We all love music.

Whether you are on your way from school or in your room alone, everyone enjoys turning up the volume and belting out the lyrics.

When you sing, vibrations are sent through your body, essentially altering your emotional, and sometimes physical makeup.

Group singing, for those who’ve done it, is exhilarating. So it’s not surprising when you see more people participating in group harmonizing.

As group singing gains popularity, science has been working hard to try and explain why it is so calming as well as energizing.

Senior Darius Givens is a part of Kearsley’s A Capella choir and agrees that music helps him feel good.

“Whenever I’m listening to music, it energizes my mood and helps set my character for the day,” Givens said.

Swedish researchers found in 2013 that endorphins and oxytocin are simultaneously released into the brain when we sing.

Endorphins are responsible for our feelings of pleasure. They are also released as we laugh, and as every one knows, laughter is the best medicine. So could music be medicinal as well?

Another chemical released as we sing is called oxytocin. Oxytocin is found to alleviate stress as well as anxiety.

Oxytocin also enhances feelings of trust and bonding. This may also be the reason why researchers have found that singing lessens feelings of depression and loneliness.

In addition, a 2012 study published by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, shows that musicians were found to have lower levels of cortisol, showing lower stress than average. Cortisol is a hormone that is mainly released at times of stress, so when someone has low levels of it, it’s more likely that stress is a minor factor in their life.

Study after study has shown that singing relieves anxiety and contributes positively to daily life.

You don’t even have to be a good singer to let your endorphins flow.

According to the 2005 research from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, the effects of group singing “can produce satisfying and therapeutic sensations even if the sound coming from the instrument is less than mediocre.”

Singing is cheaper than therapy, healthier than drinking, and certainly more entertaining than working out.

Feeling better is pretty much guaranteed.

You can start singing when you’re exhausted and depressed, by the end of the song you’ll be high on endorphins, oxytocin, and good will.

Why go to a therapist, when you can join a choir?