The Top 10 Workout Songs for May 2014

This month's top 10 list contains a healthy mix of perennial favorites and relative upstarts. Chart regulars like Shakira and OneRepublic both clock in with their most recent singles.
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This month's top 10 list contains a healthy mix of perennial favorites and relative upstarts. Chart regulars like Shakira and OneRepublic both clock in with their most recent singles. At the same time, Ed Sheeran and Christina Perri are making their first appearances in the top 10 -- him with some uncredited assistance from Pharrell Williams and her by way of a Passion Pit remix.

Whether you're looking for the comfort of something familiar or a boost from something new, there should be a song or two below that will pop you into a pair of sneakers.

Here's the full list, according to a poll on Run Hundred -- the web's most popular workout music blog.

  • Skrillex -- "Recess" -- 105 BPM
  • Ellie Goulding -- "Beating Heart" -- 128 BPM
  • Christina Perri -- "Human (Passion Pit Remix)" -- 119 BPM
  • Naughty Boy & Sam Smith -- "La La La" -- 125 BPM
  • Ed Sheeran -- "Sing" -- 121 BPM
  • Shakira -- "Empire" -- 80 BPM
  • Mystery Skulls -- "Ghost (Solidisco Remix)" -- 124 BPM
  • Calvin Harris -- "Summer" -- 128 BPM
  • OneRepublic -- "Love Runs Out" -- 121 BPM
  • Childish Gambino -- "Sweatpants" -- 80 BPM

Check out this month's top 10 workout songs on Run Hundred: www.RunHundred.com.

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