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Definitely a Carpenters track.
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Chris Packham
English naturalist
Wood warbler – the male's trill song.
Beverley Knight
Singer and stage actor
It’s another bloody Prince song, I’m so sorry – Mountains. I love how the chord structure ascends and the vocals – “It’s only mountains and the sea / There’s nothing greater than you and me” – feel like an ascension. I’d like to think, when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I’m going to be ascending as opposed to descending. I think I’ve been a good girl.
David Arquette
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler
David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
American artist and activist
A Donny Hathaway song called Be Real Black For Me.
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