Although it’s not mentioned in my ‘About Me’ section, another one of my big interests is music. Not that I’m talented in playing any sort of instrument at all (well, not that I’ve discovered yet – my mum put me in piano lessons when I was younger but I think those lasted about 4 months before we canceled that and registered me for soccer instead!) Anyways, as a spin instructor I’m ALWAYS looking for new music to keep my spinners interested. Here I will post some spin songs, as well as some other songs that strike my fancy!
These are the tunes I’ve been listening to over and over and over again!
January 2012
Somebody (I wonder who) has been terrible about updating this page! Below is a list of all of the songs I’ve featured in Fit Bit Friday posts up until now. They’re not exactly all workout tunes, but good ones nevertheless!
- Jet Lag – Simple Plan ft Natasha Bedingfield
- Every Teardrop is a Waterfall – Coldplay
- Hey Mama – Mat Kearney
- Hair – Lady Gaga
- All In (Remix) – Lifehouse
- Never Cry Again – Dash Berlin
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody – These Kids Wear Crowns
- Science and Faith – The Script
- Disarm Yourself – Dash Berlin ft Emma Hewitt
- What a Feeling – Alex Gaudino ft Kelly Rowland
- Ready to Roll – Jet Black Stare
- Your Surrender – Neon Trees
- Kiss Me Slowly – Parachute
- Rise Again – DJ Sammy ft Loona
- You and I – Lady Gaga
- We Found Love – Rhianna ft Calvin Harris
- I Like How It Feels – Enrique Iglesias ft Pitbull
- Co-Pilot – Kristina Maria ft Laza Morgan
- Gonna Get Over You – Sara Bareilles
- Lights (Fear of the Tiger Remix) – Ellie Goulding
- Beautiful Freaks – Hot Chelle Rae
- 123 – Craig Smart
- Good Feeling – Flo Rida
June 10th, 2011
This playlist is a mix of faster-paced, energetic songs, as well as a few calm, chilled out ones. They’re good for getting through a long day at work! For a post containing most of these videos, click here.
- Something to Believe In – Parachute
- Start a Fire – Ryan Star
- Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga
- Rolling in the Deep – Adele
- I Feel Like Dancin – All Time Low
- Last Friday Night – Katy Perry
- Give Me Everything – Pitbull ft Ne-yo, Afrojack & Nayer
- Fire – Raghav
- Rhythm of Love – Plain White T’s
- Atlantic – Midway State
- For the First Time – The Script
- Loving You Tonight – Andrew Allen
- Nothing for Granted – Brendan James
January 17th, 2011
- Change of Seasons – Sweet Thing
- Firework (Liam Keegan Remix) – Katy Perry
- The Time (Dirty Bit) – Black Eyed Peas
- Porn Star Dancin’ – My Darkest Days
- Mirrors – Natalia Kills
- Raise Your Glass (Liam Keegan Extended Remix) – Pink
- OMG (Almighty Remix) – Usher ft. Will.i.am
- 1983 – Neon Trees
- Yeah 3x (Funk3d Radio Edit) – Chris Brown
- Middledistancerunner – Chicane ft Adam Young
- Marry You – Bruno Mars
- The Lucky Ones – Brendan James
September 15th, 2010
If you’d like a workout to go along with this playlist, check out this post!
- 2012 (Jump Smokers Remix) – Jay Sean ft Nicki Minaj
- Use Somebody – Ultrabeat, Clubland 16 (Kings of Leon cover)
- Club Can’t Handle Me (Step Up 3D Remix) – Flo Rida ft David Guetta
- And She Said – Lucas Prata
- Chemical - Hawksley Workman
- Burn it to the Ground - Nickelback
- Teenage Dream (Liam Keegan mix) – Katy Perry
- Take It Off – Ke$ha
- Set You Free - N-Trance (an oldie but a goodie!)
- Relax – Blake McGrath
- If I Had You – Adam Lambert
- Dynamite - Taio Cruz
- Sex on Fire (Green Mountain Remix) – Tina Cousins, Clubland 16 (Kings of Leon cover)
- You Get What You Give – LMC vs New Radicals
- Fight for this Love (Moto Blanco Remix) – Cheryl Cole
- I Gotta Feeling (Laidback Luke Remix) – Black Eyed Peas
Cool-down:
- The Fall – Brendan James (Kath posted this on her blog last week and I am in love with this song!)
- Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
August 6th, 2010
These are my top 10 running tunes of the moment (originally from this post), plus a few more.
- Afterglow (Remix) – INXS – the video is in this post.
- Elevation (Fast Distance Remix) – AMR
- Poppiholla – Chicane
- Use Somebody (Chew Fu Remix) – Kings of Leon
- Touch – Natasha Bedingfield
- Riding on the Wings – Motiv8
- Band of Gold – Kimberly Locke
- Boys and Girls (Ultrabeat Remix) – Pixie Lott
- Any Way You Want It / Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin – Glee Cast
- Open Your Eyes – Snowpatrol
- All the Lovers – Kylie Minogue
- I Like It – Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull
- 2012 – Jay Sean (a slower song compared to the others – better for a cool-down)
June 13th, 2010
Today I was looking through some of my old spin workouts and I found a few older favourites that I thought I’d share. Enjoy!
- Hiding All the Stars – Chicane
- Poppiholla – Chicane
- Voodoo Child – Rogue Traders
- What a Feeling – Global Deejays
- I Wanna Touch You – Ultrabeat
June 6th, 2010
- Shine On (Activa Remix) – Filo & Peri
- Hot (Cahill Club Edit) – Inna
- I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (Redanka Kick the Darkness Vocal Mix) – U2
- Somebody to Love – Justin Beiber (yes, there is a bit of Beiber fever going on here!! Just supporting the local talent!!)
