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The first words Thorpe said when she woke up were the lyrics to 'Just the Way You Are.' When Bruno Mars played in Cleveland in 2014, he actually serenaded Zumyah Thorpe with the song.
Ying Nan started humming to the song, so her mom played it again the following day. It worked. The song, which is also known in China as the 'Horse Riding Dance,' revived Ying Nan.
Ten-year-old Ying Nan from China suffered a brain hemorrhage that resulted in 258 days in a coma. Then her mother played her a song she used to love: Psy's 'Gangnam Style.'
Maria's husband hit the jackpot. "When I actually got a response and I asked her, 'Do you know what this is?' and she nodded yes, it was absolutely fantastic," he recalled.
They placed headphones on her and played her Si Cranstoun's 'Dynamo,' which was one of her favorite tunes. Shortly after, she was tapping her feet. "I was brought up with rockabilly music and that is what I've always loved, so I think it sparked something in my brain from childhood," Cheryl recalled.
In 2013, a terrible car accident killed Zumyah Thorpe's pregnant mother and her two sisters, and left her in a coma. The nurses at the hospital played her Bruno Mars songs every night, until she eventually responded.
In 2013, Cheryl Horton-Powell suffered from cardiac arrest. Her heart actually stopped for 10 minutes, and she was placed in a medically-induced coma. Her chances of survival were not great, but her family thought that a bit of music would help.
Maria Neal from the UK fell into a coma following a brain hemorrhage. She had been unresponsive for months, until her husband played her their wedding song: The Righteous Brothers' 'Unchained Melody.'
Shortly after, David's mom noticed that her son was mouthing the words to the band's 1986 classic, 'Livin’ on a Prayer.' David Hassall went on to make a full recovery after that.
Christiane Kittel was taken to the show in a wheelchair, and shortly after she began to move and opened her eyes.
It had been eight days since six-year-old Tyla was placed in a medically-induced coma following a car crash, when Jessie J visited the hospital.
When she learned about the visit, Tyla's mom contacted the singer's management, and Jessie J was happy to sing Tyla her favorite song, 'Rainbow.' The little girl regained consciousness just a few hours later.
Kerstin was revived from the coma with the Robbie Williams song 'Angels.' And, equally important, the man responsible for holding her family captive and abusing them was sentenced to life in prison.
An Austrian woman called Kerstin Fritzl was imprisoned in a basement by her father/grandfather, who had seven children with Kerstin's mom/sister. Kerstin fell ill in 2008 and taken to hospital, where she was put in a medically-induced coma.
Christiane Kittel was just 16 when a blood clot in her lung made her fall into a coma. She had been in a coma for six years when her mother got permission from the doctor to take her to a Bryan Adams concert.
In 2012, the Bee Gees' Robin Gibb fell into a coma following a battle with pneumonia. Gibb had previously battled cancer, so his immune system was very debilitated. Gibb's wife played him Roy Orbison's 'Crying' and her husband actually started to cry.
But it wasn't until Gibb's son, Robin-John, played him 'Don’t Cry Alone,' a song that both father and son had collaborated on, that he woke up from the coma.
A car accident landed 22-year-old David Hassall in a coma. His parents decided to play him some Bon Jovi while he was unconscious.
The memory of buying The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction' single back in 1965 got 60-year-old Sam Carter out of a coma over 40 years later.
Carter's wife played him the song, and the rest is history. "I could remember how excited I was to get it down at the record shop. I suddenly had a burst of energy and knew I had a lot more life left in me and that's when I woke up—to the sound of the first song I ever bought," Sam Carter recalled.
That was all John Flynn needed to hear. "My feet started moving—I was tap dancing on the end of the bed. Then my hand started going. Whatever it was, I woke up after six days. I was out of hospital three weeks later," he recalled.
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It took a few plays but it eventually worked and Jarrett Carland got out of the coma. Nearly a year later, he had the opportunity to personally thank Charlie Daniels.
In 2005, nine-year-old Corey George from Wales was hit by a car and fell into a coma. He had been unresponsive for two weeks, until his mom decided to play him his favorite record: Green Day's 'American Idiot.'
In less than one hour, the boy started moving his fingers and toes, and he opened his eyes. Four days later, he was out of intensive care.
In 2012, marketing executive John Flynn fell into coma due to internal bleeding following three heart bypasses in 24 hours. After six days completely unresponsive, one of his sons played him a few songs from his iPod, including songs from the musical 'Mack & Mabel.'
Seventeen-year-old Jarrett Carland was four months in a coma, following a car crash that killed his best friend and seriously injured another passenger. Jarrett was unresponsive, until his mother played him a song that he constantly listened to: 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band.
Charlotte's mom was singing along to it, when suddenly, her daughter smiled. This was the first time Charlotte had ever reacted to anything. A couple of days later, she was out of the coma.
Five-year-old Claudia Dealwis fell off a balcony at a friend's house and fractured her skull. She was in a coma for 10 days, when something incredible happened.
James Blunt's 'You’re Beautiful,' which happened to be one of the girl's favorite songs, came on the hospital radio. Then Claudia started to move a bit, slowly opened her eyes, and acknowledged her parents.
In 2011, a seven-year-old British girl named Charlotte Neve fell into a coma following a brain hemorrhage. One day, her mom was visiting her when Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' started playing on the radio.
Music has the power to move us and touch us in many beautiful ways. And not just on a superficial level. A very good example is how some songs revived people who were in deep, unresponsive comas. It looks like music can really penetrate our unconscious minds and do its magic.
Click through the following gallery and get to know the stories of the people who were brought out of comas thanks to songs.
Songs that brought people out of comas
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Music has the power to move us and touch us in many beautiful ways. And not just on a superficial level. A very good example is how some songs revived people who were in deep, unresponsive comas. It looks like music can really penetrate our unconscious minds and do its magic.
Click through the following gallery and get to know the stories of the people who were brought out of comas thanks to songs.