THE ONLY SOUND:

OF MUSICTAP TO LISTEN

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Life without everyday sounds can

be boring and stressful. The banality

of quotidian sounds—the honks, the

sirens, the office chatter, the water-

cooler talk, the haggling at the

market, the romantic exchanges at

restaurants, the occasional jabbering

at a traffic light—is a necessary

leitmotif in our busy, workplace

lives. With the lockdown, there is a

deafening silence and it can lead to

a spike in anxiety.

Music, a heavenly, soul-cushioning sound, isn’t the obvious cure,

but it does have the ability to change our mood, soothe us and

inspire us and, most important, tamp down our anxiety levels.

U2 frontman Bono has penned “Let your Love be Known” inspired by Italians quarantined during the coronavirus outbreak.

The lyrics talk of isolation and fear and hope in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

You can’t touch but you can singAcross rooftopsSing down the phoneSing and promise me you won’t stopSing your love, be known, let your love be known.

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We’ve assembled half a dozen songs to accompany your social distancing experience

The perfect reminder to maintain six feet of personal space

Perhaps no song has perfectly captured the feelings of loneliness and solitude more than this 1970 track by John Lennon

THE POLICE

JOHN LENNON

Don’t Stand So Close to Me

Isolation

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THE ROLLING STONES

Get Off My Cloud

Let Mukesh’s velvet voice wash over you in this ode to a resurgent nature and the outside world, which you’ll see again… someday.

MADHUMATI (OST)

Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Haseen

“I live in an apartment on the 99th floor of my block/ And I sit at home looking out the window/ Imagining the world has stopped.”

Need we say more?

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RANGEELA (OST)

Tanha Tanha Yahaan Pe Jeena

The longing for human company striving to break free of seclusion.

“Baar Baar Rod Akhiyan/ Tainu Jo Na Vekh Sakiyan/ Khole Aaye Aaj/ Kudrat Ne…”

OM SHANTI OM (OST)

Jag Soona Soona Lage

Your love-life could still go places while you are stuck at home. Go on digital dates, courtesy all the dating apps. Because:

“Kisi ko pyaar de de, kisi ka pyaar le le/ Is saare zamaane mein yehi pyaari baat hai”

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And here’s what the world is tuning in to as they tune out of the grim news all around

Source: spotifycharts.com Data for March 27-Apr 2

TRACK NAME ARTIST

Blinding Lights The Weeknd

Don’t Start Now Dua Lipa

Roses - Imanbek Remix SAINt JHN

The Box Roddy Ricch

Dance Monkey Tones And I

Genda Phool (ft. Payal Dev) Badshah

Shayad Pritam

Intentions (ft. Quavo) Justin Bieber

Falling Trevor Daniel

Blinding Lights The Weeknd

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POSITION STREAMS (million)

GLOBAL

INDIAN

NO. OF MUSIC STREAMS

46.8

37.8

32.2

31.7

29.9

1.35

0.95

0.83

0.80

0.73