How many motivation remixes are there

What better way to soundtrack your own transformation into a stronger, healthier you? Despite the brooding murder dramas, perpetual damp and considerable hot-dog consumption, Denmark is still one of the happiest countries on the planet.

Okay, perhaps the hot dogs help. Plus, it stealthily extolls the virtue of carbo-loading before a run. Between Fatman Scoop's signature roar, Ciara's croon, and Missy's all around bad-assery, this uptempo jam is the perfect way to ramp up the energy.

We can even imagine the helmet-wearing robots of Daft Punk working out to this energetic song in their LED-plated suits. A: We Are Devo! Written while Gano was a teenager, it vibrates with adolescent, something-to-prove resentment — which can sometimes be just what the trainer ordered.

You're in the jungle, baby. You're gonna die! By name alone, the metronomic Strokes drummer even sounds like a Tour de France racer. The perfect Is This It track might immediately bring to mind cigarettes, denim and booze, but Fab's inhumanly locked rhythms help make the debut an optimal exercise regime anthem.

That brilliant pause comes in at two minutes, giving you a chance to catch your breath before hammering the pedals for the closing burn. Point is, if you want a muscle-crushing regimen, you're going to need a blue-collar sensei riding your ass hard.

Skip the warm-up, cream puff, and slot this electric slice of protopunk into track one of your workout mix. Sir, yes, sir! Oddly, this cult classic remains a favorite of doughy music critics more than heavy-metal jocks. The best use of a cowbell in a dance song ever? Three guitar chords, an insanely catchy bass line, whiney-as-fuck screams and a ceaseless disco-y beat will make you want to work your ass off.

Trust us. The drawn-out count-off from one to eight midway through is perfect for plugging through another set of reps. Sure, sure, we all go to the gym to lower our blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health, but looking good ain't exactly an unanticipated side effect. Even before his King of Pop days, M. It's almost impossible to keep still while it's on, which makes it a perfect energetic song for a workout.

We like it for running, but we'd really rather take a page from Derrick T. What was it you wanted to do again? Join a book club? Take a nice weekend trip? The buildup is steady and the release is downright cathartic, making for a track that will have you ripped as Teyana in no time.

Just kidding. This is your go-to jogging-in-the-sun song. Off Vampire Weekend's self-titled debut album, the spunky, perky track is a perfect soundtrack for those few shiny minutes when you're feeling good, waving at passersby and running in place at stoplights.

It may not get you through the uphill battles, shin splints and mile nines, but there's nothing wrong with starting on a lighthearted foot. A tenderhearted love tune and an exercise must-have? Not a lot of us can truly relate to Flashdance — welding in a steel mill by day, go-going at a seedy bar by night, etc.

For everyone who goes into fantasy-music-video mode on the treadmill—that's all of us, then—there can be no finer brain candy than the Boss's anthem, the biggest hit of his entire career.

Yes, you are the girl Springsteen pulls out of the audience in the video — that includes you, fellas — and you are dancing onstage. Ideally, we'd don pastel spandex and break into synchronized aerobic moves for this energetic song. The uptempo dance track, off 's Purple Rain, has synth-pop, dramatic lyrics and funky breakdowns aplenty, making us the star of our own '80s workout montage whenever it comes up on our playlist.

A slow jam for an exercise song, this track is best for biking. The sexy overtones actually work pretty perfectly for a workout; the track has serious rhythm and a catchy hook—you push the pedals, Cody Chesnutt will push, um, his seed in her bush for life.

You'll get into it, we swear. During a grim year in which Chan Marshall split from her actor boyfriend who then married a model , the singer delivered this fiery triumph, with disco beats and pop hooks nuzzling up to her sensuous voice. Exercise can be an uplifting, fun-filled endorphin surge—it can also seem like an endless drag. This track by German rock band Neu! The steady, meditative motorik drumbeat is the sonic equivalent of watching CNN with the sound off at the gym.

Let it lull you into a state of Zen-like efficiency. And with its unrelenting, awesome krautrock-inspired drive, this song keeps you running too. This face-melting trap anthem is the result of the meeting of two wild-out masterminds: French producer DJ Snake and Southern hip-hop scream king Lil Jon.

When MTV asked the rap icon just what, exactly, he would turn down for, he offered two things: the police and sleep. Odds are you won't encounter either of those in your spin class, so rest assured that you have Lil Jon's blessing to remain turned all the way up. Because it rips. And we didn't want to answer to Rocky or Mickey. Disclosure's infectious blend of dance and pop has earned the U.

This garage-tinged house gem—which opened the outfit's debut album, Settle—pairs a bouncy bassline with incendiary sermonizing, making it a no-brainer when you're going for that deep burn.

One to accompany you on the treadmill in times of friction. Never run to the sound of a hurdy-gurdy before? Now's your chance. Listen, be pummeled, go pummel. If you say so, Dave. The snappy beat supporting this Chicago band's runaway hit offers plenty of juice for any low-impact cardio session, but it's the beyond-clever video that prompted more than 10 million YouTube views and sparked any number of copycat auteurs.

Seriously, if synchronized swimming is an Olympic sport, then the coordinated feats the nerdy OK Go boys pull off in this famous clip are more than enough to deserve a write-in vote for gold medals all around. For an uplifting boost while putting in the gym work, look to MNEK : a sought-after pop producer, his own work is anthemic in nature, often focused on self-empowerment.

Back in , this was rapper T. The elliptical may not be the club, but we can certainly pretend it is. Whitney Houston put out her own cover in , but with a limited release. Her number-one hit off her debut album proves why. The jazzy riffs and background snaps make it fun; the lyrics and vocal inflections make it memorable. This cross-genre collaboration between rock band Linkin Park and rapper Jay-Z has stood up to the test of time as a tried-and-true workout hit.

Electronic dance duo Sofi Tukker have never been afraid to have fun with their music, taking cues from global musical cultures to make tracks that are bold and party-ready. What Ms. Spears wishes becomes our command. But what the song does most unusually is mix and match samples and styles, creating an eclectic track that keeps things interesting — all over a driving, gritty beat.

Heavy drumbeats and a driving, anthemic chorus give this song its immediate pump-up power from rock show mainstays Imagine Dragons, led by their energetic frontman Dan Reynolds. It was inescapable on the radio and in ads in for a reason, and was further boosted by a remix. Feeling good as hell!

And when it switches gears halfway through to feature rapper El Alfa, it only turns it into more of an intense track. Work out at your own risk. Seven years later, the insistent buoyancy of the song holds up. British grime star Stormzy is known for charisma in his music. The track took him to number one in the U. Naturally, that makes it a good fit for a workout or a dance party. Thanks, Rocky. Motivation, indeed.