The Ultimate Feel Good Songs
This ultimate feel good songs playlist contain music guaranteed to lift you up when you’re down.
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Sometimes, things are happening around you (or even to you) that make it so difficult to be happy. (Yes, I’m looking at you, year 2020!) So, of course, you need help. And sometimes, the ultimate feel good songs in this list are all the help you need.
Another Friday today. The sun is out in temperamental Scotland but because it’s October, it’s not too hot or too cold yet. We’re going on a much needed holiday and I feel like I need theme music to capture the moment.
So, I figured, I might as well share my ultimate feel-good songs playlist with you this Friday.
In a hurry?
After all, music has a unique way of uplifting the soul and making us feel good.
The songs on this list are on repeat and easily accessible in my house for those times I’m feeling low and/or depressed and need an immediate pick me upper.
Try it yourself.
If you really need something to uplift you and you can create the time, just hit play and close your eyes so you can really let the music wash over you.
Enjoy!
Self-Love Songs
I believe that the ultimate feel good songs have lyrics that will help you fall in love with yourself. As we’re so fond of saying in this blog, self-love is the cornerstone of all love. And without it, nothing can ever make you feel good.
The songs in this list don’t necessarily have to be upbeat. But they do have fantastic lyrics that will remind you that you are an amazing person and you deserve to be loved.
Love Myself
Gonna love myself, no, I don’t need anybody else
(Hey)
Gonna love myself, no, I don’t need anybody else
(I love me)
Can’t help myself, no, I don’t need anybody else
Anytime, day or night
(I love me)
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Titanium
I’m bulletproof nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won’t fall, I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won’t fall
I am titanium, I am titanium, I am titanium, I am titanium
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Roar
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar!
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F**kin’ Perfect
Pretty, pretty please, don’t you ever ever feel
Like you’re less than fuckin’ perfect
Pretty pretty please, if you ever, ever feel like you’re nothing
You’re fuckin’ perfect to me!
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Fighter
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
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Burn
When the lights turned down, they don’t know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We’ll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
‘Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah, we got the fire, fire, fire
And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
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Scars To Your Beautiful
But there’s a hope that’s waiting for you in the dark
You should know you’re beautiful just the way you are
And you don’t have to change a thing
The world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful
We’re stars and we’re beautiful
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Firework
You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July
‘Cause, baby, you’re a firework
Come on, show ’em what you’re worth
Make ’em go, “Ah, ah, ah”
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you’re a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make ’em go, “Ah, ah, ah”
You’re gonna leave ’em all in awe, awe, awe
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The Climb
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waitin’ on the other side
It’s the climb
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Beautiful
We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won’t bring us down, no, no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can’t bring us down, oh, no
So don’t you bring me down today
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Happy Songs
Sometimes, you don’t want to pay attention to the lyrics. Sometimes, all you want is to feel the rhythm. Get moving, get dancing and just forget it all.
The feel good songs in this list will help you with that. Prepare to move and dance your heart out with these happy songs.
All About That Bass
I see the magazines working that Photoshop
We know that shit ain’t real, come on now, make it stop
If you got beauty just raise ’em up
‘Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top
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Happy
Bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Cant’ nothing bring me down, I said
Bring me down
Can’t nothing bring me down
My level’s too high to bring me down
Cant’ nothing bring me down, I said
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Dynamite
‘Cause I, I, I’m in the stars tonight
So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight (Hey)
Shinin’ through the city with a little funk and soul
So I’ma light it up like dynamite, woah-oh-oh
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Shake It Off
But I keep cruising
Can’t stop, won’t stop moving
It’s like I got this music
In my mind
Saying, “It’s gonna be alright.”
‘Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
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Good Feeling
Oh, oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah
I get a feeling that I never never never never had before, no no
I get a good feeling, yeah
Oh oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah
I get a feeling that I never never never never had before, no no
I get a good feeling, yeah
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More about these feel good songs
I once said that I take advantage of what little time I have in order to practice self-care or make sure I do something that nurtures my own sense of self-worth.
This doesn’t need to take a lot of time and, given the right tool, can take no more than a few minutes.
Music, in my experience, is a powerful motivator and can really help when your emotions are running low or when you’re stressed beyond belief.
Obviously, music is an art and like other art forms, is completely subjective. The songs you find here are the ones that really speak to me and uplift me. Maybe some will resonate with you and some won’t…and that’s completely okay.
Side Note: If you’re looking for more meditative music, you can check out this list.
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Firework, Roar and Shake it Off are my faves on this list guys. I love the music and yep, I find Katy Perry beautiful too hahaha. No worries my wife Kelli knows LOL. Super list!
Ryan
Ahaha, those songs practically vibrate with energy. Thanks for popping by! 🙂
Great list! I know most of these songs by there I a couple I don’t and will be adding them to my iPod.
Thanks, Tamara. Glad you liked our post. 🙂
I love and am familiar with every song on this list. Never occured to me to put them together in a feel good mix. Thanks for the suggestion. It’s a simple, but effective way to boost your mood.
Thank you. 🙂
Such a good playlist, I love these songs
Thank you. 🙂