LNL Midnight Mixtape: Schools

Midnight Mixtape: School

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (19/06/2025) with Songs that reference Schools and teachers! This is commemorate "Thank a teacher" day on June 18th.

Songs in contention

• Alice Cooper - School's out
• Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall Pt2
• Vampire Weekend - Campus
• Jackson 5 - ABC
• Gym Class Heroes - Scandalous Scholastics
• Hall & Oates - Adult Education
• Rufus Wainwright - Art Teacher
• Phish - Chalkdust torture
• James Brown - Don't be a drop-out
• Kanye West - Graduation Day
• Kinks - Education
• Blink-182 - Going away to college
• Smiths - Headmaster Ritual
• London Music Works - Please Sir
• Barenaked Ladies - Grade 9
• Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A
• Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
• Ramones - I don't wanna be learned
• Asher Roth - I love college
• Steely Dan - My old school
• 21 Pilots - Next semester
• Paul Simon - Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
• Bobbettes - Mr Lee
• Specials - Rat Race
• Gene Summers - School of rock'n'roll
• Belle & Sebastian - We rule the school
• Wombats - School Uniforms
• Cliff Richard - Schoolboy crush
• Kelly Rowland - Stole
• Rush - Subdivision
• Jethro Tull - Teacher
• Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
• Taylor Swift - 15
• John K Samson - When I write my master's thesis
• Donna Summer - Love's unkind
• White Stripes - We're going to be good friends
• Strangers - School Mam
• Sam Cooke - Wonderful world
• Lulu - To sir with love
• Nada Surf - Popular
• Brownsville Station - Smoking in the boys room
• Busted - What I go to school for
• Pet Shop Boys - It's a sin
• Supertramp - School
• Madness - Baggy Trousers
• Flock of Seagulls - This used to be my playground
• Deftones - Back to school
• Pulp - Babies
• Hot Chip - Boy from school
• Jam - Art school
• Jam - Eton Rifles
• ABBA - When I kissed the teacher
• Doris Day - Teacher's pet
• Cocoa tea - Stay in school
• Van Halen - Hot for teacher
• Rod Stewart - Maggie May
• Kinks - David Watts
• Eels - Dog-faced boy

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Smiths - Headmaster Ritual
2. Belle & Sebastian - We rule the school
2. James Brown - Don't be a drop-out
3. Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
4. Specials - Rat Race
5. Kinks - David Watts
6. Bruce Springsteen - Glory days

[Side 2]
7. Doris Day - Teacher's pet
8. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
9. Lulu - To sir with love
10. Busted - What I go to school for
11. Sam Cooke - Wonderful world
12. White Stripes - We're going to be good friends
Hidden: Alan Hackshaw - Chicken man (Grange Hill theme)

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 2 acts had never been on before Alan Hackshaw and Busted... Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 8: Kinks (6+2)
• 6: Bruce Springsteen
• 5: White Stripes
• 4: Sam Cooke, Specials
• 3: James Brown
• 2: Boomtown Rats, Doris Day (1+1), Rod Stewart, Smiths
• 1: Lulu

Note: Bruce Springsteen has made the long list 7 times before but the first time he's made the final 12 in his 8 appearance on the long list with Tony Livesey.

Weekend Playlist: Spades

Weekend Playlist: Spades

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian Eason with help from guest curator Hastings looking at X/twitter selections (13/06/2025) with Songs that reference spades.
This was inspired by World Series of Poker which currently taking place in Las Vegas.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
2. Clash - Card Cheat
3. BPA ft Martha Wainwright - Spade
4. Bob Dylan - I want you
5. Duke Ellington - Trumpet in Spades
6. Genesis - Driving the last spike
[Side 2]
7. Frank Turner - Get better
8. Travis - Driftwood
9. Gravediggaz - Pass the Shovel
10. Mississippi John Hurt – Monday Morning Blues
11. Nizlopi - JCB Song
12. Bernard Cribbins - Hole in the ground
[Bonus]
Gene Kelly – Dig dig dig
Great Escape – Tonight we dig

