This Song Will Save Your Life
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To the book How to DJ Right: The Art and Science of Playing Records, by Frank Broughten and Bill Brewster, for showing me how to write about DJing right.
To my favorite dance-floor partners, including but not limited to Emily Haydock, Emily Heddleson, Kendra Levin, and Allison Smith.
Finally, thanks to all the dance parties that inspired and informed this novel, especially these: from Bristol, Ramshackle and Klub Kute; from New York City, Motherf*cker and Mondo; and from Boston, the Pill and, of course, Start.
RECOMMENDED LISTENING
The Start that Elise goes to doesn’t really exist, but there are indie dance nights all over the world that it’s based on. Here’s a list of some of the songs you might hear if you went to one of these parties—or if you start your own! Remember, good new music is released all the time, so this list is just to start you off.
“The Boy with the Arab Strap,” by Belle and Sebastian
“Girls and Boys,” by Blur
“Cannonball,” by the Breeders
“Dancing in the Dark,” by Bruce Springsteen
“Train in Vain,” by the Clash
“It’s Friday, I’m in Love,” by the Cure
“Just Like Heaven,” by the Cure
“A Letter to Elise,” by the Cure
“Lights & Music,” by Cut Copy
“Modern Love,” by David Bowie
“Just Can’t Get Enough,” Depeche Mode
“Come On Eileen,” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
“Connection,” by Elastica
“A Little Respect,” by Erasure
“Ready for the Floor,” by Hot Chip
“Town Called Malice,” by the Jam
“Maple Leaves,” by Jens Lekman
“Head On,” by the Jesus and Mary Chain
“Love Will Tear Us Apart,” by Joy Division
“D.A.N.C.E.,” by Justice
“We Are Your Friends,” by Justice vs. Simian
“All These Things That I’ve Done,” by the Killers
“Victoria,” by the Kinks
“Daft Punk Is Playing at My House,” by LCD Soundsystem
“North American Scum,” by LCD Soundsystem
“Deceptacon,” by Le Tigre
“You! Me! Dancing!” by Los Campesinos
“Time to Pretend,” by MGMT
“Bizarre Love Triangle,” by New Order
“Blue Monday,” by New Order
“Temptation,” by New Order
“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” by Nirvana
“Young Folks,” by Peter, Bjorn and John
“1901,” by Phoenix
“Debaser,” by the Pixies
“Rocks,” by Primal Scream
“Common People,” by Pulp
“Mis-Shapes,” by Pulp
“Whoo! Alright—Yeah … Uh Huh,” by the Rapture
“Get Off of My Cloud,” by the Rolling Stones
“Panic,” by the Smiths
“This Charming Man,” by the Smiths
“Elephant Stone,” by the Stone Roses
“You Only Live Once,” by the Strokes
“Beautiful Ones,” by Suede
“Once in a Lifetime,” by the Talking Heads
“Born Slippy NUXX,” by Underworld
“Rock & Roll,” by the Velvet Underground
“Bitter Sweet Symphony,” by the Verve
“Baba O’Riley,” by the Who
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
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Copyright © 2013 by Leila Sales
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First hardcover edition, 2013
eBook edition, September 2013
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Sales, Leila.
This song will save your life / Leila Sales. — First edition.
pages cm
Summary: Nearly a year after a failed suicide attempt, sixteen-year-old Elise discovers that she has the passion, and the talent, to be a disc jockey.
ISBN 978-0-374-35138-0 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-374-35139-7 (e-book)
[1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Popularity—Fiction. 3. High schools—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Disc jockeys—Fiction. 6. Suicide—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S15215Thi 2013
[Fic]—dc23
2012050408
eISBN 9780374351397
Lyrics from “Never Be Alone” by Simian, which were rerecorded as “We Are Your Friends” by Justice vs. Simian, used by permission of Oli Isaacs (This Is Music Ltd).