Health and Wellbeing

32 songs that science says change your mood

By Adrian 10 May 2022

There's been a surprising amount of research into the neuroscience of music and how it can affect our mood and physiology. Check out our three lists below of music tracks that have been shown to help people feel relaxed, happy, or excited.

Each of the song links takes you to a page where you can go straight to that song on whatever music service you use - Amazon, Apple , Spotify, YouTube, or others.

Why not a playlist of them all?

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Adrian is a medical doctor, the Student Health & Wellbeing Manager at the University of London and the Warden of Connaught Hall, where he has lived for more than 25 years.
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