# What are some of your favorite joyful tunes?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-joyful-tunes/366139 "2006-07-26T19:22:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-joyful-tunes/366139/21 "2006-07-27T03:23:12Z")

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I’ve been on a bit of a Social Distortion kick lately, so I’d say “Live Before You Die.”

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**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-joyful-tunes/366139/22 "2006-07-27T03:27:15Z")

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I just found [another one.](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-152295931785026697)😃

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**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-joyful-tunes/366139/23 "2006-07-27T03:45:57Z")

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Old Van Halen! _Beautiful Girl_, _Ice Cream Man_, and _Little Guitars_ !  
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Three Little Birds\* by Bob Marley

_Tenth Avenue Freeze Out_ by Bruce Springsteen

_Change Your Mind_ by Sister Hazel

_Great Life_ by Goat

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-joyful-tunes/366139/24 "2006-07-27T04:45:42Z")

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Just about every song on The Beginning Stages of…The Polyphonic Spree puts joy in my heart 🙂

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-joyful-tunes/366139/25 "2006-07-27T08:41:19Z")

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_Walking on Sunshine_, Tina & the Waves  
_Love Shack_, B-52’s  
_Crazy Little Thing Called Love_, Dwight Yoakam  
_Kiss Me_, Sixpence None the Richer  
_That Thing You Do!_, The Wonders  
_It’s Oh So Quiet_, Björk  
_Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic_, The Police  
_Marry Me_, Nina Simone  
_Right Here, Right Now_, Jesus Jones  
_Shiny Happy People_, REM  
_Everybody Have Fun Tonight_, Wang Chung  
_Don’t Get Me Wrong_, The Pretenders  
_Right By Your Side_, Eurythmics  
_Kiss On My List_, Hall & Oates  
_Love Is the Answer_, England Dan & John Ford Coley  
_Roll With the Changes_, REO Speedwagon  
_Still the One_, Orleans  
_Daybreak_, Barry Manilow  
_Day by Day_, Godspell  
_Good Morning Starshine_, Oliver  
_Chanson d’un jour d’ete_, The Young Girls of Rochefort  
_All Summer Long_, The Beach Boys

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**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-favorite-joyful-tunes/366139/26 "2006-07-27T11:22:11Z")

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Melt With You, by an obscure eighties group.

Mmm, mmm, mmm … 🙂

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