Peaceful Songs for Slowing Down
Songs that help you slow down when your mind gets crowded. Soft jazz rhythms, acoustic guitars, melodies that never age. A peaceful collection for reading, watching the rain, or closing your eyes at the end of the day.
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1 Song
Here Comes The Sun
Pure brightness announcing that the ice is melting after a long, dark winter.
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2 Song
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
A heartfelt song that embraces unconditional connection with a sweet melancholy.
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3 Song
Moon River
An elegant piece for the window seat that slows down time.
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4 Song
From The Start
With its bossa nova-tinged jazz rhythms, it feels as fresh as a hot cup of tea.
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5 Song
White Winter Hymnal
Soft vocal harmonies that feel like being wrapped in a warm blanket.
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6 Song
Sunflower
A simple guitar melody and a fresh, inward kind of happiness.
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7 Song
Clair de Lune
A magical hush in which moonlight melts into the piano keys.
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8 Song
What a Wonderful World
The warmest song in the world, reminding you to look at the trees, the sky and people with fresh wonder.
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9 Song
Banana Pancakes
Warm music for lazy, happy moments spent in bed on a rainy morning.
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10 Song
Over the Rainbow
A magical rendition that carries the hope beyond the rainbow into your heart with just a ukulele and a velvet voice.
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11 Song
Gymnopédie No. 1
Slow, gentle piano notes that quiet the mind and deepen your breathing in a moment of calm.
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12 Song
All You Need Is Love
The simplest truth, sung to the whole world at once: all you need is love.
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13 Song
God Only Knows
A masterpiece of layered, rising voices that whispers how deep love can go.
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14 Song
Shiny Happy People
A light alternative rock song that invites you to hold hands and smile, as bright and joyful as its title.
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15 Song
Island in the Sun
An easygoing alternative song that slips you gently into the calm of escaping to a carefree summer island.
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16 Song
Riptide
A cheerful tune that lightens your mood with its ukulele and captures the sweet flutter of young love.
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17 Song
Ho Hey
A folk anthem that shouts the warmth of belonging to someone, the kind you'll want to clap along to.
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18 Song
Shut Up and Dance
A high-energy dance song that asks you to set your worries aside and enjoy the moment.
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19 Song
Budapest
A warm-voiced love song that says he'd give up everything for the one he loves.
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20 Song
golden hour
A piano-led song about the magic of gazing at someone you love in the golden light of sunset.
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21 Song
Light On
A song about keeping the light on and never letting go of hope, even in hard times; it embraces you with its sincerity.
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22 Song
Valentine
An elegant, smile-inducing song that tells of the dazed, sweet flutter of falling in love in jazzy tones.
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23 Song
Sunday Best
A sunny, carefree feel-good song that invites you to greet every day like a Sunday morning.
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24 Song
Best Day Of My Life
A joyful morning song reminding you that today could be the best day of your life.
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25 Song
Home
A warm folk-pop song full of trust and belonging that tells anyone feeling lost you're there beside them.
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26 Song
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
A cheerful song that says life goes on and celebrates ordinary happiness.
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27 Song
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
A light, sunny song telling you to slow down and enjoy the morning.
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28 Song
Cecilia
A joyful song whose rhythm invites you to clap along.
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29 Song
Daydream Believer
A song like morning sunshine about the sweetness of daydreaming.
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30 Song
Happy Together
A classic that joyfully sings the simple happiness of being together with the one you love.
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31 Song
Daydream
A relaxed song that whistles its way through the pleasure of a lazy afternoon.
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32 Song
Brown Eyed Girl
An energetic song that makes you smile as you remember your youth.
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33 Song
Morning Has Broken
A simple, peaceful song giving thanks for the first light of morning.
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34 Song
Peace Train
A hopeful train ride toward peace and brotherhood.
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35 Song
You've Got a Friend
The loveliest song about friendship, reminding you someone is there for you on a hard day.
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36 Song
Shower the People
A gentle song urging you to show your love to those you care about.
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37 Song
Take Me Home, Country Roads
A warm song about going home, roots and belonging.
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38 Song
Your Song
A masterpiece that expresses love in its simplest form, with shy sincerity.
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39 Song
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
A timeless song that shouts the magic of love with an exuberant chorus.
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40 Song
The Girl from Ipanema
The best-known bossa nova song, drifting like a breeze on the Rio shoreline.
