Surprising Exercise Songs

I've been having great success using the shuffle function on my iPod for discovering good songs for exercising. I have 1,799 songs but no idea what's on my iPod except for the one exercise playlist I made 3 years ago that still has "Crazy in Love" by Beyonce and Jay-Z on it. Great song, but I'm over it and need new stuff.

Today, my iPod did a good job. Below are songs I found surprisingly good to walk/run to and why:

"Such Great Heights" by Postal Service

Great for running because the tempo is perfect and there's an airy, other-worldly feeling to the song. I feel like I'm in a Nike commercial or something about people all over the world and how we're all the same because....we run.

"I'm Puttin' All My Eggs In One Basket" by Ella Fitzgerald

Okay, this wasn't the best exercise song but I listened to the lyrics and realized that it'll be the perfect song for me to dance to with my future-haven't-found-him-yet husband.

"I've been a roaming Juliet
My Romeo's have been many
But now my roaming days have gone

Too many irons in the fire
is worse than not having any
I've had my share and from now on
I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything I've got on you."

(no pressure, my future honey)

"Give It To Me" by Timbalind

Not surprising at all but I just forgot that I had this song on my iPod so I was pleasantly surprised. This song makes me want to walk harder so I will look good dancing in a club. "Wanna see you work you BO-dy."

"All I Want For Christmas" by Mariah Carey

I was fully aware this was on my iPod but would never think of exercising to it. But the beat is PERFECT if you want to power walk. The holidays make me think of home and I always try to look my best when I go home so that makes me workout harder. Plus, this song just makes me happy and I'm almost skipping instead of power walking (it's hard to resist doing the "Snoopy Dance"). ALSO, I think of the movie "Love, Actually" and how everyone's falling in love and I want to meet a guy so that makes me workout harder. (I know, I know, but whatever gets my ass in gear is fine by me)

"My Sharona" by The Knack

Simple. The beat couldn't be more perfect for a power walker.

Happy Exercising!