Embarrassing Secret Weapons of Musical Motivation

Every so often I’ll sit down for an hour or two of OCD-inspired MP3 library cleaning, attempting to purge the duplicate albums while retaining the proper directory structures from my many “Best of…” downloads. (Media Monkey has a been a useful ally, although it’s far from perfect for my needs.)

I would like at some point to start adding a bit of metadata to my songs to indicate that they are good music for getting motivated, either for workouts or for plain ol’ working. In the meantime, I have a few albums that I consider secret weapons, capable of drop-kicking me out of a funk and into at least an hour of full-on productivity.

Two (extremely white) secrets: Def Leppard’s Hysteria and ELO’s Out of the Blue. Horrible, I know, but I dare you to listen to either album without finding yourself chugging along in a fit of Teutonic/Protestant work ethic.

Of course, if I had to pick just one song to lift my spirits, guaranteed, it would be this: Hall and Oates’ (You Make My) Dreams Come True. Blast it in the office this morning. Not only will your business metric of choice increase by 5%, all the ladies will be intrigued by your resolute sexual self-image.

Do you have any single albums or songs that get your brain’s booty bouncing?

See also: Workout Music [AlexKing.org]