BBC Music Day: Get Involved - Your sporting soundtrack
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We all have those special songs which get us pumped up for sport, right?
From the pre-match tune that gets you in the zone, to the one that helps you dig deep on that final gruelling mile - music is the greatest motivator.
And a piece of research carried out by Dr Costas Karageorghis - a reader in sport psychology from Brunel University - has scientifically proven that music can increase sporting performance.
Which got us thinking...
What's YOUR sporting soundtrack?
To celebrate BBC Music Day, we want you to tell us which piece of music helps or helped your sporting performance:
- Use #MySportingSoundtrack on Twitter;
- Comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page;
- Have your say on Instagram;
- Or use the comments form at the bottom of this page
We'll be updating this page with your comments throughout the day.
Ready... GO!
Everyone loves a montage
Here was our first great shout...
Jack Stacy on the BBC Sport Instagram - Training montage - Rocky 4 soundtrack
Way to go, Jack. Like Rocky, you're a born winner.
Now, if anyone else is struggling for inspiration (although the mere sight of Rocky should be inspiration enough) this might help: BBC Music - the 10 best songs to use in spine-tingling sports montages.
This, on the other hand, probably won't. Mind you, when you're as good as Usain Bolt, you don't even need sound to get moving.
Speaking of Usain Bolt...
We're off and running!
Some of your suggestions on the BBC Sport Facebook page:
Chris Cook: Arcade Fire on shuffle got me through my first half marathon.
James Watters: The Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back/Return Of The Jedi. Moody and menacing.
Sagar Sunar: I listen to Metallica, slipknot, Megadeth, Iron Maiden and 90s and early R&B and hip hop generally during gym and travels.. gets my blood pumping and my energy up...
Slipknot AND R&B, Sagar? Eclectic!
Rapper's Delight
Loads of different genres being represented and there's no denying that a good beat helps when you're pounding the streets or the punchbag. Just a few of your favourites so far:
Jason Grant: When out running, it has to be #fightthepower by #publicenemy #mysportingsoundtrack
Rob Welham: Eminem Lose Yourself is #MySportingSoundtrack #BBCMusicDay #firedup #focussed #racing
Bastos: Shook ones - Mobb Deep. Boxing #BBCMusicDay #MySportingSoundtrack
Our favourite? This...
Are you not motivated?! Well how about these?
Let there be rock... (and metal.. and Wiggo)
The thump of the drums, the chugging bass lines, the soaring guitar solos - there's a rock song for every sporting occasion.
From these suggestions it seems that the faster, the better. Just don't go too hard too early if you want to be able to actually enjoy 'We are the Champions' as you cross the finish line.
Whilst we're at it, plenty of people have suggested Oasis is great for getting fired up and, in particular, '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'
Strangely, no-one suggested this cover of 'Wonderwall' from none other than a pre-knighthood Bradley Wiggins
The wall, the climb, the struggle
Whatever you want to call it, sometimes it feels like there's an immovable object which you just don't have it in you to get past. Then *your* song kicks in and you become an unstoppable force and power through.
Here's probably the ultimate example of that:
And while we're on that theme:
John McEnerney on Twitter: Jim Telfer - "This is your Everest boys" playing on the loop. Music to my ears!
Harrison on Twitter: I am training for a marathon by playing The Darkness Last of Our Kind, on repeat. Forever.
Tom Elliott on Twitter: #MySportingSoundtrack has to be Not Giving In by Rudimental. Could punch a rhino after the last chorus. Not that I would...
Glad to hear it, Tom. Let's not take things too literally.
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I love my music when I'm back home, though!
Nothing gets me fired up like pushing a pine Apple and grinding coffee. To top it off I go to the left, to the right and then jump up and down and to the knees. As I type this I'm getting pumped. COME ON!
@1
I cycle a lot and only have sounds on when I'm on my turbo. You shouldn't have buds in when your on the road.!
'Till I collapse from the Eminem Show and the Bad Guy from the Marshall Mathers LP II, particularly the last verse in the latter.
Also Linkin Park's first album Hybrid Theory - every song gets you pumped!
So many more but they deserve a mention.
Both start fairly quiet and slow but build in pace and volume over a good long track for the perfect controlled pre-race psych up.
"FGTH - Two Tribes" "Relax"
"Killing Joke - Love like blood"
"U2 - New years day" "Magnificent"
"Duran Duran - Drowning Man D:Ream remix
"Closer to me - CHAB JD Davis"
"Ready steady go - Paul Oakenfold"
"Simple Minds " Waterfront" "Blindfolded"
"Queen - Another one bites the dust"
"Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize" live
All great for 90 min intervals on turbo