Video: Savour These 10 Evergreen Feel-Good Songs, Science

By R. Siva Kumar - 26 Sep '15 15:52PM

Music has the power to enhance your spirits and sweep depression away, while it can improve your health and well-being, according to the American Psychological Association.

A researcher from Holland's University of Groningen calculated specific songs to make listeners happy. Jacob Jolij devised a set of "feel good" songs with the formula.

"A feel good song is very personal. Music is intimately linked with memory and emotion, and these associations strongly determine whether a song will put you in a good mood or not," said Jolij via the Daily Mail.

"However, there are some key criteria for composers to consider when creating feel good songs - namely lyrical theme, musical key, and tempo. Combine these three ingredients together and you have the formula for the perfect 'feel-good' song," he added.

Jolij has referred the formula mentioned in the press release on 126 songs to prove his theory. Check out his formula in hngn.

This is the list of the power-packed songs.

Top 10 Feel Good Songs of All Time:

1. Don't Stop Me Now (Queen) 1978

2. Dancing Queen (Abba) 1976

3. Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys) 1966

4. Uptown Girl (Billie Joel) 1983

5. Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) 1982

6. I'm a Believer (The Monkees) 1966

7. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper) 1983

8. Livin' on a Prayer (Jon Bon Jovi) 1986

9. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor) 1978

10. Walking on Sunshine (Katrina & The Waves) 1983

Top Feel Good Songs per decade:

'10s Happy (Pharrell Williams)

'00s Dancing in the Moonlight (Toploader)

'90s Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams)

'80s Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)

'70s Don't Stop Me Now (Queen)

'60s Good Vibrations (The Beach Boys)

Dr Jolij added: "Holiday-themed lyrics naturally remind us of happy times, while a major third musical key sounds happy to our ears and something we associate with confidence. A high tempo of 150 beats per minute also subconsciously triggers a sense of energy. Combine these three ingredients together and you have the formula for the perfect "feel-good" song."