Your Guide To The Perfect Pick-Me-Up Playlist
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Your Guide To The Perfect Pick-Me-Up Playlist

From Country to Reggae to Rock, and everything in between.

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Your Guide To The Perfect Pick-Me-Up Playlist
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Music is magic, and even the worst of moods can be brightened with song. It doesn't matter if you have a favorite genre or not — each one has it's perks. So, if you feel like you've lost your muse, or just need to clear your mind, dance it out, and don't give a rat's ass for a little while, try these out for your next playlist!

Pop

Think anything upbeat that you'd hear on KISS FM or at a middle school dance (nostalgia can be the best medicine sometimes). They're just too catchy to pass up, so Shut Up and Dance (Walk The Moon)!

Worth It - Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink

Cold Water - Major Lazer ft.Justin Bieber

Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars

Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera

Cheap Thrills - Sia ft. Sean Paul

Hip Hop

If you hear "to the window, to the wall," and don't Get Low (Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz), you're doing it wrong.

My House - Flo Rida

Yeah! - Usher ft. Lil Jon, Ludacris

Don't Mind - Kent Jones

I'm On A Boat - The Lonely Island ft. T-Pain

Wobble Baby - V.I.C.

Country

If you don't like the music, at least stay for the party! Nothing lifts my spirits like closing my eyes and picturing I'm Somewhere on a Beach (Dierks Bentley).

House Party - Sam Hunt

Vacation - Thomas Rhett

Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker

Beachin' - Jake Owen

Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band ft. Jimmy Buffett

Boy Bands (Yes, I made this it's own genre)

Once a fan girl, always a fan girl. Have no shame, because that's What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction).

Bye Bye Bye - *NSYNC

Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet Boys

Burnin' Up - Jonas Brothers

Step By Step - New Kids On The Block

Glad You Came - The Wanted

Reggae/Soca

'Every little thing is gonna be alright' if you have One Love (Bob Marley), and it's for reggae music.

Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead

H.M.A. (Happiest Man Alive) - Machel Montano

Phenomenal - Benjai

That Love - Shaggy

Ducking - Fadda Fox

Reggaeton

Have you ever taken a Zumba class? If not, you really should, because it's the definition of a good time. Crank up that bass and Don't Stop The Party (Pitbull ft. TJR)!

Danza Kuduro - Don Omar ft. Lucenzo

Give It Up To Me - Sean Paul ft. Keyshia Cole

Limbo - Daddy Yankee

Estoy Enamorado - Wisin & Yandel

Prrrum - Cosculluela

Latin Pop

Spice up your dance party with these hits, and you'll surely be Livin' La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin).

Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) - Shakira

Bailando (Español) - Enrique Iglesias ft. Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona

Papi - Jennifer Lopez

Conga - Gloria Estefan ft. Miami Sound Machine

I Need To Know - Marc Anthony

Dance/Disco/Soul/Funk

Even if afros and sequin-covered body suits aren't your thing, who cares? You don't need platform shoes to let out your inner Super Freak (Rick James) and show this genre a little Respect (Aretha Franklin).

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Brick House - The Commodores

I Want You Back - Jackson 5

Rock

Old school or get out. I don't know about you, but there's rarely a time that I don't wanna Rock & Roll All Nite (KISS).

Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

Back In Black - AC/DC

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Rag Doll - Aerosmith

Soundtracks

These soundtrack classics are impossible to tune out. They're sure to put a smile on your face, you can Bet On It (Zac Efron in High School Musical 2)!

Footloose - Kenny Loggins (or Blake Shelton)

You Can't Stop The Beat - Cast of Hairspray

Better When I'm Dancin' - Meghan Trainor (from The Peanuts Movie)

Can't Stop The Feeling! - Justin Timberlake (from DreamWorks Animation's Trolls)

A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) - Fergie ft. Q-Tip, GoonRock (from The Great Gatsby)


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