“Hangovers are unpredictable beasts,” Bernard Fanning tells Apple Music. The singer-songwriter and former Powderfinger frontman prescribes the various cures that many of us are all too familiar with, especially during the hotter months: “Sometimes it needs gentle, quiet attention—a plain cup of tea with milk and sugar, Vegemite on toast, and a quick shower before settling in for a tearjerking Sandra Bullock rom-com. Others need to be punished into submission: a pie and sauce, any food that involves melted cheese, ginger beer, Twisties, a full deck of Monte Carlos, and an almond Magnum to put a lid on the whole disaster happening in your stomach. Wash it down with an ice cold tinny and then straight into a back-to-back Rocky marathon (parts 1-5).” To top it all off, of course, is music. “The following playlist should help you through the various stages of either of these hangovers,” he says. Listen here, and read on for more insights into his favorite picks. Skyhooks, “Horror Movie” “One of my earliest memories is of sweating it out in my grandma’s front room on a balmy Brisbane summer weekend and seeing this song on Countdown in 1975.” James Taylor, “Lo and Behold” “During a blistering heat wave in the summer of 2018 I was lucky enough to play support to one of my heroes and favorite acoustic guitar player. We played three shows, all of which James watched from the side of stage while enduring 40-plus temperatures. This is obviously before he was going to play a two-hour show in the same conditions and at age 70. A total gentleman and inspiration for how to respect others no matter how high you climb.” Linda Ronstadt, “When Will I Be Loved” “There’s nothing better than a bit of guitar-mony to blow away hangover blues. Also, Linda Ronstadt has the most pure, summery voice of all. This is a superb cover of The Everly Brothers’ original. Right now, your hangover should be turning the corner. Things are looking up.” Johnny Nash, “I Can See Clearly Now” “This is exactly the type of song that can lead to drinking too much. The incredible purity of this man’s voice fills you with such innocent hope and positivity that it is usually followed by large amounts of beer, consumed in a hammock, with a Panama hat dipped over your eyes, preferably in front of the ocean.” Erik Satie, “Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent” “By now you should be well on the road to recovery and the only thing left to do is to catch a quick siesta. Erik Satie wrote this piece for exactly the circumstances you find yourself in. Lie back and drift off.”