Friday, July 11, 2025
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Song of the Week

Mad in America wants to know what songs you listen to that relate to your experience of psychiatry, or your thoughts and opinions about it. Check out the Staff Recommendations that have been published over the last few months and add your own by submitting here. Your song may be featured in our Song of the Week highlight and shared on Mad in America’s social media!

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Diane, who writes: "White Rabbit by The Jefferson Airplane describes my experience discontinuing...

Rescue by Lauren Daigle

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Cristina Farace: "I have suffered from severe clinical depression and bipolar disorder all of...

Voices by Russ Ballard

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Cheryl LaFleur: "I personally have not heard voices but as a peer support, I...

Love In The Time Of Lexapro by Oneohtrix Point Never

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Christopher Dubey: "This electronic song by Oneohtrix Point Never invokes the name of a...

Pills & Good Advice by Left at London

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Julianna: "I discovered this song shortly after my psychiatric hospitalization in 2021. The song...

Lighthouse in My Head by The Big Infinite

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by Jackie Kurtz: "We watched our son struggle with mental health issues and this song makes me...

The Drugs Don’t Work by The Verve

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Will Allan: "The drugs don’t work, they just make you worse. An acknowledgment of...

Invitation to the Weep by Claudia Schmidt

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Val Crawford: "Humor about tears -- Schmidt has lots of interesting takes (though her...

Englishman in New York by Sting

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This week's song of the week was suggested by MIA reader Dan Frey: "'Englishman in New York' is a tribute to Quentin Crisp, who bravely...

Closer to Fine by Indigo Girls

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This week’s Song of the Week was suggested by Jennifer Chambers: "The song provides numerous examples (from which I have sampled) of trying to find...

What’s Going On by 4 Non Blondes

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This week’s Song of the Week was suggested by Chris: "I was about 25 when I looked toward psychiatry to help me figure out "What's...

The Child Inside by Depeche Mode

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This week’s Song of the Week was suggested by an anonymous reader: "My desire to "dig deeper" to find out what else makes me wanna...

I Wanna Be Sedated by The Ramones

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by an anonymous reader: "'Nothing to do, nowhere to go -- I wanna be sedated': it represents...

Cruel Country by Wilco

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by Ken Lacilla: "This song epitomizes the polarized state of our country's psychology and our oversimplification of...

FEEL. by Kendrick Lamar

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This week's Song of the Week was recommended by Varun Goel: "This song is so powerful in reflecting the depth and breadth of tension that...

“Ripple” (Grateful Dead) feat. Bill Kreutzmann (Playing For Change ‘Song Around The World’)

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This week's Song of the Week was recommended by Eric Setz: "Unlike Psychiatry this song gave me hope and did not make me feel alone....

Creep (live) by Radiohead

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This week's Song of the Week was recommended by Robert Gollwitzer: "I have always felt like some sort of weirdo in the presence of others....

There’s Nothing Wrong by Jhelisa

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This week's Song of the Week was recommended by MIA reader Susan Fitzgerald: "This is an old track (1993 ish) that I sang loudly around...

No Shortcuts by Heather Maloney (with Darlingside)

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This song was suggested by MIA reader Lindsey Bookman: "To me, this song reflects the work involved in either supporting someone else through a mental...

All Born Screaming by St. Vincent

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Kathy Rudy: "This song reminds me that every living thing must go through some...

If You Could Save Yourself (You’d Save Us All) by Ween

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This week's Song of the Week was recommended by MIA reader Ailsa: "The media portrayal of Ween as a “joke band” has always been (predictably)...

Season of the Witch by Donovan

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Barbara Summers: "My first encounter with psychiatry was in September of 2000 after I...

Careful What You Wish For (the doctor said to) by Jack Harris

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This week's Song of the Week was suggested by MIA reader Chris Dubey: "The song is about losing one's range of emotions after trying psychiatric...

Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches

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This week's Song of the Week was recommended by MIA reader Aisha Owen: "This song and video clip is a pure fever dream! It is...

And She Was by Talking Heads

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This week's Song of the Week was recommended by MIA reader Kendrea Rhodes: "Everyone at school had thought the flying girl in that video was...
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