What songs hit you with a wave of nostalgia every time you hear them?

[-cinnamon-]

Crazy Frog - Axel F

What a banger.

 

[watercolorwish]

Pretty much any Keane song off Hopes and Fears because my mom used to play it in the car when I was little. I get hardcore nostalgic whenever I listen to the album fully

 

[Plainbluetees]

The office intro, of course. I’m surprised nobody has mentioned it yet.

 

[DaisyFan]

There are tons of songs to list, so I'll add one song that makes me nostalgic!

Ta-da! Larger Than Life by Backstreet Boys

 

[JemAC]

Pretty much any Keane song off Hopes and Fears because my mom used to play it in the car when I was little. I get hardcore nostalgic whenever I listen to the album fully

I used to always listen to that album, in fact Everybody's Changing came up on my shuffle earlier
other full albums that are nostalgic for me:

• Enrique Iglesias - Escape (often played in the car when I was very young)
• Coldplay - X&Y (this album seemed to be constantly played when I was young, it ended up been taken on multiple family holidays as well so I'd hear it on a loop for about two weeks)
• Snow Patrol - Eyes Open (was often on in the car and nearly always played on the way to the airport, luckily this one stayed in the car though rather then been taken abroad)
• Girls Aloud - What Will the Neighbours Say? (my sister and I constantly played this album at home, it was practically our soundtrack for Mario Kartouble Dash so the songs always remind me of many hours on the Gamecube)

basically any songs from:

• Busted or Blue or Westlife or Backstreet Boys (especially 'What I Go To School For' and 'Backstreets Back')
• Nickelback (often had the Silver Side Up album playing at home but basically any of their songs remind me of family holidays in Florida as every time we've been we've heard at least one Nickelback song play on the radio which is crazy cause the years range from 2001 to 2019)

Plus Shaggy - It Wasn't Me (honestly there seemed to be no escape from this song)

 

[Plume]

Stars by Hum.

Anything from the Misfits Danzig era. The self-titled Ramones album. I would always listen to these on my way to school.

 

[EmeraldJourney]

The gummy bear song, definitely. I heard that song so much during my childhood so it brings back tons of memories.

Sweden from Minecraft, it always reminds me of time in college and before spent with friends roaming and building, getting into other modified clients, pirate servers.. good, fun days.

 

[dragonpisces69]

Tons, really, and especially video game music from the 90s to the 10s (which I've played a ton) makes me weepy af

• Zelda franchise:
  • Zelda's Lullaby;
  • The Great Sea (from Phantom Hourglass);
  • Inside A House (same as above);
  • Mercay Island (also as heard on most of the other islands on the human-inhabited parts);
  • Saria's Song/Lost Woods;
  • Kokiri Forest;
  • Epona's Song;
  • Hyrule Field (not as much as the others as mentioned above, though );
  • Temple/Palace (as heard in Super Smash Bros. Melee)
• Pokémon franchise (tons of songs incoming as I've played a ton of Pokémon in my life too!):
  • Solaceon Town/Pastoria City;
  • Twinleaf Town;
  • Route 209;
  • Cherrygrove City;
  • New Bark Town;
  • Route 1 (Kanto);
  • Jubilife City;
  • Canalave City;
  • Aspertia City;
  • Nuvema Town;
  • Route 10 (Unova);
  • Nacrene City;
  • Icirrus City;
  • Eterna Forest;
  • Route 205;
  • Oreburgh City;
  • Sunyshore City;
  • Route 216;
  • Route 104;
  • Rustboro/Mauville/Mossdeep City (as heard in OR/AS);
  • Sootopolis City (same as above);
  • Slateport City (same as above);
  • Verdanturf Town (same as above);
  • Petalburg City (same as above);
  • Santalune City;
  • Friends Theme (Friends Forever);
  • Camphrier/Couriway Town;
  • Route 4 (Kalos);
  • Snowbelle City;
  • Laverre City;
  • Bicycle theme (Unova and Kalos);
  • Surf theme (Johto and Unova);
  • Friends Theme (Reunited);
  • Anistar City;
  • Aquacorde/Ambrette Town;
  • Goldenrod City (as heard in HG/SS);
  • Ecruteak City (same as above);
  • Dark Cave/Ice Path (same as above);
  • Gym Leader battle theme (Johto, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos);
  • Route 6 (Unova);
  • Cold Storage/Twist Mountain;
  • Dreamyard/Pinwheel Forest;
  • Celestial/Dragonspiral Tower/Giant Chasm;
  • Lacunosa Town;
  • Striaton City;
  • Virbank City
• Super Mario franchise:
  • Sherbet Land/Frappe Snowland;
  • Waluigi Pinball/Wario Stadium;
  • Waluigi Stadium/Wario Colosseum;
  • Overworld (as heard in the first level of New Super Mario Bros.);
  • Bob-Omb Battlefield;
  • Dire Dire Docks;
  • Snow Mountain;
  • Hollijolli Village;
  • Toadwood Forest;
  • Koopaseum;
  • Piranha Plant's Lullaby (but what music box song does not make me weepy? );
  • Shy Guy Beach/Cheep Cheep Island (as heard in Mario Kart Wii with very crisp quality );
  • Circuit (as heard in Mario Kart Double Dash);
  • Baby Park;
  • Peach Beach/Daisy Cruiser;
  • Yoshi Falls;
  • Cheep Cheep Beach;
  • DK('s) Summit/Snowboard Cross;
  • Koopa Cape;
  • Desert Hills;
  • Dry Dry Ruins;
  • Delfino Square;
  • Slide (from Super Mario 64);
  • original underwater theme
• Animal Crossing (Wild World and City Folk):
  • 7 a.m.;
  • 9 a.m.;
  • 10 a.m.;
  • 1 p.m.;
  • 4 p.m.;
  • 5 p.m.;
  • 7 p.m.;
  • 9 p.m.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Fountain of Dreams (as heard in Super Smash Bros. Melee);
  • Green Greens (same as above);
  • Brinstar Depths (same as above);
  • Icicle Mountain (same as above);
  • Mute City (same as above);
  • Bein' Friends (same as above);
  • Pollyanna (same as above);
  • Fourside (same as above);
  • Rainbow Ride (same as above);
  • Pikmin title theme (as heard in Super Smash Bros. Brawl);
  • WarioWare Inc. theme (same as above)

