tapping my foot and smiling

Back from a crazy few days to find that I've been double-tagged (first by Emma of How to Italy and then by Laura of l'italia.nell.anima) to share a song that makes my heart sing.

What a great thing to think about on a gorgeous, sunny Friday in June, so here we are.

This idea was started by Hilda Carroll over at Living Out Loud, and these are the rules:

1. Post about the one song that makes your heart sing, and uplifts your spirit every time you hear it. If you can provide a link to lyrics and/or audio that would be fabulous. But it's not essential, so don't worry about it if you can't.

2. Include a trackback to this post.

3. Tag three others and ask them to include a trackback to your post and this one when they post.

OK, limiting this to one song proved to be a little like trying to choose my favorite snack food (gah! they all have their good points!), but I wanted to play by the rules for once. Mostly. I've nailed it down to just one feel good song and five honorable mentions:

Instant Karma!
John Lennon

Instant Karma's gonna get you,
Gonna knock you right on the head,
You better get yourself together,
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead,
What in the world you thinking of,
Laughing in the face of love,
What on earth you tryin' to do,
It's up to you, yeah you.

Instant Karma's gonna get you,
Gonna look you right in the face,
Better get yourself together darlin',
Join the human race,
How in the world you gonna see,
Laughin' at fools like me,
Who on earth d'you think you are,
A super star,
Well, right you are.

Well we all shine on,
Like the moon and the stars and the sun,
Well we all shine on,
Ev'ryone come on.

Instant Karma's gonna get you,
Gonna knock you off your feet,
Better recognize your brothers,
Ev'ryone you meet,
Why in the world are we here,
Surely not to live in pain and fear,
Why on earth are you there,
When you're ev'rywhere,
Come and get your share.

Well we all shine on,
Like the moon and the stars and the sun,
Yeah we all shine on,
Come on and on and on on on,
Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah-.

(repeat)

Honorable Mentions:

1. Ain't Too Proud To Beg, The Temptations

2. Walking on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves

3. Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar (Benatar isn't in Blogger's spell checker? Oh the humanity!)

4. I'm Still Standing, Elton John

5. Pink Houses, John Mellencamp

Also, please see my Seven Songs Say So Much post for more of my favorites, and don't hate me if you can't get one of these out of your head. I recommend just going with it and walking around like it's the soundtrack of your life for today. I think I'm paraphrasing this idea from Ally McBeal, but be kind and don't ruin my day by confirming that if you know it to be true.

I don't often tag others, but this time I'm going to (kind of) because I think that the more happy songs we compile, the better off we'll all be. But I'm not going to pick and choose from my sidebar because I think everyone should give this a go (non-bloggers included!), so if you're reading this, you're it!

Come on--just one song that when you hear, you can't help but smiling. Spill it!

If you do this on your blog, please link to me and also to Hilda at Living Out Loud, so we can keep track of all the toe-tapping tunes. If not, just leave a comment and we'll all share the good vibes.

Happy listening and buon weekend a tutti!