Weekend Playlist: Lucky

Weekend Playlist: Lucky

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Helen looking at X/twitter selections (23/05/2026) with Songs that reference luck or being lucky (good & bad).
This is to commemorate National Lucky Penny Day on 23rd May.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Good Luck
1. Ella Fitzgerald - (I've got) beginners luck
2. Frank Sinatra - Lucky be a lady
3. Betty Davis - I'm in luck I might get picked up
4. Dirty Honey - Rolling 7s
5. Lightning Seeds - Lucky you
6. Joan Armatrading - I'm lucky

[Side 2] Bad Luck
7. Albert King - Born under a bad sign
8. Janet Jackson - Black Cat
9. Don Covay - Bad luck
10. Rise against - Broken mirrors
11. Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky girl
12. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

[Bonus]
Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I was lucky
Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky
Eels - Your lucky day in Hell

Long list

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Euro Cities

Midnight Mixtape: Euro Cities

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (21/05/2026) with Songs that reference European Cities on back of Aston Villa winning in the Europa League (with Crystal Palace and Arsenal in other European finals)!

Songs in contention

• Roger Whittaker - Durham Town
• Fall - Edinburgh man
• Bangles - Going down to Liverpool
• Spinners - In Liverpool my home
• Beautiful South - Manchester
• Ralph McTell - Streets of London
• Jean Michel Jarre - London Kid
• London Boys - London Nights
• Clash - London calling
• Queen - Brighton Rock
• ABBA - Super Trouper
• Brian & Michael - Matchstalk Men Cats Dogs
• Bobby Darin - Splish splash taking a bath
• M - Pop Music (London...)
• Simple Minds - Belfast Child
• London Grammar - Strong
• Little Jimmy Osmond - Long haired lover from Liverpool
• Ultravox - Vienna
• Billy Joel - Vienna
• Fatboy Slim - You're not from Brighton
• Men at work - Down under
• Bob Dylan - When I paint my masterpiece
• Stranglers - Nice is Nice
• Style Council - Paris match
• Adam & Ants - Young Parisiennes
• Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
• Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
• Rakes - Strasbourg
• Editors - Munich
• Mobiles - Drowning in Berlin
• Beautiful South - Pretenders to the throne
• Dean Martin - Amore
• Peter Sarstadt - Where do you go to my lovely
• Elemeno P - Verona
• ABBA - Money money money
• Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun
• Petula Clark - Sailor
• Max Bygraves - Tulips fron Amsterdam
• Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam
• Beautiful South - Rotterdam
• Joy Division - Warsaw
• Billy Joel - Leningrad
• Supergrass - St Petersburg
• Freddie Mercury & Monserrat Caballe - Barcelona
• They might be giants - Istanbul
• George Ezra - Budapest
• Ed Sheeran - Galway girl
• John McCormack - It's long way to Tipperary
• New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral
• Baxter Dury - Schadenfreude
• Donald Fagan - IGY
• Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen
• Danny Kaye - Wonderful Copenhagen
• Stranglers - Goodbye Toulouse
• Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
• ELO - Last train to London
• Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the jar
• Fontaines DC - I love you
• Berlin - Dancing in Berlin
• Tinie Tempah - Pass out
• Weepies - Riga Girls
• HMHB - All I want for CHristmas is a Dukla Prague Away kit
• Pogues - Fiesta
• Jam - In the city

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Queen - Brighton Rock
2. George Ezra - Budapest
3. Beautiful South - Pretenders to the throne
4. They might be giants - Istanbul
5. Ed Sheeran - Galway girl
6. Weepies - Riga Girls
[Side 2]
7. Pogues - Fiesta
8. Joy Division - Warsaw
9. Muse - Stockholm Syndrome
10. Editors - Munich
11. Stranglers - Nice is Nice
12. Ultravox - Vienna
Hidden: Jam - In the city

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before Editors (1), George Ezra, Joy Division (2), Muse (1), They might be giants (1), Ultravox, Weepies! (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 6: Pogues (12)
• 5: Queen (20)
• 2: Beautiful South (4), Jam (4)
• 1: Ed Sheeran (4), Stranglers (6)