Long list

• Clash - Card Cheat
• Bruce Springsteen - Does this bus stop at 82nd street
• Frank Turner - Get better
• Housemartins - Build
• The Band - 4% Pantomime
• Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo
• Link Wray - Ace of Spades
• KRS1 - Jack of Spades
• Robert Johnson - Little Queen of Spades
• Bernard Cribbins - Hole in the ground
• BPA ft Martha Wainwright - Spade
• Echo & Bunnyman - The Disease
• Snow White - Heigh ho
• Motorhead - Ace of Spades
• M People - Moving on up
• Sting - Shape of my heart
• Blow Monkeys - Digging your scene
• Duke Ellington - Trumpet in Spades
• Gravediggaz - Pass the Shovel
• Mississippi John Hurt – Monday Morning Blues
• Linkin Park - Bleed it out
• Paramore - Brick by boring brick
• Nick Cave - Dig Lazarus dig
• Incredible String Band - Smoke shovelling song
• Silverbacks - Selling shovels
• Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
• Shovels and Rope - Coping Mechanism
• Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
• Ike & Tina - I dig you
• Genesis - Driving the last spike
• Carter USM - Bloodsport for all
• Clash - Bankrobber
• Travis - Driftwood
• Pogues - Navigator
• Mock Turtles - Can you dig it?
• Simon Boswell - A Spade, We Need A Spade
• Bob Dylan - I want you
• Styx - Queen of Spades
• X - Tonight we dig
• Christy Moore - Don't forget your shovel
• Christy Moore - Missing you
• Levellers - Hard fight
• Lady Gaga - Poker Face
• Nizlopi - JCB Song
• Doris Day - Steam Heat
• Rosemary Clooney - Snow
• Jethro Tull - Up the pool
• Gene Kelly – Dig dig dig
• Great Escape – Tonight we dig

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Siblings

Midnight Mixtape: Siblings

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by <Claire Lim to look at listener selections (12/06/2025) with Songs that reference sibilings! This was in honour of legendary Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson who had brothers in the band!

Songs in contention

• Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
• Pointer Sisters - I'm so excited
• Chloe x Halle - Do it
• Arcade Fire - Ready to start
• Bangles - Manic Monday
• National/Taylor Swift - The Alcott
• Spandau Ballet - True
• Veronicas - Untouched
• Angus & Julia Stone - Mango Tree
• Isley brothers - It's your thing
• Beach boys - Barbara Ann
• Kings of Leon - Pyro
• Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles
• Kinks - Lola
• Oasis - Stop crying your heart out
• White stripes - Icky thump
• Bee Gees - More than a woman
• Radiohead - Fake plastic trees
• Delfonics - Didn't I blow your mind
• HAIM - The Wire
• Jackson 5 - Who's loving you
• Everly Brothers - Walk right back
• Kill - 30 seconds to Mars
• Carpenters - Yesterday once more
• Bay city rollers - Shang-a-lang
• Sister sledge - We are family
• INXS - Never tear us apart
• Undertones - Teenage kicks
• No Doubt - Don't speak
• Biffy Clyro - Mountains
• Kool and gang - Celebration
• Cribs - Men's needs
• Dire straits - Romeo & Juliet
• Scissor Sisters - I don't feel like dancing
• Doves - Caught by the river
• Wilson Phillips - Hold on
• Gerry - You'll never walk alone
• Appleton - Don't worry
• Sparks - This town ain't big enough...
• First aid kit - Emmalou
• Thompson twins - Sisters of Mercy
• Alisha's attic - I am I feel
• Jagged edge - Lets get married
• Level 42 - Running in the family
• Split Enz - Message to my girl
• Nolans - I'm in the mood for dancing
• Heart - Barracuda
• Breeders - Cannonball
• B*witched - Blame it on the weatherman
• Corrs - Breathless

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1] Sisterly
1. Wilson Phillips - Hold on
2. Sister Sledge - We are family
3. Breeders - Cannonball
4. Alisha's attic - I am I feel
5. HAIM - The Wire
6. No Doubt - Don't speak

[Side 2] Brotherly
7. Beach boys - Barbara Ann
8. Kinks - Lola
9. Sparks - This town ain't big enough...
10. Level 42 - Running in the family
11. INXS - Never tear us apart
12. Carpenters - Yesterday once more
Hidden: Von Trapp Children (Sound of Music) - So long farewell

