Weekend Playlist: Fancy Dress

Weekend Playlist

[Side 1]
Tim Curry (RHPS) - Sweet Tranvestite
Adam Ant - Prince Charming
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Taco - Putting on the Ritz
Peter Gabriel - Games without frontiers
Alice Cooper - Man behind the mask
[Side 2]
ZZ Top - Sharp dressed man
Madonna - Dress you up
Elvis - Devil in disguise
Pulp - Grown ups
Kinks - Dedicated follower of fashion
Dolly Parton - Coat of many colours

[Hidden]
Sinead O'Connor - Emperor's new clothes

Midnight Mixtape: Musicals

Musicals

Musicals was the theme in celebration of Dolly Parton (who starred in 9 to 5) and Rim Cirry (Rocky Horror Show amongst other musicals) who recently passed away.

[Side 1]
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
Gene Kelly - Singing in the rain
Doris Day - Deadwood stage (Calamity Jane)
Bonnie Tyler - Cappuccino Girls
Grease - Summer nights
Elaine Paige - Memory (Cats)
[Side 2]
Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time warp
Who - Pinball wizard
Gene Wilder - Pure imagination
Aileen Quinn - It's a hard knock life (Annie)
Oliver - Consider yourself
Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life
[Hidden]
Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly

Dolly Mixtape

Dolly Mixtape

In memory of Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026), I put together a mixtape of songs covered by Dolly, duets, songs referencing Dolly and Dolly Parton songs coverd by other artists

[Side A] Dolly Covers/Duets
1. Dolly - Let it be (Beatles)
2. Dolly - Stairway to Heaven (Led Zepplin)
3. Dolly - She drives me crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
4. Dolly & Kenny - Islands in the stream
5. Dolly & Norah - Creepin' in
6. Dolly & Kermit - Everyday people

[Side B] Dolly Refs/Cover of Dolly
1. Lainey Wilson - What would Dolly do WWDD
2. Beastie Boys - Shazam!
3. Ashley Anne - Dear Dolly
4. Whitney - I will always love you
5. White Stripes - Jolene
6. Sinead O'Connor - Dagger through the heart

[Bonus Tracks]
Clare Torry - Love is like a butterfly (Theme from Butterflies)
Pras Michel - Ghetto Superstar

Weekend Playlist: Monsters

Weekend Playlist: Monsters

[Side A] Fangs & Frights
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
Dream Machine - Frankenstein
Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Cranberries - Zombie

[Side B] Myths & Monsters
Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon
Cameron Whitcomb - Medusa
Kirsty MacColl - King Kong
Florence + Machine - Kraken
Marc Almond - Minotaur
ZZ Top - Squank

[Bonus]
Automatic - Monster
Keane - Tear up this town

Midnight Mixtape: Exams

Midnight Mixtape: Exams

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (20/08/2026) with Songs that reference School Exams!

Songs in contention

• To be updated...

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
Elton John - Teacher I need you
Sam Cooke - Wonderful world
Chuck Berry - School days
High school musical - We're all in this together
Charli XCX - Break the rules
[Side 2]
Deftones - Back to school
Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
Jack Black - School of Rock
Ramones - Rock'n'Roll High School
Alice Cooper - School's out
Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall

HIDDEN TRACK: Britney - Baby one more time

Weekend Playlist: Rollercoasters

Weekend Playlist: Rollercoasters

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (14/08/2026) with Songs that reference rollercoaster.
This was commemorate National Rollercoaster day on Sunday (16th August)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]Thrills & Spills
B*Witched - Rollercoaster
Buddy Holly - Everyday
Aly & AJ - Like whoa
Mike Posner - I took a pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu & Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus – Hawaiian roller coaster ride

[Side 2] Loops & Love
Bon Jovi - Roller Coaster
Cheryl ft Tinie Tempah - Crazy Stupid Love
Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster
Cake - Never There
Bleachers - Rollercoaster
Beatles - Come together

[Bonus]
Simply Red - Fairground
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Jem - Ju

Midnight Mixtape: Celestial

Midnight Mixtape: Celestial

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (12/12/2025) with Songs that reference celestial (non-man-made) cosmic bodies!

Songs in contention

• Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart
• Waterboys - Whole of the moon
• Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
• Aliens - Setting sun
• Church - Under the milky way
• Audrey Hepburn - Moon river
• I am kloot - Northern skies
• T-Rex - Cosmic dancer
• Sunvra - Tapestry from an Asteroid
• Marcels - Blue moon
• Coldplay - Sky full of stars
• Oasis - Champagne Supernova
• Ash - Girl from Mars
• 5th Dimension - Let the sunshine in (Aquarius)
• Wings - Venus & Mars
• Julie London - Fly me to the moon
• NIN - Sunspots
• Tinie Tempah - Written in the stars
• Editors - Racing rats
• Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
• Bananarama - Venus
• Cat Stevens - Moon shadow
• Stranglers - Always the sun
• Extra T - ET boogie
• Catatonia - Mulder & Scully
• William Shatner - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
• Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
• George Clinton - Cosmic Slop
• Soundgarden - Black hole sun
• Lou Reed - Satellite of love
• Killers - Spaceman
• Tornados - Telstar
• Rolling stones - In the stars
• Cast - Guiding star
• Bad Company - Shooting star
• Train - Drops of Jupiter
• Stardust - Music sounds better with you
• REM - Man on the moon
• Leann Rimes - Can fight the moonlight
• Muse - Super massive blqck hole
• Dave - Starlight
• Jamiroquai - Cosmic girl
• Amy Holland - Shooting for the moon

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart
2. Waterboys - Whole of the moon
3. Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
4. Aliens - Setting sun
5. Church - Under the milky way
6. Audrey Hepburn - Moon river
[Side 2]
7. I am kloot - Northern skies
8. T-Rex - Cosmic dancer
9. Sun ra - Tapestry from an asteroid
10. Marcels - Blue moon
11. Coldplay - Sky full of stars
12. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Hidden: Ash - Girl from Mars

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before, Aliens, Church, Audrey Hepburn (1), I am Kloot (1), Marcels, Ash (5) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: Carpenters (6)
• 3: Oasis (11)
• 2: Bonnie Tyler (4), Waterboys (4), Coldplay (2)
• 1: T-Rex (3), Sun Ra (1)