Weekend Playlist: Stress

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Don't Leave

Weekend Playlist: Rise to the top

h2>Weekend Playlist: Rise to the top Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Kate looking at X/twitter selections (09/05/2026) with Songs that reference the rise to the top!
This was inspired by the release of... This was commemorate teams such as Coventry and Kate's Ipswich getting promoted to the Premier League

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Public Image Ltd - Rise
M People - Moving on up
Imagine Dragons - Rise up
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now
Stevie Salas Colorcode - The harder they come
Carpenters - Top of the world

[Side 2]
KC & Sunshine Band - Give it up
Defcee & Parallel Though - Graduation Picture
Blutengel - Unsere Zeit läuft ab (Our time)
Jigsaw - Sky High
Yazz - Only way is up
Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard

[Bonus]
Stone Roses - Going down
Dio - Before the fall
Zombies - Time of the season

Weekend Playlist: Play

Weekend Playlist: Play

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (01/05/2026) with Songs that have play in title or lyrics.
This was commemorate celebration of National Play Outside Day on the first Saturday of every month.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Let's play
Barry White - Let the music play
Jennifer Lopez - Play
Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
Bizarre Inc. - Playing with knives
Billie Eilish - Come out and play
Bobby Brown - Two can play that game

[Side 2] The Game
Motörhead - The Game (Triple H)
Janet Kay - Silly Games
Peter Gabriel - Games without Frontiers
Joss Stone - Snakes & Ladders
Cardigans - My favourite game
Andy Williams - Solitaire

[Bonus]
Nicki French - Don't play that song again
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (my baby shot me down)

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Spoken Bits

Midnight Mixtape: Spoken Bits

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (30/04/2026) with Songs that reference songs with spoken words in them based on the number of speeches at King Charles III state visit to the USA!

Songs in contention

• Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Bucks Fizz - Land of make belief
• Paolo Nutini - Iron sky
• Madness - My name is Michael Caine
• Paul Hardcastle - 19
• Kinks - Come dancing
• Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
• Little Simz - 101FM
• Jackson & McCartney - Girl is mine
• Elvis - Are you lonesome tonight
• Benny Hill - Ernie
• Byrds - 2-4-2 Fox Trot
• Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
• Franz Ferdinand & Sparks - Johnny Delusional
• REM - Radio Song
• Lou Reed - Walk on the wildside
• All saints - Never ever
• Faithless - Insomnia
• Traffic - Hole in my shoe
• New Order - World in motion
• Stan Ridgway - Camfloguage
• Blur - Parklife
• Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
• Birkin & Gainsbourg - Je t'aime
• Britney - Oops I did it again
• ELO - Telephone line
• S&G - Sounds of silence
• Dolly Parton - I will always love you
• Barry White - First last my everything
• Tom Jones - Green green grass of home
• Thomas Dolby - Blinded by science
• Boyz II Men - End of the road
• Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly
• Simon Dupree & Big Sound - Kites
• NWA - Straight Outta Compton
• Pulp - Acrylic afternoons
• 10cc - I'm not in love
• Nick Cave - Oh wow wow
• Dr Feelgood - Down at the doctors
• Young ones - Living doll
• Queen - These are the days of lives
• Damned - New Rose
• Soft cell - Say hello wave goodbye
• Tubeway Army - Are friends electric?
• Boney M - Rasputin
• Wham! - Wham Rap
• Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent
• Dexys - Knowledge of beauty
• Don Estelle & Windsor Davies - Whispering grass
• Human League - Louise

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
2. Paolo Nutini - Iron sky
3. Michael Jackson - Thriller
4. Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
5. Elvis - Are you lonesome tonight
6. Tubeway Army - Are friends electric?
[Side 2]
7. All saints - Never ever
8. Birkin & Gainsbourg - Je t'aime
9. Damned - New Rose
10. Soft cell - Say hello wave goodbye
11. Boney M - Rasputin
12. Dexys - Knowledge of beauty
Hidden: Lou Reed - Walk on the wildside

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before All Saints (1), Boney M (1), Damned (2), NWA (2), Tubeway Army (1) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: Elvis (13)
• 2: Meatloaf (5), Michael Jackson (5), Soft Cell (3)
• 1: Birkin & Gainsbourg (2), Dexys (6), Lou Reed (3), Paolo Nutini (3)