A study on the physical effects of music was recently conducted by Canada’s McGill University and results showed that it can give you the same kind of high as sex or drugs. 

Participants were given a dose of naltrexone, which is a type of medication that reverses the effects of opioids and blocks pleasure receptors, and made to listen to their favourite songs and the findings were interesting. These participants didn't show the kinds of enjoyment expected and when they listened to songs they actively disliked, they displayed no real difference in emotional response. 

Cognitive psychologist Daniel Levitin, who was one of the organisers of the study, said: "This is the first demonstration that the brain’s own opioids are directly involved in musical pleasure. The findings, themselves, were what we hypothesised,” Levitin added. “But the anecdotes – the impressions our participants shared with us after the experiment – were fascinating. One said: ‘I know this is my favourite song but it doesn’t feel like it usually does.’ Another: ‘It sounds pretty, but it’s not doing anything for me.’"

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