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.

Fistful of Love by Anohni and the Johnsons ❤️

Oh reading a few posts up... when we was young by Adele as meet Dh when we was 16.

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

Not sure if this one has been mentioned but it gets me every time!

Penny Lane - the Beatles (when I was 10)
Nightswimming- REM
Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin

Raye Escapism
and I do also love where the hell is my husband
Sia- Snowman
Eminem - The real slim shady. When I first heard that on the radio I couldn’t believe it as a teen.
Kelly Clarkson - Because of you

I agree with so many of these 😍

I clearly remember hearing Radiohead’s Creep on the radio for the first time and thinking how incredible Thom York’s vocal range was.

Also Mark Knopfler’s guitar solo in Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing” - I could listen to that song on repeat and never get bored of it

Regina Spektor - "The Call" My daughter's university choir sang it at the end of their course and it made me cry.

Dan Fogelberg - "The Leader of the Band" It reminds me so much of my dad. The line "My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man" brings me to tears every time I hear the song.

Emmy Lou Harries - "Your long journey" The first time I heard it I thought about how I would feel without my DM - at the time she was in a nursing home with advanced dementia - and I realised that her long journey had actually started.

And, on a more cheerful note The Kursaal Flyers - Little does she know. Every line has something in it that makes me smile "All in a quandary she dropped her clean lauandry". Wonderful!

Feels Like Home by Randy Newman sung by Linda Ronstadt. I first heard it in a film, and it made me cry.

That bridge in the song smallest man who ever lived, taylor swift

Dustland fairytale, the killers

It has to be Disturbed… The sound of silence… every emotion I felt.

Distant dreamer - Duffy

Full of life - Christine and the Queens

Spaceman - Babylon Zoo. For the wrong reasons … the bit that was on the ad (can’t remember what it was advertising), was great so couldnt wait for the whole song. What a total letdown :(

This is such an ear worm I agree

Saturn by Sleeping at Last for me!

Jessica Mauboy - Little Things 🥹

Ultravox - Vienna

Came here to say Jeff Buckley, Hallelujah- was after a boozy night out

Actually Faithless, Insomnia, too- not hugely into that type of dance but this got me (or was it the disco biscuits!)

Firestarter- Prodigy- no booze or drugs- just in my living room during the day and, Wow!

Another- I was decorating and had Zane Lowe's show on the radio- he played "The Wickedest Sound" Rebel MC- my brushwork sped up

I heard The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray once on Radio 2 and was so struck by it. I'd never heard anything like it.

Yes! This Corrosion and Killing In the Name were instantly arresting for me too.

Both of these got me right in the feels too, brilliant songs. Also..

Working In A Goldmine - Aztec Camera
This Woman’s Work - Kate Bush

Great thread OP!
So many good ones but I dont think ive seen any mention

Phil Collins - Against All Odds

Things Behind the Sun - Nick Drake

I heard it on a Desert Island Discs podcast. I immediately had to pull over in my car to listen to it. Then I immediately played it again and again. Instant goosebumps for me then and still when I hear it now

Maria McKee : Show me heaven
Played at my sisters funeral x

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

The Riddle - Five for Fighting

Please Slow Down - SYML

Racing in the Street - I was 13 and it started a Bruce obsession that has lasted over 40 years and 30 + concerts. I’m on my way Dean Parrish, all nighters at Wigan Casino in its last couple of years. It’s all about you McFly when my daughter was born