Sick & sexified exercise music videos

June 9, 2016 5:26 AM

I am curating a playlist of music videos (of any genre, and of any era) featuring exercise (of any kind) done in a sexy or titillating way. Current tracklist and granular criteria within. Bonus points for depictions of men doing sexy workouts.

So far, I have:

- Eric Prydz - Call On Me
- Olivia Newton-John - Physical
- Olivia Newton-John & Sue Sylvester - Physical
- Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
- Christina Aguilera - Dirrty

I am not looking for "motivational" sexy work-out videos of fitness models working out to music, but instead bona fide music videos. (So, e.g. something like this is out.)

Videos should feature some form of recognisable gym/fitness paraphernalia, e.g. set in an aerobics class, dumbbells, cardio machines, boxing ring, etc. Dancing as a sexy fitness thing is acceptable, as long as it's depicted in a fitness setting, e.g. working out at the barre/in the studio etc.

Primary focus is on sexified exercise regimes - so, e.g. this video (Bingo Players' Knock You Out) which shows a woman non-sexily boxing as part of narrative arc of self-empowerment does not strictly fit the criteria. But, I am also interested in people-doing-fitness-normally music videos more generally, so if you have recs for these - please contribute also!

[All links NSFW depending on employer tolerance for scantily clad dancers, etc.]

posted by thetarium to Media & Arts (34 answers total)

Best answer: Does doing yoga in heels count? If so, Janelle Monae's video for "Yoga" might work.
posted by daikaisho at 5:39 AM on June 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Not exactly a music video, but this classic montage from Perfect is aerobic-sexy as they get.
posted by dis_integration at 6:09 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: The entire video takes place in a boxing ring and there are brief flashes of knockouts and weightlifting in LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out"
here

sorry if that doesn't exactly fit the criteria.
posted by Julnyes at 6:33 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Kylie Minogue Sexercise.
posted by mdrew at 6:59 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Hard Ton - Work That Body
posted by prismatic7 at 7:02 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Big Freedia!
posted by cakelite at 7:20 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Ahahaha it's been a long time since I've thought about Soccer Practice by Jonny McGovern.
posted by clavicle at 7:30 AM on June 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: The Pointer Sisters - Dare Me
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 7:53 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: xenia rubinos - lonely lover features shirtless men and barbells
posted by nadawi at 7:55 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: There's a scene of sexy men's wrestling in Glass Animals' "Gooey" (at 1:12).
posted by hollyholly at 8:20 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: TAME IMPALA ‘The Less I Know The Better’
posted by gregr at 8:21 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Madonna's Hung Up (plus, the killer Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! sample)
posted by norm at 9:04 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Sexy aerobics is part of the video for Gangnam Style.
posted by telegraph at 9:18 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Kind of more satire than strictly sexy, but Deichkind - Ich betäube mich
posted by aiglet at 10:10 AM on June 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: 98 Degrees, The Hardest Thing (sexy shirtless boxing, plus bonus 90s turtlenecks)
posted by saturngirl at 10:18 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Kanye West - The New Workout Plan
posted by Metroid Baby at 10:54 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Sexy gymnastics in Janet Jackson's Love Will Never Do Without You.
posted by praemunire at 10:55 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Also, I know it's just an ad, but Serena Williams working out to the opening of "Black Unicorn" for Powerbeats is pretty compelling.
posted by praemunire at 11:00 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Yelle - je veux te voir
posted by gemutlichkeit at 11:35 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: David Banner -Play
posted by Makwa at 11:46 AM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Prince Rama, Bahia.
posted by Sonny Jim at 12:10 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Brief glimpses of men lifting weights in Grimes' "Oblivion"
posted by Cpt. The Mango at 1:15 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Benny Benassi - Satisfaction!
posted by progosk at 1:19 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: J.Y. Park - Who's your mama
posted by ortoLANparty at 1:26 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Also: it's all indoor, heavy on exercise, and there's even a treadmill, still, not sure Major Lazer's hallucinogenic Pon de Floor qualifies...
posted by progosk at 1:29 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: SNSD & 2pm - Caribbean Bay. Locker rooms and lifeguard practice.
posted by ortoLANparty at 1:37 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: Surely: LMAO - Sexy And I Know It
posted by progosk at 1:44 PM on June 9, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Dead or Alive - That's The Way
posted by bongo_x at 1:52 PM on June 9, 2016 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Please let me introduce you to Hot Rockin.'
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 2:34 PM on June 9, 2016 [2 favorites]

Best answer: Princess Superstar - Perfect. Pretty sure this is exactly what you're after.
posted by corvine at 3:42 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: 90's sexy: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Good Vibrations
posted by sigmagalator at 11:53 PM on June 9, 2016

Best answer: I'm pretty sure this is the video you want:
Groove Armada - I See You Baby (Alt Video).

It's actually the original video, to later be replaced by the 'security guard' video, but googling 'original video' gets you something very different, from reddit.
posted by quinndexter at 12:57 AM on June 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Fergy - Fergalicious, although mainly just 1:25-1:55ish, I think.
posted by mandanza at 10:26 PM on June 10, 2016

Best answer: Bonnie McKee - Bombastic!. Exactly what you are looking for.
posted by youdontmakefriendswithsalad at 3:51 AM on June 11, 2016