From a band that has taken me decades to finally appreciate comes a song that I didn’t discover until nearly a decade after it was released. A couple of high school friends of mine were studying abroad in Barcelona for a semester when they came across the song. For some reason, Queen’s “I Want to Break Free” was experiencing a resurgence in Spain among college students at that time. My friends brought this optimistic, inspirational song back to New York, and I’ve been hooked ever since.

“I want to break free. I want to break free from your lies. You're so self satisfied, I don't need you. I've got to break free.”