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Best 80s Music for Running - 80s Workout Mix

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Here I have included three of my complete playlists of great running music from the 80s.  All of my running mixes feature songs classified by BPM (Beats Per Minute), allowing you to run with the beat.  I recommend checking out my site www.runningmusicmix.com for tips on finding the best BPM for running for you as well as many more songs and genres.

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80s Pop Running Playlist 

Fun and frothy to keep you motivated!


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80s Pop Running Music Mix

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This mix features Prince, the Go-Gos, Elvis Costello, Hall and Oates, Billy Idol, Charlie Sexton, Culture Club, that dude who sang Maniac, A-Ha among others. If you are looking for classic 80s pop, the kind you can't help singing along to when it comes on the radio, this is your mix. To see the whole mix and preview/purchase songs (you can buy songs individually to pick and choose between the mixes):

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Here's the track listing by BPM:

When You Were Mine (143 BPM)
Veronica (154 BPM)
Dancing with Myself (177 BPM)
Come Dancing (152 BPM)
Freeze Frame (187 BPM)
Vacation (158 BPM)
I'm So Excited (183 BPM)
Beats So Lonely (157 BPM)
Maneater (170 BPM)
Take On Me (169 BPM)
Mickey (150 BPM)
Maniac (157 BPM)
Modern Love (180 BPM)
Heartbreaker (157 BPM)
Karma Chameleon (186 BPM)
Queen of Hearts (170 BPM)
Back on the Chain Gang (154 BPM)
C*n Feel the Noize (143 BPM)

80s New Wave Running Playlist 

Best of the New Wave Dance songs, all in Running BPM range.


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80s New Wave Running Music Mix

This features some classic New Wave tunes, all in the 140-190 runnable BPM range. Some of the artists on the mix are the Cure, Soft Cell, the Eurythmics, Bow Wow Wow, Peter Gabrel, Berlin, Squeeze, Catholic Girls, Flock of Seagulls, the B-52s, and Devo.

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Here are the track listings by BPM:

Space Age Love Song (140 BPM)
Tainted Love (143 BPM)
Just Like Heaven (153 BPM)
Right by Your Side (167 BPM)
The Metro (170 BPM)
Girl You Want (171 BPM)
Do You Wanna Hold Me (139 BPM)
Sex Dwarf (149 BPM)
Cool Places (162 BPM)
Is That Love (164 BPM)
Always Something There to Remind Me (149 BPM)
Don't Change (165 BPM)
C'est Impossible (158 BPM)
Christine (160 BPM)
Give Me Back My Man (165 BPM)
Reptile (157 BPM)
Shock The Monkey (148 BPM)

80s Alternative Running Mix and Workout Playlist 

These songs have held up well over time and make a great running mix!


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80s Alternative Running Music Mix
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These are songs that were my favorites in my teen years listening to 91X and KROQ in the eighties. This was my first 80s mix and I think it sounds the least dated of my 80s mixes. Bands included in this mix are the Jam, X, Adam and the Ants, the Cult, the Church, Jim Carroll, and New Order. The mix starts with a very catchy song I'd forgotten about - "World Destruction" by Afrika Bambaataa and John Lydon. To get individual songs on this mix or to download the whole thing visit here:

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Here's the BPM track listing:

Word Destruction 140
Anything 154
Age of Consent 165
Reptile 157
Dark Entries 170
Stand and Deliver 143
Spirit Walker 163
Go! 175
Blister in the Sun 188
Mirror in the Bathroom 170
I Wanna Be Sedated 163
Boys Don't Cry 169
People Who Died 187
This Corrosion 152
Alex Chilton 165
Going Underground 178
Spellbound 148
Los Angeles 184
Hairdresser on Fire 135
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