---
title: "13 songs on Marcus Luttrell’s mixtape that will make you feel operator AF"
description: "Apple Music asked a \"Lone Survivor\" to put together a list of songs that motivated him, and he delivered the soundtrack to his life."
date: "2022-02-09"
modified: "2022-02-09"
authors:
  - name: "Orvelin Valle"
    link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/orvelinvalle/"
url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/music/13-songs-marcus-luttrells-mixtape/"
categories:
  - "Entertainment"
  - "Music"
  - "Special Operations"
  - "Tactical"
---

# 13 songs on Marcus Luttrell’s mixtape that will make you feel operator AF

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299637/origin.jpg>)

Apple Music asked "[Lone Survivor](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-moments/marcus-luttrell-alabama-lone-survivor-speech/>)" Marcus Luttrell to put together a list of songs that motivated and inspired him, and he delivered the [soundtrack to his life](<https://itunes.apple.com/us/playlist/marcus-luttrells-mixtape/idpl.0bac77bc147c47948a66cb5babdf4854>).

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Songs have a way of telling the story of someone's life. I feel like these songs describe what I've been through in one way or another, from childhood until now. I grew up listening to different genres. As A young kid, I would sing 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia" with my twin brother. In college, I remember listening to a lot of Ice Cube. Later on, I returned to hard rock, jocking up to AC/DC and Metallica with the SEAL teams. And now, I'm singing along to Justin Timberlake with my kids on the way to drop them off at school. —Marcus Luttrell, retired Navy SEAL.

We listened to all 25 songs on his list and picked out the 13 we feel capture his badassery.

### 1. [A Country Boy Can Survive](<https://itun.es/us/-q1jB?i=455562303>) - Hank Williams, Jr.

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299638/origin.jpg>)
*Image: [HankJrOfficial](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cQNkIrg-Tk>), YouTube*

### 2. [Eye of The Tiger](<https://itun.es/us/s9Ilp?i=254685026>) - Survivor

### 3. [Welcome to The Jungle](<https://itun.es/us/iXB?i=113712>) - Guns N' Roses

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299640/origin.jpg>)
*Image: [Vevo](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg>), YouTube*

### 4. [It's a Great Day To Be Alive ](<https://itun.es/us/k0Xjk?i=170336147>)- Travis Tritt

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299641/origin.jpg>)

Image: [Lovesmusicandlife](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs9fzqZJRJlYZS6fZt8NQxQ>), YouTube

### 5. [Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning](<https://itun.es/us/0fkop?i=255370346>) - Alan Jackson

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299642/origin.jpg>)
*Image: [dogcmp6](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_clidR7drg>), YouTube*

### 6. [8th Of November](<https://itun.es/us/s0trh?i=121977937>) - Big Rich

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299643/origin.jpg>)
*Image: [Big Rich](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozpdBvB0hek>), YouTube*

### 7. [Hells Bells](<https://itun.es/us/Cb1nI?i=574050495>) - AC/DC

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299644/origin.jpg>)
*Image: [Bob Samson](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwjh-cwb-10>), YouTube*

### 8. [The Highwaymen](<https://itun.es/us/COqFl?i=192743989>) - Highwayman

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299646/origin.jpg>)
*Image: Vevo, YouTube*

### 9. [Not Afraid](<https://itun.es/us/t4sGw?i=377564999>) - Eminem

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299647/origin.jpg>)
*Image: [Vevo](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s>), YouTube*

### 10. [Enter Sandman](<https://itun.es/us/wEiII?i=579373079>) - Metallica

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299648/origin.jpg>)
*Image: Metallica TV, YouTube*

### 11. [American Soldier](<https://itun.es/us/5vXo?i=3872101>) - Toby Keith

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299649/origin.jpg>)
*Image: Toby Keith photo by DOD*

### 12. [Born Free](<https://itun.es/us/kPg-I?i=586705495>) - Kid Rock

### 13. [God Bless the U.S.A.](<https://itun.es/us/zIx?i=96407>) - Lee Greenwood

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17299651/origin.jpg>)
*Image: MLB, YouTube*

## Author
OV is a Navy veteran and an expert in social media and entertainment marketing. Previously, with music electronics company Roland, he created social media outreach and growth strategies that became Roland's worldwide corporate standard. OV also managed social media and promotions for Madison Square Garden and Clear Channel Radio.