Year 2022 has been a rough year. Dick Clark said “Music is the soundtrack of your life,” and I couldn’t agree more. Music rhythmically tells a compelling story; can uplift you out of a depressive state, and may help you reach a solution to a complicated problem. It can pull at your heart strings and show you how to lyrically break the glass ceiling. Its refrain may even compel you to fight the battle for a bigger cause. So, here are 12 songs that will get you through anything in 2023.

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12 Songs that Will Get You Through Anything in 2023

According to Donald Collins, music reduces cortisol levels. Collins points to a recent 2021 study. which showed that adults who listened to both personal and neutral selections of music had significantly “reduced cortisol levels.”

Kandi – Fly Above

“I built up a shell and its hard and its armored.
It seems like every step I take up
drama comes along with the bread I cake up.
But you aint doing nothin if you dont have haters
so I welcome you to do whats in your nature.”

Sober – Pink

“I don’t wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest

Or the girl who never wants to be alone
I don’t wanna be that call at four o’clock in the mornin’
‘Cause I’m the only one you know in the world that won’t be home

Ah-ah, the sun is blindin’
Ah-ah, I stayed up again
Oh-oh, I am findin’
That’s not the way I want my story to end…”

Little Mix – Breakup Song

“Ain’t no more tears
Ain’t gonna cry
Boy, I’ll do anything to get you off my mind
I’m gonna dance
Under the lights
Boy, I’ll do anything to get you off my mind”

Pat Benatar – Invincible

“This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won’t anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?

We can’t afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It’s a do-or-die situation
We will be invincible”

Beyonce – Break My Soul

“You won’t break my soul (na, na)
You won’t break my soul (no-no, na, na)
You won’t break my soul (no-no, na, na)
You won’t break my soul (na, na)
I’m tellin’ everybody, na, na
Everybody
Everybody
Everybody”

Robert Tepper – No Easy Way Out

“There’s no easy way out
There’s no shortcut home
There’s no easy way out
Givin’ in can’t be wrong”

Nightmare on Elm Street, Dream Master – Combat Ready

Photek Studios – Adoption Isn’t Happening

Prince – I Would Die 4 U

“You, I would die for you, yeah
Darling, if you want me too
I would die for you”

Sia – Floating Through Space

“You made it through another day
You made it through another day
You did it, let’s celebrate, oh, oh
Some days you feel you’ll break
But you made it through another day
Yeah, you did it, let’s celebrate, oh

24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive, yeah
24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive”