What do you think is the ultimate song to raise your spirits?

Bit of a change from the staple diet of "depressing songs to suit my mood" threads (im responsible for many!)

Matty J

This is gonna make me sound stupid, but I absolutely love The Ketchup Song by Las Ketchup. It's got such a brilliant beat, it's so summery and cheery, I can't keep still when it comes on! I also love Everything Changes But You by Take That

Take That are legends!!!!! I love that song!

The old classics like Brown-Eyed Girl by van Morrison and Want You Back by the Jackson 5 always cheer me up!

video killed the radio star...

Athlete's 'You Got The Style'....Oh Its getting hot in here, must be something in the atmosphere....etc etc
In fact the whole of the 'Vehicles and Animals' album always cheers me up.

All of the Polyphonic Spree's 'Together We're Heavy'. A wonderfully uplifting album.

I agree. Especially Westside, shouting "CHORUS!" before the chorus.

"light and day" is a brilliantly up song.

other good ones are "fashion crisis hits new york" by the frank and walters - just so deliriously silly.

and "sexuality" by billy bragg.

Iain

if you wanna be happy by jimmy soul

'I stole you love' by Kiss. Geeeeeetarrrrrr.

"Song 2" by Blur.

If that doesn't get you jumping around your living room, nothing will

I like a bit of Stevie Wonder, particularly the classics 'Uptight', 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' and 'Sir Duke'.

Also, some of The Cure's happy songs such as 'Mint Car' and 'Just Like Heaven' are just perfect.

i'll second that! what a fantastic song!

definitely! wot about smells like teen spirit by nirvana! always gets me going!

[quote=iain "sexuality" by billy bragg. Iain[/QUOTE]
Agreed. Also

"Yes" by McAlmont and Butler - magic inbuilt mood lifter !

Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine

That'll cure what ails ya.

Camp, but fantastic... I Am What I Am. Brilliant

Also Young Hearts Run Free

Optimistic by Sounds of Blackness does the trick for me everytime.

Feeder - Buck Rogers

gets you jumpin just like song 2


Daz

Good call

Feeder - Just a Day, Wonderstuff - Size of a Cow, REM - End of the world as we know it, Steve Harley & The Cockney Rebel - Come up and see me (make me smile) and Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day.

Forgot to mention; Let there be Rockgrass by Hayseed Dixie has to be the ultimate pick up album. If you listen to Radio 2 changes are you already know it, but their version of "I believe in a Thing Called Love" is fantastic

Madonna-Music and Britney-Crazy
Also Oasis-all around the world

Actually there was a little thing in the newspaper not long ago where research was conducted on which songs lifted people's moods (e.g people with Seasonal Affected Disorder or mild depression) and Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves came top of the results. Apparently when it was tested, it produced the highest level of happiness and positive signals to the brain

here are a few more of my faves :

the frank and walters - *fashion crisis hits new york*
the cure - *just like heaven*
badly drawn boy - *have you fed the fish?*
billy bragg - *sexuality*
hope of the states - *enemies/friends*
blink 182 - *all the small things*
james - *laid*
dinosaur jr - *the pickle song*
propaganda - *duel*
the flaming lips - *flight test*
jj72 - *formulae*
joan osbourne - *one of us*
lou reed / john cale - *smalltown*
vegas - *possessed*
the polyphonic spree - *hold me now*; *light and day*
REM - untitled track at the end of *green*;*leave*
the killers - *mr brightside*
razorlight - *stumble and fall*;*vice*
the waifs - *the waitress*
lemon jelly - *nice weather for ducks*
mcalmont and butler - *yes*
suede - *to the birds*
menswear - *being brave*
moby - *we are all made of stars*
the white stripes - *hotel yorba*
prince - *starfish and coffee*
the mock turtles - *can you dig it?*
stellastarr* - *my coco*
the wonder stuff - *a wish away*

Iain