Sing When You're Winning

[mojoflea]

What song would you sing/whistle/hum when you're very happy -- especially if you're in love?

It's for a scene in my book. Right now i have the character humming "When I'm Sixty-Four" coz i wanted to reference a Beatles song. And that's a pretty cheerful song that everybody knows. Later on he hums "On the Sunny Side of the Street."

But i'm open to

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[flashandscreams]

beatles - across the universe.
bjork - all is full of love (if i had a boyf this be his song haha)

hey i want to read your finished product in due time yo!

[mojoflea]

i posted a short excerpt already, did you read it? click here (friends only)

hey, i was just listening to that song -- all is full of love, the version by death cab for cutie.

i don't think your choices are very upbeat, but they're beautiful songs. ;)

[heidiologies]

i find myself humming friday i'm in love a lot these days.

[heidiologies]

ooh, can you add me? i'd love to read that excerpt

[mojoflea]

i'm sorry i missed this before... i've been ignoring lj lately. anyway, you are added. :)

[heidiologies]

salamat!

[sundaydandelion]

i like listening to the archies' bang-shang-a-lang among others :)

[oranjehair]

Hm. You know what, I remember back in college everytime I was in a fighting stance, this instrumental from the dark comedy Jawbreaker would start playing in my head; that song everytime the girls (Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart) would start strutting on the corridor.

But that was not the song that would play in my head when I'm in-love. Hm, probably some sappy oldies song.

[ficto]

My best suggestion is "Close To You", why do birds suddenly appear/ every time you are near/ just like me/ they long to be/ close to yoooo.... Very nice oldie that's gone classic enough to be recognizable in writing, something you have to consider...

"When I'm Sixty-Four" sounds nice, also "Angel of the Morning", "Rush" or whistle the Malena churchy violin intro of "You're Still You". Then again, late nineties pop and r&b always have choice picks..."Heaven", "As Long As You Love Me", "Cupid", etc. If you've got a selective audience from fringe culture, then you can wink-wink nudge-nudge those "in the know" with stuff from Bjork, Lamb, Sigur Ros and Mogwai. Blah blah blah... ;)