Of course, music softens manners but, when it is well chosen, it can also help us to calm stress and anxieties. What if we gave ourselves a moment of pure relaxation with the best relaxing song of all time according to science …
It has long been known that listening to music can help calm him down stress and anxieties. Primitive peoples and native tribes have used rhythms and melodies for healing purposes for centuries. Yes but what music? What rhythms? What pieces? What songs?
Rejoice, we give you the scientific answer to this question and, as a bonus, we make you listen to it!
The anti-stress effects of music
Music therapy is a field of study that has fascinated science for many years. From neuroscience researchers Britons have thus reviewed a number of songs known for their relaxing vibes. The study carried out by Mindlab International took place at the University of Sussex in 2016.
For the experiment, participants equipped with sensory sensors were asked to solve difficult puzzles in deliberately limited time frames. So the situation they found themselves in was stressful in nature.
During the exercises, they were made to listen to various musical pieces (from Coldplay to Mozart) while the researchers followed their brain activity and their psychological state by measuring their heart rate, their blood pressure and breathing.
And the winner is… a relaxing song
During the experiment, the researchers showed that listening to the song ” Weightless From the English group Marconi Union was able to reduce anxiety level of participants by 65%. Just that!
No musical piece tested in previous experiments had ever reached such a score, which makes this title the best relaxing song ever.
You can listen below to the cropped version of “Weightless” (4:13 instead of 8:00) which was reissued in 2019.
Other relaxing songs tested and approved
This remarkable result is no accident. Marconi Union’s song was originally composed with music therapy experts. Its harmonies and rhythms have been mixed and arranged with the will of slow heart rate of the listener, to reduce their blood pressure and their level of cortisol (the stress hormone). And it works !
Among all the songs tested during the experiments carried out by Mindlab International, other songs obtained excellent results in terms of stress reduction.
In addition to the winning title, the top-5 is thus composed in the order of ” Electra »By Airstream, ” Mellomaniac By DJ Shah, ” Watermark “By Enya and finally” Strawberry Swing By superstar band Coldplay.
Now try to isolate yourself, clear your mind and listen to “Weightless” for reduce your stress level and your nervous tension. Admit that you don’t have much to lose …
