Way back when, in dreary March 2011, we at Moji decided that we needed a daily rejuvenator for our workout routines. We named it the Moji Jam of the Day. This inaugural year of Jam of the Day proved to be an interesting one. Jams ranged from holiday themed jingles (Neil Young on Fourth of July) to location specific diddies (Irish Punk for the Boston Marathon) and we even took requests from some special Moji fans.

Since the end of the year is upon us, it was only fitting for us to come up with a Best of 2011 list of some sorts. However, instead of us deciding what our playlist should contain, we declared this playlist to include what YOU liked. Heck, you had to listen to these sometimes ridiculous tracks (not apologizing for our ABBA obsession)!  So we scoured all of our selections for Jam of the Day, entered all the soundbytes and megabytes into a Google Spreadsheet and calculated which tracks were the most talked about on our Facebook page in 2011.

Hence, this list of 15 tracks is Moji’s 2011 compilation of your most discussed jams on our Facebook page. We must say, you guys have good taste! Download the mix on the link below, or scroll down to listen right from this page.

What do you want to hear in 2012?

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The ING New York City Marathon is less than 2 weeks away and we at Moji want to help set the mood for the thousands of NYC runners and ten thousand local volunteers who are preparing for the 41st running of this incredible event.   So, we have racked our brains and scoured the internet for the greatest NYC songs of all time.  Though there are undoubtedly more Big Apple tunes than we’ve compiled, these represent 30 of the very best.

The blend of slower beats and blood-pumping rhythms should provide you with ample tunes to carry you all the way from pre-race to the finish line.   The playlist starts below but click through to see all 30 songs and enjoy what the city that doesn’t sleep has inspired.  If after all that, you can get enough, check out more race day music on Moji’s Ultimate Marathon Playlist.

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It’s month four of treadmill workouts here in Chicago and we’re fresh out of “fun and creative” things to do. (I think we’ve hit every permutation of incline and speed settings.) But before you send us your magical finger-jamming, speed-changing, interval beast of a workout, we have to let you in on a little secret:

We don’t care.

It’s not that we aren’t open to a cool new way to shred the mill; it’s that there are two glorious things that have made treading the tread ’til spring downright bearable:

1. The temperature hit 50. Though it was only for a day, it’s enough of a whiff of spring to set our hearts aflutter. We now know that we’ll be regularly running in the open air in just a couple…okay, 3-5 weeks.
2. We stocked up on jams. No, not the delicious wares that made Smuckers famous, but rather those golden songs that cause an involuntary fist pump at the public gym.

It’s not every song that can bust the treadmill blues, so all winter long as we came upon a killer tune, we tucked it away for safe keeping. Now we plan to unleash this magic music on treadmills everywhere. Look for our Jam of the Day feature on our Facebook page (facebook.com/gomoji) and count down with us to fresh air freedom.

Kids, Rocky Balboa and The American Heart Association have been jumping rope for decades and, might we add, there have been some pretty serious advancements in the sport. Did you know that there is a National Double Dutch Foundation? Or that Jump Rope Sprint is trying to get entry into the 2012 Olympic Games in London?

So to start off 2011, jump on the bandwagon (pun intended) and try out any of the amazing routines that can be found on the web. Too excited to search?  We personally like this one for its intensity and fun. However, any high-speed jumping style will do. Just throw on the playlist below and shake that weight!

Are we missing some hoppin’ tunes? Reply in the comments with your jump rope-worthy tracks.

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Now, if only this list could promise that we don’t get delayed at O’Hare this year…add it to the wishlist. Happy Holidays and happy running!

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