- Stereo Love – Edward Maya ft. Alicia
- Airplanes – B.O.B ft Hayley Williams
- Change – U.G.O Crew ft Sean Kingston
…and one more from Glee (this was in the Lady Gaga episode):
May 7th, 2010
A few new faves….
- Gettin’ Over You – David Guetta ft. Fergie, LMFAO and Chris Willis
- Saviour (Angry Kids Remix) – Lights
- Terrified – Katharine McPhee
- Halfway Gone – Lifehouse
- If We Ever Meet Again – Timbaland ft Katy Perry
- Ghosts n Stuff- Deadmau5
- Boom Boom – Carmen & Camille
- Body Bounce – Kardinal Offishall & Akon
- Whataya Want From Me (Fonzerelli Remix)- Adam Lambert
And by far the best Glee song this week, Total Eclipse of the Heart:
April 28th, 2010
One of the best from the Madonna Glee episode!
April 19th, 2010
One of my spinners recently commented that she LOVED one of the tracks I played this weekend. The song was Defying Gravity, from the musical Wicked. I’d originally heard the slow version on Glee last season, but recently discovered that there’s an AMAZING rock version too by Kerry Ellis, which is on the Wicked in Rock album. I’m not sure if there is an official video, but this is the song from YouTube!
Other songs I’m lovin:
- Breakeven – The Script
- Vanilla Twilight – Owl City
- Show Me – Default
- Celebrity Status – Marianas Trench
- Bedrock – Young Money ft Lloyd
April 12th, 2010
- OMG – Usher ft. Will.i.am
- Your Love is My Drug – Kesha
- Connected – Katherine McPhee
- Umbrella Beach – Owl City
- Need You Now (the remix) – Lady Antebellum
- Heartbreak Warfare – John Mayer
- Half of my Heart – John Mayer & Taylor Swift
- Chances – Five for Fighting (From the Blindside soundtrack – SUCH a good film!!)
And a few from spin:
- Breathe Slow (Cahill Remix) – Alesha Dixon
- Band of Gold (techno remix) – Kimberly Locke (out of all of these, this is my absolute FAVE right now)
- Fire on the Mountain – Rob Thomas
- Break Your Heart (Darren Styles Remix) – Taio Cruz
I’ve also been listening to the new Train album NON-STOP! I loved them when I was younger and their album Drops of Jupiter came out, so naturally, I was ECSTATIC when I found out they recently released a new one. Here are some of my faves so far:
Parachute by Train
Words by Train – Sorry, I can’t find an actual music video, just lyrics. But now you can learn the words!!
Hey Soul Sister by Train – YAY! You get an actual video for this one!!
HI, love your music! do you ever actually post your spin playlists? how often do you teach spin??? Love your workouts, they are the best! Very energizing!
Marianne
Hi!
I tend to use remixes of radio music (as in, the well-known kind), as well as a little bit of techno/trance music, just like I’ve shown above. Currently I teach 2x per week, but also sub if needed.
I usually only post partial playlists – after all, I’ve got to give my participants some incentive to come to class!
I’m glad you’re enjoying my workouts and music! Thanks for stopping by!
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I really like the song defying gravity.
Good selection.
I really do admire your blog. I can’t imagine how you manage to do it. Good for you.
Always proud of you!
love mom
xxo
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HI! I love your blog and I just added it to my Blogg Roll! I also am a health coach, athlete, and spinn instructor! I just started blogging but I made a section to feature my weekly profiles each week for ideas so other instructors can use them! I love that you post songs because sometimes thats hard also! I look forward to following you and all your updates!
Amanda B.
Nice to meet you Amanda! I haven’t updated this page in a while but every Friday I’ve been featuring a new song in my Fit Bit Friday series. If you have a look under the Workouts tab in my menu, you’ll see my monthly workout challenges. Each one has a new song. I’ll update this page soon with my most recent ones. Great to meet another instructor and health coach! I’ll be sure to check out your site too!
I love this collection of songs! As a fellow spin instructor I am always on the lookout for new music. So glad I found your blog!
Thanks Alexandra!! I’ll be updating it again soon with all the ones from my recent Fit Bit Fridays. In case you haven’t found them, there’s a new song in every one of the Fit Bit Friday posts listed on my workouts page. Great to ‘meet’ another spin instructor!
Hi Angela, i love your Blog, I am also a spin instructor in TO, i run a bootcamp and your music is great, its all about the music for me. I love Berlin Dash, have you listened to Chicane , Plumb or Armin Van Brunan?
Keep up the good work
AG.
Thanks Anna! Yep, I do love all of those! You mean Dash Berlin and Armin Van Buuren, right? They’re on my playlists regularly! One of my favourite Chicane songs is Poppiholla – amazing for a nice cruisy spin with a few speedy bits! Thanks so much for commenting!
Sorry for the spelling errors… trying to put 2 kids to bed whilst reading your blog. My fav chicane track is Offshore, a 9 min climb with 16 adds. Clients love it, a real challenge. Have a listen to Plumb.
sorry, also using lots of Mumford and Sons for sprints ( cave) and Lumineers.
The chicane song is sunstroke no offshore, another fav.
sorry for all the posts but wanted to correct myself
A
Hehe no problem! Yes, sunstroke is great. I just can’t get into the Lumineers though! Will check out Plumb as well – thanks for the suggestion!