And most likely tons more, too... I even tend to tear up while thinking of them and typing them down here

 

[Beanz]

The Donkey Kong Country Returns menu theme

 

[amemome]

How Deep is Your Love by the BeeGees:

This song was my dad's favorite. We'd listen to this in the car a lot.

 

[litilravnur]

The Sign by Ace of Base (I grew up with this song, please don't call me grandma )

 

[RedPanda]

that MGMT song, Kids. Someone made a fan video of that did better in YouTube views than the actual official video. It brings me back to good memories and a very specific time in my life.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

80s songs that are particularly emotional, like a power ballad or something in adult contemporary, always give me a warm fuzzy feeling as if I had been temporarily transported back to the 1980s. now mind you, I wasn't born until '99 but some of those 80s songs just have such a powerful way of encapsulating the love and fear that was going on at the time.

one song that perfectly demonstrates the fear at the time are "Forever Young" by Alphaville, a song about the Cold War and what would happen if a nuclear war actually went down. now I wouldn't say this is positive nostalgia but it really gives me the feeling that I'm living in the US in 1985, in the heat and fear of the Cold War. the music itself really has that nostalgic quality to it too, it's a quintessential 80s power ballad with a hidden message.
click here for the video

and as for love songs that are really nostalgic, I would say songs like "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera, "Faithfully" by Journey, and "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx are the pinnacle of nostalgia for me. Even a song like "Father Figure" by George Michael, intimate and powerful, is really nostalgic. one last song that makes me feel a lot of nostalgia is "Toy Soldiers" by Martika, another really emotional song that has a great musical track. I love listening to 80s ballads as well as pop songs of the time, they make me feel like I myself had been living in the 80s and it's a really warm and fuzzy feeling for me since I absolutely love the 1980s.

Spoiler: videos

it seems kinda strange that someone can have nostalgia for a decade that they didn't even live in

 

[Tapioca123]

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. Still got me screaming out the lyrics everytime I hear it

 

[LuchaSloth]

I used a few songs as ringtones about a decade ago, and they are definitely still burned in my brain when I hear them anywhere. Those songs instantly bring back memories of waking up on a couch at a friend's house as a hungover 19/20 year old and looking at texts/calls when I was entirely too drunk to even be breathing. A few of those were 'Black Water' by the Doobie Brothers, 'Radar Love' by Golden Earring, 'Thunder Island' by Jay Ferguson, 'Thick as a Brick' by Jethro Tull, and 'Ventura Highway' by America. Lol.

 

[Midoriya]

Probably any of the crazy frog songs or the Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum OST.

 

[mermaidshelf]

hips dont lie is literally like a time machine for me. i feel like it cant exist in any other year therefore if i'm listening to it, im back in 06 haha. a thousand miles by vanessa carlton is another one that transports me. its strange because i can listen to songs from my childhood for example wannabe by the spice girls and not feel that nostalgic because i listened to it so much throughout my life that i dont really associate it with that period. like, ill never feel nostalgia watching the office because i watch it constantly.

 

[CasualWheezer]

There a few songs that I find nostalgic like "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's, "You Don't Know You're Beautiful" by One Direction, "Africa" by Toto, "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt, "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, "Someone Like You" by Adele, and some movie songs like "You've Got a Friend in Me".

 

[deana]

So many songs, some of which have already been mentioned. The songs that really remind me of my childhood would be oldies that my dad used to listen to on the radio. To name a few: Daytime Night-time by Keith Hampshire, Sunny Days by lighthouse, Hot Child in the City by Nick Glider, Reelin' in the Years by Steely Dan, etc.

But the one song that really speaks to my teenage years has to be none other than: Hands Down by Dashboard Confessional

 

[DinosaurDumpster]

I almost forgot about the majority of Splatoon 1's soundtrack. They all bring me back memories of 2016 ;v;

More specifically, Kraken Up, Now or Never, Metalopod, Octo Valley, Tentacular Circus, Inkopolis News, City of Color, Calamari Inkantation, etc...