Crucial Track for December 5, 2025

"In My Life" by The Beatles

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Share a song that captures the feeling of being homesick.

My earliest memories include rooting through my parents'—who grew up in the 1960s—vinyl collection. The Beatles featured heavily, along with a whole load of Motown. The elegiac In My Life, with its Bach-inspired piano solo and lyrics reflecting on memories of people and places from the past, reminds me of childhood and makes me homesick for a time and place it's impossible to return to.