study <\/a><\/strong>conducted by Dr Jacob Jolij of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands created a playlist of feel-good and uplifting songs \u2014 and a formula for finding them.<\/p>\n“A feel-good song is rather tricky to define. Music appreciation is highly personal and strongly depends on social context, and personal associations.”<\/p>\n
“In that respect, the idea of a feel-good formula is a bit odd \u2014 factoring in all these personal aspects is next to impossible, in particular if you want to come up with a quantitative feel good formula.”<\/p>\n
However, there is one element that stood out above all others.<\/p>\n
“The pattern was very clear \u2014 the average tempo of a ‘feel-good’ song was substantially higher than the average pop song,” Jolij writes.<\/p>\n
“Where the average tempo of pop songs is around 118 BPM, the list of feel good songs had an average tempo of around 140 to 150 BPM.”<\/p>\n
Check out the results of her findings below:<\/p>\n
\n1. Queen – Don’t Stop me Now<\/h3>\n