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The 10 best needle drops in One Day - all the music you need to add from the show

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It’s been wrenching our hearts and dehydrating our tear ducts, but according to our socials, One Day is also shaping our playlists. Based on the classic David Nicholls novel, the book was peppered with music references, and the show does not disappoint in delivering a pitch-perfect vibe of every year between 1988 and 2003.  

Whilst we all mourn the loss of our own youth as keenly as we do and Emma Morley’s lifelong bond, we’ve also been pepped by one of the most exquisitely curated nostalgic soundtracks to grace a Netflix series in’s soulless dance fakes, this is not). So, whether you’re an Eighties aficionado, Nineties club kid, or Noughties trip-hop try hard, they’ve tapped into our emotions through our ears as much as through the acting. 

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