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title: 10 Songs To Get You Back In The Mood For Work
description: Sometimes, all you need is good music to get you feeling confident, focused, and ready to dive back into work after a long holiday break.
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# [10 Songs To Get You Back In The Mood For Work](https://www.maya.ph/maya/work-playlist-songs/)

 Written by [Chesca](https://www.maya.ph/maya/author/chesca) | 1/2/18 1:00 AM

Sometimes, all you need is good music to get you feeling confident, focused, and ready to dive back into work after a long holiday break.

Start building your #BackToWork playlist with these 10 tracks!

 

**1: *Feels Great* (feat. Fetty Wap & CVBZ) – Cheat Codes**

**Fun fact: **This feel-good song is about [youth and the artists’ fondest memories](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=43836). It’s a great song to start your work day with.

 **2: *Once In A While* – Timeflies**

**Fun fact: **Timeflies duo Rob Resnick and Cal Shapiro know all about the pressures that come with work. This 2016 single talks about [staying positive through the worries and issues that arise while they’re on tour](https://genius.com/Timeflies-once-in-a-while-lyrics).

 **3: *CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!* – Justin Timberlake**

**Fun fact: **This song originally gained attention as the headline track for the 2017 animated movie *Trolls*, but has since outlasted the movie’s popularity.

 **4: *Odds Are* – Barenaked Ladies**

**Fun fact: **Inspired by [lead singer Ed Robertson’s 2008 plane crash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Robertson#Plane_crash), the song urges you to dare to be happy in spite of everything that life may bring.

 **5: *Eye of the Tiger* – Survivor**

**Fun fact: ***Eye of the Tiger* topped the Billboard charts in 1982 as the headline track of Rocky III, but is still relevant enough to make it into workout and motivation playlists to this day.

 **6: *Whatever It Takes* – Imagine Dragons**

**Fun fact: **Some critics were irked by this video’s [seemingly tone-deaf depiction of flooding and water damage](http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a12837556/imagine-dragons-whatever-it-takes-video/) when it was released in mid-October 2017, less than a month after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico.

 **7: *Thunder (Official Remix)* – Imagine Dragons, K. Flay**

**Fun fact: **Singer and songwriter K. Flay produced this official remix to [celebrate the beginning of the band’s September 2017 arena tour in the US](https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/KFlay-Unveils-Re-Work-of-Imagine-Dragons-Thunder-20170908).

 **8: *Dog Days are Over* – Florence + The Machine**

**Fun fact: **The [harp-based track](https://genius.com/Florence-the-machine-dog-days-are-over-lyrics) was inspired by a [similarly-named giant text installation by artist Ugo Rondinone](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=16236).

 **9: *Guardians of the Past* (From the Dragon Age Inquisition OST) – Trevor Morris**

**Fun fact: **Video game background tracks (particularly from boss battles), which are designed to [build up the listener’s excitement while keeping them motivated to finish the level or round](https://blog.desktime.com/2016/04/11/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work/), can also help improve focus when dealing with work-related tasks.

 **10: *PACIFIC RIM OST Soundtrack Main Theme* – Ramin Djawadi**

**Fun fact: **[Orchestra instruments, electronic sounds,](http://www.chaosinferred.com/personal/ostreviews/2013/06/27/pacific-rim-2013/) and [guitar riffs](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=29932) were used to mimic the noise of machinery and the calls of giant monsters [in certain tracks of the Pacific Rim OST](http://www.chaosinferred.com/personal/ostreviews/2013/06/27/pacific-rim-2013/).

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