Music is important. I think that’s probably true for most people, though maybe for different reasons. For me, it changes. Some days I need complexity and depth to feed my soul, other days I need to relax or have a laugh, sometimes I use it to connect with other people.
This week, I need to feel better. I’ve been feeling down too often recently, and music is a great way to influence my mood. So I’ve put together a playlist of songs to help, like Tylenol for a bothersome headache.
Creating this playlist didn’t go as expected, and I learned a few things. The result is this list of 97 songs that, for one reason or another, heal some part of me.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/636PcKWDWsYoJae0k0T2fK?si=cee57084ae9c41c9
In alphabetical order by artist:
- Routine by Alan Walker
- Stubborn as a Mule by Aurelio Voltaire
- Heathens by AURORA
- Moscow by Autoheart
- It’s All Been Done by Barenaked Ladies
- Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles
- Peaches by Bob Schneider
- Danse Macabre
- Tangled Up by Caro Emerald
- You Might Think by The Cars
- Reckoning by Charles Berthoud
- The Wren in the Furze by The Chieftains
- I’ve Got This Friend by The Civil Wars
- Bring It by Cobra Starship
- Stardew Valley Overture by ConcernedApe
- Just My Imagination by The Cranberries
- Have You Ever Seen the Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Our House by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- The Boy Who Wished to be King by D0d.
- Sister Rust by Damon Albarn
- Build That Wall (Zia’s Theme) by Darren Korb
- As The World Falls Down by David Bowie
- I Think I Love You by David Cassidy
- I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
- Amarantine by Enya
- My! My! Time Flies! by Enya
- The Celts by Enya
- Boadicea by Enya
- Signe – Acoustic Live by Eric Clapton
- Certain Birds by Fish in a Birdcage and Shayfer James
- They’re Not Happy About Me by Gabriel Templar
- Shotgun by George Ezra
- Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison
- ¡Viva La Gloria! by Green Day
- The Puppy song by Harry Nilsson
- The Shire by Howard Shore
- Demons by Imagine Dragons
- Cities of the Future by Infected Mushroom
- アイオライト by Inori Minase
- Look For the Good by Jason Mraz
- Every Little Thing by Jeff Lynne
- Survive by Jeremy Renner
- Theme from Jurassic Park by John Williams
- Big Boned Gal by K.D. Lang & The Reclines
- All These Things That I’ve Done by The Killers
- Come Dancing by The Kinks
- Behind Blues Eyes by Limp Bizkit
- Rad Gumbo by Little Feat
- What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
- Rude by MAGIC!
- Van Helsing Boombox by Man Man
- Masterpiece Theatre III by Marianas Trench
- Trees by Marty Casey and Lovehammers
- Bent by Matchbox Twenty
- Unwell by Matchbox Twenty
- Everything by Michael Bublé
- Grace Kelly by Mika
- Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) by Mika
- Wrecking Ball by Mother Mother
- I’m Not Okay (I Promise) by My Chemical Romance
- The Islander by Nightwish
- Build God, Then We’ll Talk by Panic! At the Disco
- Roaring 20s by Panic! At the Disco
- She Had the World by Panic! At the Disco
- Sarah Smiles by Panic! At the Disco
- Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes by Paul Simon
- You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon
- So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish by A Perfect Circle
- Hobbit Drinking Medley by Peter Hollens and Hank Green
- Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
- Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s
- Just Give Me a Reason by Pink and Nate Ruess
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers
- I Miss You by Randy Newman
- Rock Star Skinny by The Real Zebos
- Genius Next Door by Regina Spektor
- Don’t Wait Up by Robert DeLong
- I Think We’d Feel Good Together by Rob Thomas
- My My My by Rob Thomas
- Adagio by Secret Garden
- Ka-Ching! by Shania Twain
- The Moral by Shayfer James
- Winter Hymn by Shayfer James
- Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
- Hushabye Mountain by Stacey Kent
- Shape Of My Heart by Sting
- Living Room
- I’ve No More … To Give by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq.
- Not Perfect by Tim Minchin
- Life Is A Highway by Tom Cochrane
- Wildflowers by Tom Petty
- Shiver Me Timbers by Tom Waits
- House of Gold by Twenty One Pilots
- Dawson’s Christian by Vixy & Tony
- The Joke by Yann Tiersen
- Octopath Traveler Main Theme by Yasunori Nishiki
- A Settlement in the Red Bluffs by Yosunori Nishiki

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