# Need an upbeat song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 24, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809 "2007-08-24T19:25:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/21 "2007-08-29T02:40:18Z")

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Mr. Blue Sky - ELO: not about romance, but it’s happy and shiny and fun to bounce to.

Sugar Sugar - The Archies: if you cannot groove to this, you have no soul.

Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows: fabulous song for a wedding.

Congratulations! 😃

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/22 "2007-08-29T03:55:52Z")

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_It’s Raining Men_

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**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/23 "2007-08-29T04:27:52Z")

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Chocolate Rain?

OK, for serious now.

Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now

_Tonight I’m gonna have myself a real good time  
I feel alive and the world it’s turning inside out, yeah  
I’m floating around in ecstasy  
So don’t stop me now don’t stop me  
'Cause I’m having a good time, having a good time_

It’s insanely upbeat after the intro. Plus it’s about a gazillion times better than those songs they’ve used in the past.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/24 "2007-08-29T06:16:57Z")

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Am I the only person who thinks maybe the fiancé isn’t going to like anything they do? Pick a song he already dislikes, rather than ruining a song he likes with this twaddle.

That said, I think “Love Shack” might work.

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/25 "2007-08-29T06:41:27Z")

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**All Night Long** - Lionel Ritchie

**Puttin’ On The Ritz** - Taco

**Jump** - Pointer Sisters

**Crazy Little Thing Called Love** - Queen

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/26 "2007-08-29T12:56:07Z")

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**Higher And Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)** — Bette Midler

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