My Favorite Songs

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend. I’m so excited, because today is the first official day of my September Blogging Challenge and even though it’s falling on a long-weekend Monday, I am really eager to kick off this month. If you missed my blogging challenge announcement post, I’ve been feeling a little bit uninspired by blogging and social media and I wanted to bring it back to where it all began…little old me behind my keyboard tapping away. And so – that’s what is happening! I know there are “blog every day” challenges, but honestly – I don’t blog every day as it is, so committing to 30 days was intimidating for me. Instead, I put together 20 prompts that really inspired me and whipped up a list for when you can expect them here. Today’s prompt in the challenge is diving into all my favorite songs. If that is something you are interested in reading about, stick around 🙂 If you blogged about this topic today, feel free to link up at the bottom so I can read your post!  Now let’s dive in to all the songs that put me in a happy mood, make me tap my feet, get up and dance/run and more…

My Favorite Songs

When you start to think about all the songs you would put into your “FAVORITE” category, it’s kind of overwhelming! I mean – there are happy songs, mellow songs, running songs, dance songs…you see where this is going. All different songs for all kinds of moods, so that’s how I’ve broken down my favorites for today. These are my favorite, without-a-doubt, sing-at-the-top-of-my-lungs-will-never-change-station-heavy-rotation-on-Spotify songs.

TOP 5 HAPPY SONGS

“Everything” by Michael Buble

“Dancing In The Moonlight” by King Harvest

“Life Changes” by Thomas Rhett

“Chicken Fried” by Zac Brown Band

“Snapback” by Old Dominion

TOP 5 MELLOW SONGS

“Carolina In My Mind” by James Taylor

“Crush” by Dave Matthews Band

“One Day” by Matisyahu

“Good People” by Jack Johnson

“Wade In Your Water” by Common Kings

TOP 5 OLDIES SONGS

“Sara Smile” by Hall + Oates

“Come And Get Your Love” by Redbone

“Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye (the Kygo remix of this song is exceptionally good, too!)

“Mrs. Robinson” by Simon + Garfunkel

“(Sitting On The Dock) Of The Bay” by Otis Redding

TOP 5 SONGS THAT BRING OUT MY INNER SONGSTRESS/MAKE ME BELT IT OUT

“Love Takes Time” by Mariah Carey or “Forever” by Mariah Carey

“Greatest Love Of All” by Whitney Houston

“I Could Fall In Love” by Selena

“Halo” by Beyonce

“Defying Gravity” from the Broadway musical ‘Wicked’

FUN FACT: When Dane and I were dating, we bonded over the fact that we both really loved and appreciated Mariah Carey’s vocal range.

TOP 5 RAINY DAY SONGS (Am I the only one who has a rainy day playlist?!)

“Dust In The Wind” by Kansas

“The Best Day” by Taylor Swift

“If You Leave Me Now” by Chicago

“She’s Gone” by Hall + Oates

“Space Between” by Dave Matthews Band

TOP 5 RUNNING/WORKOUT SONGS

“Danza Kuduro” by Don Omar

“Bangarang” by Skrillex

“The Greatest” by Sia

“Bring ‘Em Out” by TI

“Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke

TOP 5 LOVE SONGS

“You Are The Best Thing” by Ray LaMontagne

“Perfect Symphony” by Ed Sheeran and Andrea Bocelli

“Beyond The Sea” by Bobby Darin

“Crazy Love” by Van Morrison

“Here and Now” by Luther Vandross

BONUS: “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (our first dance at our wedding!) Anyone considering this song for their wedding should just know ahead of time that it’s very, very, very long 😉

I would also be completely remiss in not mentioning a few of my all-time favorite musical artists. These are the artists that no matter what they put out, it’s solid gold, I’ll listen to it on repeat and appreciate their talent any time, any place, any day of the week: Jimmy Buffet, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Jack Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Thomas Rhett, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Billy Joel, Elton John + James Taylor.

Feel free to link up below + come back tomorrow for my biggest fears!