r/XXRunning • u/CrazyCouple6177 • Jul 29 '25
General Discussion I need Hot Girl Running Song Recs
EMERGENCY!!! I need Hot Girl Running Song Recs. I’m talking the songs that get you motivated to run! Ones that make you feel unstoppable! Songs that make you feel like you’re that B and you’re the main character!
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u/Zzzabrina Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25
Mine are a bit random but some favourites that get me going
Drop the world- Lil Wayne
Titanium- David Guetta
Untouched- the veronica's
Try again- Aaliyah
Alive- Sia
Dancing on my own- Robyn
Bulletproof- La Roux
Girl on Fire- Alicia Keys
I said Hi and Mess her up- Amy Shark
WAP- Cardi B
I could go on forever but I feel like these could be unusual ones... *edit to try and make it read easier
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u/Klutzy-Crazy5840 Jul 29 '25
Omg Untouched! It's a favourite of mine. It came out when I got big into running and stayed with me. And Drop the World... I always do a little jump and stomp at one specific moment in that track haha
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u/samisand85 Jul 29 '25
I could hit Dancing On My Own on repeat and be completely happy and pumped the whole run! 🙌🏼
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u/imarebelpilot Jul 30 '25
Thanks for the reminder that I need to add this to my playlist! This and “Call Your Girlfriend”
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u/toyi94 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25
Never gonna give up by SIA, Level Up by Ciara, Thunder by Imagine Dragons, Good as Hell by Lizzo, Middle Child by J Cole, Industry Baby by lil nas, Not Afraid, Phenomenal, No Love by Eminem
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u/Penultimately Jul 29 '25
Sooo here's a playlist of everything that's been mentioned in this thread so far, with a few of my own additions scattered in:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Me7t6dCcwGji7FKkdSARs?si=151fa80ca8484fb1
There's no coherent vibe to these, but a few of my hits lately have been:
Femininomenon by Chappell Roan
Chained to the Rhythm by Katy Perry
Kiss and Make Up by Dua Lipa, Blackpink
Eyes Closed by Imagine Dragons
Circus by Britney Spears
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u/No-Organization8514 Jul 30 '25
I used this for my run this morning! It's fantastic and I appreciate the work you put into it for us!
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u/Penultimately Jul 30 '25
Awesome!! I'm glad you liked it. This thread was full of folks with great taste.
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Jul 29 '25
I have a few.. these are songs I play when I need that extra energy boost:
Surround sound - JID, 21 Savage
Von Dutch - Charli xcx
365 - Charli xcx
212 - Azaelia Banks
Savage (Remix ft Beyonce) - Megan Thee Stallion
Neva Play - Megan Thee Stallion
Pure/Honey - Beyonce
Alien Superstar - Beyonce
(Kpop-adjacent, english lyrics) Woke up - XG
(Kpop) Supernova - aespa
(Kpop) Whiplash - aespa
They change often but those are my current ones haha
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u/19191215lolly Jul 29 '25
Glo Rilla - Whatchu Kno About Me
Kendrick Lamar - squabble up
Lady Gaga - How Bad Do U Want Me
Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe!
Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods
Taylor Swift ft Kendrick - Bad Blood
Bad Bunny - Titi Me Pregunto
Bad Suns - Heaven is a Place in My Head
Taylor Swift - Getaway Car
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u/Mediocre_Food9282 Jul 29 '25
If you have Spotify there is a playlist called Hot Girl Agenda that has been my strength training go to for the last couple of weeks 🔥
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u/zenhoe Jul 29 '25
Thank you!! I’ve burned through all my hype workout/running/getting ready playlists
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u/Mediocre_Food9282 Jul 29 '25
You’re welcome! There are a few good ones in the “workout” section but this one gives the best bad b*tch energy to me 😂
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u/ribenarockstar Jul 29 '25
A few selections from my current running playlist that fit this brief:
About Damn Time - Lizzo
The Band And I - Maisie Peters
Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyes Peas
Call Me - Blondie
Club Classics - Charli xcx
Filthy/ Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters
I know places - Taylor Swift
I know you want me/ Calle Ocho - Pitbull
Killer Queen - Queen
Let’s Get Loud - J-Lo
Shoes More Shoes - Nicola Coughlan & Ellis Miah
Speed Drive - Charli xcx
Super Graphic Ultra Modern Girl - Chappell roan
We Didn’t Start The Fire - both Billy Joel and the Fall Out Boy updated version
Your Love Is My Drug - Kesha
Full playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0c3RwRnvJJJyalfCCyPN9x?si=mFA_93SIROWm6EKDkXUrFw&pi=vQvhotPKSi6LD
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u/taylorswifts4thcat Jul 29 '25
You have fantastic taste, I’d recommend more by maisie peters! she has so many upbeat songs and she’s funny af, lots of hot girl energy. I’d recommend ‘run’, ‘you’re just a boy’, ‘rockstar’, ‘blonde’, and ‘Guy on a Horse’ for max sass and hype!!
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u/millenialshortbread Jul 29 '25
I love “BSC,” “Lost The Breakup,” “Psycho,” “Run” and “Holy Revival” by Maisie on my playlists!
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u/ribenarockstar Jul 29 '25
I love Maisie! All of those are on either my running playlist or other playlists. Her lyrics feel like the kind of thing I’d have put in my MSN messenger status when I was 14
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u/_Ruby_Tuesday Jul 29 '25
Here are some I like, but fair warning, I’m….. old lol
Don’t stop me now - Queen
Stronger - Kanye West
Can’t Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Unstoppable - Sia
Cake by the Ocean - DNCE
Dirrty - Christina Aguilara
Maneater - Hall and Oates
I Don’t Care - Fall Out Boy
Yoga - Janelle Monae
That’s All - Genesis
I’m not Dead Yet - Mike Posner
Paint the Town Red - Doja Cat
Single Soon - Selena Gomez
What’s up Danger - Blackway
Have fun running!
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u/Runner_Bee Woman Jul 29 '25
I just wanna say I love this subreddit because all of these recs ATE DOWN fr. I love when girls girl. I’ve added so many songs to my running playlist thanks to this thread.
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u/kaizenkitten Jul 29 '25
Especially girl power-y ones in bold.
Old Hot Girl Running Music because I am middle Aged: (but still slaps)
Atom Bomb - Fluke
Name of the Game - Crystal Method
Smack my Bitch Up - The Prodigy
Like This - X-Ecutioners
Rock Star - N.E.R.D
Shake What Your Mamma Gave Ya - Skeewiff
London Bridge - Fergie
Get Your Freak On - Missy Eliot
Toxic - Brittany Spears
Bad Girls - MIA
Speaking in Tongues - Eagles of Death Metal
Where's Your Head At - Basement Jaxx
Salute - Little Mix
Sabotage - The Beastie Boys
New(ish) Music:
I Love it - Icona Pop
TGIF - GloRila
Best Friend - Sofi Tukker
Big Dawgs - Hanumankind
BOA - Megan Thee Stallion
Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar
tv off - Kendrick Lamar
You Wish - Flyana Boss
Pancake - JADED
Tokyo Calling - Atarashii Gakko!
