Mental Floss: The 10 Happiest Songs, According to Science

Partial Description: It's hard to listen to Katrina and the Waves's "Walking on Sunshine" without feeling a little like you're actually walking on sunshine. And ABBA's "Dancing Queen" is bound to turn you into one for roughly 3.5 minutes. According to Baltimore radio station Mix 106.5, this isn't surprising—those tunes are two of the most uplifting songs ever to grace the airwaves.

Several years ago, UK-based electronica band Alba surveyed an unknown number of English and Irish citizens to find out which songs make them especially happy. After compiling a list of the most popular answers, the band sent it to Dutch neuroscientist Jacob Jolij and asked him to figure out why those songs were such effective mood-boosters.

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