It’s finally here — dead week. As the end of the semester approaches, you need a little assistance after staring at a screen or a textbook for seven hours straight. So grab the study snacks, the highlighters and the caffeine. We’ve got the perfect study playlist to get you through.
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Ben Lee’s “We’re All in This Together”
Play this: When you need a little moral support
There is nothing like the stress of finals week to unite people on campus. So raise your Monsters and Dutch Bros. to the kid right next to you. -
Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”
Play this: If the numbers aren’t adding up
Math problem got you in a rut? Accounts not balancing? Don’t worry. There is nothing like the solid advice of the wise Vanilla Ice to motivate you: “If there was a problem, yo, I’ll solve it.”
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JoJo’s “Too Little, Too Late”
Play this: As you try to figure a way to repair your already declining GPA
Beginning of the semester : “I only got a B+ on this paper!?”
Mid-semester: “All I need to pass this class is to score a (insert amount).”
End of the semester: “Please curve the grading scale. Please curve the grading scale. Please.” -
American Hi-Fi’s “The Geeks Get the Girl”
Play this: When you need to be reminded why you’re even in school to begin with
There is only so far muscle flexing can get you. Remember the long term goals outdo the short term ones.
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Kanye West’s “School Spirit”
Play this: When you need to brush aside anyone and anything in your way — you have some winning to do.
“Told ’em I finished school, and I started my own business / They say, ‘Oh, you graduated?’ / No, I decided I was finished.”
Kanye West may start the song by dropping the entire Greek alphabet, but this is really an ode to the life of a hustler (the life of a college student).
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Gioachino Rossini’s “WIlliam Tell Overture – Finale”
Play this: When you need an epic wake-up song
Guaranteed to get you up in the a.m. and make you feel like you’re heading an infantry to the battlefield.
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The Dig’s “I Already Forgot Everything You Said”
Play this: Because you don’t remember anything from the last 13 weeks
Pretty sure it may be premature amnesia when you realize all your notebooks are filled with doodles and absolute gibberish. I’m sorry professor. Nothing we’ve done this entire semester has stuck with me at all.
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Third Eye Blind’s “Narcolepsy”
Play this: When you’ve successfully wiped out your caffeine supply
You’ve been awake for 36 hours straight. Sure, your left eye is twitching. You probably went through a dangerous amount of coffee and Red Bull cocktails, but you’re finally done with that 40-page paper on crosstabs and correlations. Thanks, Kevin from the third floor, you the homie.
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Frozen OST (Idina Menzel) “Let It Go”
Play this: When you need to let go of everything
Sometimes all you need is a reminder that what has been done, has been done. The other times you just need a Disney number to let it all out.
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Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger”
Play this: When you are putting on the war paint
Put on that headband — there is no stopping you.
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Washed Out’s “Don’t Give Up”
Play this: When you are on the brink of giving up
This chilled number will get you through with the main goal in mind:
One. More. Week. Must. Get. Through. -
Calvin Harris’ (ft. HAIM) “Pray to God”
Play this: When the odds are not looking to be in your favor
Be it waiting on a second interview, an internship offer or even getting through a class. Towards the end of the semester, we all need a little help from the big guy upstairs.
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Bill Conti’s “Gonna Fly Now”
Play this: Just before you walk into your final
You can call it cheesy, but if this got Rocky Balboa to knock out Apollo Creed, you can use it to dominate that final.
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Beastie Boys’ “The Sounds of Science”
Play this: If you’re a physics major
“’Cause I be dropping the new science and I be kicking the new knowledge / An emcee to a degree that you can’t get in college.”
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Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out”
Play this: After your last final
It’s finally over. Kick those classroom doors open, listen for that guitar riff and throw those books in the air. Summer is finally here.
Listen to the Spotify playlist.
Marissa Iqbal Hakim can be reached at [email protected] or @daenamarissa on Twitter.
