The Hope Playlist

The Student Insurgent

Feeling utterly deflated? Need music to help you remember why life’s worth living, or just uplift you? Here’s The Student Insurgent’s antidote to the other playlist.

  1. South Side of the Sky — Yes
  2. Build a Fire — Pile
  3. Song 33 — Noname
  4. Help Me — Mic Crenshaw, Jana Crenshaw
  5. Movimiento Social El Deseo — Sara Hebe
  6. Utopian Futures — Kimya Dawson
  7. Here Comes The Sun — The Beatles
  8. The Times They Are A-Changin’ — Bob Dylan
  9. Sweet But Bitter Life — Possessed by Paul James
  10. New Beginning — Tracy Chapman
  11. You Must Believe in Spring and Love — Abbey Lincoln
  12. Strength — Moonchild
  13. Feeling Good — Nina Simone
  14. Brake Up Song — Foraging and the Rattling Bones
  15. Oh Well, We’ll Win — Skating Polly
  16. Let the Flames Begin — Paramore
  17. Phenomenon — ODIE
  18. It’s a Good Day (to fight the system) — Shungudzo
  19. Drama — Erykah Badu
  20. Alright — Kendrick Lamar
  21. Escribo Rap Con R De Revolución — Portavoz, Cidtronyck
  22. Which Will — Nick Drake
  23. Bodhyanga — Alvan, Velvet
  24. Years — Amelia Curran
  25. All Is Full of Love — Bjork
  26. El Amor — KeTeKalles
  27. Technicolor — Montaigne
  28. I Will Survive — Gloria Gaynor
  29. Don’t Give Up — Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
  30. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger — Daft Punk
  31. Express Yourself — Madonna
  32. We Are The Champions — Queen
  33. Imagine — John Lennon
  34. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough — Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
  35. Three Little Birds — Bob Marley and the Wailers
  36. I Won’t Back Down — Tom Petty
  37. What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong
  38. Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life — Monty Python
  39. We Are the World — Michael Jackson
  40. Over The Rainbow — Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole
  41. We Shall Overcome — Joan Baez
  42. Bridge over Troubled Water — Simon and Garfunkel
  43. Don’t Stop — Fleetwood Mac
  44. Smile — Nat King Cole
  45. Lovely Day — Bill Withers
  46. Yearn — Yvette Young
  47. Mr. Blue Sky — ELO
  48. Wind of Change — The Scorpions
  49. Beautiful Day — U2
  50. Stand by Me — Ben E. King
  51. Coast — Gone Gone Beyond
  52. The Long Run — BLOOM, ELIH
  53. Truth — Alex Ebert
  54. Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) — John Lee Hooker
  55. Vivir mi Vida — Marc Anthony
  56. Iswegh Attay — Tinariwen, Kyp Malone
  57. La Vida Es Un Carnaval — Celia Cruz
  58. Todo Cambia — Mercedes Sosa
  59. Hasta la Raíz — Natalia Lafourcade
  60. Don’t Bring Me Down — Electric Light Orchestra
  61. Seeds of Freedom — Manu Chao
  62. Zamba de Mi Esperanza — Jorge Cafrune
  63. Dancing in the Moonlight — King Harvest
  64. Degg Gui — Cheikh Lô
  65. Claridad — Muerdo
  66. Eye of the Tiger — Survivor
  67. Comfortable — Mick Jenkins, Noname
  68. Lessons From My Mistakes…but I Lost Your Number — Liv.e
  69. Pretty World — Lisa Ono
  70. Flowerboys — Saint Ivory
  71. Simple Things — Minnie Riperton
  72. Sweet Time — Raveena
  73. Freedom Is Free — Chicano Batman
  74. Shine — Cleo Sol
  75. NÜ REVOLUTION — Les Nubians
  76. Link — Tierra Whack
  77. Poetry — The RH Factor, Q-Tip, Erykah Badu
  78. Heal — Pip Millett
  79. Prayer — Ali Dineen
  80. We Got to Have Peace — Curtis Mayfield
  81. Gajendra — WILLOW, Jahnavi Harrison
  82. Rainforest — Noname
  83. Lean on Me — Bill Withers
  84. Over the Rainbow — Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
  85. Get Up, Stand Up — Bob Marley & The Wailers
  86. One Love — Bob Marley
  87. Young Love — Cleo Sol
  88. Revolution (Pts. 1 and 2) — Nina Simone
  89. Under Pressure — Queen (feat. David Bowie)
  90. Home Ft. Jana Crenshaw and Mama C — Mic Crenshaw, Jana Crenshaw, Mama C
  91. Free Em All — Mic Crenshaw, David Rovics, Opium Sabbah
  92. I Sing Just To Know That I’m Alive — Nina Simone
  93. Floating — Raveena, Hope Tala
  94. With a Little Help From My Friends — The Beatles
  95. Alright — Kitty Craft
  96. Mirage — Chris Keys, Quelle Chris, Earl Sweatshirt, Denmark Vessey, Merrill Garbus, Big Sen
  97. Antifascista — ZSK
  98. Let’s Lynch the Landlord — Dead Kennedys
  99. Livin’ on a Prayer — Bon Jovi
  100. Not Afraid — Eminem
  101. Lovey Day — Alt J
  102. Down Bad — Dreamville, JID, Bas, J. Cole, EARTHGANG, Young Nudy
  103. Spinal Tap — Okay Kaya, deem spencer, Michael Wolever
  104. Clint Eastwood - Ed Case / Sweetie Irie Refix — Gorillaz
  105. Let the Rhythm Just — The Polish Ambassador, Mr. Lif, Ayla Nereo
  106. Don’t Stop Believing — Journey