As her classic album When the Pawn … turns 25, we pick the best of a singer-songwriter whose portraits of love and selfhood are unforgettably vivid

You could easily fill a Top 20 with Apple’s original compositions, but this Beatles cover deserves recognition for arguably besting the original. Recorded for Pleasantville, the 1998 film by Gary Ross, Apple’s limpid delivery brings the lovely melody to the fore and imbues it with emotion.