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The right dose of sleep keeps us fit and healthy. But sometimes, there are nights when falling asleep becomes torture. Getting to rest in bed is a significant struggle for many.
It’s only in bed that many people review their day or think about the million things they still have to do the next day.
Besides countless methods of falling asleep that are supposed to help you enter the realm of dreams more easily, one way is criminally neglected: music. Music can trigger very different feelings and moods in us, and the right songs can make us euphoric, thoughtful, and calming.
Several studies also prove: Music can have a calming and sleep-inducing effect.
Songs with a calm melody and a pleasant singing voice are particularly well suited to help us fall asleep on a challenging and nerve-racking day. Such songs cause our heart and breathing rate to decrease in the human body, and the brain also slowly begins to settle into a relaxed state through this effect.
Our playlist contains 100 songs that are especially good for falling asleep. We have chosen a soothing mix of well-known and lesser-known melodies that will help you reach dreamland faster.
(A Spotify playlist can be found at the end of the article.)
The 100 best songs to fall asleep to:
Each song is linked to its music video via the title.
№: | Listen: | Performer: | |
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1. | Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran | |
2. | All of Me | John Legend | |
3. | Tequila Sunrise | Adam Story | |
4. | Stay With Me | Sam Smith | |
5. | Earned It | The Weeknd | |
6. | All I Need | Air – Beth Hirsch | |
7. | Love Me Like You Do | Ellie Goulding | |
8. | One Day | Asaf Avidan | |
9. | Rain for Sleep | Rain Sounds | |
10. | Let Her Go | Passenger | |
11. | When We Were Young | Adele | |
12. | Willst du | Alligatoah | |
13. | I See Fire | Ed Sheeran | |
14. | Yesterday | Beatles | |
15. | Skinny Love | Birdy | |
16. | Keep Your Head Up | Ben Howard | |
17. | Say Something | A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera | |
18. | From A Distance | Bette Midler | |
19. | FourFiveSeconds | Rihanna, Paul McCartney, Kanye West | |
20. | The A Team | Ed Sheeran | |
21. | The Time Of My Life | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | |
22. | Fix You | Coldplay | |
23. | You’re Missing | Bruce Springsteen | |
24. | Tenerife Sea | Ed Sheeran | |
25. | The Lazy Song | Bruno Mars | |
26. | Du und ich | Mark Foster | — |
27. | Photograph | Ed Sheeran | |
28. | Footprints In The Sand | Leona Lewis | |
29. | Kaleidoscope Heart | Sara Bareilles | |
30. | All This Time | Sting | |
31. | Drive By | Train | |
32. | Ours | Taylor Swift | |
33. | High For This | The Weeknd | |
34. | Angel | Sarah McLachlan | |
35. | Irgendwas bleibt | Silbermond | |
36. | Just Give Me A Reason | P!nk | |
37. | She might She might | Milow | |
38. | Hero | Mariah Carey | |
39. | Me, Myself & I | Beyoncé | |
40. | Earth Song | Michael Jackson | |
41. | Stay | Rihanna | |
42. | Internal Dialogue | Maria Mena | |
43. | I Never Fall | Katie Melua | |
44. | Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart | Alicia Keys | |
45. | I’m Yours | Jason Mraz | |
46. | Emotion | Destiny’s Child | |
47. | Burn | Ellie Goulding | |
48. | Clocks | Coldplay | |
49. | Time After Time | Eva Cassidy | |
50. | Spider’s Web | Katie Melua | |
51. | I Miss You | Aaliyah | |
52. | Enjoy The Silence | Sue Ellen | |
53. | I Knew You Were Trouble | Taylor Swift | |
54. | Miss You So | Frank Ocean | — |
55. | Weightless | Marconi Union | |
56. | Give Me Love | Ed Sheeran | |
57. | The Time Of My Life | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | |
58. | Moving Mountains | Usher | |
59. | Who Is | Bruno Mars | — |
60. | Gewinner | Clueso | |
61. | Bloodstream | Ed Sheeran | |
62. | Fallin’ For You | Colbie Caillat | |
63. | Sitting On The Moon | Enigma | |
64. | Naked As We Came | Iron & Wine | |
65. | I Can Almost See You | Hammock | |
66. | Upward Over The Mountain | Iron And Wine | |
67. | Come Away With Me | Norah Jones | |
68. | Latch (Acoustic) | Sam Smith | |
69. | Intro | The xx | |
70. | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | |
71. | Echoes In Rain | Enya | |
72. | Wings Acoustic | Birdy | |
73. | Over The Rainbow | Eva Cassidy | |
74. | I Won’t Give Up | Jason Mraz | |
75. | Wonderful Life | Katie Melua | |
76. | Moon | Foals | |
77. | People Help The People | Birdy | |
78. | I Don’t Want To Change You | Damien Rice | |
79. | All alright | Sigur Rós | |
80. | Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 [Redemption] | Muse | |
81. | Shiver | Coldplay | |
82. | How To Disappear Completely | Radiohead | |
83. | Asleep | The Smiths | |
84. | Nothing Shatters Like A Heart | Moto Boy | |
85. | Your Song | Ellie Goulding | |
86. | Grizzly Bear | Angus & Julia Stone | |
87. | Breathe Me | Sia | |
88. | Poison & Wine | The Civil Wars | |
89. | Bring On The Wonder | Sarah McLachlan | |
90. | Gravity | Sara Bareilles | |
91. | Paradise (acoustic) | Tyler Ward | |
92. | The Greatest | Cat Power | |
93. | Shadows | Warpaint | |
94. | Heartbeats | José González | |
95. | Stay | Rihanna | |
96. | We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off | Ella Eyre | |
97. | Say It Again (Acoustic) | Frances | |
98. | Love Yourself | Justin Bieber | |
99. | Hello | Adele | |
100. | Eyes Shut | Years & Years |