Whether you make money selling or buying, doing or saying, some days at the office (whatever shape that office is) are better than others. One day you might feel like the most productive employee ever and the next day the least competent. Though we don’t all have the same jobs, we all work day to day, pounding the pavement for better or for worse.
But that doesn’t mean that our time in the office has to be without inspiration. Some days we need a little help getting into the swing of work and to honor that, here are some of my favorite tunes to listen to at work:
Productivity Train
Let’s face it, there are some days when BuzzFeed is particularly entertaining and we don’t get as much work done as we should. When that happens I put on my blinders, plug in my headphones and turn on these tunes.
1) “Elevate” – St. Lucia, When The Night
2) “Arizona” – Kings of Leon, Because of the Times
3) “Hollywood [Felix de Housecat Remix]” – RAC (feat. Penguin Prison)
4) “Macchu Picchu” – The Strokes. Angles
5) “Gotta Get Away” – The Black Keys, Turn Blue
Calm the Mind
There are just some days where work makes us want to pull our hair out in frustration, no matter how much we love it. For those days, I turn these songs on and take deep breaths before hunkering down again.
1) “Welcome Home” – Radical Face, Ghost
2) “Tumblin’ Dice” – Rolling Stones, Forty Licks
3) “Momentary Thing” – Something Happens, Planet Fabulous
4) “Take A Walk” – Passion Pit, Gossamer
5) “We Are The Tide” – Blind Pilot, We Are The Tide
Kicking Ass
A power suit can get you into the zone when you need to kick ass at work, but why stop there? When I need to roundhouse-kick a project into fruition or a jerk coworker who keeps stealing my ideas, I turn to these songs to pump me up.
1) “Fancy” – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX, Fancy
2) “She’s Electric” – Oasis, What’s the Story (Morning Glory)
3) “Troublemaker” – Weezer, Weezer (Red Album)
4) “Body Work” – Morgan Page feat. Tegan and Sara, Body Work
5) “Movin’ Out” – Billy Joel, The Stranger
Hangover Cure
As any employed person will tell you, one of the benefits to having a salary and no homework is that you can go out on a Tuesday night. But we always have to pay dearly for it when Wednesday morning rolls around. For that, I listen to these songs and drink lots of water.
1) “Tennis Court” – Lorde, Pure Heroine
2) “Back to Black” – Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
3) “See The Sun” – The Kooks, Konk
4) “Fool to Cry” – Tegan and Sara, Girls, Vol. 1
Photo by Rob Adams
