Soundtrack to JD's London Marathon

You’ve read the blog, now get the soundtrack!

There were some long, long, training days out there on the road over the winter, but I always had one companion throughout – my trusty ipod mini. It’s old, it’s outdated and it’s had a battery replacement, but it’s covered almost as many miles as I have and kept me going when times were tough.

My running program is an eclectic selection of tunes – where else could you find a list that includes both Randy Crawford and Radiohead, the Smiths and Salt-n-Pepa, Bobby Womack and Bonnie Tyler. The tunes were on ‘shuffle’ so, as Forrest Gump once said, you never know what you’re going to get. But I always started with a classic – Eye of the Tiger, by Survivor. It was the prelude to many, many, many miles of hard graft.

So, in alphabetical order by artist (luckily, the more embarrassing songs appear further down the list that way) here is the soundtrack to my training:

Eye of the Tiger, Survivor
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), ABBA
All Possibilities, Badly Drawn Boy
Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
I Get Around, The Beach Boys
Surfin' USA, The Beach Boys
Ride On Time, Black Box
Call Me, Blondie
Hanging On The Telephone, Blondie
Atomic, Blondie
Marblehead Johnson, The Bluetones
Cut Some Rug, The Bluetones
Coffee & TV, Blur
Across 110th Street, Bobby Womack
Holding Out for a Hero, Bonnie Tyler
That Thing You Do, Busted
Nerdy, Busted
What I Go to School For, Busted
The One and Only, Chesney Hawkes
You Never Can Tell, Chuck Berry
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), Cockney Rebel & Steve Harley
Dreams, The Cranberries
In A Room, Dodgy
Good Enough, Dodgy
Making The Most Of, Dodgy
Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac
Truth, Rest Your Head, Gene
MMMBop, Hanson
Fame, Irene Cara
Move Your Feet, Junior Senior
Like I Love You, Justin Timberlake
Everybody's Changing, Keane
Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson
Love at First Sight, Kylie Minogue
Thunder In My Heart Again, Leo Sayer
Checking It Out, Lil' Chris
Run With Us, Lisa Lougheed
Hung Up, Madonna
Ray Of Light, Madonna
California Dreamin', The Mamas & The Papas
Australia, Manic Street Preachers
Four Minute Warning, Mark Owen
That Girl, McFly
Can You Feel It, Michael Jackson
Billie Jean, Michael Jackson
Thriller, Michael Jackson
Black Or White, Michael Jackson
Sing It Back, Moloko
Yeke Yeke, Mory Kante
Blue Monday, New Order
It's My Life, No Doubt
Can't Stand Losing You, The Police
Roxanne, The Police
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, R.E.M.
Bang And Blame, R.E.M.
Texarkana, R.E.M.
Idioteque, Radiohead
Street Life, Randy Crawford
Paint It Black, The Rolling Stones
Reach, S Club 7
Push It, Salt-N-Pepa
Take Your Mama, Scissor Sisters
I Don't Feel Like Dancin', Scissor Sisters
On Standby, Shed Seven
Jumpin' Jack Flash, Shed Seven
Mrs. Robinson, Simon And Garfunkel
The Headmaster Ritual, The Smiths
Groovejet (If This Ain't Love), Spiller
Beautiful Ones, Suede
Starlight, The Supermen Lovers
I Love To Boogie, T.Rex
Never Forget , Take That
Relight My Fire, Take That
Dancing in The Moonlight, Toploader
On The Road Again, Willie Nelson
Oh Yeah, Yello