They say music soothes the savage beast, and what unruly creature is more savage than the splitting headache, queasy stomach, dry throat and drier eyes of an terrible hangover? While it’s often a (very loud) soundtrack of rock, dance, or straight-up party music that gets us all to the dregs of several tipples too many, it’s sometimes the same musical backing that can nurse us back to health. Whether it’s cherub-voiced males, some chilled out electronica, or a few harder-edged numbers that provide the aural equivalent of ‘hair of the dog’ – here’s a mix that’s sure to put the over back into hangover.

Get unlimited access to the coverage that shapes our culture.
to Rolling Stone magazine
to Rolling Stone magazine