Let’s be real: music is just as important as your running shoes during a Ragnar Relay. Whether you’re pounding pavement in a road race, navigating trails in the middle of the night, or just trying to keep your team’s morale high after 24+ hours of running and questionable snack choices, the right playlist makes all the difference.
So, we’ve got you covered with not one, but THREE essential Ragnar playlists:
🎧 The Ultimate Road Ragnar Playlist – for the long, lonely miles (and the van dance parties).
🌲 The Trail Ragnar Survival Soundtrack – for the night runs, dirt paths, and those “Did I just see Bigfoot?” moments.
🎤 The Team Anthem Playlist – because every Ragnar squad needs a theme song (or three).
🎧 The Ultimate Road Ragnar Playlist (a.k.a. "Van Life Jams and Highway Motivation")
Lose Yourself – Eminem
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Stronger – Kanye West
Don't Stop Me Now – Queen
Believer – Imagine Dragons
Run Boy Run – Woodkid
Can't Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
The Distance – Cake
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
Midnight City – M83
Take Me to Church – Hozier
Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
Enter Sandman – Metallica
We Are the Champions – Queen
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Happy – Pharrell Williams
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
🌲 The Trail Ragnar Survival Soundtrack (a.k.a. "Music to Distract You from Bears and Blisters")
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
Take It Easy – Eagles
Banana Pancakes – Jack Johnson
Dog Days Are Over – Florence + The Machine
Send Me on My Way – Rusted Root
Survivor – Destiny’s Child
Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd
Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
No Roots – Alice Merton
Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell (for that extra paranoia)
Running with the Wolves – AURORA
Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
The Sound of Silence – Disturbed (because why not lean into the creepiness?)
Into the Mystic – Van Morrison
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
Ho Hey – The Lumineers
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
🎤 The Team Anthem Playlist
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
Take on Me – a-ha
Hey Ya! – OutKast
Wannabe – Spice Girls
Turn Down for What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Bye Bye Bye – *NSYNC
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
We Will Rock You – Queen
Thunderstruck – AC/DC
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
All I Do is Win – DJ Khaled
Hall of Fame – The Script