By Ellesse I love inspirational songs. When I used to commute to the office, there was something I would never leave the house without. Such inspirational songs never fail to bring up the vibes in me and spice up my mornings. A very good killer! But remember, even though inspirational music has the power to drive and motivate you, nothing beats the sound of your inner voice. Feel free to add any inspirational songs that you like to this list! Disclaimer : The links point to external resources and I sincerely apologize if they contain scenes or comments you find deplorable. I also appreciate the fact that everyone will have their favourites and if none of the above are inspirational songs or motivational songs in your point of view, please accept my deepest regrets! The video of Paul Potts is great. From what I understand, he even had a performance tour recently. Cool to see that some of my favorites are on this list as well. Some of these songs are on my iPod now. My brother had watched it umpteen times. Glad you liked the compilation! I tried to include the popular traditional motivational songs. But I do acknowledge the fact that different songs had different appeal to people. Oh, Symphony No 9 was on my original list too! Really gets you moving into action! Love the Verdi recommendation… It was one of the songs we sang when I was in the high school choir! Bring back fond memories… Steven, great songs, all of them. Everyone, thanks for introducing some great songs to me… good stuff. And for those who wants to listen to the new recommendations, just go to and search for the music video. Keep the recommendations coming! And I fully respect that! Nonetheless, I sincerely thank you for dropping by and expressing your frank opinion Really appreciate that! BTW, he is still on tour, and will be touring worldwide until June. Israel must have been a inspirational personality! Thanks for the great introduction. Denise, thanks for the kind reminder! Will definitely check them out! Mike Thanks for your kind words! Hutch Oops, sorry for missing that out! The lyrics really inspire and motivate me. You discover you can! Anthony I wish I could cover all the great motivational songs in this list. But well, preferences differ and of course, new songs are continuously added so keep the recommendations coming! Thanks for your addition to the list. I really love that song! Thanks for your recommendations. Hey, you know something? He won the show and has a similar sound to Paul Potts and Pavarotti. His name is Neal E Boyd and has a beautiful voice and natural talent. All these case studies just goes to prove, if you dare to dream, you can make it a reality! He truly is an inspiration, i saw him on Oprah and i had goosebumps listening to his voice, not so much the song but his voice is so uplifting, it brings a tear listening to his story and his songs…so thank you for that. It feels real great to find someone of the same interests… The Fitness Diva gee, someone told me he liked the pic too. You can really find some great gems in Flickr! Wayne Thanks for the recommendation. Do remember to check them out too. I am more of the inspirational variety like the songs sung by Paul Potts and Andrea Bocelli. I also did not know about Neal E. Boyd and I am so glad you told me about him, Debbie!! What a beautiful voice! I know too little about them so thanks for your recommendations! Thanks for the heads up! Bruce Hmmm… not that I know of. Anyone else, do help Bruce if you can! Akki Thank you so much. Credit should really go to the singers for inspiring people with their voices! Thank you so much Ellesse. Daryl Braithwaite is amazing! Also, please forward this list and Goal Setting College to your friends and family who might need some inspiration. Thank you so much! Gone to check out some tunes now…smiles! Chaunux Wow, thanks for the efforts put in! Turn the Beat Around — Vicki Sue Robinson 31. Search of the Hero — M People 32. Superstar — Love Inc 33. Saints and Sinners — Paddy Casey Fabulous Song 34. Va Pensiero — Verdi 36. Bring it Back — S Club 7 37. Better Now — Collective Soul 38. Beautiful World — Colin Hay 39. Greatest American Hero — Joey Scarbury 41. Song Name Unknown Tribute to Johnathan Livingston Seagul -Neil Diamond 42. Charge Theme — Charles 44. Rainbow — IZ 45. What a wonderful world — IZ 46. Start me up — Rolling Stones 47. Nella Fantasia One Chance — Paul Potts 48. Everyday — Bon Jovi 49. Shiny Happy People — REM 51. Believe — Suzie mc neil 52. March — Good Charlotte 53. Let your Light Shine — Keb Mo 54. I want to Break free — Queen 55. Pour some sugar on me — Def Leppard 56. Photograph — - Def Leppard 57. Playing to Win — Little river 59. Power of Dream — Celine Dione 60. Rise against — Give it all 61. One Step at a time — Jordon Sparks 62. Circles — Joe satriani 63. From the Banks of Green Willow — George Butterworth 64. A type — Airteck 65. Like a maniac — Sharky vs Clsm 66. Nessun Dorma — Pavarotti 67. Metamorphosis — High Contrast 68. Grace of God On my way here — Clay Aiken 69. Say — John Mayer 70. Divenire — Ludovico Einaudi 71. Fascination — Alphabeat 72. God Bless America 73. Open your Eyes — Guano Apes Good Number 74. The Hard Way — Fort Minors 75. Pump me Up — Fort Minors 76. Love lock Down remix — Kanye West 77. Dreams — Van Halen 78. You Save me — Kenny Chesney 82. Dream a Little Complete Album — Jimmy Demers 83. Faint -Linkin Park 85. Youth Gone wild — Skid Row 87. Salve to the Grind — Skid