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Spotify data reveals best workout songs

Listen to this playlist to pump you up during your next run

If you’re looking for the perfect running playlist, look no further. New Spotify research has analyzed more than 142,000 songs added to workout and gym-related playlists by users on the platform, and revealed the top 50 songs to work out to. The most popular choice? Eminem’s 2002 hit, “Til I Collapse.”

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The research was conducted by U.K.-based gym, PureGym, by analyzing all playlists that had the words “workout” or “gym” in the title. After sifting through thousands of songs, they put together a top songs playlist that features an eclectic mix of pop, dance and rap. Eminem’s Til I Collapse took the top spot with more than a billion streams and appearing in an impressive 318 playlists, followed by SAINt JHN’s Roses (Imanbek Remix) and The Business by Dutch DJ Tiësto.

Eminem was also the most popular artist for workout playlists, with his music featuring in a whopping 1,700 playlists. His name appears twice in the top 10 (his hit Lose Yourself came in at number 10), and the only other artist to do so was fellow rapper Kanye West. The top 20 songs on the playlist are as follows:

  1. ‘Til I Collapse – Eminem
  2. Roses – SAINt JHN (Imanbek remix)
  3. The Business – Tiësto
  4. Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) – Joel Corry
  5. Turn Me On (feat. Vula) – Riton
  6.  Stronger – Kanye West
  7. Remember the Name (feat. Styles of Beyond) – Fort Minor
  8. Goosebumps – HVME
  9. Power – Kanye West
  10. Breaking Me – Topic
  11. Numb/Encore – Jay-Z and Linkin Park
  12. Your Love (9PM) – ATB
  13. Lose Yourself – Eminem
  14. Paradise (feat. Dermot Kennedy) – MEDUZA
  15. Some Say – Nea (Felix Jaehn remix)
  16. Head Shoulders Knees & Toes (feat. Norma Jean Martine) – Ofenbach
  17. All Around the World (LA LA LA) – R3HAB
  18. Goosebumps – Travis Scott
  19. X Gon’ Give It To Ya – DMX
  20. Lovefool – Twocolors

Check out the full playlist here.

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