What's the most perfect song, in your humble opinion? I recently discovered one, IMHO, and every time I listen to it I'm like, "Wow this is designed so flawlessly - lyrics, tone, instruments, chorus, bridge, cadence." The album the song is on doesn't have to be notable, but what's your all-star single track?

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Joy Fowlkes · Answer

Sideways by Citizen Cope ft. Santana: I have too much conviction to suggest anything else. Maybe not an instant classic or evidence of musical genius, but this just always sinks into my bones when I listen to it.

Jillybean · Answer

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman: I feel like this song is a “my life before” & “my life after” listening to this song kinda song. Pure magic.

Matt · Answer

Louis Armstrong - "What a Wonderful World": Mindfulness meditation. Gratitude journal entry. Sensory detail log. Centering exercise. Appreciation for the ordinary miracles of daily life. Reflection upon the sublime fact of our existence. Egoless embrace of the idea a generation exceeding the bests of those before it should be hoped for and celebrated. Optimism at its most true. A hymn of unburdening. Relief from the intentions of those who seek to seize or lay waste to what is ours to share. Hope in its purest form. All of the above, and one of the biggest wins in all of human history, that's what the two minutes and twenty seconds of "What a Wonderful World" will always be. Introduced to me by my kindergarten teacher, who played it repeatedly throughout the school year as we kids sat together on the carpet and learned what beauty and wonder were.

Alana · Answer

As by Stevie Wonder

Clare Bags · Answer

Farewell Transmission, Songs:Ohia: Ugh it’s just sweeping and epic and heartbreaking and deeply human. It’s the kind of song I rewind to the start right when I finish.

Coofandy · Answer

Michael Penn - Try

Wynne · Answer

Change - Big Thief: Adrianne Lenker is so important!!!