Running Playlist: Top 10 Songs For Your 2010 Running Playlist

2010 has come and gone and just like every other media outlet, I too have a top 10 list. The songs on this list are the top 10 songs on running playlist that the thousands of visitors for this site have clicked on and reviewed.

There are more than a few obvious entries on this list, songs that were on the iTunes and Amazon top 10′s for months such as I Like It, Club Can’t Handle Me and Love The Way You Lie, but we also had a few surprises such as Only In My Dreams (a Debbie Gibson song from the 80′s) and I’ll Kill You If You Don’t Come Back by Meatloaf.

Some more interesting facts about this list are:

1. There are 2 songs on this list with a BPM of less than 120, which is usually the minimum for a good running playlist. Suprisingly, the number 1 song is one of those.

2. The most popular genre was Hip Hop

3. There are 2 songs on the top 10 list with the word “dream” in their title. Perhaps this is a subconscious choice by the readers of this site to focus on accomlishing their dreams?

4. Debbie Gibson: I’m not sure how an 80′s star came up in the top 10, but the data doesn’t

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Running Playlist: What kind of songs to add to a running playlist

Once you get used to running with a BPM optimized running playlist and start building your own playlists you’ll learn that it is very hard to find songs that are at 180 BPM.

The reason for this is that songs with such high BPM are too fast. There are some techno “songs” at that BPM and you can also find sites that create a looping techno 180 BPM soundtrack, but most songs, even the fastest ones, are under that.

You will also learn that there are three types of songs that you can use in a running playlist:

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