# 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:** 7
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/121 "2014-01-31T22:55:42Z")
[I’m a Believer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfuBREMXxts)- The Monkees [As I Lay Me Down to Sleep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtHpvRw-azA) - Sally B. Hawkins [Somewhere Out There](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVr2eOBmo_U) - Linda Rondstadt & James Ingram [Get off My Cloud](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3F4GmbHl5g) - Rolling Stones [You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7miRCLeFSJo) - Bachman Turner Overdrive [Be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm2hYRQEOHM) - Neil Diamond [Summer Nights](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vejogCcyRRw) - Olivia & Travolta ---
**Author:** ![doonesbury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@doonesbury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doonesbury)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/122 "2014-02-01T04:29:29Z")
“I’m So Bad (Baby I Don’t Care)” by Motorhead ---
**Author:** ![svd678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@svd678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/svd678)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/123 "2014-02-01T05:46:44Z")
I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover Oh What a Beautiful Morning You Are My Sunshine ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/124 "2014-02-01T06:37:16Z")
Mine is [Feel Inside (and stuff like that)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_30jZGUYk). Actual song is about 10 minutes into the video, but the rest of the video is a big part of what makes it so feel-good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/125 "2014-02-01T19:31:17Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Shambala Yes! “Shambala” and “Walking on Sunshine” were what came to mind immediately when I saw the thread title. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/126 "2014-02-01T20:10:11Z")
**"Happy Trails"** Roy Rogers & Dale Evans also- “She’d Rather Be With Me” The Turtles “Wooly Bully” Sam The Sham And The Pharoahs “She Loves You” Fabs ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/127 "2014-02-01T23:04:06Z")
“Daydream” by _The Lovin’ Spoonful_. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/128 "2014-02-02T00:27:50Z")
“Hold Your Head Up” by Argent is a great feel-good song, at least for anyone who has enjoyed the best episode of the short-lived but excellent cable series _Men of a Certain Age_. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/129 "2014-02-02T00:38:44Z")
[I Don’t Feel Like Dancing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5I6y1Qvz0) - Scissor Sisters [I Get Around](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wREBD2og5iY) - Beach Boys [Home](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHEOF_rcND8) - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ---
**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:** [February 2, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/130 "2014-02-02T00:48:55Z")
I just thought of another: [I Just Want to Celebrate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLwkT5vAzCE) by Rare Earth ---
**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:** [February 2, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/131 "2014-02-02T01:15:26Z")
> [@bundykala](#): > > Mine is [Feel Inside (and stuff like that)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_30jZGUYk). Actual song is about 10 minutes into the video, but the rest of the video is a big part of what makes it so feel-good. 🙂 Fantastic, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/132 "2014-02-02T02:46:16Z")
I love this thread. So many many many great songs. I’m too young to have experienced big band music first hand (really!) but my parents listened to it and it still makes me smile and feel happy. My mom especially loved The Andrews Sisters: [“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B”](http://youtu.be/Mm1wuKvrxAw) [“Bei Mir Bist Du Shein”](http://youtu.be/Xe2UXccid40) [“Run and Coca Cola”](http://youtu.be/zGxL2uNr7bk) [“In the Mood”](http://youtu.be/3Mk8pH62Nss) - Glenn Miller Orchestra, Or really, any music you can [swing dance](http://youtu.be/mHANNkKBSNU) (this is a medley of various songs) or [Lindy Hop](http://youtu.be/ahoJReiCaPk) to, or [anything at all](http://youtu.be/_8yGGtVKrD8) by Cab Calloway , especially while marveling at the Nicholas Brothers Or hell, just [“Sing Sing Sing”](http://youtu.be/qUbgwADLFPM) (Benny Goodman, with Gene Krupa on drums) [Rockabilly and dancing to it](http://youtu.be/Rf55gHK48VQ) is fun too. This song isn’t very well-known and neither are the singers, but The Boswell Sisters were huge influences on The Andrews Sisters and those that came after. Anyone who can listen to this without a huge smile on their face is probably dead and should see a doctor immediately. [“(We’ve got to) Put That Sun Back In The Sky”](http://youtu.be/hyVp2O6ql64) - The Boswell Sisters The song [“Sweet Georgia Brown”](http://youtu.be/-re1wqsLCiA) is well-known but the singer Rose Murphy isn’t, though she did have a fun song, [“Pennies From Heaven,”](http://youtu.be/9Rync_XWQdg) in the movie **The Artist**. Her versions are always delightfully demented (that’s her playing piano too). A modern group tipping their hats to that old music is Leftover Cuties. I particularly love [“Smile Big”](http://youtu.be/8kOOb344Tnk) For good measure, how about some silly lollipop and popsicle songs: [“Lollipop”](http://youtu.be/9-DuC0tE7V4)\_The Chordettes [“My Boy Lollipop”](http://youtu.be/ZYj9J4UH8ck) - Millie Small [“Popsicles and Icicles”](http://youtu.be/Jg3HNnNewXs) - The Murmaids ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/133 "2014-02-03T07:10:38Z")
[Clouds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zxXAtmmLLc) - Zach Sobiech The link is a cover by some celebrity folk who got wind of his plight (high school student stricken with cancer who recently passed away). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/134 "2014-02-03T14:24:09Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > [“My Boy Lollipop”](http://youtu.be/ZYj9J4UH8ck) - Millie Small The [cover by Bad Manners](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdqiBZLsbLE) makes me feel good, too. The goofy 80s “everybody dance around and mug for the camera” video doesn’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/135 "2014-02-03T23:08:35Z")
**Cecilia** and **Don’t Bring Me Down** are a couple more fun stompy ones in the vein of **My Sharona**. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/136 "2014-02-03T23:15:10Z")
Is it too pretentious to request that the moderator change the thread name to “The Ultimate Feel-Good Song _Thread_?” Just askin’. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/137 "2014-02-04T03:58:27Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > For good measure, how about some silly lollipop and popsicle songs: > > [“Lollipop”](http://youtu.be/9-DuC0tE7V4)\_The Chordettes > > [“My Boy Lollipop”](http://youtu.be/ZYj9J4UH8ck) - Millie Small > > [“Popsicles and Icicles”](http://youtu.be/Jg3HNnNewXs) - The Murmaids [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQmBXEZEYtg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQmBXEZEYtg) “Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows” – Lesley Gore ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/138 "2014-02-04T04:31:15Z")
Two artists previously mentioned, but with different, even more feel-good songs. Jimmy Cliff: [Wonderful World, Beautiful People](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKRAgcQAEkw) Shonen Knife: [It’s A New Find](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astKY3mmDVI) ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/139 "2014-02-04T12:19:43Z")
I can’t believe we’ve gone this far and no Jimmy Buffett! ["It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU) with Alan Jackson [“One Particular Harbor”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5qI9lHO8Zs) ETA: How could I forget [Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH-cPckntEY)? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Otter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Otter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Otter)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983/140 "2014-02-04T13:12:34Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I can’t believe we’ve gone this far and no Jimmy Buffett! > ["It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU) with Alan Jackson > [“One Particular Harbor”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5qI9lHO8Zs) > > ETA: How could I forget [Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH-cPckntEY)? Since we’re talking Buffett, how about [Love and Luck](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPTuR6bgi30)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ultimate-feel-good-song/679983.md?page=8)