Midnight Mixtape: Streets

Midnight Mixtape: Streets

On the midnight mixtape, Sarah Mulkerrins was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (14/10/2025) with Songs that reference streets (following on Dr Beat's feature of streets on his musicology hour!)

Songs in contention

• Roxy Music - Street life
• Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
• Sesame Street Theme
• Tony Christie - Avenues & Alleyways
• Paolo Nutini - These Streets
• Beatles - Penny Lane
• Ramones - 53rd & 3rd
• Pogues - Sunnyside of the street
• Genesis - Cul de sac
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Free - Alright now
• Ralph McTell - Strweta of London
• Counting Crowes - Sullivan Streer
• Rod Stewart - Handbags & gladrags
• Morrissey - Last night on Maudlin Street
• Cure - Fascination Street
• Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
• Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Bridge Street Song
• Vic Damone - On the street where you live
• Leonard & Friends - Street player
• Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Street Tuff
• Radiohead - Street Spirit
• Mike Post - Hill Street Blues
• Eric Spear - Coronation Street
• Neil - My white bicycle
• Van Morrison - Cyprus Avenue
• Commitments - Dark end of the street
• Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• Rolling Stones - Street fighting man
• Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
• Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi
• Nick Cave - Jubilee Street
• U2 - Where the street have no name
• Sting - Moon over bourbon street
• Joe Dassain - Les Champs Elysees
• Monkees - Pleasant Valley sunday
• Talking Heads - Road to nowhere

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
2. Ramones - 53rd & 3rd
3. Roxy Music - Street life
4. Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
5. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
6. Eric Spear - Coronation Street
[Side 2]
7. Radiohead - Street Spirit 
8. Paolo Nutini - The Streets
9. Vic Damone - On the street where you live
10. Van Morrison - Cyprus Avenue
11. Rod Stewart - Handbags & gladrags
12. Mike Post - Hill Street Blues
Hidden: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before Bobby Womack, Eric Spear, Van Morrison, Vic Damone... (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Bob Dylan (17)
• 6: Bruce Springsteen (12)
• 5: Radiohead (15)
• 4: Rod Stewart (4)
• 2: Ramones (2), ROxy Music (2), Paolo Nutini (2)
• 1: Ray Charles (3)

Weekend Playlist - Rock'n'Roll

Weekend Playlist: Rock'n'Roll

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (09/10/2026) with Songs that reference drugs.
This was inspired by the Goon's "Bloodnok's Rock & Roll Call" in the UK Top 10, 70 years ago. (And the completion of the "Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll triology")

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Rock'n'Roll
Joan Jett - I love Rock & Roll
Bob Seger - Old time Rock & Roll
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock'n'Roll
Killers - Glamourous indie Rock & Roll
Oasis - Rock'n'Roll star
Rolling Stones - It's only Rock'n'Roll
[Side 2] Around the clock
David Essex - Rock on
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
Nickelback - Rockstar
Muddy Waters - Blues had a baby and they named it Rock & Roll
Starship - We built this city
Bill Haley - Rock around the clock
[Hidden]
Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll
Mojo Nixon - Elvis is everywhere
Chuck Berry - Johnny Be Goode

Midnight Mixtape: Talking Too

Midnight Mixtape: Talking Too

On the midnight mixtape, Laura McGhie was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (09/10/2022) with Songs that haven spoken part in them! This is on the news of the discovery that Till the bells rings could be first film to have spoken word instead of the Jazz Singer. (Note this theme was covered by Paul McNamee and Tony Livesey in late April)

