The Best Workout Songs, Ranked
Rank the best workout songs head-to-head, Eye of the Tiger vs Lose Yourself and more, then see which gym anthem the community ranks first. Early results (n = 12): too few finished brackets to call a leader yet. Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Till I CollapseEminem
God's PlanDrake
Tap a poster to make your pick. Crowd numbers appear after you choose.
Rank all 24: the song sorter, about 81 picks for your full order, 1 to 24. All 24: a bracket, 23 picks, with tied places.
Workout Songs: early results
Early results (n = 12). Win rate across 244 head-to-head picks from 12 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Workout song | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26–10 | 72.2% | 1 | 36 | ||
| 2 | 25–10 | 71.4% | 1 | 35 | ||
| 3 | 19–11 | 63.3% | 1 | 30 |
Workout Songs: an early tier list
Early results (n = 12) Too few finished brackets to call yet; the tiers settle as more people play. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- Lose Yourself
- Till I Collapse
- Eye of the Tiger
- HUMBLE.
- Thunderstruck
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- X Gon' Give It to Ya
- Remember the Name
- Can't Hold Us
- Stronger
- Pump It
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Don't Stop Me Now
- POWER
- Seven Nation Army
- Jumpman
- We Will Rock You
- Levels
- God's Plan
- Born This Way
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Bangarang
- Work Bitch
- Run Boy Run
- Run the World (Girls)
- Move Your Body
- Physical
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
How the Workout Songs bracket works
This workout song ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Lose Yourself or Stronger? Eye of the Tiger or Till I Collapse? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Nobody can hold 24 songs in their head at once, but everybody can answer "this one" — so the order you end up with is one you will actually stand behind.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 24 songs. Everyone gets the same draw on a given day, so you can compare runs with friends; New draw gives you a genuinely different bracket rather than the same path twice. You can also play it at 8 or 24 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 24 entrants
All 24 entrants are listed below, including Lose Yourself, Stronger, Eye of the Tiger and Till I Collapse. Updated
- Lose YourselfEminemListen on Apple Music
- StrongerKanye WestListen on Apple Music
- Eye of the TigerSurvivorListen on Apple Music
- Till I CollapseEminemListen on Apple Music
- POWERKanye WestListen on Apple Music
- ThunderstruckAC/DCListen on Apple Music
- Work BitchBritney SpearsListen on Apple Music
- Can't Hold UsMacklemore & Ryan LewisListen on Apple Music
- Run the World (Girls)BeyonceListen on Apple Music
- Pump ItBlack Eyed PeasListen on Apple Music
- PhysicalDua LipaListen on Apple Music
- Remember the NameFort MinorListen on Apple Music
- Seven Nation ArmyThe White StripesListen on Apple Music
- Don't Stop Me NowQueenListen on Apple Music
- Run Boy RunWoodkidListen on Apple Music
- HUMBLE.Kendrick LamarListen on Apple Music
- JumpmanDrake & FutureListen on Apple Music
- X Gon' Give It to YaDMXListen on Apple Music
- LevelsAviciiListen on Apple Music
- BangarangSkrillexListen on Apple Music
- God's PlanDrakeListen on Apple Music
- Move Your BodySiaListen on Apple Music
- We Will Rock YouQueenListen on Apple Music
- Born This WayLady GagaListen on Apple Music
Tier list instead?
Load all 24 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own workout song bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Go with the one you would rather hear right now — instant reaction beats a considered take.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 24 so more of the 24 songs make the field.
- If a matchup genuinely splits you, undo and replay it — a coin-flip pick in round one distorts everything below it.
Questions people ask
How many songs are in the Workout Songs bracket?
The pool holds 24 songs. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 24 slots.
Which songs are included?
Lose Yourself, Stronger, Eye of the Tiger, Till I Collapse, POWER, Thunderstruck, Work Bitch, Can't Hold Us, Run the World (Girls), Pump It, Physical and Remember the Name, plus 12 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Workout Songs bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. There is no sign-up, and your progress is saved on this device after every pick.
Is this a workout songs tier list or a ranking?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other song grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two songs that never met. If you would rather place the songs into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 24 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Is there a community workout songs ranking?
Every completed bracket feeds the Workout Songs community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 24 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I change which songs are included?
Use the bracket maker: add your own songs, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 24 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.