Hopeful Music

Hopeful music hits a specific emotional register. This collection spans 52 songs with complete sensory profiles — so you can find the feeling you want without a sudden sensory ambush.

The calmest hopeful songs (24)

For Today I Am a Boy

Antony and the Johnsons

Across the Border

Bruce Springsteen

People Get Ready

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions

Waltz in A Minor

Frédéric Chopin

Cinder and Smoke

Kacey Musgraves

Michael Jackson

At This Point in My Life

Waitin' on a Sunny Day

Bruce Springsteen

A Place in the Sun

I Saved the World Today

Soon I Will Be Done (With the Troubles of the World)

Mahalia Jackson

Mother and Child Reunion

Moderate intensity (27)

Outside the Wall

Richard & Linda Thompson

Antony and the Johnsons

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bowl of Oranges

Bruce Springsteen

You Are a Tourist

Death Cab for Cutie

Musiq Soulchild

Sharon Van Etten

The Mountain Goats

I Don't Wanna Fight

A Better Tomorrow

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Jack Of All Trades

Bruce Springsteen

Untitled #1 (a.k.a. Vaka)

Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

The Velvet Underground

Come On Up to the House

Most intense (1)

Last Known Surroundings

Explosions in the Sky

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