Okay -- the title of this blog post might be grossly overstated, BUT these are 10 songs that are exceptionally close to my heart. In an effort to be more interactive (let me know what y'all think about this), I made you all a playlist on Spotify to listen to as you read about the 10 songs selected and why they're so important to me. Yes, the playlist is the 10 songs I'm talking about.

Alright, by this point I hope you've clicked on the playlist. But if not, here's your last chance. And now off we go into why these songs are so incredibly spectacular to me. In no particular order...