Once In A Lifetime

Talking Heads' breakout hit from 1980 explored by people whose lives the song touched

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David Bowie - Life on Mars?

The enigmatic beauty of Bowie's classic song 'Life on Mars?'

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Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat

An '80s disco classic that tells a powerful story.

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We've Only Just Begun

The Carpenters' massive hit - We've Only Just Begun was originally a TV advert for a bank

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The Parting Glass

A folk song from Scotland that has endured through centuries.

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Take Me Home, Country Roads

Stories of what the song 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' means to people.

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Ain't No Mountain High Enough

The story behind this uplifting anthem and the personal memories forever linked to it.

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Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific

Personal memories of one of the most beloved songs written by Rodgers & Hammerstein

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Unfinished Sympathy

Personal stories inspired by Massive Attack's breakthrough single.

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Song To The Siren

The different meanings Tim Buckley's ballad "Song to the Siren" has for people.

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U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

More gospel than rock this 1987 hit has inspired change and created strong memories

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A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten

A composition for voices and harp, written on a cargo ship on the Atlantic in 1942.

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Purple Rain

True stories of what Prince's epic ballad ‘Purple Rain’ means to people around the world.

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Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton

Candi Staton helps to celebrate this uplifting 1970s disco classic

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Ne Me Quitte Pas

Stories of what Jacques Brel's song has meant to people around the world.

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Bruch's Violin Concerto

Stories of what Bruch's popular violin concerto means to people around the world.

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Running Up That Hill

True stories of what Kate Bush's iconic anthem means to people around the world.

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Chervona Kalyna

Powerful stories linked to this beautiful and stirring Ukrainian folk song

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Into My Arms by Nick Cave

How people find comfort in Nick Cave's music.

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Killing Me Softly with His Song

Stories of what Killing Me Softly with His Song means to people around the world.

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Nessun Dorma

Stories of what this powerful Puccini aria means to people from around the world.

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I Believe in Father Christmas

'The Christmas we get we deserve.' How Greg Lake's 1975 hit gives people hope and comfort.

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Dancing in the Dark

Stories of what Bruce Springsteen's iconic song means to people around the world.

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I Only Have Eyes For You

The hypnotic beauty of a Tin Pan Alley song made famous by The Flamingos.

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Ghost Town

Stories of what this iconic song by two-tone band The Specials means to different people.

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I Say a Little Prayer for You

Stories about the Burt Bacharach classic

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Fast Car

Stories of personal connection to Tracy Chapman's hit song.

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I Will Always Love You

Written by Dolly Parton... sent stratospheric by Whitney Houston.

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Defying Gravity from Wicked

The power of the anthem from the hit musical.

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Pata Pata

Stories of what Miriam Makeba's iconic song means to people from around the world.

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