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Crucial Track for March 17, 2026

"Gotta Get Thru This (D'n'D Radio Edit)" by Daniel Bedingfield

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Find a song you used to love, but forgot about. Tell us what made that song special during that period of your life.

This song had a really cool beat. I heard that it was a demo. I think it was good for me because I would listen to it when I was studying.

Gotta Get Thru Finals!

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Crucial Track for March 16, 2026

"What the World Needs Now Is Love" by Burt Bacharach

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What song would you play to counterbalance the world when it feels like a broken and unrelenting monolith designed to bring terror and tragedy?

The thing that add an extra smile is that it was introduced to me in an Austin Powers movie.

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Crucial Track for March 15, 2026

"Back in Love Again (feat. Jeffrey Osborne)" by L.T.D.

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What song best captures your current phase of life?

If you're going to make it longterm, it's better to fall in love again.

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Crucial Track for March 14, 2026

"Beat It (Demo)" by Michael Jackson

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Your favorite demo or unreleased version of a song.

My favorite part of the song is when they argue about the headphones being too loud and someone yells then take them off!.

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Crucial Track for March 13, 2026

"Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard

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If you were a professional athlete, what is your walk up or intro song?

I've been asked this in the past on what my intro music would be if I was a professional wrestler and what my name would be.

This would be my song and my name would be CHOCOLATE THUNDER!!

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Crucial Track for March 12, 2026

"Moving" by Omah Lay

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What song best matches the energy of today?

I had the afrobeats playlist going in the background and this song really got me. It's been a productive day so far.

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Crucial Track for March 11, 2026

"Ms. Jackson" by Outkast

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A song from the 2000s that you like or means something to you.

I remember people yelling I am for REEEEEEEAL quite a bit when the song came out.

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Crucial Track for March 10, 2026

"Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai

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A song from your teenage years.

This was the song that introduced me to Jamiroquai and really solidified my love of funk and disco.

It's crazy how this chorus still applies as I learn more and more how crazy this world is.

Futures made of virtual insanity, now Always seem to be governed by this love we have For useless twisting of our new technology Oh, now there is no sound, for we all live underground, whoa

Couple this with an awesome music video and you have pure magic.

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Crucial Track for March 9, 2026

"Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor) [feat. T-Pain]" by Pitbull

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A song from your most listened to artist of the last 20 years.

Looking at the number of plays in Apple Music, this one is in the top 25. In my home, the chorus is a bit of a call and response as one person will say the the "oh baby baby" and someone else will do the "la la la la la" part.

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Crucial Track for March 8, 2026

"Just Kickin' It" by Xscape

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A song from the 1990s that you like or means something to you.

I think this song came to me because I need some time to reset.

Kick off your shoes and relax your feet (Come on, yeah) Party on down to the Xscape beat, just kick it (Oh, baby)

It's been crazy the last couple of months.

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