Inspirational Songs!  Yes, we all know that music can inspire us to wonderful things.  Sometimes the right music or lyric is all it takes to give us a new perspective, change our mood, or get us going again.  Music can speak to the soul and touch emotions and feelings from the past in ways that text just doesn't seem to manage.

You've probably experienced an event where the music that was playing fit the experience perfectly.  The memory is etched in your mind forever.  You've probably also seen a movie where the directory matched the music with the story, blending image and sound into a powerful emotional force.  But no song is motivational in and of itself.  It has to mean something to you.  So take recommendations from others, then compare them to your own tastes, dreams and ideas.  Spend the time to figure out what motivates or inspires YOU.  The time you invest will pay off greatly over the course of your life as you gain control of your own emotional state and gain the ability to motivate and inspire yourself at well.

We've added a few songs below to get you started.  We'll be adding more over time.  If you have a favorite song, please take a minute and tell us about it in our forum.  If you have the time, tell us what it means to you as well.  Maybe your words will inspire someone else to listen to the song and find their own meaning!

If you have an iPod (or the iTunes player), you can download and purchase the songs by clicking on the link to the right.  Your purchase from these links will help keep single-step.com up and running. 

Organize your music to add meaning to your life!  Here are some of our favorites...

 

Bands Songs    
       
  CLASSICS    
Andy Williams Born Free   Born Free  
Barbara Streisand Don't Rain On My Parade   Don't Rain On My Parade  
Don Ho Ain't No Big Thing   Ain't No Big Thing!  
Paul Anka My Way   My Way  
Tony Bennett New York, New York   Tony Bennett  
Johnny Mathis A Time For Us   A Time for Us from Romeo and Juliet
Frank Sinatra Wonderful, Wonderful   'S Wonderful  
     
     
NEW CLASSICS    
Hoobastank From The Heart   From the Heart  
Queensryche Best I Can   Best I Can  
Van Halen Right Now   Right Now  
B 52's Roam   Roam  
B 52's Follow Your Bliss   Follow Your Bliss  
Bjork Army Of Me   Army of Me "self-sufficiency, please, and get to work"
Cat Power Paths Of Victory   Paths of Victory  
Edie Brickell What I Am   What I Am  
Flaming Lips Yoshimi Vs. The Pink Robots Pt.1   Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1     
Jimmy Eat World The Middle   The Middle  
Lenny Kravitz Let Love Rule   Let Love Rule  
Neutral Milk Hotel Everything Is   Everything Is  
New Radicals Get What You Give   You Get What You Give  
R.E.M. Everybody Hurts   Everybody Hurts  
Sheryl Crow Soak Up The Sun   Soak Up the Sun  
Smashmouth All Star   All Star  
Tom Petty I Won't Back Down   I Won't Back Down  
Urge Overkill Positive Bleeding    
     
     
SKA ETC    
Lil Brian Back It Up And Try Again    
Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come   The Harder They Come  
Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want   You Can Get It If You Really Want  
Johnny Nash I Can See Clearly Now    
Oscar Brown, Jr. Barra Limpa    
Specials Dawning Of A New Era   (Dawning of A) New Era  
Toasters Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down    Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down  
Aaliyah Try Again   "If at first you don't succeed..."
     
     
COUNTRY    
Johnny Cash Get Rhythm   Get Rhythm "Get rhythm, when you get the blues." - A clever and irresistible rockabilly shuffle that is sure to put a smile on your face every time.
     
