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I was thinking today about the genre of songs that just make me happy to listen to them. There is something about the lyrics or music or both which cheers me right up and makes me smile. Here are a few of my examples. What are yours?

From the 60's Green Onions – Booker T and the MG's Okay, it isn't the lyrics that makes this one happy for me. It just sounds so damn cheerful! Who cares about onion breath. Eat up!

From the 80's Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves Don't it feel good! This is a meta happy song. A happy song about being happy.

From the early 90's Sit Down - James For some reason I always think of this song as Stand Up. I really get shivers listening to this song again today. It is so optimistic about our ability to reach other to others and make them and ourselves feel better. Kind of like that Hug video that is making the rounds on the interwebs. Free Hugs!

From the late 90's Kid Loco - Relaxin' With Cherry Another instrumental that just gets good chemicals flowing through my body. I'm not sure why.