Row 88. Feeling Good — Nina Simone 89. The Final Countdown — Europe 90. Flames — Europe 91. Something Special — Colbie Caillat 95. Break My Stride — Matthew Wilde 96. I Am The One And Only — Hawks Chesney 98. When I am Gone — Eminem 99. This Side- Nickel Creek 100. Hold On — Wilson Phillips 101. Dare you to move — Switchfoot 102. Climb — miley cyrus 103. One Summer— Daryl Braithwaite 104. In My Life — Matt Scannell of Vertical Horizon 105. Over My head — The Fray 106. Save it for Later — Splender 107. Bittersweet Symphony — The Verve 109. I Believe — Yolanda Adams 110. Live out Loud — Steven Curtis Chapman 111. On a High — Duncan Sheik 112. You get what you Give — The New Radicals 113. If today was your last day — Nickleback 114. Nothing Compares 2 u — The Coconutz 115. Together we are one — Delta Goodrem 116. Magic — Flo Rida 117. The worlds greatest — R. Kelly from ALI the movie 119. Born to try — Delta Goodrem 120. Be strong — Delta Goodrem 121. What about me — shannon noll 122. Three Flights Up — Yellowcard 123. This Town — O. Ooh Child — The Five Stairsteps 127. Jump — Van Halen 128. We Are The World — USA for Africa 129. Rainbow in the Dark — Dio 131. Someday — Steve Earle 132. Keep Holding On — Avril Lavigne 133. Waiting on the World to Change — John Mayer 134. Kelly Clarskons- Breakaway 136. Hold on — Charlotte 137. Against All Odds — Phil Collins 138. Forever Young — Rod Stewart 139. Up Up — kid cudi 140. Away — kid cudi 141. I Have a Dream — Westlife 142. Get Organ-ized Boston 144. Higher Ground Stevie Wonder 145. Song 2 Blur 146. My Wish — Rascal Flatts 147. What A Feeling by Irene Cara 148. Weezer — Island in the Sun 149. When my time comes — Linkin Park 150. Leave out all the rest — Linkin Park 152. Ray of light — Madonna 153. Gold Hakimakli Radio Edit — Antoine Clamaran 154. All Or Nothing — Athena Cage 155. Beautiful Life — Ace of Base 156. Future Love — Kristina Debarge 157. Blackbird And of cource My favorites 1. I got a Name — Jim Croce 2. Let it Ride — Bachman Turner Overdrive 3. No Matter What : Boyzone 4. Rise Up — Jabba 5. Here I am — Bryan Adams 7. Really really appreciate it! I also like unwritten, very liberating. Songs from the broadway play RENT inspires me too. SEASONS OF LOVE, NO DAY BUT TODAY. You can also include JUST STAND UP, GOLD, FAME, SHACKLES, ALL I WANNA DO -SHERYL CROW, RUN THIS TOWN, EMPIRE STATE OF MIND. They are feel-good music! I also love HAKUNA MATATA, i even got a tattoo of a symbol that represents it. Jafar at 7:06 pm Thanx for this great recommendations. I needed something to cheer myself up and I found you guyz. My gal ditched me badly and I was on the verge of committing suicide when you appeared as saviour. I would like to add some more songs to your list. Imagine — John Lennon 2. Let it be — Beatles 3. Time of your life — Green Day 4. One — Creed 5. Winds of change — Scorpions 7. I would suggest: Differently — Cassie Davis Taking Chances- Celine Dion The Horses- Daryl Braithwaite My Childhood Bed- Errol Gray Very clever australian balladeer Cant work No Longer — The Flood…. I would suggest: Differently — Cassie Davis Taking Chances- Celine Dion The Horses- Daryl Braithwaite My Childhood Bed- Errol Gray Very clever australian balladeer Cant work No Longer — The Flood…. Diaspora Oratorio my second best favorite of all 2. Wander My Friends 3. Grand Old Lady 5. The Heart of The Sun my personal favorite of all 6. So Much Life 7. Firstly not only would Whitney Houston buy and sell Enya she has the best vocal ability in her hey day then all of them. If I may make a suggestion, it would be to please creat a page or a list of all the suggestions made by people thru the comments I had a hard time reading the comments just to find the name of the song, and name of the artist. I loe most of the songs on here but here are some more that really speak to me. What makes you different makes you beautiful by the Backstreet Boys 2. Dancing in the Moonlight by TopLoader the whole vibe of the song never fails to put me in a good mood. Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts 4. At the Cross by Hillsong 5. Someone can verbally say something, and no one will understand it, but as soon as you add the melody, pretty much everyone understands what is being said! Here are some songs that I find inspirational: Dare You to Move — Switchfoot I know someone already wrote this, but this song helped change my life, so I just HAD to add it! Could I add one? Fighter, by Christina Aguilara. I just finished reading through these posts skimming through to read all the songs suggested. Blue Sky by ELO This is a great page, thank you! I have a playlist in Spotify with inspirational music, which now have quite a few new songs!! Thanks Ellesse and all posters. Kelly and the rest of them are simply amazing. Though I have one question for you. There is this band named Explosions in the Sky. Also fun fact: They are the band that did most of the music in the film Friday Night Lights so please take a listen to them if you get a chance to. Thank you for this post! I quoted the list and the answers to this posting in my blog. I think you may want to consider replacing any song though with Written In The Stars by Tinie Tempah. Making an inspiratioal CD because of the latest single by Shania Twain thank GOD she came back!! It reminds that the time is too short. These are my personal lists: - Cycle of life : the lion king. They keep me feeling hopeful and looking forward.
