On the International Day of Happiness, we asked 46 diplomats at the UK Mission to the United Nations what their ‘go-to’ happy songs were.
This is what they came back with…
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1. You Make My Dreams Come True, Daryl Hall & John Oates
Happy pick of Alice Hyde
2. Faith, Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande
Happy pick of Stephen Hickey
3. CAN’T STOP THE FEELING, Justin Timberlake
Happy pick of Lorey Campese
4. I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), The Proclaimers
Happy pick of Lisa Englehart
5. Empire State of Mind, JAY Z and Alicia Keys
Happy pick of Janie Armitage
6. If You Got the Money, Jamie T
Happy pick of Matt Thoume
7. Trumpets, Jason Derulo
Happy pick of Ahila Sornarajah
8. Ain’t Got No — I Got Life, Nina Simone
Happy pick of Harriet O’Brien
9. Come Sail Away, Styx
Happy pick of Rebecca Russo
10. I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas
Happy pick of Catherine Carr
11. You’re My Best Friend, Queen
Happy pick of Laura Holbach
12. Lush Life, Zara Larsson
Happy pick of Max Dixon
13. I Want You Back, Jackson 5
Happy pick of Matt Moody
14. Firestone, Kygo
Happy pick of Sam Grout-Smith
15. Shiny Happy People, R.E.M.
Happy pick of Colin McDonald
16. Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars
Happy pick of Sally Jobbins
17. Faith, George Michael
Happy pick of Aaron Holtz
18. Cheap Thrills, Sia
Happy pick of Rosie Grieves
19. Walking On Sunshine, Katrina & The Waves
Happy pick of Chris Hunter
20. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, Arctic Monkeys
Happy pick of Nerys Cross Smith
21. In the Summertime, Mungo Jerry
Happy pick of Virginia Browning
22. Prends garde à ta langue, Zaz
Happy pick of Fiona Blyth
23. Common People, Pulp
Happy pick of Senay Bulbul
24. Just Like Heaven, The Cure
Happy pick of Rebecca Kenner
25. Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits
Happy pick of Charmaine Farrow
26. Happy Day (Live in Paris- Zenith ‘88), Burning Spear
Happy pick of Ambassador Martin Shearman
27. Shape of You, Ed Sheeran
Happy pick of Albina Gashi
28. I Need Never Get Old, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Happy pick of Anna Miller
29. Shackles (Praise You), Mary Mary
Happy pick of Ann Steele
30. Hymn For The Weekend, Coldplay
Happy pick of Emily Love
31. Together in Electric Dreams, Phil Oakey and Giorgio Moroder
Happy pick of Charlotte Fenton
32. The Chariot, The Cat Empire
Happy pick of Sebastian Cray
33. Dreaming of You, The Coral
Happy pick of Jonathan Dowdall
34. Here Comes The Sun, The Beatles
Happy pick of Bronwyn Wex
35. Movin’ On Up, Primal Scream
Happy pick of Graham Bambrough
36. Dancing Queen, ABBA
Happy pick of Helen Mulvein
37. On Melancholy Hill, Gorillaz
Happy pick of Tom Brindle
38. Born Slippy (Nuxx), Underworld
Happy pick of Tasneem Akhtar
39. I Got You (I Feel Good), James Brown
Happy pick of Craig Patchett
40. I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times), Jamie xx
Happy pick of Thomas Wheeler
41. Superstition, Stevie Wonder
Happy pick of Caroline Vent
42. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard, Paul Simon
Happy pick of Grace Pringle
43. Comfortably Numb (Pulse Live), Pink Floyd
Happy pick of Ben Lyon
44. I Will Wait, Mumford and Sons
Happy pick of Simon Horner
45. Happy, Pharrell Williams
Happy pick of Faye O’Conner
46. (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
Happy pick of Ambassador Matthew Rycroft
