# Post some of your favorite feel good songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407 "2009-05-23T18:18:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/1 "2009-05-23T18:18:42Z")
[Age of Aquarius by The Fifth Dimension](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANwIgpha7k) [Ooh Child by The Stairsteps](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RDW__oo9JU) [Dancing Queen by ABBA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REElUors1pQ) Not only are these great feel good songs but they are regularly used to invoke such feelings in the movies. I know that Ooh Child was used in Crooklyn and Boyz -n- the Hood. And of course Aquarius in Hair and Dancing Queen(along with other ABBA hits) in Mamma Mia. What are some of your favorites? They don’t have to be on a soundtrack. Just any song that has that feel good vibe. ---
**Author:** ![bleu\_ewe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@bleu\_ewe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleu_ewe)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/2 "2009-05-23T18:23:08Z")
No feel good playlist is complete without either ELO’s [Mister Blue Sky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98P-gu_vMRc), or Cheap Trick’s [Dream Police](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVscqYrtfM)! 🙂 Love your choices too. ABBA always makes me think of Muriel’s Wedding, which is an awesome feel good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/3 "2009-05-23T19:08:25Z")
Just off the top of my head: [Higher and Higher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMWqzHvSMvw&feature=related). [I Can’t Help Myself](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3bksUSPB4c&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/4 "2009-05-23T19:12:49Z")
I made a mix CD for a friend who was going through a bad break-up. Just wanted a CD full of happy, feel good music. It starts with waking up, having pancakes, enjoying the day and then going to bed to do it all over again! Here’s the playlist (it was already typed up): **Lovely Day** Good Day - Luce Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson Rainbow - G. Love Lovely Day - Donovon Frankenreiter Better Day - Saving Jane Up Up Up - Rose Falcon Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows Time for You - The Tories Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae Queen Bee - Rich Price Walk With Me - Seven and the Sun Where You Are - Marc Broussard Perfect Day - Hoku Beautiful Thing - Sister Hazel Everything - Michael Buble Golden - Jill Scott Ain’t Nothing Wrong with That - Robert Randolph and the Family Band Looking at the Sun - Gramercy Arms On Top of the World - Boys Like Girls Our Time Now - Plain white Ts Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest Lovely Day - Bill Withers Until You - Dave Barnes ---
**Author:** ![SuntanTigerTamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@SuntanTigerTamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanTigerTamer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/5 "2009-05-23T19:46:38Z")
Sky Pilot Pts 1 & 2 by The Animals do it for me every time. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/6 "2009-05-23T21:08:20Z")
@ Glory. Those are some great songs! I found most of them on youtube. A few more from me. [Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGY-aVo_Y_I) [Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKkWj2WpWM) [Stephanie Mills - I Never Knew Love Like This Before](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjcZulxe8ok&NR=1) I actually like Dionne Warwick’s original version better but I couldn’t find a straight interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/7 "2009-05-23T21:58:05Z")
Just a quick browse through my iPod yields the following feel-good oldies: **September** by Earth Wind and Fire **Grazin’ in the Grass** by Friends of Distinction **Love Train** by the O’Jays **Wouldn’t it Be Nice** by the Beach Boys [shame] **Wake Me Up Before You Go Go** by Wham[/shame] **Jump** by Van Halen **Isn’t She Lovely** by Stevie Wonder **Get Down Tonight** by KC and the Sunshine Band I think I’ll delve further, add some of the above suggestions, and make myself a feel-good playlist. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/8 "2009-05-23T22:28:03Z")
Well, just to start: “Heavenly Day” by Patty Griffin: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWzuLAHnGBQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWzuLAHnGBQ) “Heart and Soul” by T’Pau: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJK7dMSd31k](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJK7dMSd31k) “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebIZ1LVfPbA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebIZ1LVfPbA) “The Letter” by Joe Cocker: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RnjWLVyMps](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RnjWLVyMps) “Get ‘Em Goin’” by Euge Groove: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU7pRyZnO10](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU7pRyZnO10) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/9 "2009-05-23T22:28:37Z")
Dang, I was going to post a thread like this!:mad: But anyway, right now songs that are making me smile are [Panic Switch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG8fugqFn9Q) by Silversun Pickups and a somewhat older song [We are all made of stars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdb4NyHdFfE) by Moby. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/10 "2009-05-24T00:42:04Z")
