I’m happy to be able to share this list with you. I love music and find that it both motivates and inspires me. It pulls me out of those lulls that yes, even I can get into upon occasion.
Watch the video’s and get your daily dose of inspiration. Listen to them in the background while reading some of my articles, checking emails, paying bills, writing your next novel or taking brainstorming notes!
In my opinion these are the most motivational and inspirational songs of all time. They include YouTube videos that we hand-picked. Some are slow and some fast, but the bottom line is they will have you singing along.
Meaningful Lyrics
I added some meaningful lyrics from each song. They are in no particular order, but please tell me your favorite song so that I can add it to the growing list.
These are currently my top two motivating songs:
1. Pachelbel performed by my daughter,
and
2. Hey, Hey, Hey by Michael Franti and Spearhead
Work Out and Running Songs
Most of these are great running songs and work out songs, so don’t just listen, get busy! Turn up the music and Live it Loud!
- Eye Of The Tiger – Survivor
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive - It’s My Life – Bon Jovi
I ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd
You’re gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud - Beautiful Day – U2
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
It’s a beautiful day - What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world. - I Feel Good – James Brown
I feel good. - Walking On Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
Hey, alright now
and don’t it feel good!!
hey yeah, oh yeah
and don’t it feel good!! - Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
I went skydiving
I went rocky mountain climbing
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Shu - I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there’s nothing to it - Hero – Mariah Carey
Look inside you and be strong
And you’ll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you - I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Now I hold my head up high - Bad Day – Daniel Powter
Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don’t need no carryin’ on - Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson
I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways - Tub Thumping – Chumbawumba
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down
- Pachabel Canon – as played by my daughter
- Return to Innocence – Enigma
If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don’t hide
Just believe in destiny - Break My Stride – Matthew Wilder
Nobody’s gonna slow me down, oh-no
I got to keep on movin’ - Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
We gotta hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it’s all that you’ve got - Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night – Bon Jovi
Hey, man I’m alive I’m takin’ each day and night at a time
I’m feelin’ like a Monday but someday I’ll be Saturday night - Where The Streets Have No Name – U2
I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside - Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Don’t worry a-bout a thing, ’cause ev-ry little thing gonna be all right. - The Climb – Miley Cyrus
The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I’m not breaking - If you love meaningful lyrics you just might want to check out the best motivational speech, or better yet, motivational quotes that I love. They are loaded with power.
Now back to inspirational song lyrics 🙂 - Live Out Loud – Steven Curtis Chapman
This is life we’ve been given, made to be lived out
So, la, la, la, la, live out loud - Jump – Van Halen
Go ahead and jump
Might as well jump - It’s A Beautiful Life – Ace of Base
You can do what you want, just seize the day - Never Surrender – Corey Hart
With a little perseverance you can get things down
Without the blind adherence that has conquered someSpeaking of never surrendering…if you are ready to live your life to the max, accomplish your goals, and live your life exceedingly loud…pick up a copy of “How To Get Anything Out Of Life…And More!“
- Gonna Fly Now – Theme from Rocky by Bill Conti
Getting strong now
won’t be long now
getting strong now - Get Back Up – TobyMac
We lose our way, we get back up again
It’s never too late to get back up again - Hope – Shaggy
In this life you could lead if you only believe
And in order to achieve what you need
You can never give up
You can never give up - Bang A Drum – Bon Jovi
Well I’m gonna die believin’ each step that I take
Ain’t worth the ground that I walk on
If we don’t walk it our way - Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
`cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run - Soak Up The Sun – Cheryl Crow
I’ve got no one to blame
For every time I feel lame
I’m looking up - Hey, Hey, Hey – Michael Franti and Spearhead
I just wrap my arms around you
Don’t give up, this song is for you - Upside Down – Jack Johnson
Who’s to say
I can’t do everything
Well I can try - Somewhere over the Rainbow – Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole
And the dreams that you dare to dream of
Really do come true
(Requested by Eugene) - Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
(Requested by Hajra) - A Beautiful Day – India Arie
Just chances we’ve taken
Lay down your regrets
‘Cause all we have is now
(Requested by Bryan) - Live Like We’re Dying – Kris Allen
We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we’re dying
(Requested by Lynne)
The Most Inspiring Songs that I can’t get out of my head.
