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Sweatin' to the Eighties

Richard Simmons has a line of fitness videos he calls "Sweatin' to the Oldies" as a way to encourage old people to get up and excercise. From the commercials I have seen, it sounds like it features music from the 50s and 60s, which are great songs, but not quite for me.

Instead of watching old people and Richard Simmons sweat it out to the oldies, I just take my MP3 player with me to the gym and sweat to my own mix of songs. (Mine is actually in black)

So I noticed that the Smartass at smartassery.com put a posting up about her favorite songs from the 80s. So one of the playlists I have in the MP3 player is used for the gym, and has a bunch of 80s music on it. Although some of the songs are not technically 80s, they are all still good songs. Here is a list of my favorite songs to sweat to (that are mostly 80s):

Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crue

Anarchy in the U.K. - The Sex Pistols

R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Cougar Mellencamp

What I Like About You - The Romantics

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones

Think - Aretha Franklin

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

September - Earth, Wind, & Fire

(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) - The Beastie Boys

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n' Roses

You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive

The Reflex - Duran Duran

Jungle Love - Morris Day and the Time

Fight the Power! - Public Enemy

So what are some of the songs that you sweat to? I definitely would like to fill up my MP3 player with more songs...