Cool songs that mention running?

Oops, I'm an idiot. Oh well, walking is good too.

Walk DON'T DUN - BY ron ZINN

Wu Tang Clan "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"

Run on the track like Jesse Owens

Broke the record flowin, without any knowin

That my wordplay run the 400 meter relay

It's on once I grab the baton from the DJ

A athlete wit his iron cleat in the ground

Wildest nigga who sprint off the gun sound

The best time yet still 7.0

Swift flow made the cameramen clothes blow

Rodney O and Joe Cooley "Everlasting Bass"

Joe's as fast as Carl Lewis

He's Black, not Jewish

Bob Marley-I Know

When the race gets hard to run,

It means you just can't take pace.

"You're the fastest runner but you're not allowed to win"

-Howard Jones, "No One Is To Blame"

"Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani

Few times I been 'round that track...

Why must we start this stupid thread every other week?

From Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love":

All I know ... you've got to run to win, and I'll be damned if I get hung up on the line.

brogan1 wrote:

Flock of Seagulls - I Ran So Far Away

And I ran.

I ran so far away.

I just ran.

I ran all night and day.

I couldn't get away.

Fuckin' flock of seagulls?

Iron Maiden - "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"

Tough of the track,

With the wind,

And the rain that's beating down on your back.

Your heart's beating loud

And goes on getting louder

And goes on even more till the sound

Is ringing in your head,

With every step you tread,

And every breath you take,

Determination makes

You run,

Never stop,

Gotta win, gotta run till you drop,

Keep the pace,

Hold the race,

Your mind is getting clearer,

You're over halfway there but the miles

Just never seem to end

As if you're in a dream,

Not getting anywhere.

It seems so futile.

Chorus:

Run, on and on,

Run, on and on,

The loneliness of the long distance runner.

I've got to keep running the course,

I've got to keep running and win at all costs,

I've got to keep going, be strong,

Must be so determined and push myself on.

Run over stiles, across fields,

Turn to look at who's on your heels,

Way ahead of the field,

The line is getting nearer but do

You want the glory that goes,

You reach the final stretch,

Ideals are just a trace,

You feel like throwing the race,

It's all so futile.

Chorus:

Run, on and on,

Run, on and on,

The loneliness of the long distance runner

what's that belle and sebastian song about anyhow?

"Run Through the Jungle" 1970

"Born on the Bayou" 1969

"....and I can remember the Fourth of July,

running through the backwoods bare."

J.C. Fogerty

Creedence Clearwater Revival

cuttooth - radiohead

run until your lungs are sore

until you cannot feel it anymore

LEt's get retarded- Black eyed Peas

"and the bass keeps running running, running running, running running, running running.

Beer Run - Garth Brooks

Running- 2pac ft. biggie smalls

Running DOwn a dream- tom petty

Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen

Run- Pat Green

"Tonight I'm gonna go out and get a little wasted, i'm one of those guys, i'm one of those guys, i gotta run, gotta be free, gonna hold me down? no baby."

***Obviously track and field may not have been on the forefront of the songwriters minds, so i don't want to hear, "hey, that songs not really about running"

NWA- 100 miles and Running

U2- Running to stand still

Tragically Hip- Long Time Running

E = mc^2 wrote:

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

And I would walk 500 miles

And I would walk 500 more

Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles

To fall down at your door

I LOVE that song!

"I remember running through the wet grass, falling a step behind, both of us never tiring, desperately wanting.

---Better than Ezra