What song instantly puts you in a good mood as soon as you hear the intro?
Posted by MistressLolaDiamond@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 143 comments
For me it’s got to be mr blue sky, it instantly makes me think of summer bbqs
Calm-Raise6973@reddit
"Step On" by the Happy Mondays.
drivelhead@reddit
Good choice!
ConfidentGarage6657@reddit
Copacobana! Bazza ftw!
Derbadian@reddit
Scatman John - I’m a Scatman
HelenWitc@reddit
“Dearly beloved…”
Fast-Blueberry6402@reddit
Gangstas paradise
Admirable_Ad_1922@reddit
God gave me feet for dancing, Ezra Collective
hawkeye2604@reddit
Stardust music sounds better with you
eeedeat@reddit
Baby driver by Simon and Garfunkel
Guest2909@reddit
Blue Monday - New Order
Superstylin' - Grove Armada
RedditSwitcherooney@reddit
Koji Wada - Butter-Fly
Sir_Greggles@reddit
Dakota by Stereophonics
SwimmingSpot6356@reddit
Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
windfall21@reddit
The first 2 bars of the Magic Flute overture
Visual-Treat-8904@reddit
Spring - Joe Hisaishi
Oldestswinger@reddit
Dancing Queen
cheesytola@reddit
ABBA Dancing Queen
brilliantinemortal@reddit
I once remember reading somewhere that the opening piano run in Dancing Queen is the most joyous second/moment in music and I think that's pretty spot on
cheesytola@reddit
I’d agree with that
Anal-Scrubs-905@reddit
gagarin - public service broadcasting
beant64@reddit
This Must Be the Place - Talking Heads
Glittering_Swan2205@reddit
Steal my sunshine - LEN
Dvine_Rhyme@reddit
https://open.spotify.com/track/3bmAe62k7fhVnSboxGc9bw?si=yHYVSAqhTAazD-LcQICZ2w
EasyPiece@reddit
Ernie the fastest milkman in the west.
BusAdditional6518@reddit
Holy Wars. From the first note.
FluffyMumbles@reddit
Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance.
Sets my mind back to Beverly Hills Cop, and better times 😊
smartypants881@reddit
Weezer - island in the sun
Tavares - heaven must be missing an angel
FighterDan1@reddit
Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra. Absolute joyful classic
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Rasputin
JobAnxious2005@reddit
God Save the King
Sea-Still5427@reddit
Whole lotta Rosie, ACDC
Ace of spades, Motorhead
Icy_Gap_9067@reddit
A little respect by erasure and gold by spandeau ballet are total mood lifters.
jamesbreeds@reddit
Kylie - Better The Devil You Know
fillerbitch@reddit
Was once drunk on the dance floor and heard those opening notes and just stopped and stood there crying tears of drunken joy
ChemicalGuide82@reddit
The One Show
Party_Advantage_3733@reddit
The Safety Dance
Garxgarb@reddit
Came here to say this
cackiwhack@reddit
Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding is one of them.
Specialist-Cake-9919@reddit
You make my dreams come true - Hall and Oates.
End of the Line - The Travelling Wilburys
500 Miles - The Proclaimers.
. All should be prescribed on the NHS.
BadeArse@reddit
Ernie - Fat Freddy’s Drop.
Bellamiles85@reddit
You get what you give-The New Radicals.
Arthorius2024@reddit
Welcome to the jungle - Guns & Roses.
Holy shit, I just fucking love it!
kernowgringo@reddit
Personally I like it until Axl starts orgasming, it's not great when kids are in the car
farts-are-funny-af@reddit
Loads of their songs have banging intros. ❤️
kernowgringo@reddit
Witness (1 Hope) - Roots Manuva
platinumplayer1@reddit
Korn - blind
Localone2412@reddit
Little respect - erasure. I just love the way it starts simple and slowly all the instruments come in and it builds into a banging tune. Always gets me walking faster
trentsc@reddit
God Only Knows
Significant_Return_2@reddit
“I am the Resurrection” by the Stone Roses.
Lots of good memories of my youth and it’s a tour de force.
RIP Mani
braverthanweare@reddit
Chinatown by bleachers
CaptainPerhaps@reddit
Well I think the answer is obvious. The theme tune to The Upper Hand (1990).
