# What is the Ultimate Feel-Good Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983 "2014-01-28T22:06:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/1 "2014-01-28T22:06:35Z")
IMHO: 1. [Gimme Some Lovin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxA3athdwqm) - Spencer Davis Group 1A. [Higher and Higher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzdvakrapcg) - Jackie Wilson Your suggestions welcome. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/2 "2014-01-28T22:14:19Z")
[This is The Life.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1n5XqwUkYw) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/3 "2014-01-28T22:24:04Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [This is The Life.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1n5XqwUkYw) 😃 Oh, I thought this was going to be [Oingo Boingo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXglCB5isFc) Who have made any number of feel good songs. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/4 "2014-01-28T22:26:51Z")
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM) Mungo Jerry ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/5 "2014-01-28T22:39:10Z")
Katrina and the Waves -[Walking in Sunshine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U) Mouth and MacNeil -[How Do You Do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QXyqk9flwk) ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/6 "2014-01-28T22:47:02Z")
Its gotta be _59th street bridge song_ (Feeling groovy) Simon and Garfunkle. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TBQxG0Z72qM/hqdefault.jpg "Simon & Garfunkel, Feeling groovy, stereo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBQxG0Z72qM) All is groovy! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/7 "2014-01-28T22:50:15Z")
[That’s the Way I Like It](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7zRfHG0no), KC and The Sunshine Band [Come On Eileen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzKfnCxil2o), Dexy’s Midnight Runners [99 Red Balloons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4), Nena [Girls Just Wanna Have Fun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A), Cyndi Lauper Oh, and [Footloose](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjqfGe_80Ck), Kenny Loggins ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/8 "2014-01-28T23:08:14Z")
[Everytime You Touch Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_cAzoS0S4U) - Moby [Everybody’s Free](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI42hQHfbi8) - Rozalla [Let Me Be Your Fantasy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wt1nvsoKno) - Baby D [It Feels So Good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVzvdCKuu4w) - Sonique [Dub Be Good To Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MnELifX3sQ) - Beats International Some elderly standards. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/9 "2014-01-28T23:22:04Z")
\*\*Sir Duke \*\*- Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/10 "2014-01-28T23:27:27Z")
For me? Probably “[Top of the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM4IIChhi7A)” by the Carpenters. Karen’s voice is like a warm blanket. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/11 "2014-01-28T23:28:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [99 Red Balloons](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4), Nena Not sure that a song about nuclear apocalypse is the ultimate feel good song. I still like it though. 🙂 I like to go old fashion here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/QtYnCmw2CWE?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Joy to the World (Jeremiah was a Bullfrog.) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/12 "2014-01-28T23:52:46Z")
As with so many musical questions, the correct answer is, of course, [Louie Louie by The Kingsmen](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vae_AkLb4Q). ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/13 "2014-01-29T00:12:09Z")
Mr. Bojangles, especially this version: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wk14ZOG49zo/hqdefault.jpg "Mr. Bojangles - Fosse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk14ZOG49zo) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/14 "2014-01-29T00:28:32Z")
wouldn’t it be Don’t Worry, Be Happy ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/15 "2014-01-29T00:28:45Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > For me? Probably “[Top of the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM4IIChhi7A)” by the Carpenters. Karen’s voice is like a warm blanket. Seconded. This was my first thought when I read the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/16 "2014-01-29T00:33:40Z")
Obviously, “I Feel Good” by James Brown. 😃 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XgDrJ5Z2rKw/hqdefault.jpg "James Brown - I Got You ( I Feel Good )") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgDrJ5Z2rKw) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/17 "2014-01-29T00:58:40Z")
[I Can See Clearly Now](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jsw_r0hILQ) by Jimmy Cliff. What a happy, uplifting, pleasant song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/18 "2014-01-29T01:21:58Z")
Pretenders - [Don’t Get Me Wrong](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFCxKxzsUek) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/19 "2014-01-29T01:32:10Z")
First song to come to mind: [Good Day Sunshine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRdtKUWn_wI). ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/20 "2014-01-29T01:38:39Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > IMHO: > > 1. [Gimme Some Lovin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxA3athdwqm) - Spencer Davis Group > > 1A. [Higher and Higher](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzdvakrapcg) - Jackie Wilson > > Your suggestions welcome. Those are hard to beat - two of my favorite songs. I also like Everlasting Love with Carl Carlton. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983.md?page=2)