diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index e8942bd..c5f67dd 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="9.0" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PlaylistChallenge.iml b/PlaylistChallenge.iml
index 54ddd53..e0c2965 100644
--- a/PlaylistChallenge.iml
+++ b/PlaylistChallenge.iml
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@
     <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" 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" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ 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..645c526 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Music.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Music.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.zipcoder;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 public class Music {
 
     private String[] playList;
@@ -8,7 +10,43 @@ public Music(String[] playList){
         this.playList = playList;
     }
 
-    public Integer selection(Integer startIndex, String selection){
-        return null;
+    public Integer selection(Integer startIndex, String selection) {
+        return pressCounts(startIndex, selection);
+      }
+
+    public Integer pressCounts (Integer startIndex, String selection) {
+        int pressNext = pressForwards(startIndex, selection);
+        int pressPrevious = pressBackwards(startIndex ,selection);
+        if (pressNext > pressPrevious) {
+            return pressPrevious;
+        }
+        return pressNext;
+    }
+
+    public Integer pressForwards(Integer startIndex, String selection) {
+        int skipCount = 0;
+        int length = playList.length -1;
+        while (!playList[startIndex].equals(selection)) {
+            skipCount ++;
+            if (startIndex ==0) {
+                startIndex = length;
+            } else {
+                startIndex --;
+            }
+        } return skipCount;
+    }
+
+
+    public int pressBackwards (Integer startIndex, String selection) {
+        int skipCount = 0;
+        int length = playList.length -1;
+        while (!playList[startIndex].equals(selection)) {
+            skipCount ++;
+            if (startIndex ==length) {
+                startIndex = 0;
+            } else {
+                startIndex ++;
+            }
+        } return skipCount;
     }
 }
diff --git a/target/classes/io/zipcoder/Music.class b/target/classes/io/zipcoder/Music.class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..983aa21
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diff --git a/target/test-classes/io/zipcoder/MusicTest.class b/target/test-classes/io/zipcoder/MusicTest.class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a5845d
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