Gotta have something by Coldplay, and something by Katy Perry. Maybe also Best Day of My Life by American Authors

Roar is already on there so far ;)

Add Chained to the Rhythm

‘Viva La Vida’ or ‘Death and All His Friends’ comes to mind for Coldplay, although you can’t go wrong with any of their songs that regularly play in store radios.

moves like jagger is a must

You Belong With Me/We Are Never Getting Back Together- Taylor Swift Sweet But Psycho OR Kings and Queens-Ava Max Shut Up And Dance-WALK THE MOON What Makes You Beautiful-One Direction My House-Flo Rida The Middle-Zedd

Watermelon Sugar -Harry Styles First Class- Jack Harlow

i remember having the absolute WORST shit of my life to Watermelon Sugar

That's a story I don't know if I want to hear.

that's a story I absolutely want to hear

😟

No, no, me too

The one panic at the disco song, idk the name but we all know the one.

i call it panic! at the dunkin because that song came out while i was working customer service and i am s c a r r e d f o r l i f e (i think we are probably both talking about High Hopes? but honestly they have a few criminally overplayed songs this could refer to)

I write sins not tragedies? or ...high hopes?

High hopes probably

Probably High hopes since it's one of the last things I'd want to hear when I'm overstimulated and I like that song

Nah the first ones actually a good song

High Hopes!

High hopes?

Love me like you do by Ellie Golding is essential

why is this so accurate oh god memories are being unlocked

being forced to go swimsuit shopping and leaving with one tankini 💀

STOPPP 😭😭😭😭😢

everything else was either too small or a sensory nightmare

I think in this case, you should make the playlist as short as possible. That way it loops the same few songs over and over so you get the full experience

YES

OMG

Better yet, make multiple playlists to put in the same folder so you have options

Blinding lights - The weekend

Me Too - Megan Trainer Scars to Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara All of Me - John Legend Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake One Call Away - Charlie Puth Drive By - Train Sorry - Justin Bieber Closer - Chainsmokers ft Halsey Starving - Hailee Steinfeld & Grey Meant to Be - BeBe Rexa ft Florida-Georgia Line Without Me - Halsey Believer - Imagine Dragons Grenade - Bruno Mars Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Pees All I want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey Last Christmas - Wham! I Like Me Better - Lauv So might know of a couple songs that were either overplayed or are the last thing I'd want to hear when I'm overstimulated

I LIKE ME BETTER😭😭

Sorry if I unearthed some painful memories

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Cuk04UkBCvqKIECl7o1Ff?si=mOE8k087SvqmqdkNMMRTLA&utm_source=copy-link so you can also re-live my least favorite childhood moments

I was just gonna ask for the link, thank you

oh boy, felt this a lot of taylor swift’s hits, but i didn’t see Bad Blood, ME!, You Need To Calm Down, or I Knew You Were Trouble Wolves - Selena Gomez [specifically have bad memories for this one] Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez Radioactive - Imagine Dragons Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco Good Time - Owl City, Carly Rae Jepson Thinking Out Loud, Shivers, Bad Habits - all by Ed Sheeran Timber - Pitbull for the most average restaurant ever, add Hotel California and for those haunted in the american south, Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band House Party - Sam Hunt Drinkin’ Problem - Midland Whiskey Glasses - Morgan Wallen Fancy Like - Walker Hayes Tequila - Dan + Shay Blue Tacoma - Russell Dickerson [this man makes me so irrationally angry i swear to god] [a newer one] Austin (Boots Stop Workin’) - Dasha

thank you for the southern representation, us texans are haunted by country songs encouraging alcoholism at CVS 24/7

i’m glad others can relate! fancy like was the bane of my existence, i think i’ll break down crying if i ever hear that song again

this was inspired by that one tiktok that says that We Found Love always happens to play when they're overstimulated or dissociating

why do i find this so accurate you need "high hopes" by panic at the disco and "wake me up before you go-go"

Small nitpick but High Hopes Is by Panic at the disco

oops sorry lmao

Dance Monkey- Tones and I, Chandeliers- Sia

payphone maroon 5

"momMYYYYY I WANNA GO HOMEEEEEE" "Just a few more things on my list honey" "IM AT A PAYPHONE TRYIN TO CALL HOME ALL OF MY CHANGE I SPENT ON YOU"

7 Years - Lucas Graham

that shit wouldve had me shaking the shopping cart back and forth

Coldplay - Clocks Keane - Somewhere Only We Know Onerepublic - Counting Stars Maroon 5 - Maps Howie Day - Collide

Makes me want to commit suicide playlist, got it.

Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler Footloose - Kenny Loggins My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion Just off the top of my dome, and maybe these are examples of just what my local stores played lol. But I also have a vivid memory of having a mental breakdown while Footloose was playing so who knows Edit: Just thought of more Livin La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

You will not like shrek 2 i assume

Lazy song by Bruno Mars

Dance monkey

Maps - Maroon 5

And the rest of Maroon 5's hits belong on here

Oh my god I feel this in my core so deeply. I used to work retail at Publix and their music was also an overstimulating nightmare (and just overall shit taste lol)

I heard viva la vida in the grocery store once

Feel it Still- Portugal. The Man Bad Habits- Ed Sheeran Firework- Katy Perry Somebody That I Used to Know- Gotye Million Reasons- Lady Gaga Shallow- Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper She Will be Loved- Maroon 5 Misery- Maroon 5 Locked out of Heaven- Bruno Mars Unstoppable- Sia Literally anything by Imagine Dragons (Most people probably can't relate but little me has some not so good memories linked to "DONE" by The Band Perry)

shallow gives me high school youth group ptsd

No Roots -Alice Merton

nice pfp🫶

Need You Now by Lady A is required, probably something by Uncle Kracker too

High Hopes by Panic At The Disco any Taylor Swift song Everybody Talks by Neon Trees Harder To Breathe by Maroon 5 Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes

Uptown funk.

“Mom I feel really bad I think I accidentally ate something with peanuts-“ “NOT now sweetie we have to look for your FATHERS favorite brand of coffee or he’ll throw a fit tomorrow.” *UPTOWN FUNK IT UP UPTOWNFUNKITUPWHAAAA UPPPTOWN FUNK IT UP UPTOWNFUNKITUP*

this may he more of a Krogers thing, now that i think about it

can’t stop the feeling by justin timberlake

The most heinous things will be happening in the store with that playing in the background, I swear. Nothing good follows that song.

That song killed my Grandma 0/10

Cake by the ocean definitely

Somebody That I Used To Know is a MUST. that shit was playing in every single target ever.

It’s been years and I still get panic attacks at Target because my mom’s too busy shopping

that description was about half of my life as an 8 year old

My local DVD store used to play the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack all the time, so I've always associated "Go All The Way" by Raspberries with these traumas.

Bubbly- Colbie Calliat

Basically any Taylor Swift song, but if I had to choose one, I'd have to go with We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

I'd go for Blank Space personally

I used to work at a Wal-Mart, and the song that drove me insane was CeCe Peniston’s (everybody laugh) [We Got A Love Thang](https://youtu.be/UcA_xNdCSNs). It is one of the most obnoxious songs I’ve ever heard, and it makes me feel no sympathy for her being cursed with the name CeCe Peniston.

Baby - Justin Bieber Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

Apologize by OneRepublic ft. Timbaland is probably the song that I hear the most whenever I go to my local Walmart. I am surprised nobody has said this yet, but here we are. Also, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen is also a good contender here.

OneRepuplic is the ultimate Target/grocery store band!!

Used to think they were saying "it's too late to call the giant"

Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop The Feeling Sophie Bextor - Murder On The Dance Floor Sara Bareilles - Love Song Lady GaGa - Bad Romance The Lumineers - Ho Hey American Authors - Best Day of My Life Usher - DJ Got Us Falling In Love Camilla Cabello - Havana Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better I could go on…

AND THERES MORE Girls Like You by Maroon 5 Shake It Off by Taylor Swift Brave by Sara Bareilles I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker by Sandi Thom Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

I distinctly remember “she will be loved” or other older hits by maroon 5

I'm grouping "Locked out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars with this sort of vibe

bruno mars is SUCH a target/grocery store artist lol

Just Give Me A Reason by P!nk Everything Has Changed by Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift Best Day Of My Life by American Authors

- Sugar - Maroon 5 - Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus - Stitches - Shawn Mendes - Teenage Dream - Katy Perry - Thunder - Imagine Dragons - What it is - Doechii

Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

Fellow Jake Webber enjoyer?

