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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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As told to Rich Pelley

FOUND: Stevie wonder really stirred something in me melanie blatt s honest playlist - What They Never Told You

Melanie Blatt.
‘For a party, I’d always go for a big, classic hip-hop tune’ … Melanie Blatt. Photograph: Rail Delivery Group

The first song I fell in love with
I remember listening to Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder from my dad’s record collection. Have a Talk With God really stirred something in me.

The first single I bought
At Our Price on Finchley Road in north London, I discovered that instead of buying the seven-inch single of Janet Jackson’s What Have You Done for Me Lately, you could buy the 12-inch for £1 more and you’d get more songs. But when I got home, I was disappointed to find that they were all remixes of the same song.

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