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100 Songs That Will Instantly Relax You

Sometimes, you just need a good song to calm you down.

Nicole Maromonte
Oct 17, 2016
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
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100 Songs That Will Instantly Relax You
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I don't know about you, but I can't go a day without listening to music. Whatever I listen to depends on my mood for that day, whether it's upbeat songs for when I'm in a happy mood, or slower songs for a sad mood. I also use music to relax my mind, and I feel like no one talks about smooth and slower songs that calm you down when life gets too hard. Here are 100 of my favorites that you have to listen to when you just need to relax.

1. Photograph - Ed Sheeran

2. Clocks - Coldplay

3. Oblivion - Bastille

4. Cough Syrup - Young the Giant

5. Pressure - The 1975

6. Possibility - Lykke Li

7. Make You Feel My Love - Adele

8. Skinny Love - Birdy

9. So Cold - Ben Cocks

10. Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran

11. Waiting Game - Banks

12. Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons

13. New Moon (The Meadow) - Alexandre Desplat

14. Happy - Marina and The Diamonds

15. Young God - Halsey

16. Compass - Zella Day

17. Robbers - The 1975

18. Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran

19. Sandcastles - Beyonce

20. Fallingforyou - The 1975

21. All We Do - Oh Wonder

22. Down - Jason Walker

23. Drive - Halsey

24. River - Bishop Briggs

25. I Know You - Skylar Grey

26. Cosmic Love - Florence + The Machine

27. I Found - Amber Run

28. Dead In The Water - Ellie Goulding

29. Buzzcut Season - Lorde

30. Georgia - Vance Joy

31. This Love - Taylor Swift

32. Youth - Daughter

33. Heavy In Your Arms - Florence + The Machine

34. Work Song - Hozier

35. All I Want - Kodaline

36. Addict With a Pen - twenty one pilots

37. Matching Weights - Trespassers William

38. Long Way Down - Tom Odell

39. Afraid - The Neighbourhood

40. All I Want - Dawn Golden

41. Technicolour Beat - Oh Wonder

42. Intro - alt-J

43. Never Let Me Go - Florence + The Machine

44. Last Kiss - Taylor Swift

45. Not Today - Imagine Dragons

46. Car Radio - twenty one pilots

47. Lie In The Sound - Trespassers William

48. Robbers - The 1975

49. Yours - Ella Henderson

50. Video Games - Lana Del Rey

51. Holland - Glass Face

52. Abraham's Daughter - Arcade Fire

53. Charlie Brown - Coldplay

54. Hold Back the River - James Bay

55. In My Veins - Andrew Belle feat. Erin McCarley

56. The Gospel of John Hurt - alt-J

57. Old Money - Lana Del Rey

58. Is There Somewhere - Halsey

59. Trees - twenty one pilots

60. Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World

61. Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

62. How to Save a Life - The Fray

63. I Need You - M83

64. My Love - Sia

65. I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys

66. Me - The 1975

67. Mirror - Ellie Goulding

68. Eyes On Fire - Blue Foundation

69. House of Gold - twenty one pilots

70. Clean - Taylor Swift

71. Haunted - Beyonce

72. Breathe Me - Sia

73. Brain - Banks

74. Meet Me On The Equinox - Death Cab For Cutie

75. Tessellate - alt-J

76. Dark Paradise - Lana Del Rey

77. Truce - twenty one pilots

78. Turning Tables - Adele

79. Unsteady - X Ambassadors

80. Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine

81. Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey

82. Beating Heart - Ellie Goulding

83. Full Moon - The Black Ghosts

84. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars

85. Heart Of Stone - Iko

86. Poison & Wine - The Civil Wars

87. Boston - Augustana

88. 100 Years - Five for Fighting

89. Just a Game - Birdy

90. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

91. Salvation - Gabrielle Aplin

92. Somewhere Only We Know - Keane

93. All I Need - Radiohead

94. Look After You - The Fray

95. White Flag - Dido

96. Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys

97. Drops Of Jupiter - Train

98. She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5

99. Intro - The xx

100. Wait - M83

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