Best Walk Up Songs of All Time

It’s magic when you approach an at-bat with your favorite song playing through the sound system. From a local complex to a 40,00 person stadium, when you get your song right, you feel invincible. Like no pitcher in the world could best you. It’s a vibe. And not just a vibe for you, but rather the whole stadium. Your walk-up song sets the stage. It’s the one window for fans to view your lifestyle within the game. Selecting a great walk-up song matters so let’s take a look at the best walk-up songs to ever do it, by genre.

Alternative/Rock

Rock music has a way of bringing a stadium to life. Instantly recognizable anthems bring crowds to their feet. From birds chirping to a classic rock ballad, you can feel the energy among the crowd shift as soon as they take to the airwaves. As you read through these, do whatever you can to avoid having one of them stuck in your head for the rest of the day.

  • AC/DC - Thunderstruck
  • Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
  • Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin’ Care of Business
  • The Black Keys - Howlin’ For You
  • Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
  • Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
  • Free - All Right Now
  • George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
  • Good Charlotte - The Anthem
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
  • Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
  • Kid Rock - Bawitdaba
  • Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
  • Metallica - Enter Sandman
  • Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train
  • Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Ram Jam - Black Betty
  • Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
  • Steve Miller Band - The Joker
  • Trapt - Headstrong
  • ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

Our Pick: 

Country

Players looking to keep things more relaxed before they step into the box often go the route of a country walk-up song. When done right, the combination of soothing southern twang and a couple guitars can make any nail-biting situation feel like just another Friday night with the boys. The chorus is always catchy and the beer is always ice cold when it comes to these country hits.

  • Alan Jackson - Chatahoochie
  • Brantley Gilbert - Bottoms Up
  • Brantley Gilbert - Hell On Wheels
  • Brooks & Dunn - Hillbilly Deluxe
  • Brothers Osborne - Shoot From The Hip
  • Chase Rice - Ready Set Roll
  • Chris Stapelton - Second One To Know
  • Dierks Bentley - Burning Man
  • Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places
  • Jake Owen - Barefoot Blue Jean Night
  • Jason Aldean - Lights Come On
  • Jon Pardi - Dirt On My Boots
  • John Denver - Thank God I’m A Country Boy
  • Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
  • Luke Bryan - That's My Kind Of Night
  • Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road
  • The Cadillac Three - The South

Our Pick: 

Hip Hop/Rap

Likely the most popular category for walk-up songs, hip hop has been setting the stage for at-bats around the world for over three decades. It’s raw, rhythmic, and littered with emotion, making it an obvious choice of genre for so many players.

  • 69 Boyz - Tootsee Roll
  • A$AP Ferg - New Level
  • Bad Bunny - La Romana
  • Beyonce - Irreplaceable
  • Big Tymers - Still Fly
  • Blackstreet - No Diggity
  • Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Thuggish Ruggish Bone
  • Childish Gambino - Freaks n Geeks
  • Childish Gambino - Bonfire
  • Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
  • Designer - Panda
  • Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
  • DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat
  • DMX - Up In Here
  • DMX - X Gon' Give It To Ya
  • Drake - Headlines
  • Drake - Trophies
  • DRAM ft. Lil Yachty - Broccoli
  • Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Next Episode
  • Eminem - Lose Yourself
  • Eminem - 'Till I Collapse
  • Fat Joe - All The Way Up
  • Gang Starr - Full Clip
  • Ginuwine - Pony
  • G-Eazy - I Mean It
  • House Of Pain - Jump Around
  • Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar - Wow Freestyle
  • Jay Z - Otis
  • Jay Z - Tom Ford
  • Jurassic 5 - What’s Golden
  • Kanye West - No Church In The Wild
  • Kanye West - Power
  • Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle
  • Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE
  • Kid Cudi - The End
  • Kriss Kross - Jump
  • KYLE ft. Lil Yachty - iSpy
  • Logic ft. Eminem - Homicide
  • Ludacris - Georgia
  • Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
  • Meek Mill ft. Future, Rich Roddy, Yung Thug - Splash Warning
  • Meek Mill ft. Drake - R.I.C.O
  • Nelly - Hot In Herre
  • Notoacrious B.I.G. - Big Poppa 
  • Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
  • Onyx - Slam
  • Post Malone - Congratulations 
  • Post Malone - White Iverson
  • Post Malone - Wow.
  • Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles
  • Rich Homie Quan - Flex
  • Rick Ross - Hustlin’
  • Rihanna & Drake - Work
  • RUN-DMC - It's Tricky
  • Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot
  • Travis Scott - Sicko Mode
  • Tupac - All Eyes On Me
  • Tupac - California Love
  • Waka Flocka Flame - Hard In Da Paint
  • Warren G ft. Nate Dogg - Regulate

Our Pick: 

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