Working note for dance/EDM tracks that fit exercise-class use, especially BODYPUMP-style warm-up energy. Originated from trying to find tracks similar to Let It Be For Love by Armin van Buuren feat. JAI RYU.
The useful centre of gravity is bright vocal EDM / dance-pop / progressive house rather than hard trance: steady 4/4 pulse, euphoric vocal hook, clean warm-up drive, and usually around 126–130 BPM.
The user specifically reacted positively to We Found Love by Rihanna & Calvin Harris as closer to the desired sound. iiO — Rapture was judged to be getting boring: too hypnotic / lounge-club, not enough lift for exercise.
2026-08-08: We Might Fall (Ghastly & Matthew Koma) drew particular interest — signals a pull towards the future-bass / heavier-drop end of the spectrum, not just bright pop-EDM. See the two sections below.
| Track | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Let It Be For Love | Armin van Buuren feat. JAI RYU | Original BODYPUMP warm-up reference; bright vocal dance / pop-progressive sound. |
| We Found Love | Rihanna & Calvin Harris | Best current non-Armin match; euphoric, simple, strong 4/4, good exercise-class feel. |
| It Feels So Good | Sonique | Useful reference for late-90s / early-00s glossy vocal club energy, though not the final centre of the search. |
| Track | Artist | Why it may fit |
|---|---|---|
| When Love Takes Over | David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland | Very close in spirit: bright vocal payoff, dance pulse, class-friendly lift. |
| I Need Your Love | Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding | Same broad Calvin Harris / vocal EDM-pop world as We Found Love. |
| This Is What You Came For | Calvin Harris & Rihanna | Smoother and more restrained than We Found Love; still useful. Confirmed 2026-08-08 as an actual official BODYPUMP track (BP100, Warmup) — see the verified table below. |
| Where Have You Been | Rihanna | More clubby and driving; possibly stronger workout energy. |
| Only Girl (In the World) | Rihanna | Eurodance-pop chorus; good class-track feel. |
| Clarity | Zedd feat. Foxes | Sharper production, strong vocal hook, good pulse. |
| Titanium | David Guetta feat. Sia | More dramatic, but strong vocal-dance payoff. |
| Don’t You Worry Child | Swedish House Mafia | Festival-euphoric progressive-house feel. |
| Walking On Air | Katy Perry | 90s house / Eurodance influence; brighter pop option. |
| We Might Fall | Ghastly & Matthew Koma | 2017 future bass single; melodic vocal intro building to a cinematic, bass-driven drop — more weight/heaviness at the drop than the pop-EDM anchors, but still has the euphoric build/lift quality. — Flagged as particularly interesting 2026-08-08. |
| Give Me Everything | Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer | Spotify "Recommended based on" We Found Love; same 2011 EDM-pop peak-era energy and tempo. |
| Break Free | Ariana Grande feat. Zedd | Spotalike "similar to We Found Love"; bright euphoric EDM-pop with a strong Zedd-produced vocal hook. |
| Sexy Bitch | David Guetta feat. Akon | Spotalike "similar to We Found Love"; same Guetta-era pop-EDM wave, vocal-forward and driving. |
| Wild Ones | Flo Rida feat. Sia | Spotify "Recommended based on" We Found Love; big vocal hook (Sia) over an EDM-pop beat, same era. |
Prompted by the reaction to We Might Fall. These lean more cinematic-build-to-heavy-drop than the pop-EDM anchors above — worth testing whether the heavier drop still works for warm-up pacing or suits a different point in the class. Not yet tried; unverified candidates, sourced from artist/genre association with We Might Fall rather than direct listening feedback.
