Songs that make my heart beat faster.

I noticed semi-recently that when I hear a song that I absolutely love, I inevitably exclaim, "Oh my God, that's my FAVORITE song!" I've said it about a zillion different songs, which made me question whether the song was really my favorite. While I realize there are more important things in the world to spend time thinking about than whether or not a song is REALLY my favorite, I decided to ignore those things and make a list. After much thought, I know that the songs on this list are all my favorite song, and for different reasons. When I was a kid, my parents gave me two musical choices, Christian and oldies. Though I loved some Amy Grant, I think I also sensed on some level that the oldies were innately more cool than the Christian rock. A lot of these songs are from then, and remind me of the excitement of hearing one of my favorite oldies from the back seat of my parents' car. Some of the songs have just been with me through happy and sad times. Some I just think are the most perfect love/heartbreak songs. Most of the songs are embarrassingly poppy, but I don't care. Whenever I hear them, I'm a little bit happier. So, hear they are, if you care to know, my favorite songs ever!

1. The State I am In - Belle and Sebastian
2. Waterloo - ABBA
3. Raspberry Beret - Prince
4. Stay Awhile - Dusty Springfield
5. Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension
6. You are the Light (By Which I Travel Into This and That) - Jens Lekman
7. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
8. Twelve Thirty (Young Girls are Coming to the Canyon) - The Mamas and the Papas
9. Band of Gold - Freda Payne
10. Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying - Belle and Sebastian
11. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
12. Red Right Ankle - The Decemberists
13. Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
14. Late At Night - Buffalo Tom
15. Golden Slumbers - The Beatles

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Sam's Faves