Popular Musical Songs On The Run

The team at SportsShoes.com has revealed new research which captures the most popular songs on people’s playlists. It seems people across the world when they don their lyric to hit the gym, cycle or bitumen for a run, musicals are a popular listening choice to drive motivation and pace.

For most people, listening to music whilst exercising is essential – many won’t step on the treadmill or hit the pavements without their favourite playlist. In fact, there’s scientific evidence that listening to music whilst running increases athletic performance and recovery.

With this in mind, SportsShoes.com analysed over 1,800 songs that included the words ‘musical’ and ‘running’ to find the favourite songs from musicals that people listen to during a workout. Everyone might have their own taste but a deep drive on Spotify reveals data and analysis of over 30,000 tracks and 750 playlists that included the words ‘running’, ‘jogging’ and ‘treadmill’ to see which tracks were featured the most. And this is what the team discovered…

Musical lovers are most likely to belt out ‘My Shot’ from Hamilton during their run. The hip hop musical is also the most popular option for runners and features thirteen times in the top 50, and four times in the top 10. The next most popular musicals for running are Six and Dear Evan Hansen.

Check out the full list below and here’s to the musical talents that surround us!

Creativity is everywhere!

Most Popular Musicals Running Songs

1. My Shot – Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
2. Waving Through A Window – Ben Platt – Dear Evan Hansen
3. Alexander Hamilton – Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton
4. The Schuyler Sisters – Renée Elise Goldsberry – Hamilton
5. Satisfied – Renée Elise Goldsberry – Hamilton
6. Six – Six the Musical
7. You Can’t Stop The Beat – Elijah Kelley – Hairspray the Musical
8. The Greatest Show – Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
9. This Is Me – Keala Settle – The Greatest Showman
10. Sincerely, Me – Mike Faist – Dear Evan Hansen
11. Helpless – Phillipa Soo – Hamilton
12. The Room Where It Happens – Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton
13. Guns and Ships – Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton
14. Revolting Children – Matilda the Musical Original Cast – Matilda the Musical
15. I’d Rather Be Me – Barrett Wilbert Weed – Mean Girls the Musical
16. So Much Better – Laura Bell Bundy – Legally Blonde the Musical
17. Don’t Lose Ur Head – Six the Musical Original Cast – Six the Musical
18. Ex-Wives – Six the Musical Original Cast – Six the Musical
19. All You Wanna Do – Six the Musical Original Cast – Six the Musical
20. Omigod You Guys – Annaleigh Ashford – Legally Blonde the Musical
21. You Will Be Found – Ben Platt – Dear Evan Hansen
22. From Now On – Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
23. Defying Gravity – Kristin Chenoweth – Wicked
24. Non-Stop – Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton
25. Wait for It – Leslie Odom Jr. – Hamilton
26. Don’t Rain On My Parade – Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl
27. Take Me or Leave Me – Idina Menzel – Rent
28. Apex Predator – Barrett Wilbert Weed – Mean Girls the Musical
29. You’ll Be Back – Jonathan Groff – Hamilton
30. The Other Side – Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
31. Bad Idea – Jessie Mueller – Waitress
32. One Day More – Les Misérables Cast – Les Misérables
33. Welcome To The Rock – Joel Hatch – Come From Away
34. Revenge Party – Grey Henson – Mean Girls the Musical
35. Candy Store – Jessica Keenan Wynn – Heathers the Musical
36. Hello! – Andrew Rannells – The Book of Mormon
37. Come Alive – Hugh Jackman – The Greatest Showman
38. Good For You – Rachel Bay Jones – Dear Evan Hansen
39. Say No to This – Jasmine Cephas-Jones – Hamilton
40. And You Don’t Even Know It – Original West End Cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
41. Anybody Have a Map? – Rachel Bay Jones – Dear Evan Hansen
42. Cell Block Tango – Catherine Zeta-Jones – Chicago
43. Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) – Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – Hamilton
44. Positive – Annaleigh Ashford – Legally Blonde the Musical
45. Right Hand Man – Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
46. Get Down – Six Original Cast – Six the Musical
47. Raise You Up / Just Be – Full company – Kinky Boots
48. Whipped Into Shape – Legally Blonde Ensemble – Legally Blonde the Musical
49. Someone Gets Hurt – Taylor Louderman – Mean Girls the Musical
50. Naughty – Matilda the Musical Original Cast – Matilda the Musical

Methodology: All results are based on Spotify data correct as of 13th August 2020. Most popular artists and songs were calculated by scraping the song data of playlists containing the words ‘running’, ‘jogging’ and ‘treadmill’.