Shirley Manson and Brody Dalle, girls talk

Billy Bragg & Wilco: All You Facists

I’m gonna tell all you fascists, you may be surprised 
People all over this world are getting organized 
You’re bound to lose 
You fascists are bound to lose

Race hatred cannot stop us, this one thing I know 
Poll tax and Jim Crow and greed have got to go 
You’re bound to lose 
You fascists are bound to lose

All you fascists are bound to lose 
You fascists are bound to lose 
You fascists are bound to lose 
You’re bound to lose, you fascists 
Are bound to lose

Seth sentry - simple game

https://open.spotify.com/track/7oJtO1LdddkewWmJZH6x5R

Bliss n ESO - addicted

https://open.spotify.com/track/4dFpc8oA3SroWIKyMQNINT

Disturbed - in another time

https://open.spotify.com/track/7oBbn0yFlspuZrNP8Mi0yX

Calyx & teebee - long gone

https://open.spotify.com/track/6V9c2rDSlFKG1PFW56c7bA

Bellagio - we have a dream

https://open.spotify.com/track/6FVolXH3SsD0aFRiRgVH1j

And I have more…

Maybe some of these more touch on “thought provoking” instead, idk. But these songs get me thinking and motivated one way or another.

Tubthumping - Chumbawumba

(As featured in Edd’s Zombeh Attack – at 4:42 https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/269862)

Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now

Not the lyrics, but no song has ever made me as dancy as Pitbull’s Fireball

Michael Franti has a lot of feel-good songs.

I like myself most of the time by K Flay

Feeling good - Nina Simone

Don’t stop me now - Queen

Good life - One Republic

Good as hell - Lizzo

Shake it out - Florence and the Machine

Raise your glass - Pink

Stay - Monika Linkyte

I hate people - Lords of the Lost

Power - Dilja

Heart of steel - Tvorchii

The code - Nemo

Fighter - Tali

We will rave - Kaleen

Serving - Mariana Conte

Survivor - Parg

You should see me in a crown - Billie Eillish

Seize the power - Monika

If you want empowering, you can’t go wrong with The Prodigy.

My personal fight song is Stand Up

Gogol Bordello - Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)

Gloria Estefan: Get On Your Feet

Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer and Big Time

Madonna: Express Yourself

https://youtu.be/gUnZCuWbaZM

Parabol/Parabola by Tool has the most uplifting lyrics I’ve ever heard.

I will survive - Gloria Gaynor

Alternatively:

I Will Survive - Cake (RIP Greg Brown)

If you’re into the epic/metal stuff

Turisas - Stand up and fight

Judas Priest - United

A lot of uplifting stuff by IDLES. The singer struggled with depression and drug addiction himself for years. Many of their songs are either about empowerment, equality, mental health… or about rotten media, how parasitic our politicians are, punching nazis in the face… you get the gist.

IDLES - Television

IDLES - Gift Horse

IDLES - POP POP POP

I find Praying by Kesha to be very uplifting and empowering.

A lot of stuff by The Alan Parsons Project, notably:

• Eye In The Sky
• Prime Time

Coldplay

• A Message
• The Hardest Part

Bruce Springsteen (huge caveat is that it’s really hard to tell what he’s saying when he sings, lol)

• The Promised Land
• Badlands

Various Artists

• All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
• Any Major Dude Will Tell You by Steely Dan

David Bowie made a lot of songs about recovering from drug problems but they’re more for ruminating on your issues than inspiring and uplifting from them.

• Sound and Vision and Ashes to Ashes are the most notably examples of this
• Heroes manages to be more uplifting and motivational

Death Cab for Cutie are also really really good for their songs about personal struggles

• The Sound of Settling

All of these links are spotify, I can add youtube if that’s more convenient.