The UN has created the world's happiest playlist to mark International Day of Happiness on March 20.
BBC Radio programme's listeners have sent in their suggestions for songs, which make them happy, that included the Beatles, Electric Light Orchestra, Louis Armstrong and the Jackson 5.
Music therapist, Liz Coombes, said that people naturally turn to music to regulate their mood as they genuinely find that music makes them feel hopeful and optimistic.
BBC Radio 1 presenter, Gemma Cairney believes music has the ability to make you feel good and said that there's something magic about music and nobody's ever really been able to put it into words.
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