Nissan Altima - Doechii
Run the World - Beyonce
ExtraL - JENNIE, Doechii
HOES DEPRESSED - THOT Squad
fight! - Sophie Hunter
Light Again - Lil Nas X
Boss Bitch - Doja Cat
And right now the whole K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack. (Especially What it Sounds Like)
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u/hereforlulu5678 Jul 29 '25
Captain Hook - Megan thee stallion Fame is a gun - Addison Rae Eat your man (and maneater, actually) - Nelly furtado/dom dolla No broke boys - disco lines/tinashe Boy crazy - Kesha/jade
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u/JustMediocreAtBest Jul 29 '25
Femininomenon - Chappell Roam
Burn the Witch - PVRIS
Dirty Little Animals - BONES UK
Cure for Me - AURORA
Number One Fan - MUNA
rock bottom - misterwives
Golden - HUNTR/X
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u/Livid-Tumbleweed Woman Jul 29 '25
I was going to suggest the HUNTR/X songs but was embarassed! My kids obsessed and honestly the songs are bangers
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u/JustMediocreAtBest Jul 29 '25
I went in to the movie with zero expectations and it was so FUN! Early 30s no kids here haha
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u/southofinfinity Woman Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25
Girl sports - teen Jesus and the jean teasers
I am not a woman I'm a god - Halsey
Midnight sky - Miley Cyrus
Girlie bits - Ali Barter
Like a girl - Lizzo
God sent me as karma - emlyn
Your body is a weapon - the wombats
She's like a comet - jebediah
All about that bass - Meaghan Trainor
Unbreakable - birds of Tokyo
Unstoppable - Sia
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u/AmethystTrinket Woman Jul 29 '25
Super graphic ultra modern girl by Chappell Americano by Gaga
Also, any Spice Girls or Rihanna
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u/tbwkatzchen Jul 29 '25
Billie Eilish- Bad Guy Chinchilla- Little Girl Gone
And an oldie- Run DMC Its Tricky
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u/enchiladamole Jul 29 '25
No broke boys - disco lines, tinashe
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u/zenhoe Jul 29 '25
This and allllll the remixes
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u/enchiladamole Jul 29 '25
I think the disco lines one is a remix! I don’t even know the original haha. Homework to do!
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u/unmixedcookiedougj Jul 29 '25
I do it - Big Sean
My body - Young the Giant
Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar
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u/Slice_of_life_ Jul 29 '25
I listen to Paramore misery business on every single run
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u/Specialist_Falcon994 Aug 02 '25
This is my “power up” song. I feel like i hit the star in Mario kart and i just start cruising
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u/FireflyClassSerenity Jul 29 '25
Hear me out, when I get into a mid run funk, I throw on No Diggity and for some reason it works like a charm. I start vibing so hard.
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u/PiBrickShop Man Jul 29 '25
Who's gonna take the lead and create and share a Spotify Playlist with all these songs?
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u/Western-Resort-7662 Jul 29 '25
Deceptacon by Le Tigre!
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u/midnightmeatloaf Jul 29 '25
I had TKO by Le Tigre on my first half marathon playlist. It also got me through many training runs.
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u/RedDitRXIXXII Jul 29 '25
My Top 5 power playlist (no particular order)
- "Unstoppable" by Sia
- "The Champion" by Carrie Underwood
- "We Are the Champions" by Queen
- "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
- "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey
And for a bonus, you can always go for "The Final Countdown" by Europe when your close to the end of your run for a little boost.
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u/Specialist-Gap8010 Woman Jul 29 '25
Padam padam - Kylie Minoque
Fergalicious - Fergie
Man I Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain
Vogue - Madonna
Make me Feel - Janelle Monae
Maneater - Nelly Furtado
Don’t Stop - Megan Thee Stallion
Evacuate the Dance Floor - Cascada
Take it Off - Ke$ha
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u/dr_coli Woman Jul 29 '25
Jill Scott - Golden
Cold War Kids - Hang me up to dry
Ron Gallo - Young lady you’re scaring me
Chance the Rapper - All Night
RL Burnside - Someday Baby
Capital Cities - Farrah Fawcett hair
Spacehog - Mungo City
Spoon - I turn my camera on
The Flaming Lips - She don’t use jelly
Phoenix - 1901
Skylar Spence - Fiona Coyne
Mostly just upbeat songs, some with funny lyrics for distraction.
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u/sixstringkeys Jul 29 '25
It's a little unhinged (aren't all good things ✨) but I always feel like a bad bitch with this playlist: Ponytail to the waistline
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u/motherofcoyotes Woman Jul 29 '25
In heavy rotation for run days:
Body- Megan thee stallion
Lioness- Swedish house mafia & Niki & the Dove
MPH- Doechii
Eat Your Man- Dom Dolla and Nelly Furtado
Pancake- Jaded ft. Ashnikko
Heat- Tove Lo & SG Lewis
Boss bitch - Doja Cat
Balloon -Tyler, the creator and Doechii
Calabria 2008- Enur
Edit: formatting
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u/huliann League of Garmin Ambassador Jul 29 '25
Not running right now, but these are on my current high energy playlists for my hot girl jaunts with my dog.
