Waterfall, I Wanna Be Adored, Made Of Stone and Ten Storey Love Song by The Stone Roses.
Come On and The Rolling People by The Verve.
The Day We Caught The Train and Up On The Downside by Ocean Colour Scene.
Waterfall and The Day We Caught The Train are especially uplifting, I find.
Great topic - I’ve started similar ones in alt.musicmakers.dj and bar forums at various points in history.
I’ll give a big second to :
Walking on Sunshine - Katerina & the Waves
Much of Van Morrison (Bright side of the Road, Brown Eyed Girl, I also like “Cleaning Windows”
Much of Doobie Brothers (Listen to the Music, Long Train Running, and OK, China Groove)
Gimme some Lovin’ - f’sure. So add in Some Blues Brothers - “Think”, “Shake a Tailfeather”, “Everybody needs somebody”
Monkees were a good one too, “Last Train To Clarksville” probably tops, Maybe “I’m a Believer”.
A shout-out to Twisted Sister “We’re not gonna take it” -yep.
“December 1963” - good memories, good times.
“Come on Eileen” still works and I’ll admit to “Mmmbop”.
And I’ll add
“Blister in the sun” - Violent Femmes
“Brimfull of Asha” - Cornershop
“A little less conversation” - Elvis vs JXL
…Before checking my playlist database and under “Feelgood/party” I also get, lessee…
**Hippy Hippy Shake ** - Swingin Blue Jeans
**Old Time Rock and Roll ** - Bob Seager
**Raspberry Beret ** - Prince
**The Boy From New York City ** -The Adlibs
**Leader Of The Pack ** - The Shangri-Las
**He’s So Fine ** - The Chiffons
**My Guy ** - Mary Wells
**Why do fools fall in love ** - (um, escapes me right now)
**Do you love me ** (now that I can dance) - The Dave Clark Five
OK, pull it out of the rock & roll a bit and find:
99 luftballoons - Nena (Although my current fave is the Goldfinger remake)
Roll Over Beethoven -E.L.O
Walk This Way - Run DMC & Aerosmith
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
Black Betty - Ram Jam
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
**April Sun In Cuba ** - Dragon
I Fought The Law - The Clash
… damn, I want to stop, but I can’t resist adding:
Stuck In The Middle With You - Steelers Wheel
**The twist ** - Fat boys
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
… arg, I have pages left.
Anyway, that’s a handful of great wake-up starters anyway.
Do you really have space for the rest?
.dan.
Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong–Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
I can’t believe I forgot In A Big Country by Big Country.
Something On and Fireworks by the Tragically Hip.
When I’m Up, The Old Black Rum, Jolly Roving Tar, by GREAT BIG SEA, who also happen to be one of the Best Bands Ever.
Sparks Are Gonna Fly by The Catherine Wheel
Angel of the Silence by Counting Crows
Heaven by DJ Sammy
Never Let You Go by Third Eye Blind
Tripping Billies by the Dave Matthews Band, especially from one of the live CDs. And the All Along the Watchtower from Live at Red Rocks…[Johnny Bravo]Whoa, MOMMA![/Johnny Bravo]
Suckerpunch. The band I’ve got listed is the Wildhearts (this is on a mixtape a friend gave me), but I have no idea if that’s accurate. It rocks though.
Shoebox by Barenaked Ladies! Shooooooooooooooooooooebox! My shooooooooebox of li-ie-ie-ieeeeees!
I’m Ok, You’re Ok by MxPx.
What A Wonderful World by Joey Ramone!
One More Time by Daft Punk, though the main riff will keep it caught in your head for weeks.
No mix would be complete without Song for a Mix Tape by The Ataris.
If you like the bagpipes, you HAVE to dig up Hellbound Train by the Victorian Police Pipe Band. My jaw hit the floor the first time I heard it (though that’s the usual effect of bagpipes).
Jungle Love by Morris Day and the Time. Endorsed by pre-eminent music scholar Jay Snoochyboochies as “Handed down by God Himself.”
The Majesty of Rock and Stonehenge by THE TAP! Because Spinal Tap rules.
Man, I gotta stay out of Cafe Society. I love these threads. I’m going to spend the rest of the day listening to all my cool music.
