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Which song lifts your spirits/is your happy song?

83 replies

Marriagegoingtoimplode · 02/04/2021 20:45

A spin off from the thread about your saddest song, what is a song that lifts your spirits/ makes you happy(or at least happier) when you hear it?

OP posts:
Thumbcat · 02/04/2021 20:46

Mr Blue Sky

Phyllis321 · 02/04/2021 20:48

Somewhere Beyond The Sea

Spidey66 · 02/04/2021 20:48

Say Hey (I love you) by Michael Franti and Spearhead
Headstart to Happiness by the Style Council
Wake Up by the Boo Radleys

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Schmoozer · 02/04/2021 20:49

Move on up ! Curtis

Bluebellbike · 02/04/2021 20:49

One day like this

HedgeSparrows · 02/04/2021 20:49

Dance. Rick Astley.

MMM2 · 02/04/2021 20:50

elbow..one day like this.

Spidey66 · 02/04/2021 20:51

@Spidey66

Say Hey (I love you) by Michael Franti and Spearhead Headstart to Happiness by the Style Council Wake Up by the Boo Radleys
Sorry that should be Headstart for Happiness
the80sweregreat · 02/04/2021 20:52

Another vote for Mr blue sky or Mr Brightside.
Everybody dance by Chic.

chipsandgin · 02/04/2021 21:00

Basement Jaxx - Do your thing

bringbacksideburns · 02/04/2021 21:26

Here comes the Sun - the Beatles.

vampirethriller · 02/04/2021 21:28

Audacity of Huge, Simian Mobile Disco. Not the words, the tune.

Wearywithteens · 02/04/2021 21:45

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PainterInPeril · 03/04/2021 02:34

Not a song but the theme tune to Jeeves and Wooster always gets me dancing. It should be prescribed for depression!Grin

Piemam · 03/04/2021 09:34

She Bangs the Drums - Stone Roses. Grin

Teensandfuture · 03/04/2021 10:09

Reality by lost frequencies

Hymn for the weekend by Coldplay

JackieWeaveristheboss · 03/04/2021 10:15

Together in Electric Dreams - Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder.

squashyhat · 03/04/2021 10:19

Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel.

(And as a Genesis aficionado I'm very please to see the Phil Collins love on the heartbreak songs thread Smile)

BearSoFair · 03/04/2021 10:40

Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida E

iklboo · 03/04/2021 10:43

Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards
Real Gone Kid - Deacon Blue
Take Your Mamma Out All Night - Scissor Sisters
500 Miles - The Proclaimers

the80sweregreat · 03/04/2021 11:03

I don't feel like dancing : scissor sisters
Feel good song.
And makes you dance.

35andThriving · 03/04/2021 15:03

Make Your Own Kind of Music - Mama Cass
Probably - Fool's Garden
Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader

HarryBob · 03/04/2021 15:06

No such thing as a broken heart - Old Dominion
Life's too Short or This - Darius Rucker
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

TheLazyWitch · 03/04/2021 15:17

Weepy, sentimental happy
This is me- The Greatest Showman
You're the voice-John Farnham

Bouncing and loving life happy
Our house- Madness
Voulez-Vous- Abba

TheLazyWitch · 03/04/2021 15:25

Cherry Bomb- The Runaways
Most Joan Jett songs.
Suzi Quatro- Can the Can (it's hard not to play air guitar along with this song).

Most Queen songs, except the few that fall under the sad category.