This amazing list of 35 motivational, uplifting and inspiring songs just might carry you through your workweek. Pick out your favorite tunes, and you’ll have quite an awesome mixed tape — or a playlist, if you’ve been keeping up with technology for the last 15 years — for you and your coworkers.

Songs to help keep things running smoothly:
9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
Working for the Weekend by Loverboy
Takin’ Care Of Business by Bachman Turner Overdrive
She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer
I’m Your Captain by Grandfunk Railroad
Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones

Songs for when things are looking bleak:
When the Going Gets Tough by Billy Ocean
Don’t Stop Believing by Journey
Push it to the Limit by Paul Engemann
You’re the Best Around by Joe Esposito
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
What a Feeling by Irene Cara

Songs for when everything seems to be going wrong, and you have to deal with unruly customers:
Respect by Aretha Franklin
Beat It by Michael Jackson
Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden
Highway to Hell by ACDC
Enter Sandman by Metallica
The Final Countdown by Europe
Iron Man by Black Sabbath
Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis
Closing Time by Semisonic
A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles
Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas

Songs when you need a little perspective:
Can’t Buy Me Love by The Beatles
True Colors by Cyndi Lauper
Waterfalls by TLC
Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems by Notorious B.I.G.
Heart Of Gold by Neal Young
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
Tin Man by America
Money by Pink Floyd

Songs for when you’re making so much bank, it’s hilarious:
I’ve Got the World on a String by Frank Sinatra
We Are the Champions by Queen
Rock You Like a Hurricane by Scorpions
Push It by Salt-N-Pepa
Simply the Best by Tina Turner
Paper’d Up by Snoop Dogg
For the love of Money by The O’Jays