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 2 acts had never been on before, Alisha's Attic and Level 42 Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Kinks (6+1)
• 6: Beach Boys (4+2)
• 4: Carpenters (2+2)
• 3: Sister Sledge, Sound of Music (2+1)
• 2: HAIM, INXS (1+1)
• 1: Breeders, No Doubt, Sparks, Wilson Phillips

Weekend Playlist: Diamonds

Weekend Playlist: Diamonds

Here's the weekend playlist created by SnailOB with help from guest curator Walt looking at X/twitter selections (06/06/2025) with Songs that reference Diamonds.
This was inspired by World Series of Poker which currently taking place in Las Vegas.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Snail for the spotified list

[Side 1] Hidden Gems
Sade - Smooth Operator
Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
Steely Dan - Reeling in the years
Carter USM - Skywest & Crooked
Cab Callaway - Minnie the Moocher

[Side 2] Diamonds are forever
Rihanna - Diamonds
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Beatles - Lucy in the sky with Diamonds
Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever

[Bonus]
Jim Diamond - Should have known better
Neil Diamond - Diamond Girls

Long list

• Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds
• Beatles - Lucy in the sky with Diamonds
• Beck - Diamond Bollocks
• Belly - Diamond rib cage
• Ben Harper - Diamonds on the inside
• Billy Woods - Hack
• Blue Rodeo - Diamond Mine
• Bring me the horizon - Diamonds aren't forever
• Cab Callaway - Minnie the Moocher
• Carter USM - Skywest & Crooked
• Dallas Diamond Page - Self hi-five / Smells like teen spirit
• David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
• David Lee Roth - That's Life
• Diamond Head - Call me
• Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
• Dwight Yoakam & Willie Nelson - If teardrops were diamonds
• ELO - Four little diamonds
• Eminem - Mockingbird
• Foo Fighters - Tired of you
• Frank Sinatra - Take me out to the ball game
• George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone
• Gerry Cinnamon - Diamonds in the Mud
• Glenn & Chris - Diamond Lights
• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Diamond Dew
• Inez & Charlie Fox - Mockingbird
• Jim Diamond - Should have known better
• Joan Baez - Diamonds and rust
• Johnny Cash - Best friend
• Kanye West - Diamonds are from Sierra Leone
• Lonnie Donegan - Jack O' Diamonds
• Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds are a girl's best friend
• Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - I dug up a diamond
• Moor Mother - All the Money
• Nadia - Re de denari
• Neil Diamond - Foreverin blue jeans/Diamond Girls
• Nick Heyward - Stars
• Oysterband - Diamonds on the water
• Paolo Nutini - Candy
• Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
• Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond
• Prince - Diamonds & Pearls
• Rihanna - Diamonds
• Rihanna - We found love
• Rob Thomas - Her diamonds
• Sade - Smooth Operator
• Sally Ann Morgan - Diamond Joe
• Sam Smith - Diamonds
• Shinedown - Diamond Eyes
• Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
• Skip James - Jack O' Diamonds
• Spandau Ballet - She loved like diamond
• Steely Dan - Reeling in the years
• Stylistics - I can't give you anything
• Taylor Swift - Bejewelled
• Tom McRae - How the west was won
• XTC - Dear God

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Cheese

Midnight Mixtape: Cheese

On the midnight mixtape, Steffan Powell was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (05/06/2025) with Songs that reference Cheese!
This is to commemorate National Cheese Day in the States on June 4th.