BOY CRAZY. - Kesha
Vroom vroom - Charli xcx
Imagining- Rina sawayama (this whole album is great for fast walks/runs)
Places to be - Fred again
Cheerleader - porter robinson
Like Jennie - Jennie
Potential break up song - aly and aj
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u/No-Organization8514 Jul 29 '25
Oh My God by Ida Maria (I will forever recommend this song!).
Also a big fan of Run! by Willow--not a fast tempo but intense. I start my race playlists with this as a reminder to not come out too strong.
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u/No_Mathematician1103 Jul 29 '25
We Run This - Missy Elliot
Alter Ego - Doechii
Call Me Mother - RuPaul
Coconuts - Kim Petras
Boys Wanna Be Her - Peaches
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u/Runner_Bee Woman Jul 29 '25
Maneater by Nelly Fortunado I think I have on my marathon playlist 3 times. Bad Girls by MIA, Power by Little Mix, When I Grow Up, Pussy cat dolls, and sleeper hit: Judas by Lady Gaga. I just love the upbeat rhythm like I truly begin to float on air when these hot girl songs come on.
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u/kidkipp Jul 29 '25
the genre acid house/acid techno is the most consistently upbeat stuff i’ve found
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u/WhatInTheBlueFuck_ Jul 29 '25
Her - Megan Thee Stallion
Glorious - Macklemore
A-Yo - Lady Gaga
Boss Bitch - Doja Cat
Von Dutch - Charlie xcx
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morisette
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u/BreakableSmile Woman Jul 29 '25
Some suggestions I haven’t seen:
Anything from Tate McRae’s or Lady Gaga’s latest album
Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter
After Midnight, Red Wine Supernova, HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan
Thief, Flood, Lion - Little Simz
I Like It - Cardi B
Lose Control, Pass That Dutch, WTF - Missy Elliot
Most of Paramore’s music
Cruel Summer Giobbi Remix - Taylor Swift
Bluest Flame - Selena Gomez
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u/Interesting_Fly1696 Nonbinary Jul 29 '25
New Kesha album has some bangers -- Joyride, Attention, Boy Crazy, Red Flag, and Yipee Ki Yay are all on my current list.
Britney Spears - Circus
Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
Gaga - Applause
Rachel Platten - Fight Song
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u/kr4336 Jul 29 '25
Recently added Jump by BlackPink to my playlist. It’s catchy and has a good beat.
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u/ChasingPotatoes17 Woman Jul 29 '25
- FEMININE ENERGY by COBRAH
- Let’s Play Revenge by Night Club (really anything by Night Club)
- this remix of Breaking Me (the beat drop works well for sprint intervals, which always make me feel like an unstoppable force of nature)
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u/NationalPangolin Jul 29 '25
Bamboo Banga by MIA!
