Sometimes you come across music that is almost too good.

When it’s so good it’s painful.

I guess when I clicked on a Tracy Chapman cover of the classic Ben E. King song, “Stand By Me,” I should have expected bone-chilling, tear-jerking brilliance.

It’s one of my favorite timeless love songs. And Tracy Chapman is definitely one of my favorite singer-songwriters.

So, needless to say, this performance of “Stand By Me” did not disappoint. Chapman performed the song in 2015 on the Late Show with David Letterman.

I think I’m gonna have this on repeat for the foreseeable future:

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