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The 10 Most Uplifting Songs In The World, According To Science

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Billy Joel performing at Madison Square Garden, April 15, 2016 (flickr)

No, there are no Beatles songs. But Billy Joel is there.

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.

You’re a user, aren’t you?

You use it to make you feel better. And you use it to make you feel worse.

I’m talking about music. What did you think I was talking about? Vicodin? The election campaign?

Sometimes, though, your lover leaves you for an actuary’s ex-spouse.

Sometimes, your boss betrays you and your bonus turns to dust particles.

That’s when you need an instant musical uplift.

Here I am to serve you for that very purpose.

I’ve just come across a list compiled by Dr. Jacob Jolij.

He knows about being jolly. He’s a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Gronigen in the Netherlands. There are few things jollier than a cognitive neuroscientist.

Last year, at the behest of UK electronics brand Alba, Jolij put together a list of the 10 most uplifting songs in the world.

Being a scientist, he had to first create a formula for this effort. There is no accurate uplift without order.

“The formula I came up with takes the number of positive lyrical elements in a song, and divides that by how much a song deviates from 150 BPM and from the major key,” he said on his website.

So here goes. These are the 10 finest pick-you-ups the world can offer, according to Alba’s research and Jolij’s analysis.

1. Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen.

How can you not be uplifted by this charmer? You feel al-i-i-ve. Because you’re having a good time, having a good time. Admit it, you’re sex machine ready to reload. And then there’s that rocket ship to Mars. Oh, this is heaven, isn’t it? Instant heaven.

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BY CHRIS MATYSZCZYK, Owner, Howard Raucous LLC, Inc., excerpt posted on SouthFloridaReporter.com Sept. 22, 2016 
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