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

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