Whether you’re just needing the right boost to your early morning, about to go into that interview, preparing to take a leap of faith toward chasing your dreams, or simply need a little extra strength in your strut to complete your outfit, these songs are for you, my friend!

So pump up the volume and don’t be shy about dancing around while yell-singing at the top of your lungs!

This post originally appeared on Anna’s 1st blog, Annamotion.

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My Top 3

I’ve included affiliate links to Amazon for these first 3 songs in case you want to go right ahead and download them (I did! I’ve even set them as my alarm sound). If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can stream them for free. Click the titles to hear them all free on YouTube or scroll to the bottom for the complete playlist.

1. Roar by Katy Perry

Get ready to yell-sing: “You’re gonna hear me roar!”

My fav lyrics: “I guess I forgot I had a choice.”

I wrote a guest post for Hiya Tootsie! about how courage is not something you earn or find, but it is something you CHOOSE. I know I often forget that. I hesitate. I put things off. Waiting for my courage to come. But guess what. It’s not gonna! Because courage is a CHOICE. Choose to act courageously today.

You can stream this song or purchase it here: Roar by Katy Perry (affiliate link to Amazon).

2. Walking on Water by Lecrae

Get ready to yell-sing: “So I’m walkin’ on water!”

My fav lyrics: “When I see a problem, when it gets tough, I don’t get soft, man, I ain’t given up. There’s no turnin’ back, man, I will stay strong. It’s time to go hard or it’s time to go home.”

These are the words I constantly need to tell myself when I’m feeling fearful or beaten down. Tell that to yourself today: I will stay strong! This is the song I’ve been waking up to each morning this whole past week. It definitely starts your day off with the right “I am woman, hear me roar” attitude.

You can stream this song or purchase it here: Walking on Water by Lecrae (affiliate link to Amazon).

3. Fight Song by Rachel Platten

Get ready to yell-sing: “This is my fight song! Take back my life song! Prove I’m alright song!”

My fav lyrics: “I might only have one match, but I can make an explosion.”

What a beautiful line that is! This can be a truth in your current situation: though you may not have much, you can still do big things with the little you have. It’s also a truth to our whole lives: we may just be one little light in this world, but, as Rachel Platten sings, “I might have one match, but I can make an explosion.” Remember that as the song is brought back to your memory later today (because I’m sure it will; it’s been stuck in my head!)

You can stream this song or purchase it here: Fight Song by Rachel Platten (affiliate link to Amazon).

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4. Hey, Hey by Superchick

Get ready to yell-sing: “Hey hey, that’s freedom you hear!”

My fav lyrics: “Why try to be like someone else when you can only be yourself? No one can sing the song you do. Be true. Be legendary you.”

When you try to be someone else, you rob everyone and yourself of what YOU are meant to contribute to this world. My dear friend, you have a special song etched into your heart. A story untold. A song that only you can sing. Babe, no one does YOU better than YOU! The beautiful actress and singer, Judy Garland, once said, “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.”

5. Titanium by David Guetta

Get ready to yell-sing: “I am titanium!”

My fav lyrics: “You shoot me down, but I won’t fall. I am titanium.”

The truth is…we’re not bulletproof. We are vulnerable, sensitive souls. Words do hurt more than sticks or stones. But let these words strengthen you today. Make you titanium. Only as long as you promise me you’ll still keep your heart soft.

6. Fighter by Christina Aguilera

Get ready to yell-sing: “So thanks for making me a fighter!”

My fav lyrics: “Makes me that much stronger. Makes me work a little bit harder. It makes me that much wiser.”

The stinky situations you’ve been through. The heart aches. The pain and suffering of this life. They hurt you. But you can take it and use it to become stronger. To work harder. To become wiser. Use the bad for good. GROW.

7. Survivor by Destiny’s Child

Get ready to yell-sing: “I’m a survivor! I’m not gon’ give up!”

My fav lyrics: “After all of the darkness and sadness soon comes happiness. If I surround myself with positive things, I’ll gain prosperity.”

