Which song has you dancing and singing round your living room? Which one do you have to sing along to?

I'd probably pick something by Abba, 'Take a Chance On Me', for example, or maybe something corny like 'Let Your Love Flow', or perhaps something from the 80s: 'My Favourite Waste of Time' by Owen Paul, 'Sometimes' by Erasure or 'Sweet Little Mystery' by Wet Wet Wet. Oh, and 'Pure' by the Lightening Seeds.

Which songs always manage to put you in a good mood?

Katrina and the Waves, I'm Walking on Sunshine. Reminds me of being a kid, and I just can't help wanting to dance like a prat!

Katrina and the Waves, I'm Walking on Sunshine. Reminds me of being a kid, and I just can't help wanting to dance like a prat!
Oooh yes, forgot about that one! Reminds me of school summer holidays.

Mine would be Walking on Sunshine as well it's such a feel good song.
My second choice would perhaps be Reach (for the sky) as that always gets the toes tapping and the party flowing.

Do I Love You by Frank Wilson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvpeYiQwss
Tainted Love by Gloria Jones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSehtaY6k1U

Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music.

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson. It worked for the mood slime in Ghostbusters II, and it works for me :D .

Sunny, Marvin Gaye
25 miles, Edwin Star
Uptight, Stevie Wonder
Where Im Not Wanted, Eddie Holman
Ain't that good news, Sam Cooke


At the moment I've got 3 days worth of soul music streaming from the link in my sig he says in a blatent plug.

i really love the song chain reaction, dont know who sings it but it just really lifts me up when i hear it....:)

Night and Day ~ Polyphonic Spree. Aural prozac :D

i really love the song chain reaction, dont know who sings it but it just really lifts me up when i hear it....:)

Diana Ross sang it. The BeeGees wrote it but I'm not sure if they ever recorded it

i really love the song chain reaction, dont know who sings it but it just really lifts me up when i hear it....:)

I think it's Diana Ross.

Night and Day ~ Polyphonic Spree. Aural prozac :D

Nice!

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison. That's got to be a top contender. Also Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, that's just awesome for making you feel about ten feet tall, and is about a cocaine rush, so I've heard!

ahhhhhh thankyou.
cant believe i didnt know that....:loopy:

Nice!

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison. That's got to be a top contender. Also Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, that's just awesome for making you feel about ten feet tall, and is about a cocaine rush, so I've heard!


i was going to say those two!

i'll also add spirit in the sky and 'dont stop' by fleetwood mac

:)

...Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison. ...
How could I have possibly forgotten that one? Excellent choice.

I read an article in a magazine recently about uplifting songs. There has been a scientific study done and officially the most uplifting song is ... Wake up Boo! by the Boo Radleys. It has the right lyrics, harmonies and melodies mixology or summat like that.

For me it has to be Shiny Happy People REM. Groove is in the Heart Dee Lite, Stay this way Brand New Heavies, Cosmic Girl Jamiroquai and Laid by James - I can't help but smile to any of these songs.ooh and Sir Duke Stevie Wonder!

Lust for Life! :clap:

Katrina and the Waves, I'm Walking on Sunshine. Reminds me of being a kid, and I just can't help wanting to dance like a prat!

Snap, me too. Love that song.:D
Also, Dakota by Stereophonics and their Have A Nice Day.

Summertime - jazzy jeff and the fresh prince- this tune is right up there:)

I read an article in a magazine recently about uplifting songs. There has been a scientific study done and officially the most uplifting song is ... Wake up Boo! by the Boo Radleys. It has the right lyrics, harmonies and melodies mixology or summat like that.
For me it has to be Shiny Happy People REM. Groove is in the Heart Dee Lite, Stay this way Brand New Heavies, Cosmic Girl Jamiroquai and Laid by James - I can't help but smile to any of these songs.ooh and Sir Duke Stevie Wonder!

Oh no, you beat me to it again, Edna!

I was going to say "Wake Up Boo"!

Sparkle :)

Penny Lane! :banana:

'Let's Hang on'

'Reach out I'll be there'

i dont do happy im a morrissey fan

i dont do happy im a morrissey fan

Sheila Take a Bow's incredibly happy!

William

There is a Light that Never Goes Out - granted, it's about being hit by a bus, but it's still happy. :)

And many many more (as they used to say on Ronco adverts)

Sheila Take a Bow's incredibly happy!

William

There is a Light that Never Goes Out - granted, it's about being hit by a bus, but it's still happy. :)

And many many more (as they used to say on Ronco adverts)
yes yes - you are correct - there are the high , upbeat songs granted - im simply playing on the stereotype of morrissey coupled with morbisity . Im crazy about the man really and i personally find his songs and lyrics uplifting rather than depresseing or whatever.

I can't think of a 'happiest' one, but a few uplifting songs that spring to mind are:-

Supergrass - Alright
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing
The Monkees - Daydream Believer

There must be absolutely loads more like those if you keep thinking long enough.

Groove is in the Heart (*boogies*...)