Songs in contention

• Paolo Nutini - Iron sky
• Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
• Talking heads - Once in a lifetime
• Shangri-las - Leader of the pack
• Julian Clary - Leader of the pack
• Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
• Faithless - Insomnia
• 10cc - I'm not in love
• Birds - 2 4 2 foxtrot
• Mary Wilson - Telephone man
• Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
• Simple Minds - This is your land
• Atomic Kitten - Never ever
• Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's free to wear suncream
• Gil Scott Heron - Revolution will not be televised
• Frank Zappa - I'm the slime
• Peter Sellers - Hard day's night
• Captain Sensible - Happy talk
• Weird Al Yankovic - Albuquerque
• Les Crane - Desiderata
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
• A house - Endless art
• Floaters - Float on
• Tubeway army - Are friends electric?
• Blur - Parklife
• Meatloaf - Hot summer night
• William Shatner - That's me trying
• Jamie T - Shelia
• Lottery Winners - Letters to myself
• Adam Ant - Stand & deliver
• Bucks Fizz - Land of make belief
• Beats international - Dub be good to me
• Eminem - Stan
• Manic Street preachers
• Duran - Danceophobia
• Dolly Parton - I will always love you
• Starship - We built this city
• Paul Hardcastle - 19

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
Blur - Parklife
Public Service Broadcasting - Go
Beats International - Dub be good to me
Lottery Winners - Letter to myself
Faithless - Insomnia
[Side 2]
Shangri-Las - Leader of the pack
Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution will not be televised
Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
Peter Sellers - Hard day's night
Hidden: William Shatner - That's me trying

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before: Beats International, Lottery Winners, Shangri-Las, Paul Hardcastle (1), Peter Sellers, William Shatner. (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: Blur (12), Talking Heads (7)
• 2: Gil Scott Heron (2), Iron Maiden (7), Public Service Broadcasting (2)
• 1: Faithless (2), Jimmy Nail (3)

Note a lot songs on X were not mentioned and here's an "X" version of the mixtape based on that

[Side 1]
Fred Neil - Everybody's talking
Guns N'Roses - Civil War
Orb - Little fluffy clouds
David Bowie - Modern Love
Shania Twain - You're still the one
Warren G - Regulate
[Side 2]
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Coasters - Yakety Yak
PJ Harvey - This mess we're in
Joe Gideon & Shark - Kathy Ray
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Kool & the Gang - Get down on it
Hidden Track: Talk Talk - Talk Talk

Weekend Playlist: Drugs

Weekend Playlist: Drugs

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Paul the trucker looking at X/twitter selections (01/10/2026) with Songs that reference drugs.
This was inspired by the release of D-Mob's "We call it acieed", 38 years ago (Oct 3rd)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Tripped up!
Beatles - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Groove Armada - Purple Haze
Weezer - Hash pipe
Cypress Hill - Hits from the bong
Car seat headrest - Drugs with friends

[Side 2] Down and out!
Dillinger - Cocaine in my brain
Soulwax - E-Talking
Brian Ennals & Infinity Knives - Coke Jaw
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
Enuff z'Nuff - Fly high Michelle
Berlin - Pink & Velvet

[Bonus]
La's - There she goes
Rolling Stones - Mother's little helper
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tightrope

Midnight Mixtape: Traitors Again

Midnight Mixtape: Traitors Again

On the midnight mixtape, Anna Jameson was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (10/01/2026) with Songs that reference betrayal and secrets on the return of Celebrity Traitors! (Note: this theme had been previously covered as Betrayal and Secret mixtapes.

Songs in contention

• Fleetwood Mac - Little lies
• Del Amitri - Always the last to know
• Nancy Sinatra - Summer wine
• Dolly Parton - Jolene
• Nick Cave & Kylie - Where the wild roses grow
• Ace - How long
• O'Jays - Back stabbers
• Doves - Man who told everything
• Blossoms - Your Girlfriend
• Urban Cookie Collective - The key, the secret
• Avicii - Liar liar
• Eagles - Lying eyes
• CHRVCHES - Asking for a friend
• Amy Winehouse - Back to black
• Killers - Mr Brightside
• Marvin Gaye - Grapevine
• Rockwell - Somebody's watching over me
• Bruce Springsteen - Brillant disguise
• Elvis Costello - I want you
• Squeeze - Tempted
• Beatles - Run from your life
• Evanescence - Everybody's Fool
• Sex Pistols - Liar
• Madonna - Secret
• Billy Joel - Code of Silence
• Gary Moore - Over the hills and far away
• Billy Paul - Me & Mr Jones
• James Carr - Dark end of the street
• Mary MacGregor - Torn between two lovers
• Depeche Mode - Policy of truth
• George Michael - Careless whisper
• Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name
• Aretha Franklin - Who's leavin gwho
• Billy J Kramer - Do you want to know a secret
• Alanis Morrisette - You oughta know

