Music. Quite possibly the most almighty of arts. It has that je ne sais quoi. A mojo so powerful it can influence our moods, lift our spirits and even make us feel like Marty McFly and travel back in time.

Music can take our feelings away, or at least allow how we are feeling to be replaced by another one. Studies show that listening to music when we are stressed can be a good thing because it affects the amount of stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol and all the rest of that scientific jazz (pun intended) the body releases. As a result? We feel relieved from the symptoms of the nasty stuff like anxiety and depression.

Some songs even have the capacity to remind us of particular moments in our lives and these memories may either want to make us smile- or forget. I’m sure we can all think of that one song that when we hear it, triggers an emotional response.

Music can help us to disconnect from the outside world and transport us into our own private little one where our worries are left behind. It can be an opportunity to focus our attention elsewhere or even motivate us. Often we find it difficult to make sense of how we are feeling but by listening to music- which has the ability to echo feelings, we are able to get the hang of our emotions.

Where words fail, music speaks

-Hans Christian Andersen

If you’ve ever been in a bit of a funk, you’ll know what I’m talking about. You’ll probably agree when I say music is a pretty personal art form and that’s because most of us connect with it on an emotional level. Music can strengthen your resilience to bad shit, because chances are, at some point, music has or will help you to understand and make sense of your emotions, like if you feel uncertain about your future, suffer with anxiety or are going through a bit of a rough time.

So with that said, here are 48 of THE best upbeat songs to help you get out of your funk:

1. Close To Me- The Cure
2. Your Cover’s Blown- Belle and Sebastian
3. Don’t You- Simple Minds
4. Love and Happiness- Al Green
5. Let’s Dance- David Bowie
6. I’m Like A Bird- Nelly Furtado
7. Boston-Augustana
8. Lovely Day-Bill Withers
9. Kids-MGMT
10. You’ve got the love- Florence + the machine
11. The Wire- HAIM
12. Monster v.2- Tom Odell
13. Grow Till Tall- Jonsi
14. No Roots-Alice Merton
15. Wriggle (Mr Jukes Edit)- Cosmo Sheldrake, Mr Jukes
16. Blue Light- Bloc Party
17. A little word in your ear- Tom Vek
18. Pumped up Kicks- Foster The People
19. Believer-Imagine Dragons
20. Sober- Aquilo
21. Get Up Offa That Thing- James Brown
22. Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley & The Wailers
23. ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’- King Harvest
24. Hounds of Love- The Futureheads
25. It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)- The 1975
26. 5 Years Time- Noah And The Whale
27. Something Just Like This- Coldplay
28. Good As Hell- Lizzo
29. Here Comes The Sun- The Beatles
30. We Built This City- Starship
31. OutKast- Ms. Jackson
32. She Wants To Move- N.E.R.D
33. Sophia- Nerina Pallot
34. Rootless Tree- Damien Rice
35. The Seed (2.0)- The Roots
36. You Get What You Give- New Radicals
37. Save Tonight- Eagle Eye Cherry
38. Play That Funky Music- Wild Cherry
39. Feel It Still- Portugal The Man
40. Hang Me Up To Dry- Cold War Kids
41. Put Your Records On- Corinne Bailey Rae
42. Love Rage On- Nizlopi
43. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’- Scissor sisters
44. Best of You- Foo Fighters
45. Only Love Can Hurt Like This- Paloma Faith
46. Somewhere Only We Know- Keane
47. Can’t’ Hold Us- Macklemore
48. Pompeii- Bastille

Do you have any songs that help you get out your funk? It would be awesome if you could share them.