In his new book, Songs That Changed The World (hitting shelves October 1 via Gelding Street Press), Clarke dives into 42 tracks that did a lot more than just get people dancing. From Billie Holiday’s brave and devastating 1939 performance of “Strange Fruit” to massive anthems by U2, Bob Dylan, and Public Enemy, the book spans nearly nine decades of global music history. It also travels well beyond the usual UK and US suspects, featuring powerful songs of resistance from Chile, Tunisia, Brazil, and the Soviet Union. “This isn’t a book about the best songs ever recorded,” Clarke says. “It is about impact: the moments when a song became bigger than the artist who created it and began to change the world around it.”