ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
There’s a hush at the start, the kind of hush that makes you lean forward before the first note arrives.…
80s
Nena – 99 Luftballons
It starts with a memory of late-night radio—the kind where the room is dark, the dial glows a little warmer…
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls
There’s a particular kind of night when a city feels like it’s exhaling—after the commuters vanish, before the clubs empty.…
John Waite – Missing You
I first hear it where it belongs: drifting out of a car radio at midnight, the road empty, the yellow…
Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms
The memory arrives like radio static at midnight: a lonely dashboard clock, two red digits, and the sudden swell of…
Julian Lennon – Too Late for Goodbyes
The first time “Too Late for Goodbyes” really landed for me was not on a reissue or a playlist, but…
Bryan Adams – Heaven
There are songs that arrive with fireworks, and there are songs that move in like moonlight. Bryan Adams’ “Heaven” is…