t Speakwell we are convinced that walking is the answer to so many of the problems of our 21st century life (less) style. One of our tea breaks turned into listing our Top Twenty walking songs.

Here they are along with the artists that we associate with the songs.

1. Walk Like a Man (4 Seasons)
2. I Go Walking After Midnight (Patsy Cline)
3. I'm Walking (Fats Domino)
4. I'm Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves)
5. Walk Right In (Rooftop Singers)
6. These Boots are made for Walking (Nancy Sinatra)
7. I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
8. Walk Like an Egyptian (The Bangles)
9. Walk Right Back (Every Brothers)
10. Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)

11. Why Walk When You Can Fly? (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
12. Walking the Dog (Rufus Thomas or Rolling Stones) (There was also a 60's hit called 'Walking with my Cat named Dog'.)
13. The Walk of Life (Dire Straits)
14. Walk Don't Run (Ventures)
15. Walking in a Winter Wonderland
16. Walking My Baby Back Home (Nat King Cole)
17. Walking to New Orleans (Fats Domino)
18. The Way I Walk (Jack Scott)
19. Walking (Willie Nelson, also Miles Davis)
20. You'll Never Walk Alone (Many versions including the Liverpool Soccer Fans)

So there you have it and we didn't include The Pretenders 'I Would Walk 500 Miles' or the Left Banke's 'Just Walk Away Renee' or wanabe walking songs such as 'The Happy Wanderer' or 'On the Road Again'. The list betrays our age, but it's hard to imagine someone rapping about walking.

Feel free to email us with other 'walking' songs we might have missed.

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