When office life is getting you down, block out your boss’s yammering and the tortured noises from the next cubicle with the sweet sounds from your iPod. Here are some song picks to add to your rotation.

Songs for Wallowing in Your Misery

• Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders
• Quit My Job by The Ill Harmonics
• Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Bang On the Drum All Day by Todd Rundgren
• Cubicle Love Song by Sam Bisbee
• I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones
• I Hate My Job by The Butthole Surfers
• Manic Monday by The Bangles
• Working 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton

Songs for Daydreaming About Leaving

• Take This Job and Shove It by Johnny Paycheck
• Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani
• Freedom by George Michael
• Goodbye to You by Scandal
• Bye Bye Bye by N’Sync
• Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye by Steam
• You Only Live Once by The Strokes