'Papa's got a brand-new bag': a motivational playlist for 2011
New Year’s Day is the great equalizer. It doesn’t matter if you spent the night before partying like a rock star amidst hundreds of revelers or all alone, quietly weeping while watching “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.” Once the sun rises on the first day of January, all thoughts turn to the myriad ways you're going to make this bright, shiny new year better than the one being left behind. But left unmonitored, those resolutions can go the way of the 8-track tape after one errant trip to the mall food court. Peruse this playlist of motivational classics from James Brown, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan and more for the song that will help you stay true to this year’s resolutions.—Scott T. Sterling, Special to Metromix
(Inspired by a list of Amercans' most popular New Year's resolutions, as compiled on the USA.gov website.)
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