Music speaks to people in ways that can touch our souls and leave a mark to last a lifetime. Sometimes we just have to listen to the tune of a specific song and it can transport us to a place long past. Others make us feel like we are the main character of a movie.
Below we share with you songs that either make us feel like we are the main character of a movie or like it should play in the movie of our lives.
- Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
Yellowcard – 2003
There is nothing like being a teenager and feeling like you should have complete autonomy in your life. Yellowcard fully encapsulated this feeling in Ocean Avenue. The idea of being able to run away to resolve all our problems makes us so happy.
- The World Spins Madly On – The Weepies
The Weepies, Steve Tannen, Deb Talan – 2006
The feeling of waking up in the days after heartache are some of the most emotional days we ever have. “I lay motionless in bed —thought of you and where you’d gone —And let the world spin madly on” —It’s hard to remember that soon, we too will be ok, but The World Spins Madly On reminds us we will.
- Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra – 1977
Does the movie of your life need a happy intro song? Do we have one for you? We sure do!
Electric Light Orchestra captures an energy we all have on a great day or at the start of a new chapter in our lives. Blue Sky is the song you need to start your day, every day, no matter how you feel.
- White Wedding – Billy Idol
Billy Idol – 1982
Can you see it now? You’re getting ready for your wedding, and you’re driving to the venue when Billy Idol’s White Wedding starts playing. It has that incomparable 80s energy that we all love and will put you in the zone you need to be in.
- Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
Guns N’ Roses – 1987
We talked about running away before —well, did you leave home and go to a bigger city? Or just somewhere you’ve never been before? This Billboard Top 100’s song, Welcome to the Jungle, will have you feeling like you’ve made a crazy yet badass decision. It was time for change and it’s going to be a wild ride.
- Still Fly – Big Tymers
Big Tymers – 2002
There is a time in life where we don’t have it quite made in the shade, but we sure are trying to get there. Big Tymers makes you feel young, careless, but ready to make it big with their song Still Fly. You know where you want to get to when you hear the lyrics to this song.
- Fair – Remy Zero
Remy Zero – 1998
A drunken summer with friends, a breakup, a time of just finding yourself —Fair by Remy Zero fits many scenarios of life no matter your age, but especially of someone in their 20s who’s trying to figure it all out. It is a song that will follow you through the roller coaster of emotions life is making you feel.
- Lose Yourself – Eminem
Eminem – 2002
There’s nothing like knowing what you want in life and who you want to be. When everything is riding on execution and mindset, Eminem perfectly expresses this feeling in Lose Yourself.
- Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones – 1971
Wild Horses means different things to different members of The Rolling Stones themselves. If you picture this song to be about a romantic relationship, you’re right. If you imagine the love you have for your child, you are also right. The Rolling Stones managed to write a song that can play while you are missing a partner or watching your child grow.
- Scars – Papa Roach
Papa Roach – 2004
Seeing someone around us that we love struggling brings the empath out in anyone. It can be hard to watch someone hurt that we can’t help and is also hurting us along the way. Papa Roach’s Scars makes you feel seen and gives you the boost you need to move upward and onward.
- Morocco – Moon Taxi
Moon Taxi – 2013
Sometimes you have to get away for whatever your reason might be. Moon Taxi gave us Morocco, a song we can listen to on an airplane, train, or car for a drive across the country. It isn’t so much about where you’re going but the fact that you’re going and that you need to get away.
- I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy [feat. Faith Evans & 112]
Puff Daddy [feat. Faith Evans & 112 – 1997
If you have ever lost a loved one that was taken much too soon, be that a friend, parent, or extended family member, this song absolutely will speak to you. “’Til the day we meet again —In my heart is where I’ll keep you friend —Memories give me the strength I need to proceed.”
It is hard for those of us who stay, but our memories are what keep those who left us behind, and this song is a great reminder of this.
- We Are the Champions – Queen
Queen – 1977
This timeless piece will make just about anyone feel like the star of a movie. Imagine working endlessly to achieve your goal, and you finally make it, you finally win, you finally achieve it, and suddenly “We Are the Champions” starts to play. It is an epic moment in the making if we do say so ourselves.
- Truth Hurts – Lizzo
Lizzo – 2019
Heartbroken? Ready to stop sobbing and pick yourself up? Lizzo’s got you. Truth Hurts is an anthem for the day you decide to move on and have fun again. Does it still hurt? Maybe, but not as much as it did yesterday. Play the song on your headphones or bump it on a speaker; it’ll change the whole feel of your day.
- The Boy is Mine – Brandy and Monica
Monica, Brandy – 1998
Sometimes we fall for someone who is playing us or is not as serious about us as we are of them. The Boy is Mine with Monica and Brandy 100% brings you to a moment where you might have been fighting for someone who doesn’t deserve you, no matter your age or gender.
- I Need a Dollar – Aloe Blacc
Aloe Blacc – 2010
Times can get rough out there, not just in love but financially. We’ve all been there where we are down on our luck. It is a very specific uncertainty and fear that doesn’t typically get expressed as beautifully as Aloe Blacc does in I Need a Dollar. It’s not a song for the best of times, but it does have a beat that will pick you right back up.
- Miss Independent – Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo – 2008
When you’re a badass b!tch and you know it, you can play Miss Independent by Ne-Yo to feel as amazing about yourself as you should. We all need a song that plays when we are killing it at work and in life in general. It doesn’t matter if you’re driving, heading home from getting a promotion, or starting life over; this song belongs in the soundtrack of your life!
- How Far I’ll Go – Auli’i Cravalho
Auli’i Cravalho – 2016
We couldn’t make a list of songs that make you feel like the main character of a movie and not include Moana’s How Far I’ll Go sung by Auli’i Cravalho. At different stages of life, we have times where we want to make specific people in our lives happy and in turn suppress our dreams. Moana helps us find the courage to listen to the little voice inside of us that is telling us to go against the current and do what will make us happy.
We hope that you enjoyed our playlist of songs that make us feel like the main character of a movie. Are any of these favorites of yours? If you don’t see songs you love on our list and you think they should be, share them with us! We can’t wait to hear from you!
