# Songs You Use to Cheer Yourself Up **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744 "2005-04-04T23:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davmilasav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@davmilasav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davmilasav)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/1 "2005-04-04T23:52:23Z")
William Shatner’s version of “Mr. Tambourine Man” will make you laugh until you cry. If you’re down in the dumps, run right out and buy a copy of Golden Throats. There’s also a GT Beatles’ tribute disc that features Telly Savalas and “Little” Joe Pesci. :::shudder::: What songs do you Dopers use? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/2 "2005-04-05T00:05:05Z")
The Beatle’s album “Revolver”. Specifically “And Your Bird Can Sing”, “Got To Get You Into My Life”, and of course “Yellow Submarine”. :wally Takes me right back to early childhood . . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/3 "2005-04-05T00:05:14Z")
I am always cheered by REM’s “Stand.” I know that lots of REM fans hate this simple little ditty, but it brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/4 "2005-04-05T00:26:46Z")
I always feel better when I listen to Ry Cooder’s self titled album. At work, if I just couldn’t get motivated, a tape of John Phillip Sousa marches would get me moving. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/5 "2005-04-05T00:42:24Z")
I can’t believe I’m admitting this, but breaking out the ol’ Neil Diamond stuff always makes me laugh. He just over-emotes everything (IMO). Not that there aren’t some good hooks in there and all, but oh the laughing I do at stuff like “Forever in Blue Jeans.” ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/6 "2005-04-05T01:43:17Z")
As a [big fat fangirl](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5085303&postcount=1), I have a special appreciation for The Androids’ _Do It With Madonna_. And as someone who stopped growing at 5’ 1", Randy Newman’s _Short People_ always gets a chuckle out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/7 "2005-04-05T01:56:24Z")
It’s Raining Men, the Gerri Halliwell version. You cannot be sad when you listen to this silly, silly song. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/8 "2005-04-05T02:33:24Z")
“Ready Steady Go” by L’arc En Ciel. Anything by the group Move works pretty well too. I guess it helps that I don’t know Japanese. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/9 "2005-04-05T02:48:15Z")
I used to listen to “Lust for Life” two or three times in the morning during exam week. I’d do a little dance, too. ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Sassafras\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras_Kid)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/10 "2005-04-05T02:56:12Z")
Almost anything by Mojo Nixon does the trick ---
**Author:** ![Cockatiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/11 "2005-04-05T04:02:33Z")
“Build Me Up Buttercup” by The Foundations. It doesn’t make me laugh or anything but it’s a very upbeat tune. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/12 "2005-04-05T04:38:56Z")
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division. Even when I’m down, I can take heart that I haven’t felt the urge to hang myself yet. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/13 "2005-04-05T07:28:10Z")
**Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway Again** –Wilco **Love Will Keep Us Together** –live Wilco cover **In Love** –William Shatner with Ben Folds **Luckenbach Texas** –Willy Nelson and Waylon Jennings ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/14 "2005-04-05T16:07:21Z")
Matthew Wilder’s… what’s the name? The “Nobody gonna break my stride song”… I can’t help it, it just cheers me up. Also (and inexplicably) Come on Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders Piano Man - Billy Joel (and more) Actually, all of them are songs that I absolutely must sing when I hear them. For whatever reason, it’s very therapeutic for me to sing, even though I am horrible at it. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/15 "2005-04-05T16:23:31Z")
At My Most Beautiful, by REM. Other than being a really nice, mellow song, it reminds me of a certain very happy period of my life. Also, Frank Sinatra’s rendition of More always makes me cheery for the rest of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/16 "2005-04-05T16:40:48Z")
The Decendants - _Thank You_ Never fails to put me in a damn fine mood (hell, I’m brightening up a bit just thinking about it). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/17 "2005-04-05T18:02:12Z")
Anything by **The Bonzo Dog Band** or **Tom Lehrer** ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/18 "2005-04-05T18:10:58Z")
**Up!** by Shania Twain **I Can See Clearly Now** by Jimmy Cliff **Flashdance (What a Feeling)** by Irene Cara **Peace of Mind** by Boston ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/19 "2005-04-05T18:26:56Z")
Mr. Blue Sky (ELO) Dead Man’s Party (Oingo Boingo - my cleaning song) and and the sound track from Cosmos ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/20 "2005-04-05T18:33:20Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I am always cheered by REM’s “Stand.” I know that lots of REM fans hate this simple little ditty, but it brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. I listen to that too! It’s first on my “Happy” play list along with “Lust for Life” and a variety of DEVO songs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744.md?page=2)