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Coffee Break: Fastest songs alive

by Anna Reed

August 16, 2016

What songs do you want to hear for today's Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's Coffee Break?Dean Hochman, Flickr CC BY 2.0

On Sunday Usain Bolt, the Jamaican runner known as "The Fastest Man Alive", won the mens 100 meter race at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

He finished the race in 9.81, enough to win him the gold for an historic third time, and is the first man to hold both the 100 meter and 200 meter world records.

Bolt is, quite literally, the fastest man alive.

So for today's Coffee Break, what "fast" up-tempo songs do you want to hear in honor of Usain Bolt?

Thanks to Andrew for the suggestion!

Songs played

Fast As You Can - Fiona Apple
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
Spin The Black Circle - Pearl Jam
Batches and Cookies feat. Sophia Eris - Lizzo
Bullet - Franz Ferdinand
Wait so Long - Trampled by Turtles
Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crew

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