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Today might be a good day to ask: which songs do people find most calming?

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A 2019 poll of 2,000 Brits – commissioned by Rescue Remedy – identified their Top 30 Most Relaxing Songs.

In first place? Louis Armstrong with his Wonderful World. Written by Bob Thiele (whose aliases included George Douglas and Stanley Clayton) and George David Weiss.

… ‘I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world …’

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Top 30 Most Calming Songs

1. Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World
2. The Beatles – Let It Be
3. Elton John  – Your Song
4. Adele – Someone Like You
5. Adele – Hello
6. Coldplay – Fix You
7. Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
8. Enya – Orinoco Flow
9. Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken
10. U2 – Beautiful Day

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11. Dido – White Flag
12. Keane – Somewhere Only We Know
13. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
14. Bob Dylan – Lay, Lady Lay
15. Eagles – Peaceful Easy Feeling
16. Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
17. Bobby McFerrin – Don’t Worry Be Happy
18. Coldplay – The Scientist
19. Simon and Garfunkel – America
20. The Jackson 5 – I’ll Be There

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21. David Gray – Babylon
22. Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
23. Sam Smith – Lay Me Down
24. Katie Melua – Nine Million Bicycles
25. Ed Sheeran – The A Team
26. All Saints – Pure Shores
27. Lily Allen – Smile
28. Norah Jones – Don’t Know Why
29. Corrine Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On
30. Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness

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