To ask which songs stopped you in your tracks the first time heard you them?

[AngeloMysterioso]

Was listening to some music today and after my playlist was finished Spotify went off on its own little algorithm-y journey, and I suddenly found myself listening to a song so beautiful I had it on repeat for about an hour. That sort of thing happens to me very rarely, so I thought I’d see if anyone else could recommend songs that have struck them in a similar way.

This one did really hit me too when I heard it only recently on an Instagramers reel. I played it several times in a row just to hear the song. I think I prefer his original version but love how her voice melts into this remix.

Just a few others that have made me stop & listen over the years...

Blue Monday by New Order
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
A Forest by The Cure (especially the album version as I love how the first track merges into this one. Even more atmospheric)
Never Tear Us Apart by INXS
Smells like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
No Good (start the dance) by The Prodigy
No Sleep Til Brooklyn by Beastie Boys
Welcome to Paradise by Greenday
Welcome to the Jungle by Guns n Roses
Creep by Radiohead
Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
No one knows by QOTSA
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Wake Up by Arcade Fire
Grounds for Divorce by Elbow
Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National
Debutante by 65 days of Static (on a parcour video many years ago)
I Saw a Ghost by Slow Readers Club
Don't delete the kisses by Wolf Alice
Worlds Biggest Paving Slab by English Teacher

I agree. The INXS one was in the charts during a hard teen breakup)

Just thought of an upbeat one though, that should have gone on my list, Bet You Look Good on the Dance floor by Arctic Monkeys

That’s a very beautiful song

Sandy Nuttgens - Requiem: Gently and Still (I don't think it's well known but someone shared it with me when Dsis died and it really spoke to me)
Cat Burns - All This Love. I literally only listened to this for the first time today and then only because I watched The Traitors and realised I had no idea what her music was like.

Most recently: Letters by Marty O'Reilly & the Old Soul Orchestra. Did the same as you, listened to it on repeat for at least an hour and then on subsequent days did the same.

Nantes by Beriut

Sinead O'Connor Nothing compares to you

Placebo - Exit Wounds
Editors - The Weight of the World
The War on Drugs - Strangest Thing
Suede - The Wild Ones
The Cure - Push

Running just Incase by Miranda Lambert
and merry Christmas by Elton John and Ed Sheeran, had heard it loads but suddenly the words him me that it’s about Xmas after Covid losses.

This girl is on fire by Alisha keys makes my heart pound and spirits lift

Loads!!!

Evanescence - Bring me to life
Savage Garden - Truly, madly, deeply
Whitney Houston - One moment in time
Rachel Platten - Fight song
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Dido - Mary’s in India
The Script - If you could see me now
Halsey - You should be sad

Under pressure, Bowie and Mercury but in acapella, It's on You Tube although i thinks it's just the recording componants. It completely blows my mind.

Burning of the Midnight Lamp. - Jimi Hendrix
What Difference Does it Make ...the Smiths
Bánchnoic Éirinn Ó ....Skara Brae

Taylor Swift's All Too Well. The ten minute version. I play it a lot. I'm old enough for those days to be behind me, but she makes me remember those feelings all too well! 'And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the name of being honest.'

True by Spandau Ballet!

This sounds a bit ridiculous and I’m not sure I would say it ‘stopped me in my tracks’ but I remember hearing ‘Yeah’ by usher for the first time on the radio and being like damn that’s a good song 🤣

Mother Nature - Raye & Hans Zimmer

Never Ever by All Saints
Are You Ready For Love? By Elton John.

I like both, but neither are my absolute favourite. Definitely both stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard them.

All Too Well (10 minute version) by Taylor Swift is a big favourite and some of the extended lyrics had me screaming at Spotify.

I have so many and a lot of them have already been posted but my immediate standouts were:

The Night We Met - Lord Huron
Everglow - Coldplay
Wonderful Life - Hurts
Jealous - Labrinth
All the Little Lights - Passenger

Nothing Else Matters by Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

She Moves Through The Fair by All About Eve

Sunshine On Leith by The Proclaimers

Iris- the goo goo dolls. It’s not even a song I love, just the first time I heard it was on a random CD left in my stereo. I was young and going through a lot and this song described my situation exactly. It was like the song was written for me at that time.
The other was Headlights by Eminem. I was transfixed by it when tidying my kids’ bedroom, oddly. I was thinking about the tough time I’d had growing up and it perfectly described by feelings

Also Jesus to a child by George Michael and killing me softly by the fugees. Heard both on local radio and they took my breath away

Because the Night by Patti Smith. I was a young teenager and had only heard pop music on the radio before. It really opened up my world musically. I listened to it only yesterday. Fantastic singer, and song.

Such a good song and yes all the nostalgia for another time

Brenda’s got a baby - TUPAC. Wow first time I heard this I was gobsmacked - in a good way. Lyrical genius.