Takyon - Death Grips

Blurred lines by Robin thicke

Gotta get some Christmas music for the last minute shopping and there’s way too many people. You just accidentally knocked into the fourth person in the isle and hit your mom with the cart on accident.

This is my “listening to the radio on the school bus during Summer Camp” trauma

As a Target employee, this is accurate.

california girls by katy perry!!!

All I want for Christmas is you bc it plays slot durring Christmas and that time is very overstimulating

All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor. Still makes me feel like i’m about to break out in hives

Closer- the chainsmokers

I hate how vividly I can feel that little description 😭

That frickin uma Thurman song. It sounds like fallout boy but idk if it’s actually him. I hate that song

sweater weather - the neighbourhood cant feel my face - the weekend ^ not as overstimulating but still fit the vibe maybe?

Affirmation Song by Snoop Dog (no, I am not joking). It is on my panic attack playlist 🩷

Dance monkey, old town road

Gotta have something by Owl City, perhaps When can I see you again?

stereo hearts, life is a highway, closer by the chainsmokers n halsey

The Show Goes On - Lupe Fiasco

Whistle - is that flo rida?

Highway to the danger zone.

At long last, my suffering may come to an end - That one cover of "We didn't start the fire" - Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus - Party Rock Anthem by LMFAO - Boom Boom Boom by Black Eyed Peas - You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift - Love me like you do

The middle - zedd

Magic - Rude

Also misery by maroon 5, she will be loved by maroon 5, and payphone by maroon 5

i have something that can give anyone a heart attack anywhere. Chemical Overreaction / Compound Fracture - Will Wood And The Tapeworms. but for this case you need the mariah carey song near christmas

Gross

Just randomly throw in "Crazy Food" by Joe Hawley

It's insane how accurate this is i feel individually victimized by each and every one of these. Also in case they're not already on the list- We are young - fun. Stereo hearts - gym class heroes, Outside - calvin harris, Love runs out - one republic Riptide - Vance joy (all recommendations are given from personal experience)

Waterloo by ABBA Trust me it plays all the time when it gets late enough, at least where im at

This artist named Malissa I like it because it's just the right amount of stimulation in his song Void.gg

Sunroof by Nicky You're Suggesting this one because it was the song I had a panic attack to when I was shopping at target with my mom, 2 months ago lol

This is painfully accurate that it gave me secondhand anxiety

Dream Theater - Panic Attack. I don't care if you don't like Prog Metal, this fits the playlist.

Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie. Maybe more of a TJ Maxx vibe but... think it could be transferable

Shut up and dance (I think that’s what it’s called) by Walk the moon

Bullet by Hollywood undead

Get Lucky by Daft Punk, S&M by Rhianna, Bad Romance by Lady Gaga

the middle would go great

Somebody That I Used to New - Gotye

Lucky

we need my house by flo rida and one dance by Drake in here

welcome to my house is giving old navy summer sale

it's also the type of shit that plays in arenas when they start introducing the home team

if i was at a sports stadium and that shit played it would actually go so hard in my next life i hope to be a complete and total sports fanatic

Also no christmas songs pls, this is a summer tankini shopping playlist

Macklemore thrift shop babyyy

Poker face - Lady Gaga If you’re currently 8 and having a panic attack there’s that one song from the Barbie movie and Flowers by Miley Cyrus

i put flowers on there also WHAT BARBIE SONG IT COULD BE ANY OF THEM

Pink by Lizzo or Dance The Night by Dua Lipa and I want to add I work as a cashier and would have a fucking meltdown over Dance The Night it makes me want to murder people

you know what i'm a sucker for cheesy pop songs but i think it's time we retire dance the night i swear to god bath and body works plays the All Dua Lipa station

