# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/41 "2000-08-06T19:18:50Z")
A Thousand Years ---
**Author:** ![Sadder\_but\_no\_wiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Sadder\_but\_no\_wiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sadder_but_no_wiser)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/42 "2000-08-06T22:06:34Z")
**Ravel’s Bolero** I never thought it was sexy at all, but it goes on so long (8 minutes) that it’s very relaxing. ---
**Author:** ![Debbie-Doo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@Debbie-Doo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debbie-Doo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/43 "2000-08-06T22:20:46Z")
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage garden… I can fall asleep listening to that anytime. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/44 "2000-08-06T22:30:36Z")
_Fade Into You_ by Mazzy Star. There could be a war going on outside my window, and I wouldn’t even know. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/45 "2000-08-06T22:46:57Z")
Excellent choice, Vandal. I adore Mazzy Star. Fade Into You is one of my favorites. I bought the CD…and the rest of the songs are just heavenly. ---
**Author:** ![barking\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@barking\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barking_frog)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/46 "2000-08-07T01:17:36Z")
Can’t believe I forgot to say these two earlier, but I love Jimi Hendrix’s _All Along the Watchtower_ and _Don’t Fear the Reaper_ by the Blue Oyster Cult. Also, _When a Man Loves a Woman_ by Percy Sledge is played it puts me in a nice relaxing mood. Guess this kinda defeats the OP however :D. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/47 "2000-08-07T01:31:36Z")
Tchaikovsky’s Rose Adagio, from The Sleeping Beauty… ---
**Author:** ![rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockstar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/48 "2000-08-12T19:47:58Z")
“All I Want is You” by U2 -Or anything by U2 for that fact “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd “Cry Baby Cry” by The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/49 "2000-08-13T01:11:56Z")
“Watching the Wheels” by John Lennon. This song is my anthem. It describes my state of mind about 97% of the time. “Human Nature” by Michael Jackson. Back when he was still cool. See above for why I like this song. It’s the other 3% ---
**Author:** ![GreatKingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@GreatKingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreatKingRat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2000, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/50 "2000-08-13T01:19:39Z")
“Julia Dream” Pink Floyd. Find this song and listen to it if you want to relax, it’ll put you in a trance. ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523/51 "2000-08-13T01:58:03Z")
During labor with my 2 oldest I sang silently to myself (or, rather, listened to music in my head, if that makes sense) to help myself relax. Each time, I heard one song over and over for hours. The first time, it was _Closer to Fine_, by Indigo Girls. The second time, it was k.d.lang’s _Constant Craving._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-all-time-favorite-relaxing-song/27523.md?page=2)