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Amy Winehouse - Back to black
2. Dolly Parton - Jolene
3. Eagles - Lying eyes
4. CHRVCHES - Asking for a friend
5. O'Jays - Back stabbers
6. Elvis Costello - I want you
[Side 2]
7. George Michael - Careless whisper
8. Bruce Springsteen - Brillant disguise
9. Gary Moore - Over the hills and far away
10. Sex Pistols - Liar
11. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves
12. James Carr - Dark end of the street
Hidden: Doves - Man who told everything

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before: CHRVCHES, Doves(1), Elvis Costello (7) Fairport Convention, Gary Moore and James Carr (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Amy Winehouse (8), Bruce Springsteen (11), Dolly Parton (7)
• 4: Sex Pistols (5)
• 3: Eagles (8)
• 2: George Michael (6)
• 1: O'Jays (2)

Weekend Playlist: Protection

h2>Weekend Playlist: Protection Here's the weekend playlist created by Lenny with help from guest curator Cindy looking at X/twitter selections (24/10/2026) with Songs that reference protection.
This was commemorate World Contraceptive Day on September 26th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Save yourself
My Chemical Romance - Save Yourself (I'll hold them back)
Men without Hats - Safety Dance  
Prince - Little Red Corvette 
Madness - House of Fun
Loretta Lynn - The Pill
Monty Python - Every sperm is sacred

[Side 2] Safety in Numbers
Capital Cities - Safe and Sound
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the storm 
Kosheen - Hide U
Paul Simon - You can call me Al
Robbie Williams - Angels
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled waters

[Bonus]
Dan Reed Network - Blame it on the moon
Jermaine Stewart - We don't have to take our clothes off
Bear's den - Promiser

Midnight Mixtape: Autumn (again)

Midnight Mixtape: Autumn

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (23/09/2026) with Songs that reference Autumn as we fall into Autumn!

Songs in contention

• Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
• Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves
• Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong
• Mamas & Papas - California dreamin'
• Haircut 100 - Calling Captain Autumn
• Sentenced - Dead leaves
• Neil Young - Harvest moon
• Al Stewart - Indian Summer
• John Renbourn Group - John Barleycorn
• Guns n'roses - November rain
• Beatles - Norwegian wood
• Green Day - Wake me up when September ends
• Nation of Language - September again
• Noah Kahan - Stick season
• Yves Mortand - Les feuilles mortes
• Earth wind & fire - September
• Ed Sheeran - Autumn Leaves
• Doors - Indian Summer
• James Taylor - October Road
• Simon & Garfunkel - Leaves that are green
• Wurzels - I've got a brand new combine harvester
• White Stripes - Dead leaves and dirty ground
• Taylor Swift - All too well
• Be good Tanya's - Scattered leaves
• Don Henley - Boys of summer
• U2 - October
• Van Morrison - Moon dance
• Stornoway - Zorbing
• Yo la tenga - October sweater
• Fall - Touch sensitive
• Kirsty MacColl - Autumngirlsoup
• REM - Fall on me
• Led Zeppelin - Ramble on
• Coldcut - Autumn leaves

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Earth Wind & Fire - September
2. Haircut 100 - Calling Captain Autumn
3. Green Day - Wake me up when September ends
4. White Stripes - Dead leaves and dirty ground
5. Led Zeppelin - Ramble on
6. Guns n'Roses - November Rain
[Side 2]
7. Mamas & Papas - California Dreamin'
8. Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
9. Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves
10. James Taylor - October Road
11. Simon & Garfunkel - Leaves that are green
12. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
HIDDEN TRACK: Don Henley - Boys of Summer

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before: Earth Wind & Fire (2), Justin Hayward (1), Nat King Cole, James Taylor, Don Henley (5) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 3: Led Zeppelin (4), Simon & Garfunkel (11), White Stripes (8)
• 2: Green Day (6), Guns n'Roses (5), Haircut 100 (3)
• 1: Mamas & Papas (5), Neil Young (4)