Songs that will immediately make you happy and ready to face anything

[DonaldsRump]

There are songs that hit me and immediately lift my spirits.

Here are just a few of mine, knowing they skew totally towards the Beatles and Bob Marley!

What are yours?


One Drop: Bob Marley and the Wailers


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Instant Karma: John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band


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Is This Love?: Bob Marley and the Wailers

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Hey Jude: The Beatles

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[True Dough]

1. If this song doesn't do it for you

I don't know what will.

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. Can't listen to Michael Franti and not smile.

He is my boyfriend, and he doesn’t even know it.

My new fave: “You’re Number One”!

Don’t know how to link.

[True Dough]

12. Here you go...

It's another good one! By the way, to post a YouTube video, all you have to do is copy the URL and paste it here.

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. Thanks!

You’re Number 1!

[demmiblue]

8. Yes!

[NNadir]

15. Fabulous, wonderful, uplifting, all that. Thanks! I never heard it before.

[iamateacher]

2. I Can See Clearly Now

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[red dog 1]

18. Good one!

[argyl]

30. That's the song I thought of first.n/t.

[demmiblue]

3. Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire

[demmiblue]

4. Andra Day - Rise Up

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. End of the line..Traveling Woolburys....another fav

Beatles..album..Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band..tooo...

[demmiblue]

6. Len - Steal My Sunshine

[iamateacher]

9. New Lee Highway Blues, Dave Bromberg

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[FM123]

10. Three Little Birds!!!

[demmiblue]

11. Tina Turner - Proud Mary (LIVE 1982)

[Lulu KC]

14. Traffic

Don't Be Sad

[LearnedHand]

16. Aretha! Pink Cadillac

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[NBachers]

17. Spring Fever by The Velvets; That's All You Gotta Do - Brenda Lee

[red dog 1]

19. "Vacation" by The Go-Gos......."Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen....."Moon Shadow" by Cat Stevens

[mr_lebowski]

20. hothouse flowers - give it up (studio-1990) ... though almost everything by them does this ...

[Iggo]

21. My big three from Paul Simon (now with added Garfunkel!)

...and this one, which makes me laugh to the point of tears at the trumpeters giving it their all on the last bit.

[lpbk2713]

22. This ...

[smirkymonkey]

23. Love Train

The O'Jays

[Iggo]

34. Oh, that's a great one!

[nuxvomica]

24. Tell Me Something Good

[tanyev]

25. 2008 Where the Hell is Matt? Fun video, awesome music.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

26. Just a thought

[doc03]

27. Don't Worry Be Happy/Bobby Mcfarrin

[mpcamb]

36. Good one!

[tymorial]

28. I love Marley

This one is my jam.

[stevil]

29. :)

[Claritie Pixie]

31. Dog Days are Over - Florence and the Machine

[lastlib]

32. "Carry On, Wayward Son" -- Kansas

Gets me going every time!

"Fight The Good Fight" -- Triumph, ditto.

[Corgigal]

33. If I copy

his struts, I can own the world.

[Leith]

35. Anything by the Cowsills

can make me happy (happy! happy). But even the few opening seconds to this get my toes tapping:

Rock Lobster by the B-52s gives me a smile, too.

[mpcamb]

37. Someone told me to send this to depressed friends...

It starts slow, builds gradually and may be a bit too long, but I agree.

[Talitha]

38. 'Dancing In The Street' with David Bowie and Mick Jagger.

[DonaldsRump]

39. I just have the biggest smile on my face

Thank you all for contributing!

Listening to all these songs makes me happy, happy, happy...and confident.

Keep adding to this, please, as I'm hearing so many wonderful tunes now.

[DFW]

40. Down The Road Tonight (Bruce Hornsby)

There were movies in the parlor
They were dealing one-eyed Jacks.........

[jmowreader]

41. My turn

Roger Hodgson, Give a Little Bit

Iron Maiden, Wasted Years