Don’t Worry, Be Happy: 15 Sunshine-filled, Feel-good Songs to Boost Your Pre-Finals Spirits

I know, I know; you’re stressed. You had four papers due this week and eleven midterms and sixty-two chemistry problem sets and then your car caught on fire and you broke your leg after you tripped over your shoelaces (even though you were wearing flip-flops), and life just sucks.

But given the option, which would you prefer: to wallow in pre-finals self pity, or to feel as happy, relaxed, and without-worry as a cat anesthetized with ketamine? I think the answer is pretty obvious.

With finals just around the corner, it can be extremely easy to get yourself caught up in the hype and forget that no matter what, you’re still going to be well and breathing in about two  weeks from now. Get those teeth away from the bloody little nubs that used to be your fingernails and just try to remember that everything will be alright!

In order to try to calm some of those poor suffering nerves of yours, here is a playlist of 15 songs meant to soothe the soul with sunshine. These tunes always boost my mood, and hopefully they can give you some relief, as well!

Spread happiness,

Allison

Don’t Worry, Be Happy: 15 Sunshine-filled, Feel-good Songs to Boost Your Pre-Finals Spirits (Opens in Spotify)

1. Givers // Noche Nada

2. Buck O Nine // My Town

3. The Beatles // Twist and Shout

4. The Clash // Revolution Rock

5. Corinne Bailey Rae // Put Your Records On

6. Givers // Up Up Up

7. Jackson 5 // I Want You Back

8. Noah And The Whale // 5 Years Time

9. Mungo Jerry // In The Summertime

10. Matt and Kim // Daylight

11. The Avett Brothers // Kick Drum Heart

12. Sugar Ray // Every Morning

13. Vampire Weekend // A-Punk

14. Talking Heads // This Must Be the Place

15. Zac Brown Band // Toes

I’m just going to go ahead and say it.

I broke. I started listening to Christmas music a week and a half ago and I loved it. Still do! I know, I know–I’m weak and I got sucked in by the holiday decorations and cold weather and those damn Starbucks cups. And I know there are millions of you who hate Christmas music and can’t stand it when the radios and stores begin to play the songs on repeat, but I also know that there are millions of you who are exactly like me who revel in it. Yeah, I’m pointing at you.

Anyways, I’ll save some of you the pain and refrain from sharing my favorite carols–for now. Hahahahahah. Instead, I’ll share with you all a few of my favorite shower songs. You know, those songs that you can sing while showering and sound really, really good while doing so? Of course you know, everyone knows.

You and I // Ingrid Michaelson

I’m Yours // Jason Mraz

Lucky // Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat

It Won’t Be Long // The Beatles

Enjoy these and the last of your break!
Emily

The Stress-Free Playlist

Mid-term exams, projects, presentations, bills, annoying boyfriends/girlfriends, the lack of an annoying boyfriend/girlfriend, bitter-cold weather, clothes that shrink in the dryer, one lost glove are only a few of the dreadfully stressful aspects of everyday life that cause one stress.

So in order to relieve my stress I listen to songs like these. Plain and simple, they help the billions of stress-causing things in life a little less stress causing.

The Beatles – Blackbird

I just like the birds chirping in the background and the lovely acoustic sounds….

Norah Jones – Sunrise

The Shins – New Slang

For some unexplainable reason this song makes me want to skip through a field of flowers….

What songs do you add to your “Stress-Free Playlist?” Feel free to post them on BU Central’s Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/bucentral or at our many other beautiful social networking sites. Also feel free to visit any of the members of the happy BU Central family and request a song and become stress-free at the very stress-free BU Central.

From the very Stress-free (I swear that’s the last time I will use that word. Promise)

Tangela <3