we do it, when we do itLike we just wanna tear the club upWe do it like there aint nothin to itThe way we do it, now everybody put your fuckin' hands up!Let’s Go!”

This is a great tune to play closer to the end of your workout. After all the work you’ve endured, that cute outfit you bought to wear to your friend's party will finally fit. Just do it! Watch while all eyes are on your toned body. Everyone is watching while you strut your stuff on party night.

11. Cowboy by Kid Rock

12. The World’s Greatest by R Kelly

13. Never Enough by Eminem

14. Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard

15. Still of the Night by Whitesnake

16. Man in the Box by Alice in Chains

17. Stronger by Kanye West

18. Damn Girl by Justin Timberlake

19. Fool by Donovan

20. Heaven by John Legend

21. Kitty Kat by Beyonce

22. Move and Steppin to the Bad Side on the Dreamgirls Soundtrack

23. My Humps by Black Eyed Peas

24. She Wants to Move by NERD

25. Stigmata by Slave to the System

26. Touching My Body by Danity Kane

27. Jump Around by House of Pain

28. Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake

29. White Lines by Duran Duran

30. I Wish by Victoria Beckman

31. Hey Ya by Outcast

32. Got the Life by Korn

33. Kickstart My Heart by Motley Crue

34. S O S by Rihanna

35. Picture to Burn by Taylor Smith

36. Just One Fix by Ministry

37. They by Jem

38. I Will Be Heard by Hatebreed

39. The Red by Chevelle

40. Live To Win by Paul Stanley

41. Clumsy by Fergie

42. The Power by Snap!

43. Never Gonna Stop by Rod Zombie

44. Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson

45. Jet Black New Year by Paul Stanley

46. Vertigo by U2

47. Lights Out by P.O.D.

48. Toxic by Britney Spears

49. Shake by Otis Redding

50. I’m Just a Girl by No Doubt

These are fifty of the best songs you can add to your workout. Enjoy dancing to the music while bouncing away those unwanted calories.