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)

Weekend Playlist: Stars

Weekend Playlist: Stars

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Chris Foster looking at X/twitter selections (24/04/2026) with Songs that reference Stars.
This was commemorate National Stars Day in America on April 26th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Stars
1. Erasure - Star
2. Kiki Dee - Star
3. Nick Heyward - Stars
4. Dubstar - Stars
5. Watercress - Stars shine on
6. Janis Ian - Stars

[Side 2] Into the Galaxy
7. Alan Parsons Project - Sirius / Eye in the sky
8. Muse - Starlight
9. Darwin Deez - Constellations
10. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
11. Don McLean - Vincent
12. Monty Python - Galaxy song

[Bonus]
Leonard Cohen – Darkness
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Dance Routines

Midnight Mixtape: Dance Routines

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (22/04/2026) with Songs that reference dance routines!

Songs in contention

• Dexys Midnight Runners - C’mon Eileen
• Los Del Rio - Macarena
• DJ Casper - Cha cha slide
• Black Lace - Agadoo
• Mud - Tiger feet
• Tweets - Birdie Song
• Little Eva - Locomotion
• Soulja boy - Crank dat
• Bee Gees - Night fever
• Van McCoy - The hustle
• Chubby Checker - The twist
• Madness - One step beyond
• Whigfield - Saturday night
• Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time warp
• PSY - Gangnam style
• Extra Ts - ET Boogie
• New Order - Blue Monday
• Stray Cats - Stray cats strut
• Elvis - Bossa nove baby
• Beyonce - Single Ladies
• Cameo - Candy
• T-Rex - Jitterbug love
• Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - Time of my life
• Madonna - Vogue
• Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
• James - Sit down
• Steps - Tragedy
• Las Ketchup - Ketchup song
• OK go - Here it goes again
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the dancefloor
• Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walkin'
• Gap Band - Oops upside your head
• Shirley Ellis - Clapping song
• Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 dances
• Genesis - I can't dance
• Backstreet boys - Backstreet's back
• Kenny - The Bump
• Roxy Music - Do the strand
• House of Pain - Jump around
• Joy Division - Dance to the radio (Transmission)
• Walk the moon - Shut up and dance
• Village People - YMCA
• Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy breaky heart
• Doop - Doop
• Bad Manners - Can Can
• Housemartins - Happy hour
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• DCUP - We no speak Americanos

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Los Del Rio - Macarena
2. Mud - Tiger feet
3. PSY - Gangnam style
4. Village People - YMCA
5. Gap Band - Oops upside your head
6. Madness - One step beyond
[Side 2]
7. Madonna - Vogue
8. Rocky Horror Picture Show - Time warp
9. Beyonce - Single Ladies
10. Las Ketchup - Ketchup song
11. Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 dances
12. Bad Manners - Can Can

Hidden: Roxy Music - Do the strand

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before, Bad Manners, Gap Band, Las Ketchup (1), Psy, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Village People (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: Madness (8)
• 2: Beyonce (6), Madonna (8), Mud (2),
• 1: Los Del Rio (2), Wilson Pickett (4), Roxy Music (1)