Three is the Magic Number (going back to my daisy age youth)

Nothing can Stop us now by St Etienne

Hey Ya by Outkast

What's New Pussycat or Delilah by Tom Jones

This is a very therapeutic exercise. I'm feeling jolly and ready for a bop. :clap:

R.Kelly - Happy people,

never fails to make me want to dance

Always look on the Bright Side of Life.....Monty Python
Is gonna be the Song they are gonna play at my funeral (July 17 next year..........your all invited)

Although widely regarded as miserablists, I would like to nominate the Jesus and Mary Chain's "Come On". Also the Go-Betweens' "Right Here". More obviously, the Beatles "I Feel Fine" and Shangri Las "Heaven Only Knows".

To be slightly more modern I love "Fly on the Wings of Love" by XTM and "Discoland" by Flip and Fill.

Andrew WK - Party Hard.

Clear a space and dance yourself to death!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdcDvEg4mSw

Oh no, you beat me to it again, Edna!

I was going to say "Wake Up Boo"!

Sparkle :)

That song just makes me angry.

For me, You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry. (For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, it's the song that Travolta and Thurman dance to in Pulp Fiction)

There are a couple for me:

Build me up Buttercup - The Foundations
Fill my Little World - The Feeling

both songs always make me smile!

E.L.O. - Mr Blue Sky

Pixies - Here Comes You Man

Makes no sense whatsoever, but Kim Deals sweet soaring backing vocals always put a smile on my face.

E.L.O. - Mr Blue Sky

Oh yes. This is my end of the day song. I put it on loud and scare away the kids.

Two of my favourites are,
I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin.
and "Get Happy"(forget your troubles, and just get happy,you better chase all your cares away).by Harold Arlen.

Shine - Take That
Reach - S Club 7
I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters
Ain't Got No/I Got Life - Nina Simone
Young At Heart - The Bluebells

That song just makes me angry.

Oh dear... :P

Yes, I can see that its relentless up-tempo'ness and jollity could be infuriating and make you want to put your foot through the stereo if you weren't quite in the right mood... :P But it always manages to raise my spirits :)

StarSparkle

Don't leave me this way - Communards. Reminds me of messing around with my mates at school disco 1986/87 ?????

Oh dear... :P

Yes, I can see that its relentless up-tempo'ness and jollity could be infuriating and make you want to put your foot through the stereo if you weren't quite in the right mood... :P But it always manages to raise my spirits :)

StarSparkle

It's a song about waking up. Waking up makes me upset. They should have done one about staying asleep.

It's a song about waking up. Waking up makes me upset. They should have done one about staying asleep.

Do you know, that's an excellent point. I hate waking up as well. Hmm... well, I've never heard "Wake Up Boo" first thing in the morning, so maybe if I did, my radio might end up being thrown out of the window! :P I can't be doing with chirpy first thing in the morning :D

StarSparkle

The La's - There she goes. Love the intro to this song:)
The Wannadies - You and me song
The Levellers - What a beautiful day

2-4-6-8 Motorway by the Tom Robinson Band

Chelsea Dagger - The Frattelis
A real "feel good" song.

Probably one of the following:

Dodgy - Good Enough
Supergrass - Alright
Art Brut - Formed a band / Good Weekend
Kenickie - Punka
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
[spunge] - kicking pigeons

Big Fan by the Wannadies.

National Express by Divine Comedy

Step On by The Happy Mondays

Wings of a Dove by Madness

Soul Limbo by Booker T and The MG's

Fun Fun Fun by The Housemartins

Come Back Tomorrow by THe Inspiral Carpets

Pumping on Your Stereo by Supergrass

Jim:thumbsup:

Ooooh surfinjim, your list has reminded me of Divine Comedy's 'Songs of Love', otherwise known as themusicfromfatherted, but the full version has such beautiful words I feel like floating off on a cloud and kissing everyone on the forehead. :clap:

E.L.O. - Mr Blue Sky

Quality Choice I'll second That :thumbsup:

I think the happiest song i heared in english is bubblin and MARIA, i dont remember any other right now.:hihi:

Oooh yes, forgot about that one! Reminds me of school summer holidays.

I didn't realise you were so young!

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson. It worked for the mood slime in Ghostbusters II, and it works for me.

Works for me too; worked for me only yesterday, coincidently.

I didn't realise you were so young!...
It was released in 1985 or 86, as I recall, at which time my O Levels were but a speck on the horizon. Are you sure you're not getting it mistaken with the song of theirs that won Eurovision about ten years later?

It was released in 1985 or 86, as I recall, at which time my O Levels were but a speck on the horizon. Are you sure you're not getting it mistaken with the song of theirs that won Eurovision about ten years later?

Yes I am. Apologies.

Anyway, moving swiftly along....


Another Dodgy track, Staying out for the Summer.

And just about anything by The Monkees

Madonna - Holiday :thumbsup:

The Goodies! - Make a daft noise for Christmas!

Shine - Take That! :hihi::hihi::hihi::D