Recommend some happy songs please
 

I've been asked to compile a cd with happy songs.

It doesnt have to sound goofy kiddie bombastic, whats important is the content of the lyrics. No heartbroken themes, love songs or goodbye themes, just brand new day happy feeling friendship kind of songs . Anything that can brighten a day or improve someone's mood. The lyrics really matter though so its not just the melody. I hopw you understand what I mean. Do you know of any?

An example on my list already is the song Picture of you by Boyzone

Well your words made me think of "Beautiful Day" by U2. So there's my contribution.

I Want You So Hard - Eagles of Death Metal
Shit Goddamn - Eagles of Death Metal
E-Pro - Beck
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
Get Your Hands Off My Woman - The Darkness
Here - Hellogoodbye (lol, I know)
2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden
Aces High - Iron Maiden
Sexy Results - Death From Above 1979
Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
Cripple Creek Ferry - Neil Young
Hey Ya - Outkast (just about anything by Outkast, lol, well...kinda...)
Limelight - Rush(lots of Rush)
Wu-tang Clan Ain't Nothing to Fuck With - Wu-tang Clan(rofl)

Hope this helps?...?

Oh thank you But I forgot to mention NO rock songs pls! The cd is for a girl and she likes pop/mellow/soft music.

well fuck...lol

Metric is mostly sad, but some songs are happyish, but political and sarcastic, can she handle that? Like the song Succexy...

A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
Get Your Hands Off My Woman - The Darkness
Here - Hellogoodbye (lol, I know)
Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
Cripple Creek Ferry - Neil Young
Hey Ya - Outkast (just about anything by Outkast, lol, well...kinda...)
Limelight - Rush(lots of Rush)
Metric - Succexy

that list any better?

Jesus, Roan. Do you have to work at sucking this hard, or does it come naturally?

Screw happy music, slip some zoloft into her food and you'll be fine...

Are you asking Jesus? Or Roan? I'm confused.

Also, for happy fun timey, try on Freezepop. Oh look, it is electroretro 80's pop, what what what? "I am not your gameboy" she said as she activated the blender. "Good because if you were I would push you in that blender and create a time-space portal to another dimension. Would you like that?" "Oh yes please."

LOL Denicallis, its for a friend of mine whos leaving the country for 6 years. Its not related to my recent thread. :P

Double Post:
Ah, Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young might be good. The meaning/message of the song is what is important. No nonsense lyrics.

Damn straight...Any Neil Young song is appropriate for any occassion ever, and no one can argue that fact...there I said it...:edgartpg:

Yeah, so maybe I dont know what kind of songs I want.

SO maybe the situation its for would help. Like I said its for a really good friend of mine (girl) who leaving on a jetplane dont know when she'll be back again. :) So the songs must have meaning but not too sad. :)
Something thatll cheer her up when she feels alone.

Caesars - Only You
Coldplay - Don't Panic
The Cure - Mint Car
Jack Johnson - Traffic In The Sky
José González - Heartbeats
The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
Moloko - Fun For Me
Moving Units - Available
Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
Sheryl Crow - Every Day Is A Winding Road
South - Paint The Silence
Télépopmusik - Breathe

That's all I could pull from my iPod. Hope it helps.

thank you checkin them out. :)

Amorphis - "Brother Moon"
Ayreon - "Come Back To Me"
Ayreon - "Day Eleven: Love"
Ayreon - "Across The Rainbow Bridge"
Ayreon - "Another Time, Another Space"
Blind Guardian - "Fly"
Boris - "Rattlesnake"
Boris - "Pink"
Devin Townsend - "Slow Me Down"
Devin Townsend - "Sunshine And Happiness"
Dream Theater - "I Walk Beside You"
Frameshift - "La Mer"
Green Carnation - "Myron & Cole"
Helloween - "Dr Stein"
In Flames - "World of Promises"
Korpiklaani - "Happy Little Boozer"
Pain of Salvation - "This Heart of Mine (I Pledge)" (I HIGHLY recommend this one)
Pain of Salvation - "Second Love" (This one too)
Rush - "Something For Nothing"
Skyclad - "Anotherdrinkingsong"
Twilightning - "Plague-House Puppet Show"
Uriah Heep - "The Wizard"
Uriah Heep - "Rainbow Demon"
Uriah Heep - "Why"
Waltari - "All Roads Will Lead To Rome"

Beatles songs that're happy -

Good Day Sunshine
I Will
Do You Want to Know a Secret
If I Fell
Getting Better
Til There Was You

Magnetic Fields songs that're happy... well, they sound really happy.

Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
Long Forgotten Fairytale
Famous
You and me and the Moon
Save a Secret for the Moon
Love is Lighter than Air
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Strange Powers
I Don't Really Love You Anymore
100,000 Fireflies

Geeze, I could go on all day, but I'll leave it at that for now.

I suggest

choose by mojofly
its not that well-known in states but it a very "brand new day sound" or at least I think it is...
here is part of the lyrics:

Journey to the Past by Aaliyah is not bad

hmm that all I can think of now

cant find that I pledge song in limewire by Pain of Salvation .. its rare music?
the 100,000 fireflies song is funky! thanks!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2j5jb4

Enjoy

I think "Re-Hash" by Gorillaz is a good happy tune. Well, it's a feel-good song.

Ace of Base - Beautiful Life

Need no other song...

Nice Day - The Salteens
Double Bass - Gorilllaz
Voyager - Daft Punk

If you want I'll upload them for you. :)

"The Adventure" "Good Day" "A Little's Enough" and especially "The Gift" are a few kinda upbeatish, feel-good songs by Angels and Airwaves. Kinda reminds me of U2 at some points. In fact, most of U2's songs are feel-good songs, somehow. Same with A&A (or AVA as they're more commonly abbreviated)

A lot of stuff by Architecture in Helsinki. Try "It'5!" and "The Cemetery." (Despite the title of that second one, it's very upbeat and energetic.)

Perhaps, try Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting" or the Utah Saints version "Something Good". Both are uplifting in some way. "We all just know something good is going to happennnn."

Maybe try some Brit-invasion stuff too; Some Kinks, the Animals, The Zombies...All generally happy stuff.