Of course it’s easy for you to understand my daughter being on the list. But, I really do love that darned song (#8). Any of these are guaranteed to make Rob sing out loud (family loves it!) 🙂 I didn’t even know the Franti song until recently. My buddy Steve told me it reminded him of me (thanks dude!) and now I can’t get the thing out of my head!
- Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
- It’s My Life by Bon Jovi
- Get Back Up by TobyMac
- Where The Streets Have No Name by U2
- Soak Up The Sun by Cheryl Crow
- The Climb by Miley Cyrus
- Never Surrender by Corey Hart
- Anything by my daughter: Pachabel Canon, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
- Tub Thumping by Chumbawumba
- Hey Hey Hey by Michael Franti and Spearhead
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Add your Motivational and Inspirational Songs!
First of all, I have to give props to any list that includes Enigma in any way shape or form. Love them!
I would add “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” – Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole version.
Great song Eugene,
I knew I was bound to miss one or 30. I will add it only because you didn’t ask for the Garland version 🙂
Live it LOUD!
Rob
Haha, thanks! I appreciate it. Had to throw in the big fella in there.
Just had to crank up the volume and start dancing around the room to Man In The Mirror!
Thanks for all the musical motivation today, Rob — wonderful way to jump start the weekend. 🙂
Melanie
Hey Melanie,
I hope you weren’t looking in the mirror at the time:)
That song resonates well with me also. I have to be the change I’m seeking.
I have to be the difference maker for me. I have to be the one who wants it for me, and acts upon that want. If I can do these, the better I will be to help others on their journey.
Live it LOUD! co-Pres
Thanks for reminding me about Three Little Birds! I love that you linked to each song. For some reason I tend to pull out Led Zeppelin when I need to crank something, so I guess I can’t really add to the list without taking a weird twist 🙂
Hey Julie,
No worries. I must admit there are a few on the list that I would not have chosen. Maybe some more I would have. I was keeping the audience in mind.
Still trying to figure out what, “who shines white light and wants to show”, actually means:)
Live it LOUD!
I have some of these songs in a folder titled “Listen when Blue” Now all I need to get the ones I missed. Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield is one my favorites, the chorus speaks a lot! Great compilation!
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Hey Hajra,
Indeed, the chorus does speak! It reminds me of the book by Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.
His book encourages each of us to live a story worth writing. What a great concept.
Thanks so much and it will be on the list!
Live it LOUD!
Hi Rob,
This is really weird but what gets me most charged up is bagpipe music. I’m American with no ancestral history to explain it, but it always moves me.
Riley
Hey Riley,
You’re alone…er, I meant not alone:) I must say hearing Amazing Grace at a funeral on the ‘pipes is touching.
Maybe bagpipes will be featured in the next Rocky movie and they will be the next ‘big thing’.
Thanks for stopping by Riley.
P.S. I love your blog.
Live it LOUD!
So far Rob, the songs listed are awesome.. I would add “A Beautiful Day” by India.Arie
Hey Bryan,
I will have to research that one as I am unfamiliar with it. Wondering if it is a cover of the U2 song that is on the list?
I’ll check it out. Thanks for mentioning.
Live it LOUD!
I have to admit that i am a very lazy person. Working out has never been a prtiroiy for me. But ever since i read this quote, it just dawned on me that i really have to persevere & set time to take care of my body. Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness.-Earl of Derbyisn’t that just the truth?I am still lazy, but i’d rather have the time to work out than be sick..^_~
I love all the song listed here. I have an additional to that.. Live like we’re dying by Kris Allen … “We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we’re dying”
Lynne
Hey Lynne,
I am quite familiar with this song as it was one of my daughter’s favorites. That means I’ve heard it lots:)
It would be our pleasure to add it to the list.
Live it LOUD!
Nice list, Rob. Thanks for adding to mine.
Hey David,
Touche my friend!
🙂
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nice list you got there, Rob. “say” by john mayer soundtrack of the movie ” the bucket list” and “colorblind” by overtone soundtrack of the movie” invictus”.
I’m doing a project for English class: we have to come up with an iPod playlist for a character in the book we just read. I chose the main character, he’s a fighter. This list helped since the story is supposed to motivational, and the songs on the list are motivational.