Immigrant Song by Led Zep gets me going, but it also makes me want to plunder, burn villages, and worship Thor. But hey, if that’s the effect you’re going for…
The brilliant Solsbury Hill from Peter Gabriel’s first solo album fits your “inspirational” theme without being heavy-handed or cloying. The music is cheery and anthemic at the same time, and the lyrics are abstract enough to leave a lot of room for interpretation but simple and concrete enough to get their point enough across. It tends to end up in my CD player when I’m working up the nerve to make a change in my life.
Some of mine that haven’t been mentioned yet:
Pop goes the world, Men without hats
Big country, Big country
Wear your love like heaven, Sarah McLachlan
I can’t put my finger on it and others, Housemartins
We close our eyes, Elevator man, Noone lives forever, Oingo Boingo
Punk rock girl and others, Dead milkmen
Monsters and angels, Voice of the beehive
R-bug, Swim Herschel swim
And she was, Talking heads
Jambalaya, Dash rip rock
Size of a cow, The wonder stuff
Lovecats, The cure
Pure, The lightning seeds
Yahoo, Erasure
Heavenly pop hit, The chills
Maedchen, LuciLectric (German girl band)
Joyride, Roxette
“Into Your Arms” by the Lemonheads
“Rendevous” by Basement Jaxx
“Mambo Italiano” by Basement Jaxx
“When My Boy Walks Down the Street” by Magnetic Fields
“Take a Chance on Me” by Erasure
“Shiny Happy People” by REM
“Friday I’m in Love” by the Cure
I’m Every Woman — Chaka Khan
“Here Comes My Baby” by the Tremeloes always does it for me, even though it’s not a happy song on the face of it.
Blinded by the Light - Mannfred Mann
Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
Sheriff Fatman - Carter USM
Birdhouse in Your Sould - They Might Be Giants
“Chelsea Morning” by Joni Mitchell
“Cecilia” by Simon and Garfunkel
“Rip This Joint” by the Rolling Stones
“Freeze Frame” by J. Geils
Oldie that starts “Sunshine go away to-day…” (?) Maybe another Doper knows the title and artist. Would seem to fit in especially good with the OP’s request.
That would be Sunshine by Jonathon Edwards.
Great choice.
Thanks, Rico!
Interesting, useless and entirely specific to the person posting. Excellent! 
“Lovelife” by Lush springs straight to mind, but just let me wander through my playlist in search of a couple more:
Frank Black and the Catholics - “End of Miles”
The Chameleons - “Indiana”
Cowboy Junkies - “Anniversary Song”, “To Live Is To Fly”
The Cult - “Heart of Soul”
Dick Dale and his Del-Tones - “Misirlou” (and let no Satan-worshipper tell you different)
Martin Galway - “Wizball”
Goldfrapp - “Crystalline Green”
Hotei Tomayasu - “Battle Without Honour or Humanity”
Janis Ian - “Play Like A Girl”
Jane’s Addiction - “True Nature”
Led Zeppelin - “Kashmir”
Buddy and Julie Miller - “The River’s Gonna Run”
Mos Def and Massive Attack - “I Against I”
Stevie Nicks - “Edge of Seventeen”
Papa M - “Beloved Woman”
Queen - “Breakthru”
The Rain Band - “Into The Light”
Runrig - “Ard [High]”, “An Cuilbhe Mor [The Big Wheel]”
Seal - “My Vision”
T’Pau - “Heart and Soul”
Martina Topley-Bird - “Need One”
The Who - “Love Reign O’er Me”
Warren Zevon - “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”
Anybody wishing to point out that not all of these are pop can go whistle.
Yup! Took the words right from my fingertips. Love that song, simple as it is.
Also:
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight ~ REM
Ask ~ The Smiths
Superhero ~ Garrison Starr
Jump Around by House of Pain
I have a few. I think I got all the artists right, but someone correct me if I am wrong on some.
Tubthumping (Chumbawumba)
Barbie Girl (Aqua)
Mmmm Bop (Hanson)
Walk Like an Egyptian (The Bangles)
Down Under (Men at Work)
Money for Nothing (Dire Straits)
Our House (Simon and Garfunkel)
That would be Crosby Stills & Nash, I believe. (Can’t imagine you’d be thinking of Madness’ “Our House,” but I suppose stranger things have happened …)