Just hearing the first few seconds of "Things Can Only Get Better" by Howard Jones releases the dopamine and always puts me in a great mood.
The song is one of my favourite cheerleading anthems, a reminder that adopting an optimistic attitude towards whatever the problem may be is half the battle.
It's also a reminder of how great music was in the 80s.
And whoever said that synth has no soul has obviously never heard of this tune.
The rambunctious beat, the bursts of brass and an uplifting falsetto chorus are the obvious highlights. But it's the "Whoa, whoa whoa whoa oh oh-s" in the refrain that liberates us from all our worries.
Fave lyrics: "It may take a little time a lonely path, an uphill climb / Success or failure will not alter it"
