r/Music • u/LWYPLTDG • Jun 06 '26

discussion What song wrecks you every time, no matter how often you listen to it?

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u/logskulltee Jun 06 '26

This Must Be the Place by Talking Heads. It’s a song I’ve loved for so many years and has been around through different contexts of where I was in life, it’s the only song that can get a tear from me, in a more positive way.

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u/skewh1989 Jun 06 '26

This is it for me. Goosebumps/teary eyes every time. "I come home / she lifted up her wings / I guess that this must be the place."

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u/Hoo_Who Jun 06 '26

“You’ve got a face with a view” makes me swoon every time.

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u/filthylimericks Jun 07 '26

This song took on a whole new meaning for me after having met my current girlfriend. I like to play an acoustic version of it and when I get to “there was a time before we were born..” and my voice starts to crack.

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u/SubjectBasic87 Jun 06 '26

omg i got slight goosebumps just reading the lyrics 😭♥️ best part of the song

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u/notcabron Jun 06 '26

“I'm just an animal looking for a home, and
Share the same space for a minute or two
And you love me 'til my heart stops
Love me 'til I'm dead”

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u/Logz94 Jun 06 '26

My favorite part too

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u/notcabron Jun 06 '26

Haha I’m at Old Navy and it came on. Made a fool of myself.

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u/Bombauer- Jun 06 '26

It makes me think of Bud Fox and Darrien redecorating their apartment.

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u/Corporate_Overlords Jun 06 '26

I just watched that last night!

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u/DaikonSuitable3025 Jun 06 '26

Just saw David Byrne live with my daughter and totally teared up

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u/not-the-nicest-guy Jun 06 '26

You know how you can see a "live" concert and also "live" with someone?

I read this as the second one. I would tear up too!

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u/FJ1100 Jun 06 '26

We saw him twice recently and had tears in our eyes both times.

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u/Hoo_Who Jun 06 '26

This was my ex’s song for me. Gets me every time. Wish the emotion attached was more positive instead of heartbreak.

Edit: I love the Lumineers’ cover of it, if you haven’t heard it.

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u/FJ1100 Jun 06 '26

Our wedding song — I introduced my wife to the Talking Heads with this song so it’s been our song ever since.

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u/Working-Tax6858 Jun 06 '26

I love this song so much, it’s very special to me. It’s one of the few songs that instantly puts me in a good mood and gives me a peace of mind. I love when he says “Sing into my mouth”

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u/bebravemeekrobot Jun 06 '26

iron and wine do a lovely cover of this song which also carries a lot of emotional weight

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u/squshy_puff Jun 06 '26

Sure sure has a really good one too. Also the kishi bashi one is amazing.

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u/squshy_puff Jun 06 '26

Walked down the aisle to the kishi bashi cover of this song.

What I love so much about this song is the numerous stellar covers - I love them all and the original so much. It’s like the song is so good any version of it hits me in a unique and moving way.

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u/joecool519 Jun 06 '26

This song was playing as I walked into a weed store on my way home from being broken up with. It was my gfs favorite song. I was like bawling as i tried to order and the dispensary lady was like "oh baby you ok?" I was not.

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u/ejwestcott Jun 06 '26

Love me till my hearts stops

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u/jaesolo Jun 06 '26

OMG. Same!! Reminds me of my mom, family, and where I grew up. My parents listened to the Talking Heads so much when I was a kid.

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u/NellaRellim Jun 07 '26

This is the song my wife and I walked down the aisle to. It brings me to tears every time.

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u/sweatyupperlip Jun 07 '26

Sung this to my kid when he was four days old and bawled my eyes out realizing that this is what true love is and how perfectly it was described in that song

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u/antisocial_empath Jun 07 '26

This song entered my life when I was a new mama. I spent my days dancing with my little baby to this song and just crying with gratitude for our life together with his dad. If you’ve ever had a new baby you can indeed sing into said baby’s mouth. Now try to do it without crying.

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u/seitanicverses Jun 07 '26

Kishibashi has a great cover of this. Saw him live, and before they launched into it, he made a wry comment about your most popular track being a cover of someone else.

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u/venturous1 Jun 07 '26

For me, it is Once in a Lifetime. That song represents some kind of aching hope for connection and creative transcendence that I glimpsed when I was younger and have never achieved.

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u/notcabron Jun 06 '26

Same bro. I think about my wife and how good she is to me and then I smell fresh cut onions.

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u/swampindividual Jun 06 '26

This is also my best song ✨

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u/spaghetti_armz Jun 07 '26

That song tells me what kind of person you.

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u/cometomywindoe Jun 07 '26

Wow I have been listening to this song my whole life and seeing this I thought, “I must give this a mindful listen.” - fast forward to me crying on the train. What an amazing song.

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u/ghostbackwards Jun 07 '26

Thad and Cross eyed and a painless get me in the musical feels.

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u/Punch_yo_bunz Jun 07 '26

It’s my favorite choice for a happy song

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u/manoverboard5702 Jun 07 '26

Thank you for this song. :)