100 Songs for Studio Time In every issue of In Her Studio, we ask the featured artists to share something helpful or fun with our readers. As we all know, music and making art often go hand in hand, so it’s no surprise that our artists frequently choose to share their studio playlist in hopes that their favorite songs might inspire you as well. We have compiled 100 songs from the pages of In Her Studio. Give them a listen, add your favorites to your playlist, crank up the volume, and start creating!
1. “Little Yellow Spider” by Devendra Banhart 25. “You get What You Give” by New Radicals
2. “My Old Man” by Mac DeMarco 26. “It’s all About Soul” by Billy Joel
3. “Kewali” by Flamingods 27. “Free Falling” by Tom Petty
4. “Cut Me Down” by Kevin Morby 28. “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush
5. “El Condor Pasa” by Simon & Garfunkel 29. “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen
6. “Pink Moon” by Nick Drake 30. “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton
7. “Actually” by Rozi Plain 31. “The Sacred” by Yaima
8. “Blind Willie” by Sonny Sharrock 32. “Just Let it Go” by India Arie
9. “The Ledge” by Fleetwood Mac 33. “Beauty in the World” by Macy Gray
10. “Shark Smile” by Big Thief 34. “Calling all Angels” by KD Lang
11. “Thickets” by Patrick Wolf 35. “I am Light” by India Arie
12. “The Underwood Typewriter” by Fionn Regan 36. “Halo” by Ana Brun
13. “Gethsemane” by Dry the River 37. “Bowl of Light” by Trevor Hall
14. “White Winter Hymnal” by Fleet Foxes 38. “Heavenly Day” by Patti
15. “Abacus” by Fionn Regan 39. “Give Thanks” by India Arie
16. “The Gypsy King” by Patrick Wolf 40. “Black as Night” by Nahko and Medicine for the People
17. “One Day Like This” by Elbow 41. “You Look Like Trouble But I Guess I do Too” by Lisa LeBlanc
18. “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + the Machine 42. “Bonnie and Clyde” by Bart Budwig
19. “Green Youth Great Plans” by Abi Wade 43. “Whippoorwill” by Darlingside
20. “Simple X” by Andrew Bird 44. “Honeybody” by Kishi Bashi
21. “Chandelier” by Sia 45. “Turn Me Loose” by Loverboy
22. “Handle With Care” by The Traveling Wilburys 46. “Deceptacon” by Le Tigre
23. “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum 47. “Unmade” by Thom Yorke
24. “What if God was One of Us?” by Joan Osborne 48. “The Big Ship” by Brian Eno
100 SONGS FOR STUDIO TIME 49. “Water From the Same Source” by Rachels 75. “The Promise” by When In Rome
50. “Cloud Passade, No. 3” by Lubomyr Melnyk 76. “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds
51. “Follow My Voice” by Julie Byrne 77. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears
52. “White Sheet Lightening” by Tiny Ruins 78. “Our Lips Are Sealed” by The Go-Go’s
53. “Everything is Free” by Gillan Welch 79. “Something About You” by Level 42
54. “Oh Comely” by Neutral Milk Hotel 80. “Hands to Heaven” by Breathe
55. “West Palm Beach” by Palace Music 81. “Human” by Human League
56. “Rock Bottom Riser” by Smog 82. “A Seat at the Table” by Solange
57. “That’s my story” by John Lee Hooker 83. “Covered” by Robert Glasper Trio
58. “Emotionalism” by The Avett Brothers 84. “You & I” by AL.ANI
59. “Lady Lady” by Masego 85. “Eden” by Ivy Sole
60. “My Love is Your Love” by Whitney Houston 86. “Carry Your Kin” by The Breath
61. “Recite Remorse” by Waxahatchee 87. “At Least For Now” by Benjamin Clementine
62. “Open” by Rhye 88. “Beat Tape 2” by Tom Misch
63. “Easy Baby” by Denyah 89. “The Order of Time” by Valerie June
64. “Lately” by Wet 90. “Toast” by Koffee
65. “Sliding Doors” by Nilufer Yanya 91. “I Can” by Chronixx
66. “I’ll Come Too” by James Blake 92. “Leader” by Dexta Daps & Masicka
67. “You Learn” by Alanis Morrisette 93. “Flairy” by Ding Dong
68. “Always be My Baby” by Mariah Carey 94. “Girlie ‘O’” by Patoranking & Tiwa Savage
69. “San Luis” by Gregory Alen Isakov 95. “California” by Joni Mitchell
70. “True” by Spandau Ballet 96. “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman
71. “Holiday” by Madonna 97. “Hey Ma” by Bon Iver
72. “Take on Me” by A-ha 98. “Big Jet Plane” by Angus & Julia Stone
73. “Always Something There to Remind Me” by Naked Eyes 99. “All the Pretty Girls” by Kaleo
74. “Bust A Move” by Young MC 100. “Hawaii” by Neil Young
These songs were recommended by Lucy Rowan (1–10), Natalie Toms (11–20), Krystal Lee (21–30), Carrie Schmidt (31–40), Alicia Renner (41–46), Amber Jensen (47–56), Sarah McLellan (57–59), Kayla Powers (60–69), Gina Lee Kim (70–81), Lydia Higginson (82–89), Annya White-Brown (90–94), and Freja Løwe (95–100).