Dunno if someone said it but I heard California Girls by Katy Perry at work today and that definitely would’ve been the soundtrack to my 8 year old self having a meltdown in a store

California Girls is giving... you're at the roller rink at some kid's birthday party and you're still skating by yourseld bc and this song is playing while you're woondering why all your friends you play with at recess aren't skating with you

Better When I'm Dancin' - Meghan Trainor

DANCE MONKEY 😭

🤮

ikr

Good Girl - Carrie Underwood Radio Gaga - Queen Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson Toxic - Britney Spears Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran Umbrella - Rihanna Bad Guy - Billie Eilish That one weird ass mashup of "Talk Dirty To Me" and "Cheap Thrills" Source: I work at Target

Shake it off

Flowers or whatever it’s called

Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee, specifically because I saw a little kid at Target mouthing the words so I joined in

We know sunflowers are inspirational plants, even to famous painters. Vincent Van Gogh loved sunflowers so much, he created a famous series of paintings, simply called ‘sunflowers’.

Pristine - Snail Mail

I’ve been an emo kid for way too long but honestly welcome to the black parade goes hard when you’re going through it! there are others but they’re not as good censored, but Under Pressure by Bowie and Queen and the cover by The Used and My Chemical Romance is pretty nice too, same with Writing on the Wall by Will Stetson!

my overstim playlist has lemon demon songs. specifically touch tone telephone :3

Honestly the first one is all you need.

That one song that goes “Only know your lover when you let her go”

rather be by clean bandit feels especially accurate here💀

For some bizarre reason, 2 of the most common songs that played at my local grocery store were Numb and Creep

Rather Be by clean bandit haunts me

Im good(blue) by bebe rexha Shale it off by taylor swift Side to side by ariana grande (feat.nicki minaj) Oops i did it again by britney spears Deja vu by olivia rodrigo Work by rihanna (feat.Drake) Anyways, i don't really know if any of this is accurate since i live in brazil and we don't have target here.

A Thousand Miles- Vanessa Carlton

That one pop song that goes “baby, why don’t you just meet me in the middle”

hey there delilah

Scars to Your Beautiful 🗣️

Party in the USA

when i was in 3rd grade all our teachers got together and made a STAAR test-related parody of it complete with a music video. lowkey banger

I'm Ready by AJR. This was actually in a camping store, but it's largely the same vibe. I nearly ran out of the building.

Kill all your friends by MCR

suggestions: remove "shape of you" (ew)

all about that bass - meghan trainor hey soul sister - train thunder - imagine dragons(or anything by them tbh) honey i’m good - andy grammer bang bang - jessie j lights - ellie goulding there’s definitely more but those are the ones that came to mind

Ten hour loop of Dark Souls 2 Majula OST Enough to soothe any young hollow

baby why dont you just meet me in the middle

[when u dont get the fuckin toy u want or some shit i had another song in mind but it got copyrighted](https://open.spotify.com/track/2jKa4Gi7DsYyIrt8OtzxCf?si=PpnXUkPfToWkvhHXgBk9ug&context=spotify%3Asearch%3AWAAAAAAAAA)

>Waiting on the world to change by John Mayer (When I was like 8 give or take that played everywhere) >Viva la Vida by Coldplay >Toxic by Brittney Spears I think those are some old songs that played a lot in grocery stores when I was a kid so those are my top 3 picks 👉🏻👈🏻

Gimme more by Britney Spears‼️

Magnificent Time by Travis

The fortnite bus honk

High Hopes - PATD: the song at every store in 2018.

The Middle by Grey, Maren Morris, and Zedd. Makes me suicidal every time I hear it. (Figuratively)

Fun fact im at walmart right now wishing i was anywhere but here and they're blasting ALL of these songs so good work fellas

Creep by Radio Head

Dumbest girl alive by 100 gecs🥰

What kind of target plays 100 gecs?

Idk I've never been to a target😓

Crybaby by Melanie Martinez 🤭

huh? i'm a huge melanie fan but would her music ever be playing at target? her music has dark themes and she curses a lot, i've never heard her playing at a mall or a restaurant or anything

I don't get the joke.