Make Me Smile

I really love the surprise effect.. So it's not a secret I am the shuffle kinda girl.

Whenever i hear music -that is not Tristan Prettyman.. dude, don't know what's wrong with me but i just can't listen anything else lately! I love her SO much- on my itouch i like to make lists with a certain mood -cause i wanna get surprised not depressed when i'm going to school- and then shuffle thru.

The point is this morning i was on the bus with my coffee and my happy list ready on my way to school and i got surprised with a song i haven't heard in a really long time. That kind of songs that make you SMILE, you know what i mean? Maybe the lyrics or the melody.. there's something that feels like fresh, like summer, like happy.

So I had an idea.. Since i L O V E this kind of songs i thought you guys could help me and make a little music-exchange-party and tell me which are the ones that make YOU smile.

This is how:

Post the song (youtube video) with the lyrics and why it makes you smile. If there's a story behind i def wanna know :). Label it under "smile tracks" so i -and everyone else- can find them easily. OH and it'll be amazing if they're not Mraz-related since, well.. ALL OF THEM MAKE ME SMILE! hahaha

Would you like to? I'd love to hear all your suggestions and i'm so ready to download them all. I want the longest Smile Tracks List everr.

Ok, here's my first one. The one i listened this morning and made me so freaking happy.

The Song: Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae

Why: Her voice. The melody. THE LYRICS! Is such an inspirational song and it sounds like she was smiling while recording. I can't explain why, i just instanly smile without even knowing.

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we've got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don't you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in a bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

'Twas more than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don't even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

I hope you enjoyed it. I love it. Hope you like my challenge too :)

So go ahead let your hair down and tell me your favourites songs !!

P.S.: Here's a Bonus Track that is just too good not to post it. Is not included on the list, still makes me smile. In-Joy.