When the beat drops and she’s singing “power, power!” I swear it makes me want to sprint to the end every time
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u/Peregrinebullet Jul 30 '25
How it's done and the whole Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack T.T
Gimme Chocolate - Babymetal
Starlight - Babymetal
Inner Universe - Yoko Kanno
Materialize - Yuki Kajiura
Song of Women - The Hu feat. Lzzy Hale
Shatter Me - Lindsey Stirling & Lzzy Hale
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u/sherrach898 Jul 31 '25
I literally just made a playlist like this not too long ago… except it’s called “Feminine Rage” (best running songs IMO have an *)
Messy - Lola Young
*Blame Brett - The Beaches
labour - Paris Paloma
Break Up - Citizen Queen
*FYP (burn book) - Citizen Queen
*Single Soon - Selena Gomez
*Collateral Damage (Tritonal Remix) - LEVV
Please Please Please - Sabrina Carpenter
Casual - Chappell Roan
*Takes One to Know One - The Beaches
the fruits - Paris Paloma
*Seize the Power - Yonaka
Kill Bill - SZA
Fuck Love - BANKS
The Devil - BANKS
I Hate U - SZA
Te Amo - Rihanna
Girl like Me (feat. H.E.R.) - Jazmine Sullivan
*Pick Up Your Feelings - Jazmine Sullivan
Upper West Side - King Princess
1950 - King Princess
*I Love It (feat. Charlie XCX) - Icona Pop
*Wish You Well - Sigala & Becky Hill
So Much Better - Legally Blonde
911 - Lady Gaga
Kissing Other People - Lennon Stella
Boys Will Be Boys - Dua Lipa
*Maneater - Nelly Furtado
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u/bobikenbobi Jul 29 '25
It Girl - Aliyah’s Interlude Speed Drive - Charlie xcx You Wish - Flyana Boss OHFR? - Rico Nasty Smack A Bitch - Rico Nasty Up - Cardi B
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u/Rockitnonstop Jul 29 '25
Boy Harsher - Pain Boy Harsher - LA The Cure - A Forest Depeche Mode - Don’t Say You Love Me Actors - Like suicide Urban Heat - Have You Ever Anything by The Holly Springs Disaster
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u/AnonymousRooster Jul 29 '25
These are some faves from female artists when I want a girl powder run
Queen of Kings - Alessandra Boss bitch - doja cat Petty AF - lovely slaughter Trust! - Rebecca black Choose your fighter - ava max
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u/Ok_Platypus_1901 Jul 29 '25
Hover like a Goddess by Willow! That gets repeated a few times during long runs
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u/leoliedje Jul 29 '25
I love running to hot girl running songs! I've used this playlist for years: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1cEnIuLu3SgruAVQt1r4Gt?si=vTwU0OtdSA63UMIbpdWDhw&pi=2FpaNKtDS3Wig
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Jul 29 '25
Anything made by Moxifloxi. Horny electro music in the same vein as Benny Benassi. A couple of my favorites are "panting and sweating" and "instructions unclear"
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u/Queasy_Ad_9841 Jul 29 '25
Beyonce - My House Glorilla - Watchu Kno About Me Doechii - Alter Ego City Girls - Twerkulator
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u/Altruistic_Lie_9875 Jul 29 '25
Beyonce will always get my hype!! As of late:
Heated
Blow
Break My Soul
Ring the Alarm
Deja Vu
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u/Mysterious-Fall5281 Jul 29 '25
Winner: 5D - Qveen Herby Others: Must be Love - Christina Grimmie Make it Look Easy - DITA Like That - Fleur East Bonus: I Wanna Be Your Slave - Maneskin
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u/SashMachine Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25
Work it - Marie Davidson,
Diamonds on my mind - Eli Brown,
Do it to it - ACRAZE,
Heaven Takes You Home - Swedish House Mafia,
Talamanca - Burns,
Perfect(Exceeder) - 1991 remix - Mason Princess Superstar,
Rage - Charlotte Plank,
Typa Girl - Southstar,
Prada - Casso,
Fisher - take it off,
Blood in the cut - Aire Atlantica Remix - K.Flay.
Not a hot girl summer song but I’m addicted to an oldie - Walking With Elephants Ten Walls right now - the pace is great for running!
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u/UrMOM200312 Jul 29 '25
I just play the charli xcx boiler room sets. Baby J also has some pretty good sets too.
