Top 10
Here are the ten most popular essays on the site about life-changing songs (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. JJ Tauil
Kendrick Lamar’s “Institutionalized” changed my life | Read→
3. Ezra Wallace
Aniceto Molina’s “Cumbia Sampuesana” changed my life | Read→
4. MJ Sieber
Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al” changed my life | Read→
5. Elaine Bleakney
Cécile McLorin Salvant’s “Thunderclouds” changed my life | Read→
6. Erin Barnhart
Roy Orbison’s “You Got It” changed my life | Read→
7. Brandon Madsen
Jackson Browne’s “Something Fine” changed my life | Read→
8. Brendan Higgins
Bruce Springsteen’s “Mary's Place” changed my life | Read→
9. Jonathan Rooke
Vampire Weekend’s “Hannah Hunt” changed my life | Read→
10. Thato Noinyane
Fred again..’s “Kyle (i found you)” changed my life | Read→
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