10 Greatest Feel Good Rock Songs

10. Surrender - Cheap Trick

The term power pop has been beaten to death nowadays. No matter what subgenre you find it in, countless acts have tried to get by through writing pop songs that just just so happen to feature an electric guitar to give it some level of artistic credibility. On the other hand, when it comes to combining pop hooks with the edge of rock and roll, there's no better band than Cheap Trick.

Ever since they broke out of their native Chicago in the '70s, these guys were some of the most infectious rockers to ever grace a stage. Though many have sung the praises of songs like "Dream Police" and "I Want You To Want Me," "Surrender" might be the band's true masterpiece. Granted, most of the song deals with rebelling against your parents, but this is not the kind of anarchy-driven thing you would find in something like punk.

The booming power chords and melodic tunefulness coming from Rick Nielsen gives the song an edge, but the lighthearted melody of the chorus brings everything back down to Earth. This isn't so much a call to arms as it is a celebration of youth, when you were free to go against what your parents had to say. We all have to get old sometime, but the charm behind "Surrender" might be immortal.