Best Songs About Being There For Someone

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One type of feel good music consists of those songs which are about being there for someone.  If one quotes Carole King directly from her song You've Got A Friend, it shows that these songs are typically useful when a person is down or in trouble to indicate that a friend will always be there. Therefore, these songs can also be dedicated via radio stations as well as television channels and also when a friend is down in the dumps these songs can be played. 

The Pretenders' I'll Stand By You takes the top spot in this compilation as it is clearly the most played song in these occasions as well as covered by several artists throughout the years with most of the versions (Rod Stewart, Girls Aloud) topping the charts. At second place is Ben E. King's Stand By Me which is everyone's go-to feel good song about friends. At No.3 we have the cliched Jackson 5's I'll Be There which all significant others resort to when their respective boyfriends or girlfriends are depressed. We have four entries with the title I'll Be There For You and three entries with Stand By You. While it is a mishmash of artists and eras in terms of genre it is only Pop with just one Rock and one R&B entry. So here are the top 30 songs about being there for someone: 

1. The Pretenders – I’ll stand by you
2. Ben E.King – Stand by me
3. Jackson 5 – I’ll be there
4. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t no mountain high enough
5. The Rembrandts – I’ll be there for you
6. Rachel Platten – Stand by you
7. Bill Withers – Lean on me
8. Celine Dion – Because you loved me
9. Carole King – You’ve got a friend
10. S Club 7 – Reach
11. Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Umbrella
12. Michael Jackson – You are not alone
13. Jess Glynne – Hold my hand
14. Hanson – I will come to you
15. Avril Lavigne – I’m with you
16. Phil Collins – You’ll be in my heart
17. Bruno Mars – Count on me
18. Bon Jovi – I’ll be there for you
19. Charlie Puth – One call away
20. Sade – By your side
21. The Corrs – At your side
22. Olive – You’re not alone
23. Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans – Count on me
24. The Moffats – I’ll be there for you
25. Kat Deluna – Be there
26. MLTR – I’m gonna be around
27. Marlisa – Stand by you
28. S Club 7 – Stand by you
29. Tinchy Stryder – You’re not alone
30. Solid HarmoniE – I’ll be there for you 

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Best Mixed Bands of All Time

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We all know about the boy bands and the girl groups which have stormed the mainstream pop industry. But there are also mixed bands, an assorted motley of boys and girls which have formed bands as well. Most of them have their designated lead singer but the others also play significant roles in the group. Some of these bands have become extremely successful and popular and among these is ABBA which is one of the best selling bands of all time followed by Fleetwood Mac and Black Eyed Peas. Most of these bands have also lead the way for solo careers for their lead vocalists such as will.i.am, Fergie, Stevie Nicks, Gwen Stefani, Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill. So here are the best 30 mixed bands of all time:

1. ABBA
   
2. Fleetwood Mac
   
3. Black Eyed Peas
   
4. Ace of Base
   
5. Boney M.
   
6. Blondie
   
7. No Doubt
   
8. The Human League
   
9. Heart
   
10. S Club 7
    
11. Aqua
    
12. Lady Antebellum
    
13. Fugees
    
14. Steps
    
15. The Pretenders
    
16. The Corrs
    
17. Vengaboys
    
18. The B-52s
    
19. Liberty X
    
20. The Mamas & the Papas
    
21. The Velvet Underground
    
22. Little Big Town
    
23. Talking Heads
    
24. A* Teens
    
25. Cover Drive
    
26. The Band Perry
    
27. N-Dubz
    
28. Alcazar
    
29. ATC
    
30. Scandal'us
    

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Most Upbeat Songs of All Time

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We all like to be cheerful and feel good and what better way to do that than uplift your spirits by listening to music. Music is definitely a window to your soul. The genre of music one listens to speaks volumes of what type of a person he/she is. Although sometimes there are those like me who listen to particular genres depending on what mood they are in. This is a list of 100 of the most upbeat songs which gets you going, although some of them I have to admit are down right pukishly peppy and annoying:

1. Katrina & The Waves – Walkin' on Sunshine
2. Counting Crows – Accidentally in love
3. Glee Cast – Don’t stop believing (Original by Journey)
4. Fleetwood Mac – Go your own way
5. Spice Girls – Never give up on the good times
6. Savage Garden – Animal Song
7. Black Eyed Peas – I gotta feeling
8. S Club 7 – Bring it all back
9. Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful of sunshine
10. The Chiffons – One fine day
11. Ellie Goulding – Lights
12. Johnny Nash – I can see clearly now
13. Rembrandts – I’ll be there for you
14. Smash Mouth – All star
15. Colbie Caillat – Brighter than the sun
16. U2 – Beautiful day
17. Daniel Powter – Bad day
18. Celine Dion – I’m alive
19. Miley Cyrus & John Travolta – I thought I’d lost you
20. Smash Mouth – I’m a believer
21. Sheryl Crow – Soak up the sun
22. Hanson – MMMbop
23. The Lion King Original Soundtrack – Hakuna Matata
24. Michael Buble – It’s a beautiful day
25. Rascall Flatts – Life is a highway
26. Glee Cast – Light up the world
27. Avril Lavigne – Things I’ll never say
28. New Radicals – You get what you give
29. Kelly Clarkson – Breakaway
30. Bruno Mars – The lazy song
31. S Club 7 – Reach
32. Hilary Duff – What dreams are made of
33. The Wonders – That thing you do
34. Vonda Shepard – Searchin’ my soul
35. Eternal – I wanna be the only one
36. Westlife – World of our own
37. LMNT – You’re the one
38. The Corrs – Breathless
39. One Direction – Live while we’re young
40. BWitched – C’est la vie
41. Third Eye Blind – Semi Charmed Life
42. Ace of Base – Life is a flower
43. 98 Degrees – True to your heart
44. Pink – Raise your glass
45. Spin Doctors – Two princes
46. Owl City ft. Carly Rae Jepsen – Good time
47. Bruce Springsteen – Sherry Darling
48. Boyzone – Picture of you
49. Myra – Miracles happen
50. Elton John – Crocodile rock
51. Bobby McFerrin – Don’t worry be happy
52. Eddy Grant – Gimme hope Joanna
53. Michael Franti – Say Hey! I love you
54. The Little Mermaid Original Soundtrack – Under the sea
55. Will Young – Try Again
56. Billy Joel – Uptown girl
57. The Corrs – So young
58. Westlife – Bop Bop Baby
59. Smash Mouth – Walkin’ in the sun
60. KT Tunstall – Suddenly I see
61. Wes – Alane
62. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call me maybe
63. Shawn Colvin – Hold onto the good things
64. Michael Buble – Haven’t met you yet
65. Shaggy – Summertime
66. James Brown – I got you (I feel good)
67. Elvis Presley – Burning love
    
68. Train – Hey! Soul sister
69. Randy Newman – There’s a party at my house
70. Sheryl Crow – All I wanna do
71. Emma Bunton – What took you so long
72. Glee Cast – Loser like me
73. Pink – Get the party started
74.  Lutricia McNeal – Someone loves you
75.  All American Rejects – Move along
76. Kool & the Gang – Celebration
77. M2M – Everything you do
78. Bond – Shine
79. Kid Rock – All summer long
80. The Carpenters – Top of the world
81. Lou Bega – Sweet like cola
82. Michael Learns To Rock  – Someday
83. Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody
84. Des’Ree – Life
85. Luminate – Let my love open the door
86. Katy Perry – Teenage dream
87. Westlife – When you’re looking like that
88.  Chental Kreviazuk – This year
89. Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t go breaking my heart
90. Spice Girls – Do it
91. Avril Lavigne – Here’s to never growing up
92. Pink ft. Lily Allen – True love
93. Vanessa Amorossi – Absolutely Everybody
94. Billy Joel – The River of Dreams
95. Blink 182 – All the small things
96. Jessie J – Domino
97. Mika – Grace Kelly
98. Barry White – You’re my first, my last, my everything
99. One Direction – One way or another (Teenage Kicks)
100.       Snoop Dogg – Young, Wild and Free

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