Ste-phen@reddit
Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys ( I was hypnotized on holiday and that was one of his suggestions. Either way real or not it works )
premium_transmission@reddit
Here Come the Summer - The Undertones ☀️☀️
Far_Bad_531@reddit
Mr Blue Sky
SwimmingSpot6356@reddit
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
MontyQ312@reddit
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Cymru1965@reddit
Birdhouse in your soul - they might be giants.
ScottishScouse@reddit
Sunchyme by Dario G, and Dancing in the Moonlight by Toploader
Jimmy90081@reddit
Little Acorns - The White Stripes
KnockOneOut178@reddit
Times Like these - Foo Fighters
iamworsethanyou@reddit
Walking On Sunshine.
Robosquidsquad@reddit
Wrath Unbound By Vomitory
fike88@reddit
Nuthin but a G Thing - dr dre and snoop dogg
uttertosser@reddit
Gangsters The Specials
Familiar-Chart1760@reddit
No Rain by Blind Melon
medphysfem@reddit
Sit Down - James What a Beautiful Day - The Levellers New York Girls - Bellowhead Don't stop me now - Queen
spoo4brains@reddit
Portal:Still Alive
Revolutionary-Rub231@reddit
Mr Probz - Waves as it makes me think of the summer time
Sea-Skill6089@reddit
Was waiting for someone to say this!
paper_friend@reddit
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
gerrineer@reddit
For some unknown reason its the first 15 mins of war of the world's....bdum dum dum dada dada bdum dum dum!
Superb_Copy1644@reddit
Hurt - either the Johnny Cash or the NiN version. Eitherway everyone else is going to be a lot more depressed around me, which in turn improves my mood.
Important_Ruin@reddit
Henry Krinkle - Stay
Instantly relaxes me.
trooperben1979@reddit
Terry Bush - Maybe tomorrow
Youppi27@reddit
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Scarred_fish@reddit
Bad Moon Rising
DifferentLaw9884@reddit
Electric Feel - MGMT The intro is so instantly recognisable and always makes me think of summer, it’s become a sort of tradition for me to chuck it on on the first properly warm and sunny day of spring and feel the weight of the long winter lift ☀️
KaylsTheOptimist@reddit
Mine would be kids by mgmt. my partner and I have this thing where when we hear the intro we try and see who is quickest to say ‘did you know this song was on the vampire diaries?’ Because every time it came on for a while I must’ve told him it was on the vampire diaries
Major-Credit-2442@reddit
Daft Punk - One More Time
wolfhelp@reddit
You must have seen Vigo Venn
https://youtu.be/Gd53BJGox5s?si=lzBc9iyZh-2X1XZM
L-0-T-H-0-S@reddit
This Corrosion/Mother Russia - Sister of Mercy.
OmniWise@reddit
Did you mean This Corrision and Mother Russia/Dominion? :)
L-0-T-H-0-S@reddit
Yes, I do, thank you. That actually gets me every time.
OmniWise@reddit
no worries, would love to know what puts you in a bad mood.. but on the limited information available I'd put money on Wannabe by the Spice Girls. :D
farts-are-funny-af@reddit
Superstitious - Stevie Wonder...I challenge anyone not to head bob when it drops...lol
smushs88@reddit
Everywhere - Fleetwod Mac
For something a bit more recent
Pink Pony Club seem to do the job too.
reeko1982@reddit
Have you heard Gwar’s cover of Pink Pony Club? Epic.
smushs88@reddit
I have not, I’ll go seek it out.
ExiledFromMancSt@reddit
Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
call092@reddit
Bicep - glue
4materasu92@reddit
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
Faint - Linkin Park
Shadow Moses - Bring Me The Horizon
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Sexy Naughty Bitchy - Tata Young
Thriller - Michael Jackson
ReallyIntriguing@reddit
T.I. - Why u wanna
FakeyName88@reddit
Tiger Feet - Mud The Model - Kraftwerk
Affectionate_Tap_631@reddit
Sister Havana by Urge Overkill
Gratuitous_sax_@reddit
Mr Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
AlternativeScratch61@reddit
Some 80’s :
Robert Palmer : every kind of people
Petshop Boys : always on my mind
Devo : Big Mess
Big Country : in a big country
Kool and the gang get down on it
Competitive_Rub_9590@reddit
Karma chameleon
Alarmed_Cow_192@reddit
One of my bedbugs ate my pussy - Cupcakke
GuiltyStrawberry5253@reddit
Call Me Al by Paul Simon, I vividly remember years ago walking down the aisle in Asda with my baby in a carrier on my front, Call Me Al came on and I just couldn’t not groove and sing (quietly!) down the aisle
redseaaquamarine@reddit
I can't decide between two, so will put both as my answer. YMCA by Village People and Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
civil_blinger@reddit
So many, but just played Dandy Warhols 'Bohemian Like Me' and it's hit the spot. When those guitars come in at the beginning 👌
Rico1983@reddit
All Around The World - Oasis.
