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(64,510 posts) Mon Aug 26, 2024, 11:46 AM Aug 26

What song do you go to for JOY? [View all]

Mine is either "Ode to Joy" by Beethoven --"Freude, Freude" or "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. Both make me happier right away.

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What song do you go to for JOY? [View all] CTyankee Aug 26 OP

Joy to the World--Three Dog Night. debm55 Aug 26 #1

This right here.💃🏽 luvallpeeps Aug 26 #2

Ode to Joy, of course! SheltieLover Aug 26 #3

"SING, SING, SING" BY BENNY GOODMAN Ptah Aug 26 #4

Yes! Yes! Yes! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 27 #34

This Sneederbunk Aug 26 #5

So many good ones but the top ones are TommieMommy Aug 26 #6

Happy does it for me every time. Native Aug 26 #7

Oh yes! EverHopeful Aug 26 #13

Nina Simone catbyte Aug 26 #8

This woman is a goddess...her voice makes me cry tears of joy... CTyankee Aug 26 #9

I'll go with this one today. House of Roberts Aug 26 #10

Yes Figarosmom Aug 27 #24

Fills my heart some_of_us_are_sane Aug 27 #35

Saw them preforming this Figarosmom Aug 27 #38

"Jump in the Line" GreatShakes66 Aug 26 #11

This one works for me EverHopeful Aug 26 #12

Feeling Good (Michael Buble) Mad_Dem_X Aug 26 #14

Text by Friedrich Schiller. Setting the poem to music was apparently something Beethoven wanted to do ... eppur_se_muova Aug 26 #15

Pretty much anything by Mozart, Ocelot II Aug 26 #16

Did you see the film "Amadeus" which was about him? If not, you can probably get it on youtube... CTyankee Aug 26 #17

One of my all-time favorite movies, I have the DVD with the director's cuts. Ocelot II Aug 26 #19

I'd love to see it again! CTyankee Aug 26 #20

Here 'ya go... watch it for free! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 27 #36

One more: Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) Ptah Aug 26 #18

Give FREEDOM by John Batiste a look. Guaranteed Joy BOSSHOG Aug 26 #21

What a Wonderful World Skittles Aug 26 #22

Big GRIN on this one! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 27 #37

the song is just a little over two minutes long Skittles Aug 27 #45

"5, 6 and 7" OldSWODog Aug 26 #23

Its a beautiful morning Figarosmom Aug 27 #25

Here comes the Sunil PortTack Aug 27 #26

Up Around The Bend -- Creedence Clearwater Revival Tetrachloride Aug 27 #27

Brother Iz --Somewhere over the Rainbow ultralite001 Aug 27 #28

Grateful Dead - "Box of Rain" GReedDiamond Aug 27 #29

It was the morning after Barack Obama won the first term. vanlassie Aug 27 #30

There's so many duncang Aug 27 #31

Anything from Mark Knopfler's catalog. SamKnause Aug 27 #32

Glad k55f5r Aug 27 #33

Yes- We Have Heaven Doc_Technical Aug 27 #39

Theme from Chariots of Fire some_of_us_are_sane Aug 27 #40

Stirring! I have always been moved by it. I LOVE that movie! CTyankee Aug 27 #41

I tear up just thinking about it some_of_us_are_sane Aug 27 #42

When I watch that film I think of the heroic story of Eric Liddel Boomerproud Aug 29 #61

Theme from Zorba the Greek some_of_us_are_sane Aug 27 #43

Dancing in the Street surrealAmerican Aug 27 #44

Another great one 👍 electric_blue68 Aug 28 #47

I immediately have two: B-52's/Roam, U2/City of Blinding Lights electric_blue68 Aug 28 #46

This is my go to AKwannabe Aug 28 #48

song is nice...video, not so much CTyankee Aug 28 #49

Discovered after he was popular Lulu KC Aug 28 #50

Happiness Is Just Around the Bend - The Main Ingredient (or Brian Auger, link below) johnnyplankton Aug 28 #51

A blast from the past. Arne Aug 28 #54

I'm Alive -- ELO no_hypocrisy Aug 28 #52

"Romance" by Wild Flag thucythucy Aug 28 #53

Happy by Farrell Williams! redstatebluegirl Aug 28 #55

Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful" because nothing brings me... NNadir Aug 28 #56

I adored that Joe Cocker song and I mourned his tragic death. CTyankee Aug 29 #60

CTyankee Upthevibe Aug 28 #57

"Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from Hello Dolly. oasis Aug 28 #58

Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield GoodRaisin Aug 29 #59