Having a perfect playlist is almost vital for you to enjoy a good run.
Setting yourself up with a bank of great tunes means you’ll be more likely to enjoy your workout.
For most people listening to music whilst running is essential, with many runners refusing to step on the treadmill without their favourite playlist.
Sportsshoes.com analysed more than 30,000 songs featured in running playlists to reveal the ultimate running soundtrack.
Work B**ch by Britney Spears has proved to be the most popular song for running on Spotify.
The Weeknd’s synthpop tune ‘Blinding Lights’ and ‘Lose Yourself’ by Eminem are the fastest-paced songs in the top 10 with 171 beats per minute.
This means if you run to match the beat of either of thesey, you’ll roughly cover a mile in 12 minutes.
1. Work B**ch – Britney Spears - 128bpm
2. Blinding Lights – The Weeknd - 171 bpm
3. Roses (Imanbek Remix) – SAINt JHN - 122 bpm
4. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor - 109 bpm
5. Titanium (feat. Sia) – David Guetta - 126bpm
6. Can’t Hold Us – (feat. Ray Dalton) – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - 146 bpm
7. CAN’T STOP THE FEELING! – Justin Timberlake - 113 bpm
8. Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) – Mark Ronson - 115 bpm
9. This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna) – Calvin Harris - 124 bpm
10. Lose Yourself – Eminem - 171 bpm
Over 11,000 artists were also analysed to reveal that DJ Calvin Harris is the most common artist people run to, appearing in 4.5 percent of all running playlists worldwide.
His most popular running songs include ‘This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)’, ‘One Kiss (with Dua Lipa)’ and ‘Summer’.
The top 10 most popular running artists
- Calvin Harris
- Eminem
- David Guetta
- Drake
- Kanye West
- Lady Gaga
- Rihanna
- Avicii
- Ed Sheeran
- Pitbull
Over 30,000 songs from 750 playlists that included 'running’, ‘jogging’ and ‘treadmill’ were analysed to find the favourite artists and songs people listen to whilst on their daily run.
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