# What's your all time favorite relaxing song? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523 "2000-07-31T06:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Do\_it\_in\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@Do\_it\_in\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_it_in_2)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/1 "2000-07-31T06:59:49Z")
Every time I hear “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” my pulse drops and the tension of traffic dissolves. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/2 "2000-07-31T09:24:47Z")
Nothing can bother me when I hear ‘Green Onion’ by Booker T. and the MG’s. I just start bobbing my head and snapping my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Pink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@Pink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pink)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/3 "2000-07-31T14:02:02Z")
I just love **Cheap Trick’s That 70’s Show Theme** That makes me forget the iron-burn I just got doing laundry ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/4 "2000-07-31T14:04:32Z")
Kokomo by the Beach Boys always makes me want to climb into the nearest hammock and do nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/5 "2000-07-31T14:04:42Z")
“Old Love”, from Eric Clapton’s Unplugged album. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/6 "2000-07-31T14:51:03Z")
There’s no particular song, but if I put in a Shadowfax album everything slows down nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Cestlavie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8dc957/32.png) [@Cestlavie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cestlavie)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/7 "2000-07-31T16:53:52Z")
When I listen to the Hope Floats soundtrack I get so relaxed and everything seems alright. I think it is beucase it got me through some really tough times. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/8 "2000-07-31T17:07:41Z")
I just need to put in _Kind of Blue_ by Miles Davis and nothing else matters. ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/9 "2000-07-31T18:03:06Z")
All time most relaxing song? Has to be Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/10 "2000-07-31T18:27:45Z")
“The Unfolding” by Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke from “Duality” For an evening, Harold Budd/Cocteau Twins “The Moon and the Melodies”, or Cocteau Twins “Victorialand”. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/11 "2000-07-31T18:35:07Z")
The entire Abbey Road album and Dorey Gray’s “Drift Away” ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/12 "2000-07-31T18:45:29Z")
“Sailin’” and “I Can See Clearly Now…” ---
**Author:** ![Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Stevie\_Rave\_On](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stevie_Rave_On)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/13 "2000-07-31T20:55:00Z")
“Lenny” by Stevie Ray Vaughan and “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/14 "2000-07-31T21:03:45Z")
“Why Worry”, Dire Straits “Romeo and Juliet”, Dire Straits “Homesick”, The Cure “Time”, Pink Floyd “All I Want Is You”, U2 “The Ghost In You”, Psychedelic Furs “The Wild, Wild Sea”, Sting ---
**Author:** ![Lazarus7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/15 "2000-07-31T22:56:01Z")
Phil Collins / Genesis … drum solo song … I think it is called the Brazillian (or something very much like that). I just turn it on, turn it up and let the day slide away!! ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/16 "2000-07-31T23:09:56Z")
The songs “Let’s Go Away For Awhile” and “Pet Sounds” from the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds.” Tal Farlow’s recording of “Autumn in New York.” “Bluesette” by Toots Thielmans. ---
**Author:** ![Quadzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a4c791/32.png) [@Quadzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quadzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/17 "2000-08-01T04:41:35Z")
“Just to Be with You” by Mr. Big “Groovy Kind of Love” by Phil Collins “Sail Away” by Enya anything soft from “Riverdance” ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/18 "2000-08-01T05:46:30Z")
When I’m totally stressed out, I like to listen to I’m Free by Jon Secada, From a Distance by Bette Midler, and Healing Hands by Elton John. These are songs to GET me relaxed, not so much if I’m already relaxed. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/19 "2000-08-01T10:31:18Z")
A lot of **Alan Parsons** ’ stuff is pretty relaxing. _Eye in the Sky_ has such a controlled and smooth rythm to it, it even makes me go slower in the car. And that’s quite a feat 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/20 "2000-08-01T17:52:22Z")
Aaaahhhhh…Bluesette. My dad used to play it day and night on the piano when I was a kid He goes through phases where he picks a song and plays it for months until he get it perfect and gets tired of it. Maybe I can get him to resurrect this one. Other than that, the Brandenburg Concertos. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523.md?page=2)