# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/101 "2014-01-31T03:04:20Z")
[What I Like About You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqnw5IfbZOU). ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/102 "2014-01-31T03:08:01Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > 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 Do not be ashamed. OWN YOUR LOVE for the Archies. This is a great song. Written by the great Jeff Barry. Sung by Ron Dante. A product of one of the great songwriting mills of all time (perhaps second only to Motown). This is a piece of pure pop art and joy. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/103 "2014-01-31T03:10:37Z")
> [@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. True. Absolutely true. But [Shonen Knife’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_benmP9I3o) version is possibly even happier. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/104 "2014-01-31T03:11:45Z")
> [@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. True. Absolutely true. But [Shonen Knife’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_benmP9I3o) version is even cheerier. If such a thing is possible. It’s just so incredibly cute you can’t help smiling. Sorry about the double post. Don’t know what went wrong there. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/105 "2014-01-31T03:36:34Z")
Here are some more: [California Sun](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy57Xdk9u0o) by The Rivieras (a lot of surf music fits this category) [Let the Good Times Roll and Feel So Good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3RJh4HWAg) by Bunny Sigler [Believe It or Not](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XbbQjDYDko) by Joey Scarbury (Yeah, it’s a TV theme song, but it was also a hit record that fits the category.) ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/106 "2014-01-31T03:55:14Z")
[Three pages and you missed this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYi5aW1GdUU) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/107 "2014-01-31T04:48:01Z")
I LOVE “Sugar Sugar” :D. Hows about: “Love Shack” by the B-52s “Cecilia” by Simon and Garfunkle “Happy Together” by the Turtles. Three explosions of joy! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/108 "2014-01-31T05:48:48Z")
Shambala ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/109 "2014-01-31T06:07:59Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > _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! [http://suburbanjungleclassic.com/?p=1335](http://suburbanjungleclassic.com/?p=1335) ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/110 "2014-01-31T06:45:42Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > [Three pages and you missed this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYi5aW1GdUU) Oh yeah! [Lovin’ You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg) - Minnie Riperton [Celebrate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXI6CdTVJ-0) - Three Dog Night [Black & White](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_2YcMlKVPQ) - Three Dog Night (That’s four 3DN songs now…) ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/111 "2014-01-31T09:46:56Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > Your suggestions welcome. Thank you. I already have about half of them, and am doubling the collection thanks to you all. For whoever de-zombiefies this thread in 2024: Yes, it was only 1-1/2 years earlier for us in 2014 that [Gangnam Style](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661457) spread worldwide. And for at least some of us it still is a feel-good song. Another feel-good song, from the summer of 2002, is from Spain: [Te quiero más](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u398kOmajng) (I Love You More). 4.12 of feel-goodness, dancing in the sun. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/112 "2014-01-31T12:59:49Z")
“On a Carousel,” by The Hollies. I weep with joy whenever I hear this song. Not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/113 "2014-01-31T13:03:13Z")
[Link to “On a Carousel”](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f-EKGsrq39E&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df-EKGsrq39E) ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/114 "2014-01-31T16:18:16Z")
I was also thinking of “Happy Together” My son loved this when he was little [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFvXvfUF-Co](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFvXvfUF-Co) Hermans Hermits and I heard this yesterday on the radio, no lyrics but still happy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs) Allman Brothers ---
**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 31, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/115 "2014-01-31T19:46:07Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I heard this yesterday on the radio, no lyrics but still happy [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs) Allman Brothers It reminded me of this one from Orleans; once again, the summer of 1975:\* [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_-IXJLgRnvs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgRihJMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBfb1O60Aq4lQ9zezOItHG1-nMW8w "Orleans - Dance With Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IXJLgRnvs) \*I still love you, Gina. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/116 "2014-01-31T20:10:51Z")
Of course, it’s “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.” Who wouldn’t be happy drinking and sharing 99 bottles of beer with their friends? ---
**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 31, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/117 "2014-01-31T20:20:28Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > Do not be ashamed. OWN YOUR LOVE for the Archies. If you liked the Archies, you gotta love the Monkees: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_-IXJLgRnvs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgRihJMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBfb1O60Aq4lQ9zezOItHG1-nMW8w "Orleans - Dance With Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IXJLgRnvs) ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/118 "2014-01-31T21:00:51Z")
[Allman Brothers “Jessica”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs) ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/119 "2014-01-31T21:06:59Z")
Some reggae makes me happy. [THREE LITTLE BIRDS](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8) by Marley:cool: ---
**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 31, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/120 "2014-01-31T22:15:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > If you liked the Archies, you gotta love the Monkees: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_-IXJLgRnvs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-IXJLgRnvs) not the Monkees but the Orleans song brought back memories of college. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983.md?page=7)