Artist	Song
Peter Gabriel	Don't Give Up
from So (Remastered) (1986)
U2	Beautiful Day
from U218 Singles (Deluxe Version) (2006)
Jimmy Cliff	I Can See Clearly Now
from We All Are One: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (2002)
Kenny Chesney	That's Why I'm Here
from Greatest Hits (2000)
Fleetwood Mac	Don't Stop
from Greatest Hits (2004)
R.E.M.	Everybody Hurts
from Automatic for the People (2005)
Bill Withers	Lean On Me
from Bill Withers' Greatest Hits (1989)
Bruce Springsteen	Better Days
from Lucky Town (1992)
Travis Tritt	No More Looking Over My Shoulder
from No More Looking Over My Shoulder (2010)
T. Graham Brown	Wine Into Water
from The Next Right Thing (2003)
Charlene	I've Never Been to Me
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Best of Motown '80s, Vol. 2 (2002)
Elton John & John Lennon	One Day At a Time
from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (Deluxe Edition) (1975)
Tim McGraw	Carry On
from A Place In the Sun (1999)
Eric Clapton	Give Me Strength
from Blues (1999)
Cyndi Lauper	True Colors
from The Essential Cyndi Lauper (2003)
Melissa Etheridge	Heal Me
from Skin (2001)
Elton John	Recover Your Soul
from The Big Picture (1997)
Johnny Cash	Hurt
from American IV: Man Comes Around (2010)
Michael Peterson	When the Bartender Cries
from Rhino Hi-Five: Drinkin' Songs (2006)
The Verve	The Drugs Don't Work
from This Is Music - The Singles 92-98 (2004)
Rascal Flatts	I'm Movin' On
from Rascal Flatts (2000)
Keith Urban	Nobody Drinks Alone
from Be Here (2004)
Duran Duran	Ordinary World (Single Version)
from The Singles Box 1986-1995 (2005)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Life By the Drop
from The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (2002)
Annie Lennox	A Thousand Beautiful Things
from Bare (2003)
Eagles	Life In the Fast Lane
from Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (2006)
Billy Joel	Got to Begin Again
from Cold Spring Harbor (1998)
Jimmy Cliff	Better Days Are Coming
from Anthology (2003)
John Prine	Sam Stone
from Prime Prine (2008)
Bonnie Raitt	Thing Called Love
from The Best of Bonnie Raitt On Capitol 1989-2003 (2003)
George Jones	Choices
from Cold Hard Truth (2008)
Sly & the Family Stone	You Can Make It If You Try
from Anthology (1989)
George Jones	I've Aged Twenty Years In Five
from The Essential George Jones (2006)
Neil Young	The Needle and the Damage Done
from Neil Young: Greatest Hits (2004)
Don Gibson	One Day At a Time
from Greatest Hits, Volume 1 & 2 (2006)
Marvin Gaye	Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)
from What's Going On (2003)
Stevie Wonder	Chemical Love
from Jungle Fever (1991)
Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss	Whiskey Lullaby (feat. Alison Krauss)
from Mud On the Tires (2003)
Bob Dylan	New Morning
from New Morning (2009)
Curtis Mayfield	No Thing On Me (Cocaine Song)
from Superfly (2004)
Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello	God Give Me Strength
from Painted from Memory (1998)
Anne Murray	You Needed Me
from Anne Murray - The Best...So Far (2007)
No Doubt	Brand New Day
from No Doubt (1992)
The Impressions	I'm a Changed Man (Finally Got Myself Together)
from Finally Got Myself Together (2006)
Jerry Lee Lewis	What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) [Single Version]
from The Definitive Collection: Jerry Lee Lewis (2006)
Smashing Pumpkins	Today
from Smashing Pumpkins: Greatest Hits (2001)
INXS	New Sensation
from The Best of INXS (2003)
Judy Collins	One Day At a Time
from The Essential Judy Collins (2009)
John Hiatt	Your Dad Did
from Bring the Family (1987)
Ted Hawkins	There Stands the Glass
from The Next Hundred Years (1994)
Kenny Chesney	The Good Stuff
from No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (2002)
Queen	The Show Must Go On
from Innuendo (1994)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble	Wall of Denial
from The Real Deal - Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1999)
Patty Loveless	Cheap Whiskey
from Mountain Soul (2001)
Ozzy Osbourne	Demon Alcohol
from No Rest for the Wicked (2002)
Red Hot Chili Peppers	Under the Bridge
from Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits (2003)
OutKast	Git Up, Git Out
from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Seether	Fine Again
from Disclaimer II (2004)
Hal Ketchum	The Unforgiven
from Awaiting Redemption (1999)
Staind	So Far Away
from 14 Shades of Grey (2003)
John Hiatt	Slow Turning
from Slow Turning (1988)
Paul Simon	Everything Put Together Falls Apart
from Paul Simon (2010)
Raspberries	Starting Over
from Greatest (2005)
The Rolling Stones	Coming Down Again
from Goats Head Soup (Remastered) (2009)
Townes Van Zandt	Waitin' 'Round to Die
from Rear View Mirror (1997)
The Replacements	The Last
from All Shook Down (Expanded Edition) (2008)
N.W.A.	Express Yourself
from 'Straight Outta Compton' (2002)
Keith Urban	You're Not Alone Tonight
from Golden Road (2002)
Jewel	Life Uncommon
from Spirit (2010)
Amy Ray	Sober Girl
from Prom (2005)
Curtis Mayfield	Stone Junkie
from Curtis/Live! (2004)
John Hiatt	Stolen Moments
from Stolen Moments (1990)

Comment:

Let’s see what they have on the TV in this ward of the hospital: CNN, CNN and, um, CNN. That’d be great if you were home and soaking up headlines along with a chocolate chip muffin and coffee, but you’re not — you’re bed-ridden, hurting, and hankering for a fix of sound. Good thing a friend just plunged some headphones into your ears, piping in a playlist of songs that are sometimes sobering, but always therapeutic. Songs that skip genres while speaking of dependency on, or weeks away from, glistening white lines, mind-numbing needles, and bottomless bottles. Worry not, our careworn friends, we’ll have you right in no time.

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