There truly is always that silver lining. It may take longer than we like, but it will come in time. The world is already filled with so much darkness, so surround yourself with light. Why waste your time on anything that is not pure and positive? (Philippians 4:8)

8. Anthem by Superchick

Get ready to yell-sing: “Here’s to the ones who don’t give up!”

My fav lyrics: “We are girls with skinned knees. We are concrete and grace. We are not what you think. You can’t keep us in our place.”

“Concrete and grace.” OOooooOOOo! *happy shiver* I LOVE THAT! What a beautiful word picture of the essence of a strong and beautiful woman.

9. Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar

Get ready to yell-sing: “Hit me with your best shot!”

My fav lyrics: “Knock me down; it’s all in vain. I’ll get right back on my feet again.”

Don’t let life hold you down today. Tell it to hit you with its best shot! ‘Cause you’ll just get right back on your feet again!

10. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) by Kelly Clarkson

Get ready to yell-sing: “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!”

My fav lyrics: “Doesn’t mean I’m lonely when I’m alone.”

Ladies. Learn to be content in singleness. Or in alone time. Have some fun, quality time with yourself! We are relational people and we need others…but don’t be a woman who is needy. There’s a difference. But don’t go to the other extreme either; we do need each other. But being alone doesn’t necessarily equate with loneliness. It’ll do you a lot of good to learn that now.

11. Brave by Sara Bareilles

Get ready to yell-sing: “I wanna see you be brave!”

My fav lyrics: “Everybody’s been there. Everybody’s been stared down by the enemy. Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing.”

I like this reminder that everyone has fears and has run away from them at some point in their lives. So don’t be hard on yourself, dear. But don’t be afraid any longer to “say what you need to say.” Have courage, you fierce lion, you.

12. Rock What You Got by Superchick

Get ready to yell-sing: “No one can rock the way you rock!”

My fav lyrics: “Go rock the world and prove them wrong.”

Don’t you just love to “prove ’em wrong”!? Have you ever been told you couldn’t do something? Have you been torn down by another’s lack of faith in you? Well don’t give up, darlin’!

Go rock the world and PROVE. THEM. W. R. O. N. G. ! ! ! ! ! !

13. Shake It Off by Taylor Swift

Get ready to yell-sing: “I shake it off! I shake it off!”

My fav lyrics: “It’s like I got this music in my mind saying’, ‘It’s gonna be alright’.”

If you don’t hear music in your mind telling you it’s gonna be alright, then just let T-Swifty sing it to you in your head. 😉 But for real….(wait, I was serious. Let her sing to you!)…Sometimes I’ve just gotta tell that to myself over and over. “Ahhh! There’s so many things to do! Shhh, Anna, it’s going to be alright. But I’ve already messed up so badly! It’s going to be alright. YOU will be alright. Yeah, I will….ehhh I don’t know. I don’t think I can handle this. It’s gonna be alright.” Say it out loud if you have to! Or blast this song and shake it off!

14. Do My Thing by Estelle

I’ve saved this one for the end because it’s one of my other new favorites. So turn it up and do your thing!

Get ready to yell-sing: “I’ma do my thing!”

My fav lyrics: “When I dance, I dance to the beat of a drummer you don’t hear and you can’t see. So if I look off beat, well the problem must be you, not me. Irregular, but never irrelevant. Unusual, but never uncool.”

MM! LOVE these lyrics! Like I said earlier, only YOU can do YOU, Boo. Don’t worry about others. They’re not YOU! You have a unique beat to dance to and if you start beating to someone else’s drum you’re gonna find yourself one day lookin’ silly because you’re not on beat. Not on the beat of YOUR drummer.

Your beat might look different than others. That’s ok. DO YOUR THING! You may feel silly at first. That’s ok (everybody else feels silly about themselves, too). DO YOUR THING!

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For quick access to all 14 songs, here’s a YouTube playlist I created for you: YouTube Playlist

Girl, you are beautiful. You are strong. You are resilient. If you get knocked down, you will get right back up. You have a song no one else can sing, so you should do whatever you can to not let the world snuff you out or try to conform you to itself. Be you. Boundless, bold, beautiful, YOU.

What other songs make you feel empowered?