Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, February 26, 2015

1. Jam - Michael Jackson
2. I Say Nothing - Voice Of The Beehive
3. Living For Love (remix) - Madonna
4. Sing (remix) - Annie Lennox
5. Stuck on A Feeling - Prince Royce featuring Snoop Dogg
6. She Knows - Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J
7. Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes
8. Blank Space (remix) - Taylor Swift
9. When Love Takes Over - David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
10. Wrapped Up (remix) - Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
11. Earned It (from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack) - The Weeknd
12. Divine Sorrow - Wyclef Jean featuring Avicii

This morning's Sexy Spin track list was the same as yesterday's #totalrequestride's track list. Once again, there were a few pivotal choices for my track list this week that helped me shape the complete list and made me excited to share it with my riders in both classes! There's really not much cross-over between the two classes, as far as riders go, since one is at 9:30am and the other is at 7:00am. There are a few faces that do make it to both, and I am so inspired when I see those committed and dedicated faces. I am humbled and inspired and motivated and energized! So for those that do happen to take both of my classes at different times, I try to mix up the workout that goes along with these track lists. Yes, choosing the music is a big...HUGE!...part of the make up of a class, but there is also so much more that goes into it. Along with every decision to choose a particular beat, there is the choice to perform a specific challenge to that beat. That beat must provide a rhythm that is easy to follow and that allows riders to "get on the pace" and keep that pace while performing that challenge. I also feel that a good instructor has the ability to be present in the class so that an option or a different challenge can also be presented to the class if necessary. This option is most often realized in an instant as a class is surveyed and determined to need a change or that the option is better suited for that particular class. As I have been providing some "behind the scenes" information regarding track list selection the past few weeks, I feel like that today, I also want to mention that it is not the music alone that is chosen. It is the music, the beat, the rhythm, the cadence, the power, the energy that must drive the action or the challenge. When the music and the action come together and provide that power and energy, it is almost like magic. And the instructor can feel or sense when this comes together, or when this magic happens. And that is amazing! So, now back to the music. I want to thank member/rider Glenn for his request for this week's #totalrequestride, "I Say Nothing" by Voice Of The Beehive. A flashback and so much fun! I also felt it was time to play Madonna's new song, "Living For Love". In the #totalrequestride, I actually played video of her performance at this year's Grammys which was one of the highlights of the show! I recently heard Isaac Hayes' song, "Don't Let Go" and it reminded me how fun it is and how great it could be in class. I always like to provide a combination of oldies and goodies along with today's greatest hits (wow! that sounds like promotional material for a radio station!). In fact, I always try to play a variety of music so that hopefully, at least at one point in class, almost everyone will hear a song that particularly moves, inspires and motivates them. To work harder. Or just to have more fun! To go back to being current and relevant to today's pop culture, I played "Earned It" by The Weeknd from the "Fifty Shades Of Grey" soundtrack as a cooldown. Also as the second cool down song, I played another song that benefits the (RED) organization, founded by U2's Bono to help create an AIDS-free generation. Coca-Cola and (RED) are using the universal language of music to raise awareness and funds for the fight to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The “Share the Sound of an AIDS FREE GENERATION” campaign, which kicked off last November and ran through World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, 2014, aimed to help Millennials understand they can be the generation to end the AIDS pandemic. Each week for 4 weeks, a new single was released by a different artist. I have already played the special (RED) Remix of OneRepublic's hit, "I Lived" which samples the vintage Coca-Cola commercial tagline, "I'd like to teach the world to sing". Today, I played Wyclef Jean and Avicii's "Divine Sorrow". A great song for a great cause. And played in class yesterday and today full of great riders trying to do great things! Finally, and also as a way to battle the AIDS pandemic, Annie Lennox released the charity song, "Sing" back in 2007. After hearing Nelson Mandela speak of the dire situation caused by AIDS, she decided to do all that she could to help bring awareness to HIV/AIDS crisis. This song features Annie along with 23 prominent female artists including Madonna, Anastacia, Dido, Céline Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Faith Hill, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Sarah McLachlan, Pink, Bonnie Raitt, and Shakira. Amazing! And it is such a fun song to run to! I am excited to include it as part of my track list! So that's a little of what went on in the making of this week's track list. I hope you all enjoyed riding to it as much as I enjoyed putting it all together! Now let's go create a little magic! See you in class!