From disco bangers to indie rock satires, here are a dozen hits that can't fail to make you feel like it's 6pm on a Friday every day.
Nina Simone, ‘Feeling Good’ (1965)
More recently transformed into a space rock stripper anthem by Muse, Simone’s classic soul version of ‘Feeling Good’ was perfectly timed to reflect the boggle-eyed highs of the dawn of flower power.
Happiest lyric: “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life/And I’m feeling good”.
The Beach Boys, ‘Good Vibrations’ (1966)
When the rest of The Beach Boys returned from touring without Brian Wilson, they found he’d blown between $50,000 and $75,000 recording a semi-symphonic multi-part surf epic called ‘Good Vibrations’. Luckily, it’s widely regarded as one of the best songs ever constructed.
Happiest lyric: “I’m picking up good vibrations/She’s giving me excitations”.
