There is some debate about how productive one can be listening to music while studying, but I think that with the right song choice music can help create the perfect environment for focusing. The key is to choose songs without distracting beats that also won’t put you to sleep while you’re struggling through a problem set. In this playlist I’ve included some well-known hits like Train’s Drive By that will help you to rally during lulls as well as some more laid-back choices like Lana Del Ray’s Dark Paradise. This mix incorporates the best of mellow sounds, rhythmic instrumentals and catchy lyrics to make studying more enjoyable and help you glide through your pile of work in no time.
1. No Church in the Wild: Kanye West and Jay Z
2. Radio: Lana Del Ray
3. DriveBy: Train
4. Ours: Taylor Swift
5. 5 O’clock in the Morning: T-Pain feat. Lily Allen and Wiz Kahlifa
6. Rollingin the Deep: Adele
7. Better People: Xavier Rudd
8. The Crave: Chris Young the Rapper
9. Extreme Ways: Moby
10. Here (In Your Arms): Hellogoodbye
11. Walking on a Dream: Empire of the Sun
12. Cheer Up: J. Cole
13. Somebody that I Used to Know: Gotye
14. Up Up and Away: Kid Cudi
15. Ambitions: Donkeyboy
16. Dark Paradise: Lana Del Ray
17. Street Lights: Kanye West
18. Fences: Phoenix
19. Muy Tranquilo: Gramatik
20. No One be Like You: Wale
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Amherst chapter.