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%%* "Start Me Up" by Music/TheRollingStones from ''Music/TattooYou''.

%%* "You Can Make It If You Try", recorded by Music/TheRollingStones on ''Music/TheRollingStones1964'', later too by Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone.
* "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by Music/TheRollingStones from ''Music/LetItBleed'' appears to be the opposite, but it does tell the listener: "You can't always get what you want/ but sometimes you'll find/ you'll get what you need."

* Erika sings "The Cat's Meow" to her AnimalCompanion Wolfie to show that his doggish traits make him special and is what she loves about him in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper''.

* Anna's verses of "For the First Time in Forever (reprise)" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' as she tries to encourage Elsa to control her ice powers and bring back summer.

%%* "Fool To Cry" by Music/TheRollingStones, from ''Music/BlackAndBlue''.

%%* "Don't Stop Believin'" by Music/{{Journey}}, if just for the chorus.

%%* "One Love" by Music/BobMarley from his album ''[[Music/ExodusAlbum Exodus]]''.

%%* "Three Little Birds" from Music/BobMarley's album ''[[Music/ExodusAlbum Exodus]]''.

%%* "[[Music/ExodusAlbum Exodus]]" by Music/BobMarley.

* "War" by Music/BobMarley, which sings how war will always exist if racism, poverty and oppression exist, but he has faith that the nature of love will eventually succomb over hate.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986'', Megan sings "There's Always Another Rainbow" after they lose the Rainbow of Light fighting the Smooze.
** "We Got This Together" from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'', where Twilight’s friends encourage her she can make the Friendship Festival perfect and they’ve got her back.

* The first ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTVSpecials TV special]], "Rescue at Midnight Castle," has "Dancing on Air," in which Firefly insists (over Megan's protests) that the other little ponies will be overjoyed that Megan is coming to help them against Tirac.
* Pinkie Pie's "Giggle At the Ghostly" song from the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** She also tries to sing to Fluttershy to encourage her to make a jump in "Dragonshy" ("You can make it if you try/with a hop, skip, and jump!")
** "You Gotta Share", also by Pinkie Pie, from "Over a Barrel", as she tries to convince the Appleoosa folk and buffalo tribe to live in peace with each other; it is ultimately subverted when it ends up making things worse. Twice.
** "A True, True Friend" from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]" is an interesting variant. Since Twilight figures out that [[spoiler: the only way for her friends to regain their original cutie marks is by encouraging each pony to help the friend who got their talent]], the song has Twilight and Fluttershy encourage Rainbow Dash, who encourages Rarity, who encourages Applejack, who encourages Pinkie, who cheers up the town.
** "You'll Play Your Part" in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 part 1 of the season 4 finale]], sung by [[spoiler:Celestia, Luna and Cadance, encouraging Twilight after she laments that she doesn't seem to have a real purpose as a princess and are sure her time will come]].

%%** "A Possible Hero" from ''WesternAnimation/BartokTheMagnificent''.

%%* "Unbreakable" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Uglydolls}}''.

%%** "You Gotta Share", also by Pinkie Pie, from "Over a Barrel" is subverted when it ends up making things worse. Twice.

** "You'll Play Your Part" in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E25TwilightsKingdomPart1 part 1 of the season 4 finale]], sung by [[spoiler:Celestia, Luna and Cadance, encouraging Twilight after she laments that she doesn't seem to have a real purpose as a princess]].

%%* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' has a handful of these, "A Recipe for Adventure", "It's Up To You" and "Gotta Have Fun", to name examples. The Disney Princesses' songs also count, such as "True Sisters", "Make it Right", "From the Heart", and especially "Dare to Risk it All" and "Stronger Than You Know".

%%* Some of the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' music videos are these, "Never, Never, Never Give Up", "Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining" and "Determination", to name a few.
%%** Some of the full-length specials have these as well.
%%*** "Never Overlook a Little Engine" from "WesternAnimation/SodorsLegendOfTheLostTreasure".
%%*** "You Can Only Be You" from "WesternAnimation/TheGreatRace".
%%*** "Wake Up" from "WesternAnimation/BigWorldBigAdventures".

* "A Guy Like You" from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', featuring the gargoyles trying to convince Quasi that his... unique appearance makes him irresistible and thus someone like Esmeralda can love him.

* In the episode Powerless! from WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold, we have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiMIuvZXQu4 Aquaman's Rousing Song of Heroism]], wherein Aquaman tries to inspire the [[BroughtDownToNormal de-powered]] Captain Atom.
* "Wonderful Ways to Say No" from the anti-drug PSA ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllstarsToTheRescue'' educates the listener on how to say no when offered marijuana.

** "Midnight in Me" in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'' is a dark variant of this trope that combines it with a FearSong, as it revolves around Twilight steeling her resolve to bottle up her inner darkness, embodied by her SuperpoweredEvilSide Midnight Sparkle, so that her friends don't see what she's going through and Midnight can't take control.

%%* "There's Always Tomorrow" from ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' (1964).

%%* Some of the ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' music videos are these, "Never, Never, Never Give Up", "Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining" and "Determination", to name a few.

Related to YouAreNotAlone, TheFutureWillBeBetter, SelfEmpowermentAnthem, and FemaleEmpowermentSong. Contrast FearSong. Compare and Contrast GainingConfidenceSong, which involves a character boosting their ''own'' confidence through a song.

%%* "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips, made famous to younger audiences by its usage in ''Film/{{Bridesmaids}}''.

%%* "We Are The Champions" by Music/{{Queen}} from ''Music/NewsOfTheWorld''.

* "We Will Rock You" by Music/{{Queen}} from ''Music/NewsOfTheWorld''. Aside from the last verse, where the character is now an old man who now needs "Somebody better put you back into your place".

* ''WesternAnimation/DoctorRabbit'' sings about how to properly brush one's teeth in ''Doctor Rabbit's World Tour''.

** "A True, True Friend" from "Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure" is an interesting variant. With Twilight's spell mixing up her friends' cutie marks and making them miserable, Twilight figures out that by encouraging each pony to help the friend who got their talent, they will rediscover their own talent and regain their original cutie mark. So Twilight and Fluttershy encourage Rainbow Dash, who encourages Rarity, who encourages Applejack, who encourages Pinkie, who cheers up the town.

** Season 1, "[[Recap/CentralParkS1E8HotOven Hot Oven]]", the Tillermans sing "Imperfectly Perfect" to help Molly see that her relationship with Brendan doesn't have to be perfect to be good (using pizza metaphors).

** Season 1 "[[Recap/CentralParkS1E3HatLuncheon Hat Luncheon]]", Owen sings to himself "Don't Think About the Failure", after Paige tells him to not think about the failure and only think about the future, he sings to himself to focus on giving a good speech.