# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/21 "2005-04-05T18:35:43Z")
Carpenters - “Top of the World” and “Those Good Old Dreams”. Man, that girl could sing. What a loss. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/22 "2005-04-05T18:44:57Z")
It’s hard to beat **When the Saints Go Marchin’ In** for a pick-me-up. I particularly like the Canadian Brass version, which plays Saints and the Halleluja Chorus at the same time. Oddly enough, it works! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/23 "2005-04-05T20:15:49Z")
On **Kyth** ’s cheering-up playlist: –“Woo Hoo” by the 5.6.7.8’s (Yes, I _know_ it’s from that Vonage commercial, it’s still cute and catchy) –“Soul Bossa Nova” by Quincy Jones –“Can’t Take My Eyes off You” by Harry Connick Jr. –“Move On Up” (I forget who sang it) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/24 "2005-04-05T20:33:47Z")
All of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album. I’ve got it on right now. Doobie Brothers are good too. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/25 "2005-04-05T21:44:01Z")
I just got a big ol’ CD full of Strauss polkas and waltzes that would cheer up anyone. They’re all Vienna Philharmonic performances and they make me feel like polka-ing even when stuck in rush hour traffic. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/26 "2005-04-05T21:48:58Z")
“Movin’ Right Along” by Kermit and Fozzie. From The Muppet Movie. (Yes, I’m a grown-up) ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/27 "2005-04-05T21:51:52Z")
> [@davmilasav](#): > > 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? Any Slipknot song… 😃😛 ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/28 "2005-04-05T21:53:40Z")
Or “Three little birds” by \*\*Bob Marley ---
**Author:** ![Delly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Delly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/29 "2005-04-05T22:54:20Z")
The Animal Song by Savage Garden, its just a really upbeat song! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/30 "2005-04-05T23:21:22Z")
“King of Spain” by Moxie Fruvous! (sp?) Gets me even dancin’ in my chair! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chimichanga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@chimichanga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chimichanga)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/31 "2005-04-06T04:15:43Z")
Pretty much anything by Jimmy Eat World, their songs are so beautiful and intense. Probably for the same reason, Joni Mitchell, namely ‘Case of you’, ‘River’ and ‘California’. Van Morrison’s ‘Brown Eyed Girl’. They’re like medicine for the soul. Or something 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/32 "2005-04-06T05:36:02Z")
Polyphonic Spree ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/33 "2005-04-06T14:05:46Z")
Dave Matthews Band’s Ants Marching ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/34 "2005-04-06T14:22:31Z")
I swear I’m a freak in that any music (well, any that I would normally listen to, which covers most of it) will cheer me up, unless I’m in such a mood that the song will make me feel worse–for example, Celine Dion’s _Goodbye_ when someone just died. Aside from that, if it’s music it makes me feel better. Depressing music? There’s no such thing for me. For a real pick-me-up though, and I’m sure someone will hit me for bringing this back up, remember _Dragostea Din Tea_? I cannot listen to that and not be in a great mood afterwards. ---
**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 6, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/35 "2005-04-06T14:28:53Z")
::hits the previous poster:: ::walks away singing “Ma-ah-hee!”:: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/36 "2005-04-06T14:37:08Z")
[Keep Your Sunny Side Up](http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/s/sunny_side_up.txt), [Painting the Clouds with Sunshine](http://www.midnitesun.co.uk/lyrics/lyrics04/wb04p091.txt), [Look for the Silver Lining](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/tillthecloudsrollby/lookforthesilverlining.htm) . . . ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/37 "2005-04-06T15:15:20Z")
> [@Jayn\_Newell](#): > > I swear I’m a freak in that any music (well, any that I would normally listen to, which covers most of it) will cheer me up, unless I’m in such a mood that the song will make me feel worse–for example, Celine Dion’s _Goodbye_ when someone just died. Aside from that, if it’s music it makes me feel better. Depressing music? There’s no such thing for me. Nah, that’s not that freaky at all. It’s actually capital-R Romantic to want nature (in this case music) to match your mood. I’m sure you’re a freak for lots of other reasons though. 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/38 "2005-04-06T16:14:16Z")
**I Will Survive** Any of a number of punk covers. heh. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/39 "2005-04-06T17:03:29Z")
Rip This Joint, Rolling Stones Peg, Steely Dan (Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, James Brown Rocky Mountain High, John Denver :o ---
**Author:** ![Vreemdeling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Vreemdeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vreemdeling)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744/40 "2005-04-06T20:55:15Z")
> [@Moody Bastard](#): > > Peg, Steely Dan No wonder you are a moody bastard. Don and Walt fan, are you?[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=6027286#](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=6027286#)[moody bastard](http://www.walterbecker.com/whacktracks.html#track10) Although a Don and Walt devote, I get my Jones from listening to Poulenc’s mass for choir… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-use-to-cheer-yourself-up/297744.md?page=3)