Songs in contention

• Wham! - Wake me up before you go-go
• Aqua - Barbie Girl
• Nirvana - Big Cheese
• Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
• Super Furry Animals - Death by melody
• Eiffel 65 - Blue
• Vengaboys - We like to party (Vengabus)
• Cheeky Girls - Cheeky Song (Touch my bum)
• Los Del Rio - Macarena
• Streetband - Toast
• Simple Minds - Don't you (FETA about me)
• Vengaboys - Boom boom boom boom
• Right Said Fred - I'm too sexy
• Tim Minchin - Cheese
• Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger in paradise
• Kings of Leon - Milk
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• S Club 7 - Bring it all back
• Fast Food Rockers - Say Cheese
• Rednex - Cotton eyed Joe
• Baha men - Who let the dogs out?
• Kelis - Milkshake
• Culture Beat - Mr Vain
• Walk the moon - Shut up & dance with me
• Cole Porter - You're the top
• Haddaway - What is love?
• Chesney Hawkes - One and only
• Men without hats - Safety dance
• Isley Brothers - Summer Bries
• Toni Basil - Mickey
• Lou Bega - Mambo #5
• Foundations - Build me up Buttercup
• Leann Rimes - How do I live
• 10cc - Life is a minestrone
• ABBA - Dancing Queen
• Blue - One Love
• Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
• Steps - 5,6,7,8
• Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1] Cheesy
1. Vengaboys - We like to party (Vengabus)
2. Aqua - Barbie Girl
3. S Club 7 - Bring it all back
4. Chesney Hawkes - One and only
5. Los Del Rio - Macarena
6. Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
[Side 2] Cheese
7. Tim Minchin - Cheese
8. Jimmy Buffet - Cheeseburger in paradise
9. Super Furry Animals - Death by melody
10. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
11. 10cc - Life is a minestrone
12. Cole Porter - You're the top

Hidden: Fast Food Rockers - Say Cheese

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before Chesney Hawkes, Fast Food Rockers, Jimmy Buffet, Rick Astley, S Club 7... Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: 10cc (4+1)
• 3: Sugarhill Gang (2+1)
• 2: Super Furry Animals, Tim Minchin
• 1: Aqua, Cole Porter, Los Del Rio, Vengaboys

Weekend Playlist: Hearing

Weekend Playlist: Hearing

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (30/05/2025) with Songs that reference hearing.
This is to commemorate "Save your hearing day" on May 31st.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Simon for the spotified list

[Side 1]
Supergrass - Pumping on your stereo
Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
Metallica - One
Celeste - Hear My Voice
Sinead O'Connor - Thank you for hearing me
Mike & Mechanics - Living years

[Side 2]
Jimi Hendrix - Hear my train a comin’
Donna Summer - On the radio
Frank Turner - I still believe
Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
Madonna - Like a prayer
Roberta Flack - Killing me softly

[Bonus]
Phil Collins - In the air tonight
Hear'Say - Pure & Simple
Fall out boy - Our lawyer made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get sued

Long list

• James - Sound
• Nils Lofgren - Do you hear what I hear?
• Sinead O'Connor - Thank you for hearing me
• Fun Boy Three - Our lips are sealed
• Gary Numan - Listen to my voice
• OMD - Talking loud and clear
• Jimi Hendrix - Hear my train a comin’
• Ronettes - I can hear music
• Verdi - Anvil Chorus (Trovatore)
• Duran Duran - Planet Earth
• Dave Edmunds - I hear you knocking
• Deniece Williams - Let hear it for the boy
• Lisa Loeb - Stay
• Randy Orton - Voices
• Mike & Mechanics - Living years
• Ronettes - I can hear music
• Sea Girls - All I wanna hear you say
• Marilyn - Calling your name
• Mike And The Mechanics - Silent Running
• REO Speedwagon - Take it on the run
• Kula Shaker - Sound of Drums
• Owl City - Fireflies
• Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling
• Ex - Boohoo
• Jaimie Branch - The Mountain
• MF Doom - I Hear Voices
• Hear'Say - Pure & Simple
• Jimmy eat world - Hear you me
• They might be giants - Hearing Aid
• Bob Dylan - Don't think twice, it's all right
• Cascades - Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
• Queens of the Stone Age - Song for the deaf
• Beatles - I feel fine
• Move - I can hear the grass grow
• Who - See me feel me
• Bob Dylan - Hurricane
• Queen - The Prophet Song
• Til Tuesday - Voices carry
• Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain
• David Guetta ft Sia - Titanium
• Phil Collins - In the air tonight
• Supergrass - Pumping on your stereo
• Smiths - Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
• Bananarama - I heard a rumour
• Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
• Billie Myers - Kiss the rain
• Doobie Brothers - Listen to the music
• Frank Turner - I still believe
• Celeste - Hear My Voice
• Donna Summer - On the radio
• Pulp - Babies
• Roberta Flack - Killing me softly with his song
• Camera Obscura - Big Love
• James - Sit down
• U2 - 40
• B52s - Love Shack
• Coldplay - Viva la vida
• Dan Reed Network - Let's hear it for the king
• Metallica - One
• Emilia Jones - Both sides now
• Marvin Gaye - (Heard it through the) Grapevine
• Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
• Ace of Base - Hear me calling
• Madonna - Like a prayer
• Queen - Radio ga ga
• Beats International - Dub be good to me
• Madness - My girl
• Scorpions - Wind of change
• Doobie Brothers - Listen to the music
• INXS - Listen like thieves
• Roxette - Listen to your heart
• Beatles - Do you want to know a secret
• Shamen - Ebennezer Goode
• Fall out boy - Our lawyer made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get sued
• Gloria Estefan - Oye mi canto
• Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Best Intros

