We think it’s probably a universal problem: you have a great weekend and then Monday rolls around. Getting out of bed seems to take a little bit longer than usual, and you find yourself thinking, “Man, I wish I had an extra day!” or “How did that go so fast?”
And sometimes on those days (and let’s be honest, this problem might happen every day, no matter what part of the week it is), you need a little something “extra” to help get you going. So we took it upon ourselves here at the Nostalgia Diaries to put together a Music Monday playlist that might just help with those slow-moving mornings when getting out from under those covers seems just a little too hard.
You’ll probably find that this playlist is quite eclectic, but that’s for good reason: we reached out to a bunch of our friends — both real and virtual — and asked them to let us know what ONE song they would wake up to every day if they could. The answers ran the gamut from upbeat and happy to soft and mellow. As to be expected with music, everyone has their own tastes, which makes this playlist diverse, fun, and sure to keep you on your toes — and keep them tapping, too! Happy listening! We hope these songs help your day (and week) start off on a high note!
Talk to Us: If you had to pick one song to start your day with every morning, what would it be?
Below you’ll find our YouTube Playlist, and right below that, the list of all of the songs that are included in it. (Click on the three lines in the upper left-hand corner of the YouTube link to individually play any of the songs on our playlist.)
- Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and The Waves
- Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
- Lovely Day – Bill Withers
- Atlantic City – The Band
- Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
- Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Be Ok – Ingrid Michaelson
- Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
- Good Morning – Mandisa
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
- Somersault – Zero 7
- Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
- Let’s Get it Started – The Black-Eyed Peas
- Izzo (H.O.V.A.) – Jay Z
- HandClap – Fitz and the Tantrums
- Gives You Hell – All-American Rejects
- Soul to Squeeze – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Enter Sandman – Metallica
- Alive – Edwin
- Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
- I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
- Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah) – Andy Grammer
- Sit Still, Look Pretty – Daya
- Party Up – DMX
- Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen
- Don’t Take the Money – Bleachers
- I.G.Y. – Donald Fagen
- Brand New – Ben Rector
- Happy – Pharrell Williams
- Good Morning Starshine – Hair (Original Broadway Cast)
- Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac
- Today is Your Day – Shania Twain
- Mexico – James Taylor
- I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
- Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
- Colours – Donovan
- Turning Awake – Ayla Nereo
- Hallelujah – Pentatonix
- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina – Madonna
- Holland Park – Michael Ball
- The Heart Asks Pleasure First – Michael Nyman
- Of the Father’s Love Begotten – Fernando Ortega
- Orchard House – Thomas Newman
- Cello Suite No. 5 – Bach
- Berlin Song – Ludivico Einaudi
- Naima – John Coltrane
At the The Nostalgia Diaries, our goal is to help you simplify, enhance, and engage your lives by focusing on the most important things: remembering, appreciating, believing, and becoming. It’s all about celebrating the past to create better days today.
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great list of happy tunes!
Awesome list!!
Great list! And I can really relate to that feeling on a Monday morning! 🙂
loved seeing Dont Cry For Me Argentina on there! this is such a great idea 🙂
xx
Stephanie
http://www.vimandvigor.blog
Should get me through Tuesday morning. Thanks for this great list!
Katrina and the Waves is my go to karaoke song!
I love Pentatonix
I love this!!!! Great list of songs!! I will listen to these throughout my day! 🙂 ♥
This is closer to what I was thinking. Great list though
Your song was elusive! The best part is that I can change it out easily! I’ll get it fixed 🙂 (I like this one better anyways ;))
This post really made me smile – what a fab list of songs! Music is so emotive and really can change your mindset – or mine at least! Love this, I’m off to make a new morning playlist now!
Love this list! I know some songs but I’ll have to check out some others!
Great list but I’d have to add Don’t Stop Believing and Baba O’Riley as well!
Nicole | The Professional Mom Project
Such a great list! I love me some good music – especially on rough mornings!
What a great post to find while drinking my morning coffee (still early here in sweden). Today I won’t turn on spotify the first thing I do, thanks!
Cool list you got, but if you don’t mind, here’s one of my all time favorite songs, Avenged Sevenfolds, “Bat Country”. ALWAYS wakes me up and leaves me feeling good!
Great Choices on this list, even for an old lady like me…I knew most of them…LOL…
Good song choices!
Fun! Music helps my kid wake up more than anything!! 😂
These songs really do start our day 🙂
I love Here Comes the Song. Definitely a positive and beautiful song to start off the day 🙂 happy I stumbled upon your post!
*Sun
This is the best list. I’ve been sitting here with my kids going over these song. You should see their faces. They argued with me over Madonna and laughed at Rocky Mountain High and danced at Baby got Back…..I am defiantly holding on to this list.
There is something about music that can just lift your mood and day so well!
Such a great and varied list! Walking on Sunshine is one of my favorites.
YAY!!!! Your #1 is MY #1! WOOHOO!!!
Listened to the whole playlist! Thanks for a great “work from home rainy day” soundtrack. 🙂
I am so glad you put “Baby Got Back” on the list!!
This is a great list! I like that you included a lot of different sounds and genres. Music is an awesome way to start the day, I agree. Personally, I’m partial to “Walking on Sunshine,” by Katrina and the Waves 🙂
Wagon Wheel and Here Comes the Sun are songs I pretty much always enjoy. Very happy songs!
Great list! I would have to pick Jack Johnson song… idk which one..
YAS! I love this!! I totally need to add some of these songs to my playlist!
Such an upbeat playlist full of classics from all eras! I’ve found that I need to ease my way into the day, so I have a playlist of gently invigorating songs that I rely on every single morning. It was genuinely important for my mood when I was working in a job that was beating me down. Crazy how important music is to our happiness!
Sweet Disposition is one of my all-time favorites – perfect for starting the day out!
LOVE the idea of this post!! So fun!
This is soooo good! I love Here Comes the Sun and Baby Got Back is a great way to start the day lol Love it!
Music is a great way to get you going in the morning! This is a great list of songs. I listen to many of these myself. 🙂
Great list! Just reading through it made me smile. I forgot about some of the older, awesome songs. They are going back on my playlist!
All of these are good! I think waking up to “Lovely Day” would be just lovely!
I can’t even count the number of times I have woken up with “Walking On Sunshine” stuck in my head. It’s the BEST song to get me up in the morning! Such a great list!
xo, Taylor || The Millennial Sprinkle (thesprinkle.tayloramead.com)
This is a great music list. I personally prefer music that are newer. Lol