| Track | Artist | Why it may fit |
|---|---|---|
| Where'd U Go | ILLENIUM & Said The Sky | Same future bass world; melodic build, emotive vocal, weighty drop. |
| Crawl Outta Love | ILLENIUM feat. Annika Wells | ILLENIUM's signature emotional future bass; strong vocal hook into a big drop. |
| Free Fall | ILLENIUM & RUNN | Similar build-and-release shape to We Might Fall. |
| Superhuman | SLANDER feat. Eric Leva | Melodic dubstep/future bass; more aggressive drop than the pop-EDM anchors. |
| Freesol | Seven Lions feat. Skyler Stonestreet | Melodic bass genre neighbour; softer vocal intro, cinematic drop. |
| Worlds Apart | Seven Lions feat. Kerli | Shazam "fans also like" for We Might Fall; different Seven Lions track from Creation, same melodic-bass artist confirmed twice now as a good fit. |
| Never Change | Crystal Skies feat. Gallie Fisher | Shazam "fans also like" for We Might Fall; melodic future bass, emotive vocal-led build. |
| Anywhere | SLANDER & Au5 feat. shYbeast, PLYA | Shazam "fans also like" for We Might Fall; same SLANDER melodic-dubstep family as Superhuman above, different track. |
| Oxygen | Excision, Wooli & Trivecta feat. Julianne Hope | Shazam "fans also like" for We Might Fall; heavier melodic bass, more weight at the drop than the ILLENIUM/Seven Lions tracks above. |
Checked the current official Les Mills BODYPUMP tracklist (releases 131–134, the most recent available) and cross-checked genre/style per-track rather than guessing from artist name alone. These are real tracks that have actually been used in BODYPUMP releases, not just stylistic candidates — more directly actionable than the two speculative lists above.
| Track | Artist | BODYPUMP release | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| come aliv3 | RL Grime & Knock2 feat. Abi Flynn | 134 | Bass house with a warm synth build into an emotional vocal-hook drop — closely mirrors We Might Fall's shape (melodic intro → cinematic drop). |
| SMACK TALK | ISOxo, Knock2, RL Grime, ISOKNOCK | 133 | Tagged future bass / hybrid trap by genre trackers; from the ISOKNOCK 4EVR project alongside PAIN below. |
| PAIN | ISOKNOCK | 132 | Same 4EVR project as SMACK TALK; future bass / trap-leaning, heavier low end than the pop-EDM anchors. |
| Creation | Seven Lions feat. Vök | 100 | Confirmed BODYPUMP 100 Back track. Melodic dubstep/future bass — exactly the Seven Lions sound speculatively suggested above, now verified as an actual BODYPUMP track rather than a guess. |
| Kraken | Knife Party & Tom Staar | 100 | Same release as Creation and This Is What You Came For (BP100 Squats track); heavier dubstep/bass-house energy, same heavier-drop family as We Might Fall though more aggressive/less vocal-led. |
| Track | Artist | BODYPUMP release | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right Now | Rihanna feat. David Guetta | 132 | Direct genre/collaboration-style match to We Found Love — same big pop-vocal-plus-EDM-producer formula. |
| Traces Of You (Luca Lush Remix) | Nytrix | 131 | Beatport-tagged "Mainstage" big-room vocal EDM at 133 BPM — close to the 126–130 target range, vocal-forward. |
| This Is What You Came For | Calvin Harris feat. Rihanna | 100 | Confirmed as BODYPUMP 100's actual Warmup track — same Calvin Harris/Rihanna pairing as the We Found Love anchor. Already listed speculatively in Good Candidates above; this confirms it's a genuine BODYPUMP track, not just a stylistic guess. |
| No Money | Galantis | 100 | Same release as This Is What You Came For; Galantis's euphoric festival-pop-EDM style fits the bright, vocal-forward anchor direction well. |
| Track | Artist | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Rapture | iiO | Right era and texture, but too hypnotic and insufficiently uplifting for exercise. |
| Better Off Alone | Alice Deejay | Strong pulse but may be too synthetic / fast-feeling depending on use. |
| Cascada tracks | Cascada | Energetic but can become too Eurodance-cheesy or frantic. |
Do not filter only by exact BPM. For warm-up use, prioritise felt movement pulse, chorus lift, and whether the vocal/beat combination keeps effort moving without becoming frantic.