Johnny Cash Tennessee Flat Top Box   Tennessee Flat-Top Box  
Johnny Paycheck Take This Job And Shove It   Take This Job and Shove It  
Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance   I Hope You Dance  
Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying   Live Like You Were Dying  
Tim McGraw How Bad Do You Want It    How Bad Do You Want It  
     
     
CLASSIC ROCK    
Argent Hold Your Head Up   Hold Your Head Up  
Kansas Hold On   Hold On  
Bad Company Shooting Star    
Queen We Will Rock You   We Will Rock You  
Boston Don't Look Back   Don't Look Back "a new day is breaking"
Barbarians Moulty   song for their drummer who had a claw for a hand
Beach Boys Don't Worry Baby   Don't Worry Baby  
Beatles Getting Better    
Beatles Hey Jude    
Beatles Good Day Sunshine    
Beatles All You Need Is Love    
Beatles Ob La Di, Ob La Da    
Beatles Let It Be    
Boston It's Easy   It's Easy  
Boston Peace Of Mind   Peace of Mind "people livin' in competition"
Chuck Berry Johnny B Goode    
John Lennon Watching The Wheels   "I tell them there's no problems, only solutions"
John Lennon Beautiful Boy    
John Lennon Imagine    
Pretenders Stop Your Sobbing   Stop Your Sobbing "It's  time for you to laugh instead of crying"
Kinks 'Til The End Of The Day   "I feel good, yeah, because  my life has begun"
Kinks World Keeps Going Round    
Queen We Will Rock You   We Will Rock You  
Queen We Are The Champions   We Are the Champions  
Queen Spread Your Wings   Spread Your Wings  
Queen Fight From The Inside   Fight from the Inside  
Queen A Kind Of Magic   A Kind of Magic  
Styx Fooling Yourself   Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)  
Styx The Grand Illusion   The Grand Illusion  
Styx I'm OK   I'm O.K.  
Velvet Underground I'll Be Your Mirror   I'll Be Your Mirror  
     
     
CLASSIC POP    
BJ Thomas Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head   Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head "I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'"
Abba People Need Love   People Need Love  
Abba Bang-a-Boomerang   Bang-A-Boomerang "if you give it away, I think you'll learn, you'll get love in return"
America All The Lonely People   Lonely People "don't give up until you drink from the silver cup"
Billy Joel My Life   My Life  
Billy Joel Moving Out   Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)  
Bill Withers Lean On Me   Lean on Me  
Carole King You've Got A Friend   You've Got a Friend  
Carole king Beautiful (As You Feel)   Beautiful  
Carpenters Top Of The World   Top of the World  
CSN&Y Teach Your Children   Teach Your Children  
CSN&Y Carry On   Carry On  
Donovan Wear Your Love Like Heaven   Wear Your Love Like Heaven  
Fairport Convention etc. I'll Keep It With Mine   I'll Keep It with Mine  
Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop   Don't Stop  
George Baker Selection Paloma Blanca   "no-one can take my freedom away" - One of the perkiest songs I've ever heard. Try this campy polka manifesto when you need some spring in your step.
Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy   Rhinestone Cowboy "Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know"
Glen Campbell Try A Little Kindness   Try a Little Kindness  
Gordon Lightfoot Carefree Highway   Carefree Highway  
Grateful Dead Truckin'    
Helen Reddy I Am Woman   I Am Woman  
Maria Muldaur I'm A Woman   I'm a Woman  
Herman's Hermits I'm Into Something Good   I'm Into Something Good  
Hollies He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother   He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother  
James Taylor Shower The People    
James Taylor You've Got A Friend   You've Got a Friend  
Jim Croce Hard Way Every Time   The Hard Way Every Time  
Jim Croce I Got A Name    
John Denver Sunshine On My Shoulders   Sunshine on My Shoulders    
John Denver Sweet Surrender   Sweet Surrender "like a fish in the water"
John Denver The Eagle and the Hawk   The Eagle and the Hawk  
K / Willie Nelson Rainbow Connection   The Rainbow Connection  
Lobo Me And You And A Dog Named Boo   Intro / Me and You and a Dog Named Boo  
Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World   What a Wonderful World  
Mama Cass Make Your Own Kind Of Music   Make Your Own Kind of Music  
Dionne Warwick What The World Needs Now   What the World Needs Now Is Love  
Monkees I'm A Believer   I'm a Believer  
Monkees Daydream Believer   Daydream Believer  
Mungo Jerry In The Summertime   In the Summertime  
Neil Diamond Song Sung Blue   Song Sung Blue "when you take the blues and you make a song, you sing 'em out again"
Neil Diamond America   America  
O'Jays Love Train   Love Train  
Olivia Newton John Have You Never Been Mellow    
Ray Stevens Everything Is Beautiful   Everything Is Beautiful  
Rick Nelson Garden Party   Garden Party "you can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself"
Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing   I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)  
Shaggs Philosophy Of The World   Philosophy of the World  
Simon & Garfunkel Feeling Groovy,   The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)  
Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water   Bridge over Troubled Water  
Sly And The Family Stone Everyday People   Everyday People  
Sly And The Family Stone Higher   I Want to Take You Higher    
Stairsteps O-o-h child   O-o-h Child  
Chic Good Times   Good Times  
Kool And The Gang Celebration   Celebration  
Stevie Wonder Uptight   Uptight (Everything's Alright)  
Stevie Wonder Sir Duke    
     
