--- description: The perfect jams to keep you motivated title: This Is Spotify's Ultimate Workout Playlist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is Spotify's Ultimate Workout Playlist by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2014 7:13 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2014 7:13 PM CUT Need some new tunes to listen to while attempting to fulfill your summer fitness goals? Well, here’s a handy playlist brought to you by the folks at Spotify and Billboard. \[spotify id=”spotify:user:billboard.com:playlist:1KPXnsM7qF07oTAEck4k05″ width=”510″ height=”590″ /\] Billboard [explains ](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6121505/exercise-songs-workout-playlist "undefined")the not-super-scientific methodology that led to the curation of the list: --- > “” --- With the data Spotify provided, Billboard created playlists for everything from [crossfit](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6121500/crossfit-songs "undefined") to [tae bo](http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6121501/tae-bo-songs "undefined"), but the above playlist is the ultimate roundup of general workout songs. Surprisingly, it does not exclusively consist of Top 40 hits. Here’s a breakdown:  Billboard ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2912965/ultimate-workout-playlist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2912965/ultimate-workout-playlist/"},"headline":"This Is Spotify's Ultimate Workout Playlist","datePublished":"2014-06-23T19:13:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:35.472Z","description":"The perfect jams to keep you motivated","url":"https://time.com/2912965/ultimate-workout-playlist/","keywords":["Newsfeed","fitness","Exercise","Music","Spotify","Workout"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2912965/ultimate-workout-playlist/","name":"This Is Spotify's Ultimate Workout Playlist"}}]}] ```