For all those early mornings when getting to work becomes a chore due to the throbbing headaches from the exertions of the previous night; science has a little helping hand to give.

According to some new research conducted by scientists at the New York Headache centre, listening to music can help one deal with the effects of a hangover.

And it’s not just any kind of music; it has to be one that you already enjoy- and don’t forget to take a painkiller or two.

Science Alert reports…

Experts from the New York Headache Centre in the US certainly believe the right tunes can ease your booze-induced suffering.

“We have good proof that music works for pain of any kind,” director and founder Alexander Mauskop told Tom Barnes at Mic. “There is no reason to think that hangovers would be any different. It’s not as powerful as morphine, but it might be as good as Tylenol.”

One of the ways music can help is by distracting us from pain: you might want to think about queueing up songs that put you in a happy mood or remind you of better times. Several studies have shown that music is also capable of reducing feelings of nausea – another of the unfortunate side effects of having too much alcohol the night before.

“I would think of a hangover as similar to migraines in the sense that you don’t want anything too sharp, too loud,” Lynn Webster, past president of American Academy of Pain Medicine and now at PRA Health Sciences, told Mic. “But if it can distract you, it theoretically is going to offer you some relief.”

What’s more, it’s well-known that music can help lift the spirits, improve motivation, or send us off to sleep, and those biological prompts can be used to stave off the effects of a hangover.