Weekend Playlist: Olympic Sports 1

Weekend Playlist: Olympic Sports

Here's a weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator walt4it looking at X/twitter selections (25/07/2024) with Songs that reference Olympic Sports.
The start of Paris Olympics was on 26th July 2024 with an opening ceremony highlighting a female gamesmaker holding an umbrella up for Tony Estanguet, hot-air balloon holding the Olympic Flame and Celine Dion.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Jack for the spotified list

[Side 1]
1. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
2. Herbie Hancock - Rock it
3. America - A horse with no name
4. Surfaris - Wipeout
5. Rod Stewart - Sailing
6. Who - Relay
[Side 2]
7. Dio - Holy Diver
8. Beautiful South - Perfect 10
9. Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion 1973
10. Peter Gabriel - I go swimming
11. Embrace - Target
12. Ian Brown - Marathon Man
[Bonus]
Amy Winehouse - Between the Cheats
Vangelis - Chariots of fire

Long list

• Aloe blacc - Let the games begin
• America - A horse with no name
• Amy Winehouse - Between the Cheats
• Ash - Kung Fu
• Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
• Bagpuss - The Ballet Shoe
• Beautiful South - Perfect 10
• Blur - No distance left to run
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
• Cat Stevens - Father & Son
• Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
• Dio - Holy Diver
• Drums - Lets go surfing
• Eagles - Long run
• ELO - Livin' Thing
• Embrace - Target
• Gene - Olympian
• Gomez - Whippin Piccaddilly
• Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion 1973
• Herbie Hancock - Rock it
• Hollies - He ain't heavy He's my brother
• Ian Brown - Marathon Man
• Irene Cara - Breakdance
• Jeff Foxworthy - Redneck Games
• Leo Arnaud - Bugler's Dream
• Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
• Metallica - Don't tread on me
• Micronaut ft Saskia Streck - Fencing
• P!nk - Beam me up
• Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
• Peter Gabriel - I go swimming
• Pointer Sisters - Jump
• Queen - Bicycle Race
• Queen - Don't stop me now
• Queen - We are the champions
• Quiver & Sutherland Brothers - Arms of Mary
• Radiohead - Climbing up the walls
• REM - Man on the moon
• Rod Stewart - Sailing
• Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
• Snow Patrol - Run
• Spandau Ballet - Gold
• Starsailor - Four to the floor
• Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver
• Surfaris - Wipeout
• Tears for Fears - Head over heels
• Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
• Van Halen - Jump
• Van Morrison & Tom Jones - Carrying a torch
• Vangelis - Chariots of fire
• Verve - Drugs don't work
• Who - Relay