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My group talked about the element of happiness in music. Our essay is entitled "Feeling Good". While this element of happiness in music is somewhat subjective, my group found many different qualities, we agree make a song happy. The first is a positive message. This may include positive lyrics or a positive overall message. Some happy songs may seem surface level happy, just using happy words such as "smile", "happy", "joy", etc. and other songs may have a deeper meaning about happiness as a whole. My group also discussed music therapy and how happy music can positively affect people. We used the song "My Favorite Things" from the Sound of Music to represent this idea.  My group also talked about the idea of nostalgic music. We said that the idea of viewing a song as happy can be a subjective thing and someone may view a song as happy because they have happy memories of listening to the song. I used the song "Thriller" by Michael Jackson as this example because I have happy memories of listening to this song as a child so I view the song as a happy one.
We concluded that listening to happy music can make us happier. As a society, if we listen to happier music, we will all be happier as a whole.

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"Music can be apart of someone’s identity and can shape how you view the world. Listening to positive music can help you to see the world as a positive place."

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"Happy music has been known to physically affect people in a positive way and make a difference in someone’s life. "

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"A lot of happy songs are used in music therapy sessions. Studies have shown that listening to happy music makes the listener happier. "

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Example from the essay.

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"My Favorite Things" - The Sound of Music (1965)

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This performance shows how body language in singing such as smiling can add to the element of a happy song.

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Photo of Katrina and the Waves. We used their song "Walking on Sunshine" as one of our examples of a happy song.

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Photo of music therapy group.
(photo from google images)

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A positive and happy song.

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Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Official Audio)

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The Beatles. We used several of their songs as examples in the essay.