Playlist Thursday: Up the Tempo

These next few weeks of Playlist Thursday posts are going to be good ones!  Pavement Runner has come up with some awesome themes.  I really love this weeks theme.  Those of you that know me, know how much I love to run fast.  There are a group of songs on my ipod geared specifically towards picking up the pace and they really do help me kick it in to overdrive.

The "Rules" of Playlist Thursday:

Something Old: Songs that are at least 5 years old.
Something Current: Songs that have been released within the past year.
Something to Consider: This is the wild card category. Feel free to list any song: old, current, guilty pleasure, underground, whatever floats yer boat.

And whatever you do, don't forget to head over to Pavement Runner's blog to check out the other participants posts!

Something Old
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Title:  Higher Ground

Notable:  This song goes way back.  Steve Wonder did it first and then the Chili Peppers took it and spiced it up.  Gets me every time.  Who's rockin' the air bass with me on this one?
Quotable: "World, keep on turnin' cause it won't be too long."

Something New
Artist: Tegan and Sara
Title:  Closer
Notable:  The twins from Calgary have a new record out that is very different from their previous release.  They've headed in a much more danceable direction and I like it.  I like the beat of this a lot.
Quotable: "Here comes the rush before we touch, come a little closer."

Something to Consider
Artist:  Arctic Monkeys
Title:  Brianstorm
Notable: Pretty much every single song on this album makes me want to run fast.  This one is a fairly new addition to my playlist.  Definitely gets the legs pumping. 
Quotable: "Brian, top marks for not tryin', so kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness"

What do you think?  Will any of these get you running faster?