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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