19 Inspirational Songs To Lift Your Spirits
Whether you’re battling an illness, struggling to cope with a traumatic experience or just feeling stressed out by the challenges of everyday life, music can help brighten your mood. If you need a little motivation to get through your day, take a listen to these feel-good songs.
1. Feeling Good — Nina Simone
“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life, and I’m feeling good.”
2. Hold On — Sounds of Blackness
“Hold on, change is coming. Hold on, don’t worry ‘bout a thing.”
3. We Fall Down — Donnie McClurkin
“We fall down, but we get up.”
4. Never Give Up — Sia
“I’ll keep gettin’ up when I hit the ground.”
5. Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) — Andy Grammer
“It’s good to be alive right about now.”
6. Golden — Jill Scott
“I’m living my life like it’s golden.”
7. Won’t He Do It – Koryn Hawthorne
“Won’t He do it? Yes He will, so I trust Him at all times.”
8. Worth — Anthony Brown
“You thought I was worth saving, so you came and changed my life. You thought I was worth keeping, so you cleaned me up inside. You thought I was to die for, so you sacrificed your life.”
9. Made A Way — Travis Greene
“When the doctors said ‘no,’ you said ‘yes.’ When they pronounced me dead, you said ‘not yet.’”
10. Keep Your Head Up — Andy Grammer
“I know it’s hard to remember sometimes, but you gotta keep your head up.”
11. We’re Blessed — Fred Hammond
“Late in the midnight hour, God’s gonna turn it around. He’s gonna work in your favor.”
12. The Greatest — Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar
“Don’t give up, I won’t give up.”
13. Intentional — Travis Greene
“All things are working for my good cause he’s intentional, never failing.”
14. Encourage Yourself — Donald Lawrence & The Tri-City Singers
“No matter how you feel, speak the word and you will be healed.”
15. Lovely Day — Bill Withers
“When the day ahead of me seems impossible to face. When someone else instead of me always seems to know the way, then I look at you, and the world’s all right with me.”
16. Optimistic— August Greene ft. Brandy
“You can win as long as you keep your head to the sky.”
17. Hang On — GEI ft. Kierra Sheard
“Hang on in there.”
18. Andra Day — Rise Up
“I‘ll rise up in spite of the ache.”
19. I Smile — Kirk Franklin
“Even though I hurt, see, I smile.”
Listen to my Inspirational Songs Playlist, and let me know your recommendations — all genres welcome. This list was last updated on Nov. 22, 2019.