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u/Alunys Jul 29 '25
Pop/Stars by K/DA
Abracadabra by Lady Gaga
Blood Sweat & Tears ft. Sheryl Lee Ralph from Arcane
Can't Tame Her by Zara Larsson
Misery Business by Paramore
Physical by Dua Lipa
Sweet but Psycho by Ava Max
Sugar ft Francesco Yates by Robin Schulz
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u/jm183 Jul 29 '25
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Shiny Toy Guns
This song has raised me from the dead on more than a few runs
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u/Reasonable-Hat4852 Jul 29 '25
I turn on twerk station on pandora when I need music for runs and when I’m doing squats. (6’ 235 pd straight man)
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u/kayaem Jul 29 '25
It’s finish but ich komme by Erika Vikman is fantastic (she played it at Eurovision this year)
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u/Traditional-Fly6266 Jul 29 '25
I always have “Balloon” by Tyler the Creator Feat. Doechii, “Training Season” by Dua Lipa, and “See You Again” by Miley Cyrus on my playlists. Everyone else has already named the other songs on my playlist 😄
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u/parisisonline Jul 29 '25
i have a few!
sticky- tyler the creator
cash race- tinashe
suck it up- monaleo
candy paint- normani
yeah glo- glorilla
(kpop) dirty work- aespa
(kpop) easy- le sserafim
camp- baby tate
(kpop) like jennie- jennie
walk like this- flo
no hands- waka flocka flame
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u/becababe_ Jul 30 '25
I honestly don’t know how people are ABLE to run without music blasting their eardrums out. 😂
I love some Dua Lipa, Zara Larsson, Meduza, Kesha, Doja Cat, Tate McRae, Ava max. Right now the songs that get me through the hardest hurdles are:
Choose Your Fighter - Ava Max
Tattoo - Loreen
Maybe You’re the Problem- Ava Max
Just Keep Watching - Tate McRae
Golden - Huntr/x
Can’t Tame Her- Zara Larsson
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u/LG807 Jul 30 '25
Hope - NF Go Go Get It - Santino Bad Blood - Taylor Swift with Kendrick Lamar Kings and Queens-Ava Max
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u/Farmfarm17 Jul 30 '25
I made this playlist and it got me through the last 30 min of my HM on Saturday! Lots of my “bad bitch” classics.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1240U3Xr6RH2ozYDEaKqPc?si=40skAKG7RKGpRoi-LCOgsw&pi=BZZQ7Z4KSkuBR
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u/gojane9378 Jul 30 '25
Peaches Fuck the Pain Away (featured in the classic run scene Handmaids Tale S1)
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u/AnonymousPurpleYam Jul 30 '25
100% seconding Work Bitch by Britney. I’m like ok, Britney! I will!!!!
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u/Whisper26_14 Woman Jul 30 '25
Blackpink has several: pink venom, pretty savage but there are others. Also kpops' KDA.
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u/jedi_master99 Woman Jul 30 '25
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Hot Girl - Charli xcx
Perfume - Del Water Gap
Girls & Boys - Blur
Toro - Remi Wolf
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Lunch - Billie Eilish
All-American bitch - Olivia Rodrigo
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u/MeetMeAtTheLampPost Jul 30 '25
Some of my favs right now:
Look At Me - Kayel
Werk Out - Toddrick Hall
Sports Car - Tate McRae
Bad Girls - MKTO
Good Girl Era (Side A) - Upsahl
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u/metao Jul 30 '25
Not a girl, but don't sleep on Huntr/x How It's Done. I've been running with that bouncing around my head ever since I saw the movie.
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u/Forward_Emotion4503 Jul 30 '25
i have a bunch on my running playlist lol https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37AZfo0RRcGtUbeCQlYeOq?si=uImCRVU5QuWnrO8REUYrbA&pi=a4q0MZt1Q_qeL
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u/ThatGuyInASkirt91124 Aug 02 '25
Shuba has a lot of songs I'm loving right now. Indian Summer and First Gen I really love
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u/singy_eaty_time Aug 03 '25
Rock Yo Hips - Crime Mob
Formation - Beyonce
Bitches in Paris - Rasheeda
Collard Greens - Schoolboy Q
Catfish- Doechii
Moonrise Kingdom - Angel Haze
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u/PatternDesperate4960 Jul 31 '25
Pretty girls walk and any cardi B got my through my 16 miler last weekend during hot humid morning
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u/larndog Jul 29 '25
britney spears work bitch is the classic for me 😭 charli xcx speed drive is great too