pixiedude

I've been thinking about this lately, too. Any kind of dance music should work. Part of it depends on what kind of exercise you're doing, and how fast of a beat you want.

Some high energy fast songs: "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" and "Come Out and Play" by Offspring
"Born Slippy" by Underworld
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue
Songs by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who wrote African Jazz music. I think "Zombie" is the song that's stayed in my head for years now. But most of his stuff was fast, danceable music. He's been dead for some years, but he recently had a "greatest hits" re-release. Many of his lyrics are politcal (he was a Nigerian nationalist), but they are hard (for me anyway) to understand, so they probably won't get in the way of enjoying the beat.

"Tootsee Roll" by the 69 Boyz ("Whoop There It Is") even sounds like a workout song:

"To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right
To the front, to the front, to the back, to the back"

"Dead Man's Party" and "Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo
"Travelin' Man" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Mambo #5" by Louis Vega
"Industrial Disease" by Dire Straits
"La Macarena" by the Chemical Brothers
"Rockafella Skank" by Fatboy Slim
"I Need to Know" by Tom Petty
"Electric Avenue" by Eddy Grant
"Walkin' on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves
"Got to Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye

What's been stuck in my head lately, Dragoastea Din Tei (sp?) by O-Zone, better known as "The Numa Numa Song" ("Maya HA, Maya HEE, Maya HO-ho...")

I'd be interested to know what you come up with.