Turn the volume up!

There's been a surprising amount of research into the neuroscience of music and how it can affect our mood and physiology. Check out our three lists below of music tracks that have been shown to help people feel relaxed, happy, or excited.

Each of the song links takes you to a page where you can go straight to that song on whatever music service you use - Amazon, Apple , Spotify, YouTube, or others.

Why not a playlist of them all?

The 10 Most Relaxing Songs Ever

• Weightless by Marconi Union
• Electra by Airstream
• Melomaniac (Chillout Mix) by DJ Shah
• Watermark by Enya
• Strawberry Swing by Coldplay
• Please Don’t Go by Barcelona
• Pure Shores by All Saints
• Someone Like You by Adele
• Canzonetta Sull’aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• We Can Fly by Cafe Del Mar

The 10 Happiest Songs Ever

• Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen
• Dancing Queen by Abba
• Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
• Uptown Girl by Billy Joel
• Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
• I’m a Believer by the Monkees
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

12 Songs That Will Give You (Good) Chills

• L’Arena by Ennio Morricone
• Storm by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Moby Dick by Led Zeppelin
• First Breath After Coma by Explosions in the Sky
• Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
• Angelica by Lamb
• Heavyweight by Infected Mushroom
• Adagio for Strings by Tiesto
• Le Moulin by Yann Tiersen
• Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
• Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 “Tempest”: III. Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven