Since soundtracking his first heartbreak, the Sydney singer has kept the emotionally fragile song by the cult US songwriter close to his chest on his quest for true love

Folktronica singer Sophie Payten dives into a sea of childhood memories when she hears the ‘hypnotic’ track by the Melbourne indie rock trio

The first single off the US band’s 1980 album Remain in Light inspired a musical awakening in the My Friend the Chocolate Cake singer

When Bush returned after a 12-year career hiatus with a song about motherhood and death, it cracked the Savage Garden singer wide open – and gave him a roadmap for his own life

The Camp Cope singer was adrift and alone in LA when a synth-heavy song anchored her to home – and a sense of hope

The ‘agonisingly beautiful’ song from 1968’s Astral Weeks inspired the Hunters & Collectors singer to write love songs – and continues to taunt him

When Zambian-born rapper Sampa Tembo was navigating her early career in Australia, Tupac Shakur’s posthumous hit became a guiding light

The former Go-Betweens frontman recounts how, as a teenager, he fell under the spell of Television’s album Marquee Moon