House music doesn't care who you are, it just welcomes you to the party and hopes you have a good time—like a great BJJ club. The best House music for BJJ brings energetic and positive nightclub vibes to the mats. You'd think that might not be a good fit for a morning or noon class, but it's surprisingly effective. This is our third House music playlist for BJJ players, running 100 minutes, inspiring your drive for smashing guards, hitting technical sweeps and highlight reel submissions.
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Full Track Listing
- In Your Eyes - Autograf & Mougleta
- Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (La Da Dee La Da Da Da) [Basement Boy Strip To The Bone Mix] - Crystal Waters
- Voyager - Daft Punk
- Big Fun - Inner City
- Less Talk More Action (feat. Terra Deva) [Album Version] - Tim Deluxe
- Keep On Jumpin' (feat. Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown) - Todd Terry, Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown
- Promised Land - Smooth
- Starlight (Radio Edit) [feat. Mani Hoffman] - The Supermen Lovers
- Tonite - Phats & Small
- Big Love - Pete Heller's Big Love
- People Come People Go - David Guetta, Joachim Garraud & Chris Willis
- Back in the city - Cezaire
- Beautiful People (C.J.'s Vocal Radio Edit) - Barbara Tucker
- Alabama Blues (Todd Edwards Vocal Radio Edit Mix) - St Germain
- Sola - Edd
- I Will Follow You - George Cynnamon
- Let Yourself Go (feat. Sybil) [A Director's Cut Radio Master] - Frankie Knuckles, Director's Cut & Eric Kupper
- Destination Calabria (feat. Crystal Waters) [UK Radio Edit] - Alex Gaudino
- World, Hold On (Children of the Sky) [feat. Steve Edwards] [Radio Edit] - Bob Sinclar
- Make the World Go Round (Deep Dish Radio Edit) - Sandy B
- Right On! (Radio Edit) - Silicone Soul
- Shine On - Degrees of Motion
- Lazy (feat. David Byrne) [Radio Edit] - X-Press 2
House Music Loves Parentheses & Brackets
So much gobbledegook in the list above... Those parentheses and brackets contain crucial details—Radio Edit is essential when we're putting together club music playlists for the gym. This saves us listening to 60 seconds of 4/4 beat at the intro and outro of every song.
Fun fact: Those long intros and outros emerged from the practical needs of disco DJs in the 1970s, who needed time to beatmatch vinyl records. Frankie Knuckles pioneered the technique at Chicago's Warehouse club—the venue that gave House music it's name.
While DJs need these extended versions for live mixing, radio edits deliver essence of a track without the padding. These versions used to be incredibly hard to come by on CD, but in a post-Napster world have become the de-facto standard for casual listening.
House Sampling
House emerged in the late 70s its mainstream influence spawned several subgenres, with this playlist featuring tracks from the classic Chicago/Detroit style—Big Fun and Promised Land; Vocal House—Gypsy Woman, Keep On Jumpin'and Beautiful People; French House—Voyager, Starlight, World, Hold On; and UK House—Big Love, Right On! and Tonight!, just to name a few.
Each subgenre brings a slightly different flavour and variety to the playlist; the classic style brings the rhythms to apply to your game. Vocal House adds inspirational lyrics to push through the physical challenge of a long roll, or get you back on the mats for one more hard round before calling it a day. French House's filtered disco samples are evocative of the smooth transitions we strive for between setting up submissions while the polished production of UK House cranks the energy up and goads you into following suit.
The Best House Music For BJJ
What Did I Miss & Get Wrong?
Am I missing something obvious here? Know a perfect House track for BJJ missing from these playlists? Spotted an error in the musical history? Leave a comment below and let me know.