1. Macklemore, “Thrift Shop”
The thrift shop, remember? That’s where you got all the junk that’s currently covering every surface of your apartment. Pack it up and send it back (or put it on the curb) as the Seattle rapper’s bouncy tune plays.
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Looking for motivation? Hit play on these 10 tracks and your place will practically clean itself.
Music can be a useful tool for a number of tasks: finding calm in a hectic work day, getting a weekend party started or pumping yourself up to tackle a big project. For the latter, let us suggest the following playlist, ready to be blasted when you need that extra push to clean your messy apartment. Just fire up your Harman Kardon Onyx Mini, a portable wireless speaker that’s more than equipped for the job, and get going. Whether your parents are coming over to inspect the digs, you’ve got a date to impress or you just want to live in an apartment that doesn’t resemble a garbage dump, these are the songs to get you motivated for the job.
The thrift shop, remember? That’s where you got all the junk that’s currently covering every surface of your apartment. Pack it up and send it back (or put it on the curb) as the Seattle rapper’s bouncy tune plays.
The delirious funk of this 1977 tune—written by Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White and Al McKay—is the kind of song that can get you moving no matter how glued to the couch you feel.
This jam by Ric Ocasek’s synth-pop crew can be a rallying cry for sweeping your dusty floor or tossing out a stack of old newspapers (if you want it to be). Just hop in.
The Queens quartet is always up for a good time, but you can’t hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach, or anywhere else, until you get your apartment in order. No slacking.
This isn’t the most upbeat tune by the always jazzy Dan, but it should help you with disposing of your own dirty work: scrubbing the tub, cleaning the loo, getting those dust bunnies behind the couch.
This is around the time you’re finding the remnants from last Friday night, or that Friday night four months ago when someone might have spilled a bit of wine underneath your couch and crushed a handful of Cheetos into the rug. (Some white vinegar, a vacuum and this Katy Perry tune should take care of those.)
This ode to obstacle-conquering, sleeves-rolled-up love can be equally applied to the mountain of old shoes clogging your closet floor or the Everest of dishes stacked in your sink.
While we’re on the theme of overcoming obstacles, this indie-pop gem by Grimes is light and airy with a strong motivational core: “Every morning there are mountains to climb.”
Here’s another one to pull you out of that 11th-hour malaise, when the task is almost done but you’re flagging and need that one extra push over the top. Wow, cleaning is fun.
Now that you’ve decluttered your life, kick back to this rhythm-and-blues classic about sending all that trash on its way out the door.