What a brilliant lyric line that is. Though REM had a cult following for years, this song introduced the main stream to the incredible Michael Stipe with his unusual ability to allow us to feel his music as if it were a dark secret. The world would learn that "losing my religion" meant "running out of hope", and instantly bonded us to this brave song which stands strong today after sixteen years

Baker Street is a place we've all known, it's familiar in that we have been there before, but we still need directions. I remember listening to this song when I was twenty, and wondering, would I be happy in another year, just another year and then I'll be happy? Because when you wake up, it's a new morning, always, another chance, endless time that seems to take us up and down the same street, wanting just one thing, to just be happy..

Fast Car takes us down a road we're not sure we want to be on, but we can still enjoy the ride. It tells the story of things we all know to well.. the aching dream of a better life, and the hope that still remains inside us after everything has gone terribly wrong. Tracy Chapman, one of the most prolific songwriters on earth, sings Fast Car with a deep understanding of how we wanted life to be.

Sometimes a one hit wonder is actually a wonder. Jenny Jenny was an instant worldwide hit that is impossible to ignore. From the onset, it has the energy and spirit that a small child feels on Christmas morning. The song, about a stalker who watches and follows Jenny, makes us wish we all had someone devoted enough to write a song about our phone number and then sing it with such conviction

Deeply moving and magical, Sister of the Moon leaves you weak with fear and drowning in your own mystical power. It creates a shadowy journey in your mind which will have you stumbling through a forest, calling out to the black widow we have come to love in Stevie.

A simple song about getting drunk, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting will never fail to have you dancing. It sends you spinning back to 1974, to the era of Olympia beer and polyester. This upbeat song is an instant party on it's own.

The most sincere and heartfelt song ever written, Round Here tears holes in your heart, and brings you to your knees in grief. It tells the story of Maria, who is tired of life and suicidal. The intensity of this beautifully written masterpiece lays in between the sometimes senseless lyrics,(we always stand up straight, we stay up very late)heard only by those of us who have had the misfortune of knowing the darkest corner of the lonliness that can grow in our hearts.