The Twenty Best Songs for Waking Up To. Science Says So.

Have trouble waking up in the morning? David M. Greenberg, a music psychologist and PhD candidate at Cambridge, was asked by Spotify to craft the best possible playlist for getting up. Take a look at this list first and then head to Business Insider to see the criteria used for creating it.

1. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
2. St. Lucia – Elevate
3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Downtown
4. Bill Withers – Lovely Day
5. Avicii – Wake Me Up
6. Pentatonix – Can’t Sleep Love
7. Demi Lovato – Confident
8. Arcade Fire – Wake Up
9. Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself
10. Sam Smith – Money On My Mind
11. Esperanza Spalding – I Can’t Help It
12. John Newman – Come and Get It
13. Felix Jaehn – Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better)
14. Mark Ronson – Feel Right
15. Clean Bandit – Rather Be
16. Katrina & The Waves – Walking on Sunshine
17. Imagine Dragons – On Top of the World
18. MisterWives – Reflections
19. Carly Rae Jepsen – Warm Blood
20. iLoveMemphis – Hit The Quan