I believe there is a song for every mood, one that helps you cope in a particular situation, one that lifts your spirits, one that brings you back to a certain moment in time, even one that encourages the release of the low or exhilarating emotions you are feeling.

If you are in need of some help on which songs to listen to for a given occasion, I have just that.

1. Songs That Make You Feel Alive

• Turn Up The Love – AlunaGeorge
• 101 – Hoonch
• Old Thing Back (feat. Ja Rule and Ralph Tresvant) – Matoma The Notorious B.I.G.
• Show Me Love – EDX Remix / Radio Edit – Sam Feldt, Kimberly Anne, EDX
• Feels Great (feat. Fetty Wap & CVBZ) – Anki Remix
• Phone Down (Justice Skolnik Remix) - Lost Kings, Emily Warren
• The Heat (I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Ralph Felix SDJM
• Most Girls – Hailee Steinfield
• It’s Time – Imagine Dragons
• Life In Color – OneRepublic
• Smoke Clears – Andy Grammar
• Come On - Eileen
• Some People – Shapov, Beverly Pills
• Good Life – OneRepublic
• The Remedy (I Wont Worry) – Jason Mraz

2. Songs for long car rides

• I’m Like A Bird – Nelly Furtado
• XO – John Mayer
• Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band
• Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
• Oceans Away – A R I Z O N A
• Drive – Oh Wonder
• Chariot (Stripped Version) – Gavin Degraw
• Collide – Howie Day
• Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
• Celeste – Ezra Vine
• Mess Is Mine – Vance Joy
• Free Fallin (Live version at Nokia Theatre) – John Mayer
• Glory – Dermot Kennedy
• She’s So High – Tracy Chapman
• Sunday Morning – Maroon Five

3. Songs to listen to when your heart is broken

• Somebody Else- The 1975
• I Don’t Know Why (Acoustic Version) – Gavin James
• I Fall Apart – Post Malone
• Losin’ Control – Russ
• She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
• Jealous - Labrinth
• Man Who Can’t Be Moved – The Script
• Back To December – Taylor Swift
• Tequila – Dan + Shay
• Think & Drive – Seth Ennis
• Name – The Goo Goo Dolls
• If You’re Gone– Matchbox Twenty
• Latch (Acoustic Version – Sam Smith
• Dancing On My Own- Calum Scott
• Collide (Acoustic Version) – Howie Day

4. Songs to listen to when you need a pick me up

• Crooked Smile – J. Cole, TLC
• Female – Keith Urban
• Little Wonders- Rob Thomas
• Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
• A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
• Irreplaceable – Beyonce
• It’s All Good – Adam Craig
• Drops Of Jupitar – Train
• This One’s For The Girls – Martina McBride
• If It Makes You Happy – Sheryl Crow
• Sweet Escape – Alesso, Sirena
• A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson
• Ten Feet Tall – Afrojack, Wrabel
• The Nights – Avicii
• Something Better- Audien, Lady Antebellum

5. Songs to listen to on rainy days

• Philadelphia - Parachute
• Your Shirt – Chelsea Cutler
• Hometown Glory – Adele
• Breathe – Lauv
• Sister – Haux
• 3am – Matchbox Twenty
• Slide – The Goo Goo Dolls
• Name – The Goo Goo Dolls
• You and Me - Shallou
• Quiet Eyes – Axel Flovent
• Unwell (Remastered Version) – Matchbox Twenty
• Fix You – Coldplay
• What I Know – Parachute
• Youth – Daughter
• Love Like This (Acoustic Version) – Kodaline

6. Songs to work out to

• ‘Till I Collapse – Eminem
• Bring Em Out – T.I.
• Stronger – Kanye West
• Don’t Look Down – Martin Garrix, Usher
• Black Skinhead – Kanye West
• Jungle (Remix) – X Ambassadors, Jamie N Commons
• Numb/Encore – Jay Z, Linkin Park
• The Show Goes On – Lupe Fiasco
• No Role Modelz – J. Cole
• Pursuit Of Happiness (nightmare) – Kid Cudi, MGMT, Ratatat
• Dream On – Aerosmith
• The Fighter – Gym Class Heroes feat, Ryan Tedder
• Monster – Kanye West, Jay Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj, Bon Iver
• G.O.M.D. – J. Cole
• Purple Pills – D12

7. Songs to listen to when you’re in a throwback mood

• Don’t Dream It’s Over – Sixpence None The Richer
• Tattoo – Jordan Sparks
• Apologize – OneRepublic
• Over My Head – The Fray
• Where Is The Love – The Black Eyed Peas
• So Sick – Ne-Yo
• Dirty Little Secret – The All-American Rejects
• Everywhere – Michelle Branch
• Sk8r Boi– Avril Lavigne
• Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield
• Here Without – 3 Doors Down
• Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson
• With You – Chris Brown
• Absolutely (Story Of A Girl) – Nine Days
• Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard

8. Songs to listen to for comfort

• Young and Free – Dermot Kennedy
• Poetry – Wrabel
• One of Us – Sarah Simmons
• Black Jeep – Marc E. Bassy
• Pray – Sam Smith
• Black & Blue – James TW
• Say – Raelynn feat. Dan + Shay
• After Rain – Dermot Kennedy
• My Wish – Rascal Flatts
• The Book of Love (EP Version) – Gavin James
• It’s Alright – Fractures
• Give Me Back My Hometown – Eric Church
• Raised On It – Sam Hunt
• Black Balloon – The Goo Goo Dolls
• Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi, Jennifer Nettles