We’re making you a mixed tape! Well, the 2023 version of a mixed tape — a Spotify playlist.
Anne and Ruby share some science behind why music is so powerful in helping us manage Big Emotions like fear, uncertainty, and joy. Anne and Ruby have (quite) different musical tastes and are drawing from different perspectives. Instead of division, this shows how people of all backgrounds and preferences can experience fertility struggles and how we can connect with each other simply with our collective love for and emotional connection to music. Whatever your taste, we hope our “infertility playlist” will have songs that speak to you.
We want you to have songs for moments throughout your journey: from your first appointment, to preparing and starting an IVF cycle, egg retrieval, embryo transfer day, and all the other days before, during and after. There’s so much waiting and wondering; maybe a little music can help lighten the load.
The lists include songs to lift you up, let you really feel all the feels, and give you “bad B” vibes if that’s what you need.
For the record: Anne is Team N’Sync and Ruby is Team Backstreet Boys.
Song Mentions:
Sara Bareilles - Brave
Rachel Platten - Fight Song
Christina Perri - 1000 years
Stephanie Beatriz - Waiting on a miracle
Colin Hay - Waiting on my real life to begin
Imagine Dragons - Blank space/Stand by me
David Guetta with Sia - Titanium
Leslie Odom Jr., Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Wait for me
Guns N’ Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
Sara Bareilles - She Used To Be Mine
Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman Ensemble - This Is Me
2gether - The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is getting back your stuff)
Ruby’s Song Mentions:
Kate Bush - Running Up that Hill
The Black Crows - Remedy
Fleetwood Mac - Don’t Stop
Prince - How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
Club Nouveau - Lean on Me
Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders In The Sky
Foo Fighters - All My Life
Madonna - Vogue
Ru Paul - Supermodel
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
John Legend - Never Break
Yo Yo Ma - The Wounded Heart, Op. 34, No. 1;
Yo Yo Ma - The Carnival of the Animals. R. 125. XIII
Claude DeBussy - Reverie
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Ms. Lauren Hill - Turn your lights down low
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’
Chris Cornell - Patience
Guns N’ Roses - Patience
Rüfüs Du Sol - Treat You Better
Blackway, Black Caviar - What’s Up Danger
Leon Bridges - Bad Bad News
AJR - Humpty Dumpty
Soundgarden - My Wave
Brick + Mortar - Voodoo Child
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
Birdy - Fire and Rain
John Denver - Fire and Rain (James Taylor, but who’s counting?)
Al Green - That’s The Way It Is
Listeners’ Spotify TWP Playlist:
To suggest songs for the listeners’ playlist, message us on social @thewholepineapplepod on IG/Facebook and @wholepineapple on Twitter or email us at thewholepineapple@gmail.com
Music and Stress - Nechama Yehuda Article
Music and Medicine - The Official Journal of the IAMM
Brains of deaf people rewire to ‘hear’ music - Walter Neary UW News Article
Journey - Don’t Stop Believin’ (Live 1981: Escape Tour - 2022 HD Remaster)
