Top 20 Peaceful Songs

The songs that give us peace for more than 50 years from a variety of geography. They have a sense of maturity, an understanding of life, some form of stoicism and a soft romanticism, a light tone of melancholy which can approach seperation and love deliberately. The list also has three bonuses from the 3rd Millenium without which the list would be incomplete.

In Chronological Order (as expected from a history site):

1. Satumaa - Reijo Taipale (Finland) - 1963
2. And I Love You So - Don Mclean (USA) - 1970 (Elvis later performed the song)
3. #9 Dream - John Lennon (England) - 1974
4. Salut - Joe Dassin (France) - 1975
5. Ola Kala - Dalaras (Greece) - 1975
6. I am Sailing - Rod Stewart (USA) - 1975
7. Hamsafar - Sattar (Iran) - 1976
8. Je Nai Pas Change - Julio iglesias (Spain, Fench) - 1979
9. One of Us - ABBA - (Sweden, English) - 1981
10. Ci Sara - Al Bano (Italy) - 1984
11. Forever young - Alphaville (German, English) - 1984
12. Caruso - Lucio Dalla (Italy) - 1986 (Bocelli later performed the song)
13. Les Valse de Vienne - François Feldman (France) - 1989
14. In These Arms - Bon Jovi (USA) - 1992
15. Rüya - Barış Manço (Turkey) - 1992
16. Ordinary World - Duran Duran (England) - 1993
17. Zhelayu Tebe - Igor Saruhanov (Russia) - 1994
18. Bana Bir Masal Anlat Baba - Yeni Türkü (Turkey) - 1995
19. Bibo No Azoroa - Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japan) - 1996 (Soundtrack from Babel)
20. Supergirl - Reamonn (Germany, English)- 2000
21. Scientist - Coldplay (England) - 2002
22. Invincible - Muse (England) - 2006
23. Mado Kara Mieru - Christopher Tin (USA, Japanese) - 2009

These kind of lists are highly personal. What is your favorite peaceful song?

Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing this special list
    If i add a few songs;
    • Frank Sinatra- My way
    • Lou Reed- Perfect day
    • Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah
    • The Pixies- Where is my mind
    • Tanita Tikaram- Twist in my sobriety
    • Yansımalar- Bab-ı esrar
    • Yansımalar- Pervane
    • Mazhar Alanson- Benim hala umudum var
    • Eddie Vedder- Society

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    1. I was indecisive whether or not to have Perfect Day, but it also was in my mind.

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    2. I'll also go for Society, Eddie Veder and Mazhar Alanson. Cheers :)

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    3. Bach Art of Fugue-Contrapunctus 1
      Preferably by Köln Musica Antiqua

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    4. It feels like there's endless motion there without a certain vector.

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  2. Some high-brow suggestions we take too :)

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  3. Can I also recommend Emmanuel by Bachelet

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