General_Ignoranse@reddit
Les champs-elysées by Joe Dassin(?) Bulletproof by La Roux
Both of these are my go to songs for driving along in the summer with the windows down
civil_blinger@reddit
Check out the Great jazzy version of Champs by Pomplamoose
General_Ignoranse@reddit
Ooh I will!! Thanks so much
Own-Lecture251@reddit
The Oogum Boogum Song by Brenton Wood.
OmniWise@reddit
Lovely Day - Bill Withers and Easy - The Commodores.
then a couple of other genres; Take on Me - Aha and finally Friday I'm in Love - The Cure.
Moores88@reddit
When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band..
willd_sea@reddit
The opening to Don't Let Me Down by The Beatles. Unbeatable.
SGT_Snapple@reddit
Head on / Pill - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
ForestCl0uds@reddit
Shambala by Three Dog Night
mcbainze@reddit
The Chariot by The Cat Empire - makes me so happy, especially on a sunny day...actually it brings sunshine on a crappy day!!
sneakyhopskotch@reddit
The Shire theme from LoTR
jamesbreeds@reddit
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
LungHeadZ@reddit
Rusted root - send me on my way
steveakacrush@reddit
Step On - Happy Mondays
jamesbreeds@reddit
Pray - Take That
MbembasTuxedo@reddit
Ventura Highway - America
Run for Home - Lindisfarne
LondonKiwi66@reddit
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes - Paul Simon
Potential-Secret-760@reddit
ABC - Jackson 5
prjones4@reddit
Dizzy by The Wonderstuff. Gets me everytime!
jesuisnick@reddit
Mr Brightside because it makes me feel just like I did in 2005 when I was at uni, it came on in a club, and everyone went wild for some reason.
Man! I Feel Like A Woman by Shania Twain, because it's such a fun song and that guitar riff is unbelievably catchy.
GeggingIn@reddit
Hit It and Quit It, Funkadelic.
ddttm@reddit
🎶my head is in a spin, my feet don’t touch the ground, because you’re near to me, my head goes round and round🎶.
Pale-Tutor-3200@reddit
Doodoodoo it feels like
GeggingIn@reddit
Hit and Quit It, Funkadelic.
flyingmooset@reddit
Alright - Supergrass
Soft-Ad1520@reddit
100%
GeggingIn@reddit
Hit and Quit it, Funkadelic.
Altruistic_Coat9591@reddit
Danza Kuduro
Tommy_Tomba@reddit
On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz
GreyFox_1337@reddit
Now, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum What might be right for you, may not be right for some A man is born, he's a man of means Then along come two, they got nothing but their jeans
But they got, Diff'rent Strokes It takes, Diff'rent Strokes It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world It takes, Diff'rent Strokes It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world Everybody's got a special kind of story Everybody finds a way to shine It don't matter that you got not alot So what They'll have theirs, and you'll have yours, and I'll have mine And together we'll be fine....
Because it takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world Yes it does It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world
Accomplished_Leg3462@reddit
Elton John - Your Song
Not because of the lyrics but because me and my kids changed them up to sing about steak and cheese pies.
Me2309@reddit
This could be… and everlasting love
Over_Locksmith9670@reddit
dirty work by steely dan green onions by Booker T and the m.gs
Mdl8922@reddit
Pretty Little Nightmare by South of Salem.
Zool375@reddit
Music sounds better with you - Stardust
Sir_TechMonkey@reddit
Private eye (Page94) podcast or political fix FT
Hazz3r@reddit
Higher Ground by the Chillis for sure.
Desperate-Coat-8791@reddit
Ladies and gentlemen….. it could be mambo number 5 or chocolate starfish and the hot dog flavoured water, either is good
OkFinding8093@reddit
The First, The Last, My Everything by Barry White, just pure feel good.
Consistent-March9895@reddit
At the river - Groove Armada
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