And for those with classical tastes: “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba,” by G.F. Handel: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ) “The Brandenburg Concerto No.3 - i: Allegro Moderato,” by J.S. Bach: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ9qWpa2rIg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ9qWpa2rIg) “Symphony No. 5 in D,” by William Boyce: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ciboqDC4o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ciboqDC4o) “Piano Concerto No. 1,” by P.I. Tchaikovsky: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbsvPMbC55A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbsvPMbC55A) “Violin Concerto in G Major,” by Antonio Vivaldi: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6b7WH9Le-E&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6b7WH9Le-E&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/11 "2009-05-24T02:04:19Z")
“Hello, Hooray” and “School’s Out” both by Alice Cooper, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/12 "2009-05-24T03:04:51Z")
I have discovered that I grin like an idiot every time I play Thelma Houston’s [Don’t Leave Me This Way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiGi481w3k). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/13 "2009-05-24T03:08:27Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > I have discovered that I grin like an idiot every time I play Thelma Houston’s [Don’t Leave Me This Way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiGi481w3k). Boy, that takes me back! Good tune. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/14 "2009-05-24T03:20:12Z")
I like putting on Bob Marley’s “Legend” album when I’m feeling upbeat or just want to relax. “Three Little Birds” is one of my favorites. When one of my sisters got married last year, she was more nervous and out of sorts than usual. “Three Little Birds” was playing on the car radio when all of us sisters, bridesmaids, and flower girls piled into the limo with her. We all sang along, and she was more relaxed after that. That is one of my favorite Bob Marley-related memories. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/15 "2009-05-24T03:23:11Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > I have discovered that I grin like an idiot every time I play Thelma Houston’s [Don’t Leave Me This Way](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yiGi481w3k). I’ll see your Don’t Leave Me This Way and raise you a [Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg2n039txnk) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/16 "2009-05-24T03:31:10Z")
Show tunes! All That Jazz. One (Singular Sensation). Tonight. Phantom of the Opera. Love Shack (B-52’s) Funky Town (Lipps Inc.) Get Down Tonight - and - That’s The Way I Like It (uh huh, uh huh) Bad Girls (Donna Summer) Kiss (Prince - and a thousand others by Prince) Light My Fire - Alabama Song (the Doors) and I may be all alone here, but I do love a waltz! A big, loud, crashing waltz, yes, The Blue Danube, Tales of the Vienna Woods, that kind of stuff. Help Me Rhonda (Beach Boys) Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin) Bolero (by Ravel) ---
**Author:** ![Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Liddle\_Lamsy\_Divey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liddle_Lamsy_Divey)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/17 "2009-05-24T04:02:50Z")
[This Will Be Our Year:](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf7wRe4AUtU&feature=PlayList&p=A5FA9E6EB5F6C475&index=10&playnext=11&playnext_from=PL) The Zombies [The Compromise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ2ZrnsDAkQ) and [Oceans:](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vgo0HPumJU) The Format [Walking on Sunshine:](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U) Katrina and the Waves [Skullcrusher Mountain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV3LP7P_8a4): Jonathan Coulton ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/18 "2009-05-24T04:12:47Z")
I love “[Dig We Must](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk4ki_e6ZmU)” (the song they play on _The Price is Right_ when somebody gets a dollar or wins money in their bonus spin during the Showcase Showdown). Sometimes I play it when something good happens, like when the Cubs win or have a big inning. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/19 "2009-05-24T05:55:06Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > @ Glory. Those are some great songs! I found most of them on youtube. Thanks! I like to make upbeat mixes a lot. Here’s another happy CD I made for a friend. Hello Morning - Mutlu Beautiful Life - Fisher Everything’s Right - Matt Wertz Rock & Roll - Eric Hutchinson Something Beautiiful - Great Big Sea What About Everything - Carbon Leaf My Big O (I Can) - Johanna Stahley Lift You Up - Joe Brooks You Gotta Be - Des’ree You Got Me - Tristan Prettyman Good Things - Bodeans Everything is Alright - Motion City Soundtrack Charmed Life - Leigh Nash Best Days - Graham Colton New Shoes - Paolo Nutini Seasons of Love - cast of Rent Good Things Get Better - Keaton Simons Living La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin …what? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407/20 "2009-05-24T06:18:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Living La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin There’s no shame in liking this song. It’s catchy as hell and anyone who says they don’t like it is likely lying. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-of-your-favorite-feel-good-songs/497407.md?page=2)