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title: Tunes to Uplift
description: Research has shown that melodic music can increase the release of serotonin and dopamine, two “feel good” hormones.
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# [Tunes to Uplift](https://www.mindbeacon.com/strongerminds/tunes-to-uplift)

 Written by [Yamini Ramamoorthy](https://www.mindbeacon.com/strongerminds/author/yamini-ramamoorthy) | September 16, 2020

Music has a unique ability to almost instantly change our moods. A good song can make us feel happy, sad, in love... the list goes on. Research has even showed that melodic music can increase the release of serotonin and dopamine, two “feel good” hormones.

With this in mind, we thought it would be fun to ask our experts what feel good tunes they have on repeat right now

**Dr. Khush Amaria  
**“Anything we can all dance to and is appropriate for small children!” My favourites are:

*Daddy Cool* by Boney M  
*Passion* by Awolnation

**Dr. Andrew Gentile  
***Panama* by Sports  
*Guts *by Augustine  
*My My My!* by Troye Sivan  
*Texas** Sun* by Khruangbin, Leon Bridges  
*My Love and Music* by Ebo Taylor  
*I’ll be Doggone* by Soloman Burke  
*Thank You* by Bonnie Raitt

**Dr. Katelyn Gomes  
***Sunday Best* by Surfaces  
*Kings of Summer* by Ayokay  
*Little Things* by Louis the Child  
*Shy* by Leon Bridges  
*Blind Man* by Xavier Omar  
*Fly* by Sugar Ray  
*Dancing in the Moonlight* by Toploader  
*Mr. Brightside* by The Killers  
*Hey Ya* by Outkast  
*Island in the Sun* by Weezer

**Dr. Jennifer Carey  
***The Sunnyside of the Street* by The Pogues  
*Neighborhood #3* by Arcade Fire  
*Temptation* by New Order  
*Hey Man (Now Your Really Living)* by Eels  
*The Underdog* by Spoon  
*Chicago* by Sufjan Stevens

**Dr. Janine Cutler  
***Flashdance* by Irene Cara  
*Follow Your Arrow* by Kacey Musgraves  
*I Think I Can Fly* by Yolanda Adams  
*Blowing in the Wind* by Peter, Paul and Mary  
*Tell it on the Mountain* by Peter, Paul and Mary  
*This Land is Your Land* by Bob Dylan  
*Bridge over Troubled Waters* by Simon and Garfunkel  
*Take my Breath Away* by Berlin  
*All of Me* by John Legend  
*Girl on Fire* by Alicia Keys

**Dr. Meredith Landy  
***Happy* by Pharrel Williams  
*Here Comes the Sun* by The Beatles  
*We Know the Way* by Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda (Moana soundtrack)

[Click here for a Spotify playlist containing all of these tracks.](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fbvhx2SjHPiNGobeIm3LG?si=qA_JReGhTxSCEPHfPsTonA) 

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