80's    
Grateful Dead Touch Of Grey   Touch of Grey "I will get by"
Billy Ocean When The Going Gets Tough   When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going  
Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy   Don't Worry, Be Happy  
Bobby McFerrin This Is It    
Cars Let The Good Times Roll   Good Times Roll  
Cyndi Lauper True Colors   True Colors  
Cyndi Lauper Time After Time   Time After Time  
Dire Straits Walk Of Life   Walk of Life  
ELO Hold On Tight To Your Dream   Hold On Tight    
ELO All Over The World   All Over the World  
Elton John I'm Still Standing   I'm Still Standing  
Traveling Wilburys End Of The Line    
Foreigner I'm Gonna Win   I'm Gonna Win  
Fun Boy Three It Ain't What You Do   "that's what gets results"
Go-Go's We Got The Beat   We Got the Beat  
Go-Go's Can't Stop The World   Can't Stop the World "why let it stop you?"
Go-Go's Tonite   Tonite  
Howard Jones Things Can Only Get Better   Things Can Only Get Better  
Howard Jones Life In One Day   Life in One Day  
Huey Lewis Climbing Jacob's Ladder    
Huey Lewis Power Of Love    
Human League (Keep Feeling) Fascination   (Keep Feeling) Fascination "looking, learning, moving on"
Human League The Things That Dreams Are Made Of   The Things That Dreams Are Made Of "everybody needs love and adventure; everybody needs cash to spend"
Irene Cara What A Feeling   Flashdance (What a Feeling)  
Irene Cara Fame   Fame  
Joey Scarbury Believe It Or Not   Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not)  
Katrina And The Waves Walking On Sunshine    
Kenny Loggins I'm Alright    I'm Alright (Theme from Caddyshack)  
Loverboy Turn Me Loose   Turn Me Loose  
Matthew Wilder Break My Stride    
Moody Blues The Voice   The Voice  
Pat Benatar Invincible   Invincible    
Pet Shop Boys Opportunities   Opportunities "you've got the brawn, I've got the brains...let's make lots of money"
Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited   I'm So Excited  
Police When The World Is Running Down   When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around  
Police Invisible Sun   Invisible Sun  
Pretenders Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)   Brass In Pocket  
Scandal The Warrior   The Warrior  
Sugarcubes F***ing In Rhythm And Sorrow    
Survivor Eye Of The Tiger   Eye of the Tiger Glenn!! Glenn, Glenn, Glenn!!
Survivor Burning Heart   Burning Heart  
Talking Heads Don't Worry About The Government   Don't Worry About the Government "my building has every convenience...it's going to make life easy for me"
Talking Heads The Book I Read   The Book I Read  
Talking Heads Pulled Up   Pulled Up  
Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Rule The World   Everybody Wants to Rule the World  
Tears For Fears Sowing The Seeds Of Love   Sowing the Seeds of Love  
U2 Drowning Man   Drowning Man  
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