There's no getting around it, moving takes time. Lots of time. Like any daunting project, it's 
best to just roll up your sleeves and dive in, tackling manageable chunks of it over the course of a couple weeks. But the right music can help any task go by faster. So what is good packing music? In honor of Moving Week, we put together a few short playlists of songs that capture something about moving — the sense of possibility in a new beginning, maybe, or the wistful feeling about leaving a place behind.
Tell us in the comments!
There are really endless ideas for good songs. You'll have to let us know what we've left out in the comments. But here's a jumping-off point for your next moving mix!
Moving Up and Out (Motivational)
Billy Joel, "Movin' Out"
Village People, "Go West"
Jeffersons Show Theme Song ("Movin' on Up!")
Phillip Phillips, "Home"
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "Our House"
Carole King, "I Feel the Earth Move"
Journey, "Don't Stop Believin'"
David Bowie, "Changes"
Sheryl Crow, "Every Day is a Winding Road"
Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run"
Young the Giant, "Apartment"
Moving On (Melancholy)
Peter, Paul & Mary, "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
John Denver, "Take Me Home Country Roads"
Fleetwood Mac, "Landslide"
Beatles, "I'll Follow the Sun"
Hank Williams, Sr. "Ramblin' Man"
Geographically Specific
Sara Bareilles, "Vegas"
Joni Mitchell, "California"
Katy Perry, "California Gurls"
Beach Boys, "California Girls"
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, "Jackson"
Simon & Garfunkel, "America"
Bruce Springsteen, "Atlantic City"
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, "Oregon Girl"
The Band, "Acadian Driftwood"
Bon Iver, "Wisconsin"
Ella Fitzgerald, "Manhattan"
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"
Phoenix, "Rome"
Tell us in the comments!
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"She Wants to Move" by N.E.R.D.
"Around the World" by Daft Punk
"Move" by CSS
"Pack It up" by The Prentenders
"Move Along" by All-American Rejects
Location specific/melancholy:
"New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down" by LCD Soundsystem
"Hold Tight London" by Chemical Bros
and of course, "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real
I like a mix of joy and reflection:
"One Place" - Everything But the Girl
"Brave" - The Innocence Mission
"Swimming" - Tracey Thorn
"Enjoy" - Janet Jackson
"Good Morning Sunshine" Brent Cash
"Sail Away" David Gray
"Low Tide of the Night" Everything But the Girl
"Miles Away" - Basia
"Better Days" - Janet Jackson
"Stars & Satellites" Minnie Driver
"Above The Clouds" Paul Weller
What, no "Funky Town" -- Lipps Inc.?
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My next big move will be home, so:
Guess he'd rather be in Colorado- John Denver
Rocky Mountain High- John Denver
'Round the Wheel- String Cheese Incident
Up the Canyon- String Cheese Incident
How Mountain Girls Can Love- SCI or John Denver, or anyone, really
Goin' Down the Road- Grateful Dead
Seven Bridges Road- Lowen & Navarro
Bertha-Grateful Dead
blazeabago- Keller Williams
Thirsty in the Rain- Peter Rowan
Ellie Goulding - "Home"
Two Door Cinema Club - "New Houses"
Is it just me, or is there a politically incorrect word for location-themed "packing music"?
ugh! just play something upbeat that gets your blood pumping. Or something tragically melancholy so you can weep freely as you pack those precious mementos of the birth of your children. But "all my exes live in texas" as you pack to move to Waco makes me want to stab you.
"Home", by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros?
Patsy Cline for housework and moving, of course!
"Get the F@&$ Out of Dodge" by Public Enemy.
As soon as I saw the words "geographically specific," I thought of "Boston" by Augustana.
I just moved house and found this to be a good playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/tinyriot/playlist/3U7NCKvugI9VTiP1rQ0dXw metal kept me moving!