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There are songs you recognise before the first note has finished playing. A shimmering little keyboard riff that starts up like a small engine, a drum machine that

There are songs that you recognise immediately from the first few seconds. A violin intro, a handclap rhythm, and within seconds almost everyone in the world knows which

Some songs transcend the time in which they were made and grow into cultural monuments. At the beginning of the eighties, an era in which arena rock and

A car is a peculiar space. You sit behind glass, between a dashboard full of lights and a steering wheel that gives you a sense of control. The

There are songs that sound so obvious that you almost forget how unlikely their creation actually was. “Black Is Black” is one such song. It was recorded in

Some songs seem to blow in out of nowhere and immediately be everywhere at once. “C’est la Vie” by Robbie Nevil is one such song. It sounds light,

There are songs that sound as though they come from another world, and “Waiting for a Train” is a textbook example of this. It is a record that

There are songs you recognise instantly from the very first bar. Even before a single word has been sung, you know where you are: on the dance floor,

There are songs that you recognise immediately from the very first beat, even if it has been decades since they first came through the speakers. “Love Is a

There are songs you recognise immediately from the very first second of sound, before a single note has even been played. Paul Hardcastle’s stuttering “n n n n