Lately, I’ve been all about upbeat, positive music.
I know that this is a reflection of my general mood these days. I’m optimistic by nature, but I feel like life’s been abundantly good lately after a pretty tough run. Given my lifelong connection to music, it’s no surprise that I’m seeking out happy music, skipping past the sad songs that I used to linger on back in the day.
Needless to say, I’ve been skipping a lot of country songs. I’ve listened to more pop in the past couple of months than I have in years. I want my country fix, but I have no interest in downers right now.
Can anybody recommend some country tracks that are just a bucket full of sunshine?
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“This Time”- Carrie Underwood
“Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me”- Keith Urban
“Heads Carolina, Tails California”- JoDee Messina
Sweet Thing – Keith Urban
Makin’ Plans – Miranda Lambert
Our Kind Of Love – Lady Antebellum
There are an infinite number of Martina McBride songs, the Sara Buxton “Outside My Window” or “That Kind of Day” songs,
“Freedom” – Love and Theft…
“Rain is a Good Thing” – Luke Bryan
“Hittin’ The Road” – Marcus Hummon (This one’s a little ‘down’ a bit but the tempo isn’t and it’s all about moving onward and upwards not down and out.
Days Like This – Rachel Proctor
Born Agin in Dixieland – Jason McCoy
Dancin in God’s Country – Rebecca Lynn Howard
State of Mind – Clint Black
Great to hear happy things “)
To name a few from my playlist:
“American Saturday Night” – Brad Paisley
“All I Want” – Darius Rucker
“Jeans On” – Keith Urban
“Doin’ My Thing” – Luke Bryan
“Huckleberry Jam [Instrumental]” – Brad Paisley
“Last Dollar (Fly Away)” – Tim McGraw
Everything is Fine – Josh Turner
“Light of a Clear Blue Morning” – Dolly Parton
“King of the Road” – Roger Miller
Yankee Grey – Another Nine Minutes
Trent Summar & New Row Mob – She Knows What to Do With a Saturday Night
Ryan Shupe & Rubber Band – Dream Big
Steve Azar – I Don’t Have to Be Me Til Monday
Mary Chapin Carpenter – I Feel Lucky
Alabama – Give Me One More Shot
Delbert McClinton – Old Weakness Coming On Strong
Shenandoah – If Bubba Can Dance
Steve Holy – Men Buy the Drinks (Girls Call the Shots)
dwight yoakam – love caught up to me
steve holy – brand new girlfriend
joe nicols – tequila makes her clothes fall off
confederate railroad – trashy women
confederate railroad – she took it like a man
kentucky headhunters – dumars walker
travis tritt – country club
tracy bird – pink flamingos
toby keith – i like this bar
lila mccann – i want to fall in love
Dolly – Better Get to Livin’
Dolly – Sweet Summer Lovin’
Dolly – Think about Love
Dolly – All I Can Do
Dolly – Why’d Ya Come In Here Lookin’ Like That
Kevin – I love those old sad country songs, so I never really thought about how difficult it is to find upbeat, happy, sunny songs until I read your post!
These are just some favorites:
Bruce Robison, “Twistin'”
Hank Snow, “Music Makin’ Mama From Memphis”
Jenny Lewis, “Barking at the Moon”
SHeDAISY, “I’m Taking the Wheel”
Buck Owens, “Made in Japan”
Glen Campbell, “Sunflower”
Big Kenny, “Long After I’m Gone”
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”
Gram Parsons, “I Can’t Dance”
Jonathan Edwards, “Rollin’ Along”
John Denver, “Sweet Surrender”
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, “Fishin’ in the Dark”
Whatever your favorite uptempo Keith Urban song is
“That Song in my Head” by Julianne Hough comes to mind
“Something More” by Surgarland is the first that jumps to mind.
“Perfect Love”-Trisha Yearwood
“You Can Feel Bad”-Patty Loveless-ok i know not exactly a happy love songs, but the beat is really fun and i like it with the windows rolled down driving round town!
Shake The Sugar Tree-Pam Tillis
Shut Up And Kiss Me-Mary Chapin Carpenter
Come Next Monday-K.T. Oslin(same as the Patty song)
Gimme The Good Stuff-Trisha Yearwood
Dottie West – Country Sunshine
“Passenger Seat” by SHeDAISY
“Red High Heels” by Kellie Pickler
“A Real Fine Place to Start” and “Perfect” by Sara Evans
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Sheldon good one! I love Dottie West
I know you’re a big Dixie Chicks fan, so you’re probably onto to this one already:
“Some Days You Gotta Dance”
“Undo It- Carrie Underwood
“While We’re Young and Beautiful”- Carrie Underwood
“Good Time”- Jessica Andrews
“Settlin”- Sugarland
“Down In Missippi (And Up To No Good)”- Sugarland
“The Lucky One”- Faith Hill
“Who’s Your Daddy”- Toby Keith
“Why Don’t We Just Dance-” Josh Turner
“Favorite State Of Mind”- Josh Gracin
“Nothin To Lose-” Josh Gracin
“Fast Cars And Freedom- Rascal Flatts
“From Time To Time”- Rascal Flatts
“Long Slow Beautiful Dance”- Rascal Flatts
“Prayin For Daylight-” Rascal Flatts
“Good Directions”- Billy Currington
“Sunshine And Summertime” Faith Hill
“Ride” Martina McBride
“All-American Girl” Carrie Underwood
“Let The Music Lift You Up” Reba McEntire
“Ready To Run” Dixie Chicks
“9 to 5” Dolly Parton
“If My Heart Had Wings” Faith Hill
“The Lucky One” Faith Hill
“Wild One” Faith Hill
“I’m Alright” Jo Dee Messina
“Finding My Way Back Home” Lee Ann Womack
“Something’s Gotta Give” LeAnn Rimes
“He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” Mary Chapin Carpenter
“Almost Home” Mary Chapin Carpenter
“Walk On” Reba McEntire
“Love Will Find It’s Way To You” Reba McEntire
“It Happens” Sugarland
“Climb That Mountain High” Reba McEntire
Sugarland, Jo Dee Messina, Shania Twain …
Some of these are just uplifting based on their melodies and production. Pretty much all of these immediately lift my spirits though.
Tanya Tucker & Delbert McClinton – “Tell Me About It”
Tanya Tucker – “If Your Heart Ain’t Busy Tonight”
Dixie Chicks – “Some Days You Gotta Dance”
Reba – “Walk On”
Reba – “I’m Gonna Take That Mountain”
Deana Carter – “We Danced Anyway”
Alabama – “Mountain Music”
Alabama – “Song of the South”
Carrie Underwood – “This Time”
LeAnn Rimes – “One Way Ticket (Because I Can)”
Keith Urban – “Somebody Like You”
Keith Urban – “Kiss A Girl”
Vince Gill – “Feels Like Love”
Travis Tritt – “It’s A Great Day To Be Alive”
John Michael Montgomery – “Life’s A Dance”
Kathy Mattea – “Nobody’s Gonna Rain On Our Parade”
Jessica Andrews – “You Go First”
ready to run by the dixie chicks
the fiddling part is just to uplifting
*not to uplifting but so uplifting lol
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keith urban – sweet thing
american saturday night – brad paisley
martina mcbride – wrong baby wrong
We’re young and beautiful – Carrie Underwood
The Lucky One – Faith Hill
Wrong baby wrong – Martina McBride
As If – Sara Evans
All I wanna do – Sugarland
Don’t worry ’bout a thing -SHeDAISY
Somebody Like You – Keith Urban
UP – Shania Twain
I’m Gonna Gitcha Good – Shania