Big Survey

`Don’t Worry, Be Happy’

Jewelers reveal the songs that spark joy

Published

2 years ago

November 9, 2022

Eileen McClelland

AS YOU MAY have noticed if you answer any of our surveys, the editors at INSTORE are a curious bunch. So, in the 2022 Big Survey, naturally we wanted to know, “What song makes you unconditionally happy?”

So, ta-da! Here are the top 10 songs mentioned most often by hundreds of jewelry store owners and top managers in the U.S. and Canada, in case you’re looking to lift your own spirits or create an upbeat playlist of your own.

Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Mr. Blue Sky (ELO)
Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars)
Three Little Birds (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
It’s About Damn Time. (Lizzo)
Piano Man. (Billy Joel)

Other interesting (and varied) choices in no particular order include:

We Are Family by Sister Sledge. When I hear the song We Are Family, it brings me back to the time when our entire family worked together. My father, who started the first store, would play that song, and back then I didn’t understand the importance of why he played it, but now reflecting back 26 years, it was pretty special to have that relationship with my family and to be able to work together.
F U by Ce-Lo Green. “Makes me chortle.”
Rhinestone Cowboy by Glenn Campbell. “Our whole store sings it together every morning when we are opening up.”
Hey Jude by The Beatles. “My son was named after this song.”
The Star Spangled Banner
Our House. Crosby, Stills and Nash
Jump. Van Halen
Boogie on Reggae Woman. Stevie Wonder
Roxanne (Sting)
Love, Love Me Do. The Beatles
This Must Be the Place. Talking Heads
Let the Bodies Hit the Floor. Drowning Pool
Windy. The Association
You Got the Silver. The Rolling Stones
Love Shack. The B52s
Golden Years. David Bowie
24K Magic. Bruno Mars
Any Time. Taylor Swift
Run to Me. Brian Adams

Looking for a Seamless Sale? Call Wilkerson

After almost 60 years in business, Breakiron Jewelers in Erie, Pennsylvania, was closing its doors. And the store’s owner, Linda Breakiron, was ready for it. She had run the store as its sole owner since the beginning of the millennium and was looking forward to a change. Of course, she called Wilkerson. Breakiron talked to other jewelers who had used Wilkerson and was satisfied with their response. “They always had positive feedback,” she recalls. With the sales, marketing and even additional inventory that Wilkerson provided, Breakiron insists she could never have accomplished her going-out-of-business sale without Wilkerson’s help. She’s now ready for the journey ahead, but looking back, she’d be sure to recommend Wilkerson. “They just made the whole process very seamless.”