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41 Song
Wave
A calm, elegant bossa nova that sways to the rhythm of the waves.
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42 Song
Águas de Março
A cheerful duet that celebrates the March rains as a promise of life.
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43 Song
Chega de Saudade
The song where bossa nova was born, the moment longing gives way to reunion.
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44 Song
So What
A cool, relaxed modal jazz classic that keeps you company in the early evening.
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45 Song
Blue in Green
A jazz ballad as calm and contemplative as a rainy window seat.
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46 Song
My Favorite Things
An interpretation that rewrites the list of our favorite little things on the soprano saxophone.
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47 Song
Dream a Little Dream of Me
A sweet lullaby from two legendary voices, wishing you good night.
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48 Song
Cheek to Cheek
A delightful song about feeling like you're in heaven while dancing cheek to cheek.
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49 Song
Fly Me to the Moon
A love song that asks to be flown to the moon, glowing with big-band exuberance.
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50 Song
The Way You Look Tonight
An elegant song about the warmth of seeing your loved one just as they are.
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51 Song
L-O-V-E
A smile-inducing jazz classic that spells out the letters of love one by one.
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52 Song
But Not for Me
An interpretation that calms the evening with its soft trumpet and whisper-like voice.
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53 Song
Peace Piece
A piano improvisation as full of peace as its name, quieting the mind.
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54 Song
Linus and Lucy
A playful, childlike jazz piece carrying the joy of Snoopy and his friends.
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55 Song
Come Away With Me
A peaceful song that wraps around you like a warm blanket on a rainy day.
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56 Song
Mas Que Nada
A sunny samba-jazz that gets your body moving with Brazilian rhythms.
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57 Song
Blue Skies
Optimism in jazz form, saying the skies are always blue now.
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58 Song
Air on the G String
A baroque masterpiece that slows down time and fills the mind with calm.
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59 Song
Spring (The Four Seasons)
A cheerful concerto that paints birdsong and awakening nature with violins.
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60 Song
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
A little night music; a serenade that lightens the soul with its grace and joy.
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61 Song
Pastoral Symphony
A symphony written for nature, about the refreshing feeling of arriving in the countryside.
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62 Song
Canon in D Major
A timeless piece whose interwoven melodies bring a sense of peace and order.
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63 Song
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
A dreamlike piano nocturne that glides in the soft light of night.
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64 Song
Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)
A melody that wakes you up, painting the slow rise of the sun on the flute.
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65 Song
Arabesque No. 1
A piano piece that rests the mind with notes curling like flowing water.
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66 Song
The Trout Quintet
A refreshing piece of chamber music about a trout swimming happily in a stream.
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67 Song
Water Music: Alla Hornpipe
A festive baroque piece written for a royal boat trip on the river.
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68 Song
Spring Song
A song without words; a piece that makes the lightness of spring dance on the piano.
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69 Song
Humoresque
A short, endearing piece, like a graceful and sweet smile.
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70 Song
Salut d'Amour
A loving greeting, given as a gift to his fiancée.
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71 Song
Waltz of the Flowers
A fairy-tale waltz from The Nutcracker ballet, where the flowers dance.
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72 Song
The Swan
As graceful as a swan gliding on still water, the cello's most peaceful song.
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73 Song
Nuvole Bianche
A piano piece as slow and light as white clouds, clearing the mind.
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74 Song
River Flows in You
A beloved piano melody that tells of the calm of a river flowing within you.
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75 Song
One Summer's Day
From the film Spirited Away, a nostalgic and hopeful melody of a summer day.
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76 Song
Near Light
A piece that conveys the calm of drawing near to the light with strings and piano.
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77 Song
An Ending (Ascent)
An endless stillness that lightens you as if you were rising into space.
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78 Song
Opening (Glassworks)
A piano piece that draws the mind into a meditative flow with repeating notes.
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79 Song
Says
A piece that builds hope from slowly growing, shimmering sounds.
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80 Song
Aqua
A piano piece as clear, simple and calming as water.
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81 Song
Cello Suite No. 1: Prelude
A flowing, serene prelude in which a single cello puts the world in order.
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82 Song
Liebestraum No. 3
A dream of love, told in a tender, romantic piano piece.
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83 Song
Lullaby (Wiegenlied)
The world's best-known lullaby, for drifting peacefully off to sleep.