Softball guide
The best softball walkup songs for youth teams
A great softball walkup song fires up your hitter, signals the dugout, and gets the crowd behind the at-bat. Here are the picks coaches and team parents actually use on youth fastpitch fields. Pin any of these to a player inside the GameDay Songs softball app and you'll be cued up before the umpire calls "batter up."
Softball walkup songs
Power & Hype
Drop these for your power hitters and lead-off sparkplugs.
- Run the World (Girls) — Beyoncé
- Bad Reputation — Joan Jett
- Stronger — Kanye West
- Roar — Katy Perry
- Confident — Demi Lovato
Pop Anthems
Big choruses every player in the lineup knows by heart.
- Shake It Off — Taylor Swift
- Levitating — Dua Lipa
- Espresso — Sabrina Carpenter
- Flowers — Miley Cyrus
- Good 4 U — Olivia Rodrigo
Throwback Energy
Songs the coaches grew up on that still hit in the batter's box.
- Hollaback Girl — Gwen Stefani
- Since U Been Gone — Kelly Clarkson
- Mickey — Toni Basil
- Wannabe — Spice Girls
Country & Crossover
Fastpitch favorites for fields where country radio is always on.
- Girl in a Country Song — Maddie & Tae
- Body Like a Back Road — Sam Hunt
- The Good Ones — Gabby Barrett
- Truck Bed — HARDY
How to pick a great walkup song
- Pick the 5–10 second drop, not the intro. The best walkup is the part of the song that makes the dugout look up.
- Keep it clean. Youth complexes have toddlers and grandparents — go with the radio edit.
- Match the song to the player. Quiet kids love a loud song; the loud kid sometimes loves something funny.
- Update mid-season. A fresh song after a slump can change a player's whole at-bat.
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Ready to cue these up?
Build your softball lineup, attach any of these songs from YouTube, and play them from your phone the moment your batter steps in.
Open the lineup controller