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So I'm starting to really get back into running. I ran 7.2 KM (about 4.4 miles) in 46 minutes yesterday. I got a playlist on Google Play marked "Running," but it's a bit hit and miss.

The real hits for me, that get my legs pumping and make me want to run faster include:
-I'm Shipping Out to Boston, by Dropkick Murphys
-Machinehead, by Bush
-Baidtdaba, by Kid Rock (especially for pushing up hills for some reason)
-White Trash Millionaire, by Block Stone Cherry
-Invincible, by Adelitas Way

Most especially, though, is Hell Yeah, by Rev Theory. Every time that hits, I say something like, "Fuck yeah. Let's tear that pavement!"


So, I'm looking for suggestions that are relatively close to that song. Not bands, because that might include having to go through several albums, and I don't have the patience for that. Nothing too "dancey," death metal, or with excessively vulgar lyrics.

I usually run while listening to podcasts so I can't offer much, but personally I prefer music with a beat that matches my workout run cadence. So find your favorite song's bpm and look up songs that match it at sites such as this or this. For example "Hell Yeah" has a bpm of 168.

I tried asking this on Facebook, but everyone's just "HERE'S MUSIC I LISTEN TO WHEN I RUN!" or "HERE'S A BUNCH OF DEATH METAL THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SIMILAR BEAT!"

I'm probably being too picky, but literally every suggestion (and there have been lots) doesn't work for me.

*copies and pastes @drifter's reply*

Because yeah, find the songs with the tempo you want and start making a playlist.

ThatNickGuy said:

I tried asking this on Facebook, but everyone's just "HERE'S MUSIC I LISTEN TO WHEN I RUN!" or "HERE'S A BUNCH OF DEATH METAL THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SIMILAR BEAT!"

I'm probably being too picky, but literally every suggestion (and there have been lots) doesn't work for me.

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Have you tried putting those songs on a playlist in pandora and see what other music it suggests? I've found when I'm trying for a particular vibe or feel, pandora does an excellent job parading music past my ears to choose from.

stienman said:

Have you tried putting those songs on a playlist in pandora and see what other music it suggests? I've found when I'm trying for a particular vibe or feel, pandora does an excellent job parading music past my ears to choose from.

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Just tried.

Not available in Canada.

Pandora isn't available in Canada short of running a VPN. Haven't found a music source that recommends things quite as well, either.

Ah, sorry.

Nick, couple possibilities:





Also, how do you feel about grunge? Soungarden or Alice in Chains might be a good fit, but I don't know how familiar you are with them.

Vrii said:

Nick, couple possibilities:





Also, how do you feel about grunge? Soungarden or Alice in Chains might be a good fit, but I don't know how familiar you are with them.

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If I heard their song on the radio, I might recognize it, but I wouldn't know who it was by. That basically sums up my knowledge of music in general, really.

I added Give it All. I'll test it out in a bit (going for a run shortly). Seether's been recommended to me a few times, but it's one of those songs that starts out AWESOME, but then slows right down. And I don't want that. I find Rage Against the Machine is especially guilty of this.[DOUBLEPOST=1499112603,1499112472][/DOUBLEPOST]

drifter said:

I usually run while listening to podcasts so I can't offer much, but personally I prefer music with a beat that matches my workout run cadence. So find your favorite song's bpm and look up songs that match it at sites such as this or this. For example "Hell Yeah" has a bpm of 168.

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A lot of those so-called high BPM songs are anything but. Like, how is THIS comparable to Hell Yeah?

World on Fire is 84 bpm, so you can double your tempo to make it equivalent to 168.

drifter said:

World on Fire is 84 bpm, so you can double your tempo to make it equivalent to 168.

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I don't know what you mean by doubling my tempo. It's running to the beat of the song, isn't it? This feels really slow for that.

ThatNickGuy said:

I don't know what you mean by doubling my tempo. It's running to the beat of the song, isn't it? This feels really slow for that.

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Right, he's saying it's two steps per beat instead of one in order to match up.

--Patrick

So let's say you count the beat like so: 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. At 168 you might take a step on the numbers. At 84, you take a step on both the numbers and the "and," doubling your tempo.

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There's an app that matches your music to your run cadence, but I forget the name now. Someone recommended it to me years ago. -_- (useless, sorry)

If you like Rev Theory (and Blue Mountain State made me love that song ), and you want fast running music, you might try:

Static X


Rammstein


Hoobastank


Alien Ant Farm


Jimmy Eat World


Franz Ferdinand


Yellowcard


Autopilot Off


My Chemical Romance


and, well, just about anything by The Offspring


Egad, is it 2005 in here, or is it just me?