INSTANT NOSTALGIA: PLAYLIST

This playlist is your soundtrack to nostalgia, filled with music that instantly transports you to a cinematic moment. Although many of these tracks are less than a decade old, they evoke a sense of timelessness, and you’ve likely heard them in movies or TV shows at some point. The mix of genres — from indie and light electronic to rock — creates the perfect atmosphere for any adventure. Ideal for long road trips, scenic walks, or vacation vibes, this collection features artists like MGMT, Foster The People, Cage The Elephant, Tame Impala, The Black Keys, and more, offering the perfect blend of upbeat energy and reflective moments.

  1. Riptide – Vance Joy

2. Budapest – George Ezra

3. Cigarette Daydreams – Cage The Elephant

4. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People

5. Time to Pretend – MGMT

6. Electric Feel – MGMT

7. Electric Love – BØRNS

8. Tongue Tied – GROUPLOVE

9. Stolen Dance – Milky Chance

10. Brazil – Declan McKenna

11. The Less I Know The Better – Tame Impala

12. Trouble – Cage The Elephant

13. Island In The Sun – Weezer

14. Walking On A Dream – Empire of the Sun

15. Midnight City – M83

16. Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand

17. Two Weeks – Grizzly Bear

18. Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon

19. 1901 – Phoenix

20. Feel Good Inc. – Gorillaz

21. Elephant – Tame Impala

22. Where Is My Mind? – Pixies

23. Lonely Boy – The Black Keys

24. Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve

25. When You Were Young – The Killers

26. Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers

27. Jerk It Out – Caesers

28. Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers

29. Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers

30. Everlong – Foo Fighters

31. Gold on the Ceiling – The Black Keys

32. Loser – Beck

33. Howlin’ for You – The Black Keys

34. The Middle – Jimmy Eat World

35. Tighten Up – The Black Keys

36. Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz

37. Save Your Tears – The Weeknd

38. Take A Walk – Passion Pit

39. 3 Nights – Dominic FIke

40. We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) – fun., Janelle Monáe

41. A-Punk – Vampire Weekend

42. What You Know – Two Door Cinema Club

43. Young Blood – The Naked And Famous

44. Team – Lorde

45. Pumpin Blood – NONONO

46. Daylight – Matt and Kim

47. Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

48. Cough Syrup – Young the Giant

49. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls) – Foster The People

50. Punching In A Dream – The Naked And Famous

51. Somewhere Only We Know – Keane

52. Ocean Drive – Duke Dumont

53. Left Hand Free – alt-J

54. Little Talks – Of Monsters and Men

55. Mr. Brightside – The Killers

56. Young Folks – Peter Bjorn and John

57. So Good – B.o.B

58. Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) – Train

59. Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root

60. Feel It Still – Portugal. The Man

61. Two Princes – Spin Doctors

62. Safe and Sound – Capital Cities

63. Clocks – Coldplay

64. You Get What You Give – New Radicals

65. She’s So High – Tal Bachman

66. The Walker – Fitz and The Tantrums

67. Take Me To Church – Hozier

68. Renegades – X Ambassadors

69. Still Into You – Paramore

70. How You Like Me Now – The Heavy

71. Come with Me Now – KONGOS

72. Genghis Khan – Miike Snow

73. Sleeping With A Friend – Neon Trees

74. Float On – Modest Mouse

75. Kids – MGMT

76. Sedona – Houndmouth

77. Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second – STRFKR

78. Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray

79. Let Her Go – Passenger

80. This Must Be The Place – Sure Sure

81. Doses & Mimosas – Cherub

82. Gooey – Glass Animals

83. All The Time – Bahamas

84. Royals – Lorde

85. Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet

86. Heart-Shaped Box – Nirvana

87. Holiday – Weezer

88. Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day

89. Feels Like We Only Go Backwards – Tame Impala

90. Lithium – Nirvana

91. The Show Goes On – Lupe Fiasco

92. Rock ‘n’ Roll (Part 2) – Gary Glitter

93. Magic In The Hamptons (feat. Lil Yachty) – Social House, Lil Yachty

94. Sweater Weather – The Neighborhood

95. West Coast – The Neighborhood

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