diff --git a/.idea/$PRODUCT_WORKSPACE_FILE$ b/.idea/$PRODUCT_WORKSPACE_FILE$
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3733e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/$PRODUCT_WORKSPACE_FILE$
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="masterDetails">
+    <states>
+      <state key="ProjectJDKs.UI">
+        <settings>
+          <last-edited>1.8</last-edited>
+          <splitter-proportions>
+            <option name="proportions">
+              <list>
+                <option value="0.2" />
+              </list>
+            </option>
+          </splitter-proportions>
+        </settings>
+      </state>
+    </states>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bb69ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <annotationProcessing>
+      <profile name="Maven default annotation processors profile" enabled="true">
+        <sourceOutputDir name="target/generated-sources/annotations" />
+        <sourceTestOutputDir name="target/generated-test-sources/test-annotations" />
+        <outputRelativeToContentRoot value="true" />
+        <module name="PlaylistChallenge" />
+      </profile>
+    </annotationProcessing>
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel>
+      <module name="PlaylistChallenge" target="1.5" />
+    </bytecodeTargetLevel>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30d09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="MavenProjectsManager">
+    <option name="originalFiles">
+      <list>
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml" />
+      </list>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/classes" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5103107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/PlaylistChallenge.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/PlaylistChallenge.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35eb1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PlaylistChallenge.iml b/PlaylistChallenge.iml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3241bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PlaylistChallenge.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_5">
+    <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
+    <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/main/java" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src/test/java" isTestSource="true" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.12" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="Maven: org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.9" level="project" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bbd82c1..7442fa6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,5 +16,11 @@
             <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.9</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Music.java b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Music.java
index 180c65c..ad2ed46 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Music.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Music.java
@@ -1,14 +1,144 @@
 package io.zipcoder;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
+import java.lang.Math;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+
 
 public class Music {
 
     private String[] playList;
 
-    public Music(String[] playList){
+    public Music(String[] playList) {
         this.playList = playList;
     }
 
-    public Integer selection(Integer startIndex, String selection){
-        return null;
+    public Integer selection(Integer startIndex, String selection) {
+
+
+
+        int fwdCount = 0;
+        int bwdCount = 0;
+
+        int newSongIndex = ArrayUtils.indexOf(playList, selection);
+
+        if (newSongIndex > startIndex)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+
+        for (int i = startIndex; i < playList.length; i++) {
+
+            if (playList[i].equals(selection))
+                {break;}
+
+            fwdCount++;
+
+            if(i == (playList.length-1))
+            {
+                i = -1;   //because we have to include another click to go from the end to the beginning
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (int j = startIndex; j >= 0; j--) {
+            if (playList[j].equals(selection)) {
+                break;}
+             bwdCount++;
+             if (j == 0) {
+                j = playList.length;  //because we have to do another click from the beginning back to the end.
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        if (bwdCount < fwdCount) {
+            return bwdCount;
+        } else {
+            return fwdCount;
+        }
     }
 }
+
+//            for (int j = startIndex; j < startIndex + playList.length - 1; j--) {
+//                if (!playList[playList.length + i % playList.length].equals(selection)) {
+//                    bwdCount++;
+//                    break;
+
+
+//
+//        int newSongIndex = ArrayUtils.indexOf(playList, selection);
+//        int check = checkPlaylist(playList, startIndex, newSongIndex);
+//
+//        int newSongIndex2 = checkForDuplicateIndex(playList,  selection);
+//        //int newSongIndex2 = ArrayUtils.indexOf(playList, selection, newSongIndex);
+//        int check2 = checkPlaylist(playList, startIndex, newSongIndex2);
+//        int result = shorterClicks(check, check2);
+//
+//
+//        return result;
+//    }
+//
+//    public int checkPlaylist (String[] playList, Integer startIndex, int newSongIndex)
+//    {
+//
+//        int clicksFwd=0;
+//        int clicksBwd=0;
+//        int loopsAround=0;
+//        if (newSongIndex > startIndex)
+//        {
+//            clicksFwd = newSongIndex - startIndex;
+//            loopsAround = (startIndex) + ((playList.length) - newSongIndex+1);
+//
+//            if (clicksFwd < loopsAround)
+//            {return clicksFwd;}
+//            else if (loopsAround < clicksFwd)
+//            {return loopsAround;}
+//
+//        }
+//        else if (newSongIndex < startIndex)
+//        {
+//            clicksBwd = startIndex - newSongIndex;
+//            loopsAround= (newSongIndex) + ((playList.length)-startIndex);
+//            if (clicksBwd < loopsAround)
+//            {return clicksBwd;}
+//            else if (loopsAround < clicksBwd)
+//            {return loopsAround;}
+//        }
+//        return 0;
+//    }
+//    public int  checkForDuplicateIndex (String[] playList, String selection)
+//    {
+//        int newSongIndex2=0;
+//
+//            for (int i=playList.length-1; i>= 0; i--)
+//                {
+//
+//                    if(playList[i].equals(selection))
+//                    {
+//                        newSongIndex2 = i;
+//
+//                        return newSongIndex2;
+//
+//                    }
+//                }
+//
+//
+//        return newSongIndex2;
+//    }
+//
+//    public int shorterClicks (int check, int check2)
+//    {
+//        if (check < check2)
+//        {
+//            return check;
+//        }
+//        else if (check2 < check)
+//        {
+//            return check2;
+//        }
+//        return check;
+//    }
+
+
+
+
+