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The Top 20 Emotional Songs

Songs that are sure to get you emotional and ready for a night filled with pajamas, wine, and your best friends.

Taylor Bradburn

Feb 01, 2016

University of Michigan

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The Top 20 Emotional Songs

Have you ever turned on the radio and your favorite song was already playing? If you said yes, that sounds fake, but OK.

Have you ever gone to a party, surrounded by your best friends, and "borrowed" the aux cord? Yeah, that's what I thought.

I was at my friend's party this past weekend, having a night filled with GTs and Beatles music. I was dancing by the speaker when I saw an opportunity arise. The DJ had stepped away, so I seized the opportunity to steal the aux cord.

I waited until "Here Comes The Sun" finished before I seamlessly unplugged her phone and plugged mine in. I already had my song queued up and ready to go. People didn't seem to miss a beat when "Vienna" by Billy Joel started playing. The iconic beginning chords rang out throughout the small house. I looked out into the crowd and had an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia. Here I am in a room, surrounded by the people who mean the most to me, dressed as a hippie, and "Vienna" is playing.

I set down my phone and ran to the nearest elevated surface to dance to my favorite song with my favorite people.

While watching everyone's Snapstories the next day, I began to reflect on other songs that elicit the same emotions for me. In an effort to procrastinate starting my essay, I complied a list of the top 20 songs that are sure to get you emotional and ready for a night filled with pajamas, wine, and your best friends.

20. "Young" by Kenny Chesney

19. "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield

18. "Big Jet Plane" by Angus and Julia Stone

17. "Drink A Beer" by Luke Bryan

16. "Let It Go" by James Bay

15. "Her Diamonds" by Rob Thomas

14. "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack

13. " My Little Girl" by Tim McGraw

12. "Good Riddance" By Green Day

11. "In My Daughter's Eyes" by Martina McBride

10. "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith

9. "Never Grow Up" by Taylor Swift

8. "The House That Built Me" by Miranda Lambert

7. "Vienna" by Billy Joel

6. "100 Years" by Five for Fighting

5. "Strawberry Wine" by Deana Carter

4. "Daughters" by John Mayer

3. "Remember When" by Alan Jackson

2. "Stay" by Rihanna

1. "Drops of Jupiter" by Train

Here's the Spotify playlist.

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