The lights are on, the crowd is cheering, and all eyes are on you. You have no back-up, no one’s going to fill in for you; from the beginning to the end, it’s all you. Getting pumped up is a ritual of self-awareness and excitation that all pros go through, and a lot of it involves music.
When it comes to winning in sports, besides the mastery of the game, a player needs to have that killer instinct. The kind of motivation which keeps him going, even when the odds are against him. An athlete derives his motivation from various means – from the chants of the cheerleaders, the enthusiastic crowd, the words of his coach, from within, and from some hardcore music.
When any professional athlete is practicing before a game is about to start, listening to some of the best pump up songs can stabilize his mind and at the same time, infuse passion and energy in him.
Top 10 Pump Up Songs
Roy Jones Jr.
2. Lose Yourself
Eminem
3. 300 Violin Orchestra
Jorge Quintero
4. Thunderstruck
AC/DC
5. ‘Till I Collapse
Eminem
6. Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
7. The Victors
Louis Elbel
8.Jambi
Tool
9. Measure Of A Man
Elton John
10. Fighter
Christina Aguilera
Other Great Pump Up Songs
♫ Welcome To The Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
♫ Here Comes The Boom – Nelly
♫ Victory – Puff Daddy feat. Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes
♫ Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
♫ Burn It To The Ground – Nickelback
♫ O Let’s Do It – Waka Flocka Flame
♫ Diamond In The Rough – Airbourne
♫ Wasted – Gucci Mane feat. Plies
♫ War – Mos Def
♫ Remember The Name – Fort Minor
♫ Fight Music – Eminem feat. D12
♫ The Art of American Football – Funeral For a Friend
♫ 3 Lions – Lightning Seeds
♫ Duality – Slipknot
♫ We Are The Champions – Queen
♫ The Final Countdown – Europe
♫ Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
♫ Bodies – Drowning Pool
♫ We’re On The Ball – Ant and Dec
♫ Last Resort – Papa Roach
♫ Tall Cans In The Air – The Transplants
♫ Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf
♫ Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
♫ Football Crazy – The Spinners
♫ It’s a Fight – Three 6 Mafia
♫ Football Fight – Queen
♫ You”ll Never Walk Alone – Lee Towers
♫ Down With The Sickness – Disturbed
♫ We Will Rock You – Queen
♫ I Am Crack – Juelz Santana
♫ Super Bowl Shuffle – Da Bears
♫ Centerfield – John Fogerty
♫ Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen
♫ My Hero – Foo Fighters
♫ Hey Man, Nice Shot – Filter
♫ You’re Gonna Go Far Kid – The Offspring
♫ Know Your Enemy – Rage Against the Machine
♫ Bring Me To Life – Evanescence
♫ Pump It Up – Joe Budden
♫ Quick To Back Down – Bravehearts feat. Nas
♫ One Step Closer – Linkin Park
♫ Never Scared (Remix) – Bonecrusher
♫ Break Stuff – Limp Bizkit
♫ Ladies And Gentlemen – Saliva
♫ Bleed It Out – Linkin Park
♫ These Silhouettes – Glory
♫ Jump Around – House of Pain
♫ Blurry – Puddle of Mudd
♫ Get Back – Ludacris
♫ Speedin’ – Rick Ross
A song usually pumps you up in two ways – one is through the lyrics, like “‘Till I Collapse”,and the other is through the rhythm and/or the beats, like “The Michigan Fight Song”. Each person has his/her own liking to songs and will find some songs more inspiring than others. So if you have any additional songs on your mind that deserve a mention, add them in the comments.