Midnight Mixtape: Greatest Intros

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (29/05/2025) with Songs that have the best/greatest intros! (Paul was making his 50th appearance on the midnight Mixtape!)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
2. Only ones - Another girl another planet
3. Who - Won't get fooled again
4. U2 - Where the streets have no name
5. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
6. Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dance floor
[Side 2]
7. Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
8. Survivor - Eye of the tiger
9. Beastie Boys - Fight for your right
10. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
11. Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
12. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
Hidden: Derek & Dominoes - Layla

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had not been on before Little Richard, Only ones, Survivor. However Survivor had been on Colin Murray's, 3 times with "Eye of the tiger" Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 6: Arctic Monkey (4+2), U2 (5+1)
• 5: Glen Campbell (4+1), Nirvana (3+2), Who (4+1)
• 3: Warren Zevon (2+1), Beastie Boys(2+1), Survivor
• 2: Gloria Gaynor (1+1)
• 1: Derek & Dominoes, Isaac Hayes, Little Richard, Only Ones

Songs in contention

• Wham! - Freedom
• Monkees - I'm a believer
• Glen Campbell - Try a little kindness
• Van Morrison - Wavelength
• Chicago - If you leave me now
• Muse - Supermassive black hole
• Isley brothers - This old heart
• Stone Roses - I am the resurrection
• Dire Straits - Money for nothing
• Underworld - Born slippy
• Jean michel jarre - Equinoxe
• Isaac Hayes - Shaft
• Queen - Another bites the dust
• Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor
• ABC - Show me
• Kinks - Sunny afternoon
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
• Diana Ross - I'm coming out
• Gun - Race with the devil
• Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
• Metallica - Enter Sandman
• Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
• Procol Harum - Whiter shade of pale
• Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
• Amii Stewart - Knock on wood
• Undertones - Teenage Kicks
• Doors - Light my fire
• Derek & Dominoes - Layla
• Rolling Stones - Start me up
• AC/DC - Back to black
• Outkast - Sorry miss Jackson
• Beastie Boys - Fight for the right
• David Bowie - Sound & Vision
• Queen - Tie your mother down
• Beatles - She loves you
• Joy Divison - Dead soul
• Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
• Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
• Joe Esposito - You're the best
• Oasis - Live forever
• Gun n'Roses - November Rain
• Glen Campbell - Witchia Lineman
• Rammstein - Du hast
• Ultravox - Vienna
• Pixies - Debaser
• U2 - Where the streets have no name
• Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
• Barry Ryan - Eloise
• 10cc - I'm Mandy fly me
• Rush - Spirit of Radio
• Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
• Michael Jackson - Will you be there
• Harry Styles - As it was
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
• Marvin Gaye - Let's get it on
• Black Sabbath - The Wizard
• Chic - Everybody dance
• Meatloaf - You take the words...
• Judas Priest - Painkiller
• Warren G - Regulate
• Only ones - Another girl another planet
• Prince - Let's go crazy
• ELO - Mr Bluesky
• Derek & Dominoes - Layla
• Tempations - Papa was a rolling stone
• Chaka Khan - I feel for you
• Led Zeppelin - Whole lotta love
• Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
• Who - Won't get fooled again
• Survivor - Eye of the tiger
• Bon Jovi - Keep the faith
• Thin Lizzy - Do anything you want to do
• Earth Wind & Fire - Got to get you into my life
• INXS - New Sensation
• Cranberries - Dreams