# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/41 "2014-01-29T06:54:42Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM) > > Mungo Jerry I had no idea who this was when I clicked the link. This song absolutely wins for feel-good song. Unlike a lot of the others there is no layer of excitement or melancholy, or any other concept other than relaxed good-feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/42 "2014-01-29T07:23:53Z")
There have been some great suggestions. My first thought was “Walking on Sunshine” but to add something new, how about “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” (Monty Python). ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/43 "2014-01-29T07:35:54Z")
Apparently weird things make me feel good, but I find it hard not to move multiple body parts, sometimes even in sync, when I hear (and see them). [Call me a hole - pomDeter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yArRnznVJwY) (hell, many of his mashups on SoundCloud, such as his Eddie Money/Marvin Gaye joint, make me happy) [A little less conversation - Elvis vs. Junkie XL](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1_6F-nCaw) [September - Pomplamoose](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycnv87N_BU) (I know some of you don’t like the female singer, but oh my, GO GRANDMA!) [Little L - Jamiroquai](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHSH9sJUEo) [Cosmic Love - Florence + The Machine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EIeUlvHAiM) And finally, the nonexistent, four minute version of [Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHlo_N34vuo). ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/44 "2014-01-29T07:38:39Z")
Happy, sappy, lyrical songs make me miserable. If I need a cheer up, give me a perfectly played instrumental: \*\* The Jitterbug Waltz\*\*, performed by Scott Hamilton works well. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy8bx1C81OY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy8bx1C81OY) And if feel the urge to get off my ass and conquer the world, Beethoven’s **Ode to Joy** at least gets me out of my pajamas. Okay, I’ll confess to one sappy, happy little tune **Everything is Beautiful** by, of all people, Ray Stevens. Ugh, I hate myself for liking that.:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/45 "2014-01-29T07:44:47Z")
“Theme from The Muppet Show” “I Saw Her Standing There” “Run Rudolph Run” aka “Run Run Rudolph” “Surf City” “Roll Over Beethoven” (ELO cover) ---
**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, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/46 "2014-01-29T08:26:06Z")
“I got the world on a string” sung by 'ol blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/47 "2014-01-29T09:39:54Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > [Accidently Kelly Street](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdJYrkra0nk) by Frente! I love that song. Only knew Frente from their (excellent) cover of Bizarre Love Triangle, but that is awesome. For something more current, I’m _really_ liking Pharrell’s [Happy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM) (off the _Despicable Me 2_ soundtrack.) It’s definitely feel-good. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/48 "2014-01-29T12:14:41Z")
One of my guilty pleasures. Pure fluff, but it takes me back to junior high, when I actually was foolish enough to believe that I had, you know, a life worth living, all spread out before me and just waiting for me to enjoy it? Hoo, boy; if only I knew then what I know now… ☹ [THE COWSILLS I LOVE THE FLOWER GIRL -OFFICIALLY TITLED: THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMc0-ZAUeY) \* _The song is_ The Rain, the Park, and Other Things\*, aka _I Love the Flower Girl_, by the Cowsills. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/49 "2014-01-29T12:21:44Z")
“They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore” - Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. Amazing how a song about a bar fight can change my 'tude for the better. I will also second the previous nomination of “Ode to Joy”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/50 "2014-01-29T12:24:20Z")
This one by the great Roy Orbison. Takes me back to my year abroad while in grad school: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-6a9jC-K8I) \* \*_You Got It._ This one almost restores my faith in mankind: [Stand By Me Music Video - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRbTJRT7SRQ) \* \*_Stand by Me_, Ben E King. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/51 "2014-01-29T12:25:34Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > It has to be… > \*\*\*QUEEN > > Don’t Stop Me Now\*\*\* > > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM) If you really want to cheer yourself up though, watch the interpretive dance version: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_ZwcXYZenX0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZwcXYZenX0) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/52 "2014-01-29T12:37:31Z")
[My Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P1x7Yy9CXI)- The Temptations ---
**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/53 "2014-01-29T12:50:49Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > For something more current, I’m _really_ liking Pharrell’s [Happy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM) (off the _Despicable Me 2_ soundtrack.) It’s definitely feel-good. Yeah, I listened to this song for a few hours in a row while watching [this 24-hour video](http://24hoursofhappy.com/), and never got tired of it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/54 "2014-01-29T12:53:33Z")
_Joy To The World_. No, not the Christmas carol; the one about making sweet love, and drinking some mighty fine wine, and pointing out that JEREMIAH WAS A BULLFROG! ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/55 "2014-01-29T14:08:54Z")
No love for Tequila? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/56 "2014-01-29T14:13:02Z")
> [@Zyanthia](#): > > No love for Tequila? Oooooh, yeah! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKsd8z6scw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVKsd8z6scw)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/57 "2014-01-29T14:56:13Z")
When I was little it was “You Lift Me Up” by The Thompson Twins. Right now it’s “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities. ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/58 "2014-01-29T15:34:47Z")
I need to hang my head in shame over this one :o but it is happy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw\_o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o) The Archies ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/59 "2014-01-29T15:43:10Z")
[It’s a Beautiful Morning](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrwhfhncPfM) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/60 "2014-01-29T15:45:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > One of my guilty pleasures. Pure fluff, but it takes me back to junior high, when I actually was foolish enough to believe that I had, you know, a life worth living, all spread out before me and just waiting for me to enjoy it? > > Hoo, boy; if only I knew then what I know now… ☹ > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMc0-ZAUeY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZMc0-ZAUeY) \* > > _The song is_ The Rain, the Park, and Other Things\*, aka _I Love the Flower Girl_, by the Cowsills. OMG, I think we are twins separated at birth, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING ABOUT THIS SONG! Too embarrassing to go into, but I lived right near a park, and this one and “Itchy-Koo Park” …🙂 My feel-good song is “Do You Love Me” by The Contours. Now that I can dance…🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983.md?page=4)