# 30 Day Song Challenge, number 3: A Song That Always Makes You Happy.

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**Created:** [April 8, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-3-a-song-that-always-makes-you-happy/751508 "2016-04-08T00:38:52Z")\
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> [@MacSpon](#):
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> One song that always, without fail, makes me smile happily is [Kaze ni Naru](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwoDrRCibhA). It’s the closing song to the Ghibli film “The Cat Returns.”
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> I haven’t a clue what the words mean, but it’s a peaceful, happy sound.

Ohhh! Now I want to watch “The Cat Returns” again! :smack:

The song that perks me up lately is “24KARATS/STAY GOLD” from Exile Japan. They’ve released at least a dozen versions of it, but this is closest to the one I like:

I'm well aware that Exile Japan is basically a Japanese boy band, but they're so fun. :)

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:smack: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_9PvLtADQY)

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Trip Shakespeare: “[Bachelorette](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PvyrRupOf0&nohtml5=False)” and the whole rest of the _Lulu_ album always gets me smiling at the sheer joy of musicmaking.

Runners-up:  
Madness: “[Wings of a Dove](https://youtu.be/y3L_lH2ydp4?t=28)”  
Stevie Wonder: “[Sir Duke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6fPN5aQVDI&nohtml5=False)”

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