When you are in the office there is sometimes very little saving you from a hideous dose of depression in January after the joy and excitement of Christmas comes to a crushing end. For accountants the reality is the busiest month of the year. One minute you are finishing off a cheese board in your Zebra onesie watching a Christmas film and the next you are drinking gallons of coffee, nursing a headache and trying to find your desk under all the paperwork.

There is one thing that keeps us sane in the ABC offices and that is some decent tunes. I say decent but the fact is the boss is into Iron Maiden and Puddle of Mudd and the management team blast out Kasabian – but it keeps them happy and I digress. Whatever your taste in music, get yourself some headphones and give yourself a time out. Trust us, it will do wonders. Just one word of warning though – you cannot hear them but they will be able to hear you so strictly no singing as you get absorbed into your favourite tracks.

We have compiled a thorough list of some of our favourites, some popular classics, and a few that will just make you want to smile. So find the category that appeals to you and give us a grin! It was so hard to narrow down all the possibilities because you cannot do the music made to date justice in one blog. It also has a female bias to it! But there are some seriously awesome tunes coming up! My personal favourite is the ‘epic’ section. Enjoy!

And to the ABC team – hope this helps pass the time and get you all to the 31st in one piece!

Survivor – Eye of The Tiger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4

Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U

Flashdance What A Feeling – Irene Cara Official Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILWSp0m9G2U

Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo

Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZD4ezDbbu4

The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E

Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk

Puddle of Mudd – Blurry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJJsoquu70o

Iron Maiden – Fear of the Dark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nba3Tr_GLZU

Foo Fighters – The Pretender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBjQ9tuuTJQ

Green Day – American Idiot (Censored)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3uXSTGpdMk 

Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’Mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

AC/DC – Highway To Hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKggnBh2Mdw

Pink – U And Ur Hand [Warning uncensored version!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV4r6LtjlFM

Kasabian – Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agVpq_XXRmU

Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffany’s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ClCpfeIELw

Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0HhrwIwp0

Taylor Swift – Blank Space

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg

Ellie Goulding – Burn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEd0aKWZE

Christina Aguilera – Dirrty 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xMWrKhLJq4

Pharrell Williams – Happy (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM

Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn676-fLq7I

Kylie Minogue – The Loco-motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZAhzVvgY-c

Lady Gaga – Born This Way Official Music Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTWoTR2a7JM

ABBA – Dancing Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA

The Jackson 5 – ABC

It didn’t seem right not to include it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U

Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-u5WLJ9Yk4

Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JoZS6LgqYI

Jason Derulo – “Talking Dirty” Featuring 2 Cahinz (Official HD Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P18bCciV_7c

All of Me – John Legend & Lindsey Stirling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsYvBYZcx4

Chris Brown ft. Nicki Minaj – Love More [Clean] 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W2WX7obMO4

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines (Clean)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKiB4eqq5Dg

Drake  – Hold On We’re Going Home (Clean)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpti9dCNQfA

Beyoncé – Drunk in Love ft Jay Z (Clean version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTCm9YSc9z4

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

Frank Sinatra – My Way (1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egY8rUpxqcE

Joan Jett The Blackhearts – I love Rock and Roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL5spALs-eA

Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGoWtY_h4xo

Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4

The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbQLB0q3hts

Spandau Ballet – Gold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSq8ZBdSxNU

Bonnie Tyler – I Need a Hero (Lyrics with this one – fancy a sing a long?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBwS66EBUcY

Michael Jackson – Thriller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V90AmXnguw

Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger (Official Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8OipmKFDeM

Gloria Gaynor – I will Survive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY

And for the boss – Anthem for the week:

Christina Aguilera – Fighter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PstrAfoMKlc

Hope you found some tunes you had forgotten about and boogied with the rest of us. Have an awesome week and let’s defy the myth that people become depressed in January – not with all that bopping and singing they don’t!