Top 10 Workout Songs for April

Radio tunes are tops for April. Credit: nedrichards

Heard a song on the radio that you knew you'd want to work out to? That seems to be the theme with April's top 10 workout songs according to Run Hundred, the web's most popular workout music site. I can't say I'm surprised--I build most of my playlist from what I hear on the radio, provided I can remember to look up the details at the station's music library when I'm back home and on the computer.

If a song is a radio hit, apparently it's been downloaded for workout pleasure this month. Take Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Madonna, all of whom released singles we hear regularly on the radio. There's something about those hits that makes us want to move, whether it's on the treadmill, on the trail or in a class.

But this month's hit aren't all about pop divas, country, dubstep and hip-hop also made the cut, per the votes placed at Run Hundred. Here's the full list:

• Katy Perry - Part Of Me - 128 BPM
• Nicki Minaj - Starships - 123 BPM
• J. Cole - Work Out - 93 BPM
• Madonna - Girl Gone Wild - 133 BPM
• Skrillex & Sirah - Bangarang - 109 BPM
• Carrie Underwood - Good Girl - 130 BPM
• Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music - 131 BPM
• Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe - 120 BPM
• One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful - 124 BPM
• Far East Movement & Justin Bieber - Live My Life - 129 BPM

Need more playlist ideas? Find more workout songs, searchable by genre, tempo and era, at RunHundred.com. Plus you can hear next month's contenders, listen to last month's victors, or help shape future lists.

What songs are you listening to this month?

Photo grabbed from nedrichards at flickr.