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Feeling Groovy!

Groovy School presents @mineopoly's top 10 happy songs.

Choose one that makes you happy and comment.

The song with the most votes will be featured this Saturday.

Learn English with a Smile 😄

(Newman source)

Songs are a great way to learn a foreign language. I listed ten songs here in no special order. Theses songs all make me happy. If I listen with you then I am even more happy. Join with me together in the quest for a happy song.

Here is the list in no special order.

1. "Walking on Sunshine"
This song should brighten anyone's mood. The snow is melting and the sun is shining today. Spring is right around the corner and I'm walking on sunshine.

Katrina & the Waves

2. "Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy"
All the stress in the world goes away when I listen to the mellow voice of John Denver. Who can disagree that sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy? The lyrics make me smile but the music is not typical for a happy song. It is a meditative kind of happy.

John Denver

3. "Best Day of my life" – American Authors
This is the only song I am including from the second millennium. Black Eyed Peas almost made this spot with "I Gotta a Felling" but just missed the happy meter for me. Who can beat this?
"We danced with monsters through the night".

American Author

4. "I feel Good” – James Brown
It would be hard to get a more feel good song than, "I feel good!" So nice and funky.

James Brown

5. "I’m on top of the World" – The Carpenters
Every once and a while this song lifts me up. The chorus is beautiful but some of the verses are conditional. Still it's true, "Your love put me on top of the world."

The Carpenters

6. "Three little Birdies" – Bob Marely
"Don't worry bout a thing cause every little thing's gonna be alright." If this song doesn't make you happy then you really need to call a friend and talk because these are the words from the Rastafarian himself.

Bob Marely

7. "I’m a Believer" – The Monkeys
It is the music and the spirit of The Monkeys. They were a crazy match up. "I saw her face and I'm a believer."

The Monkeys

8. "Big Yellow Taxi" – Jonnie Mitchel
Maybe the lyrics are sad, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." But she is Jonnie Mitchell and that by itself makes me happy. If you listen carefully you hear the message, "You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone."

Jonnie Mitchell

9. "Me and Julio" – Paul Simon
This song should get anyone happy. The kid in the youtube looks a lot like me in the 70s. "Singing me and Julio down by the school yard."

Paul Simon

10. "If you want to sing, sing out" – Cat Stevens
"You can do what you want. The opportunities on. And if you find a new way. You can do it today." There is no cooler kat than Cat Stevens. "If you want to be me, be me." "If you want to be you, be you." I'm always happy after listening to this.

Cat Stevens

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These ten songs do make me feel happy. I know there are a ton more. Sorry but "Happy" by Pharrell Williams and "Don't Worry be Happy" by Bobby Mcferrin are disqualified because they are just too obvious.

This is today's Groovy School Lesson for ELS. If you are learning English try listening to one of these songs and follow along. If you are an ELS teacher or any teacher or just want to be happy play one of these songs out loud and be happy together.

Songs can not really "make you happy" but help you to remember the people in life that do make us happy. They are so precious and deserve some time together. Cherish each moment of life and smile and play and love and sing together. Give thanks even for the things that are out of control. Today's gonna be a great day to share this love with every one. For me I'm on my way to the mountain to play with my kids.

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Original Poem @mineopoly

Every thing turned upside down
Comes out alright when we sing and play
Children scream out for delight
The sun is shining bright
The winter is gone and birds begin to sing
The youngest one shouts with a scream
It's alright
We don't need a car or wallet of a bike
No more new toys
We need each other
Happiness is the moment I spend with you
The joy you bring and the delight of my day

Thank you for dropping in Groovy School.

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My goal is to use the proceeds from Groovy School to help kids who fall into the cracks. Even in a rich country students don't get the things they really need. Especially I want to support kids with dyslexia and dyscalculia to receive therapy. I would also like to support English classes for North Korean refugees.

Thank you for your support.

Please choose one song and write the number in the comments.

If you have another happy song then tell me.

I want to learn.