For Women’s History Month, I’m selecting some of my favorite songs from some of the most talented and influential women in music. From frontwomen to singer-songwriters to iconic performers, I’m picking one song a day on Mental Jukebox until the end of March.

One Saturday afternoon in high school, I went to the old Tower Records in the Village and waited among the throngs to meet Suzanne Vega. She was quiet, but assuredly in command. That same eccentric stature and personality are on full display on “Solitude Standing” where Vega’s eerie confidence comes through even in a whisper. “Luka” and “Tom’s Diner” were bigger hits. But the title track is the one that showed Vega at her best, unapologetic self.

“I've come to set a twisted thing straight.”