Top 10

Here are the ten most popular essays on the site (updated periodically)

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1. Lee Havlicek

Dead Man's Bones’ “My Body’s a Zombie for You” changed my life | Read


2. MJ Sieber

Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al” changed my life | Read


3. Ezra Wallace

Aniceto Molina’s “Cumbia Sampuesana” changed my life | Read


4. Erin Barnhart

Roy Orbison’s “You Got It” changed my life | Read


5. Elaine Bleakney

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s “Thunderclouds” changed my life | Read


6. Khanyi Mlaba

Bright Blue’s “Weeping” changed my life | Read


7. JJ Tauil

Kendrick Lamar’s “Institutionalized” changed my life | Read


8. Brendan Higgins

Bruce Springsteen’s “Mary's Place” changed my life | Read


9. Diana Filar

Paramore’s “Misery Business” changed my life | Read


10. David Gianadda

Warren Zevon’s “Keep Me in Your Heart” changed my life | Read


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