Songs in songs
On the midnight mixtape,
Colin Murray was joined by
Claire Lim to look at listener selections (14/12/2023) with
Songs that reference other songs... And a double mixtape that has the song and its referenced song!
Wee Claire invoked a rule that songs that reference other songs could not be from the same artist. For example, David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" referencing "Space Oddity" was disallowed! (BTW look at Claire's
notes)
Songs in contention
Note: 65 songs were "played". Only Britney and Elvis were not actually played.
- Commodores - Nightshift || Marvin Gaye - What's going on
Beatles - Glass Onion || Beatles - Strawberry fields- Arctic Monkeys - When the sun goes down || Police - Roxanne
- Crowded House - Weather With You || Etta James - Stormy Weather
- Dire Straits - Walk of life || Gene Vincent - Be bop a lula
- Divine Comedy - At the Indie Disco || New Order - Blue Monday
- Frames - Rent Day Blues || Kool & The Gang - Celebration
- Ed Sheeran - Castle on the hill || Elton John - Tiny Dancer
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama || Neil Young - Southern Man
- Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire || Bill Hailey & Comets - Rock around the clock
- Eminem - Stan || Phil Collins - In the air tonight
- Orange Juice - Rip it up || Buzzcocks - Boredom
- Pogues - Fairytale of New York || Bing Crosby - Galway Bay
- Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music || Sam & Dave - Hold on
- Bon Jovi - It's my life || Frank Sinatra - My way
- Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis || Elvis - Blue suede shoes
- Anne Marie - 2002 || Britney - Baby one more time
- Alannah Myles - Black Velvet || Elvis - Love me Tender
- Dexys Midnight Runners/Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson || Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
- Wolfmother - Joker and the thief || Bob Dylan - All along the watchtower
- Wombats - Let's dance to Joy Division || Joy Divison - Love will never tear us apart
- Wolf Alice - No Hard Feelings || Amy Winehouse - Love is a losing game
- Tone Loc - Funky cold medina || Rolling Stones - (I can't get no) Satisfacation
- Tom Petty - Running down a dream || Del Shannon - Runaway
- Pet Shop Boys - I want to wake up || Gloria Jones - Tainted love
- Def Leppard - Rocket || Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
- Warren G - What's love go to do with it || TLC - Creep
- Regina Spektor - On the radio || Guns'N'Roses - November Rain
- Snow Patrol - Hands open || Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
- Camera Obscura - Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken || Lloyd Cole - Are you ready to be heartbroken
- Hold Steady - Certain Songs || Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
- Tenacious D - Tribute || Metallica - One
Final Mixtape
Here's the final mixtape!
TAPE 1
[Side 1]
1. Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire
2. Bon Jovi - It's my life
3. Wolfmother - Joker and the thief
4. Def Leppard - Rocket
5. Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
6. Pogues - Fairytale of New York
[Side 2]
7. Eminem - Stan
8. Warren G - What's love go to do with it
9. Tone Loc - Funky cold medina
10. Orange Juice - Rip it up
11. Pet Shop Boys - I want to wake up
12. Snow Patrol - Hands open
Hidden: Tenacious D - Tribute
TAPE 2: Mirrored
[Side 1]
1. Bill Hailey & Comets - Rock around the clock
2. Frank Sinatra - My way
3. Bob Dylan - All along the watchtower
4. Lou Reed - Satellite of Love
5. Elvis - Love me tender
6. Bing Crosby - Galway Bay
[Side 2]
7. Phil Collins - In the air tonight
8. TLC - Creep
9. Rolling Stones - (I can't get no) Satisfacation
10. Buzzcocks - Boredom
11. Gloria Jones - Tainted love
12. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Hidden: Metallica - One
Thank you for
Mog created an "
applified (
doubled)" and a "
spotified (
doubled) playlist.
Previous Appearances
EIGHT debuts across the double mixtape with Bing Crosby, Bon Jovi, Gloria Jones, Sufjan Stevens, Tone Loc, TLC, Warren G, Wolfmother making their first appearances.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:
| Artist | # |
|---|
| Alannah Myles | 2 |
| Bob Dylan | 8 |
| Bill Hailey & Comets | 3 |
| Billy Joel | 7 |
| Bob Dylan | 10 |
| Buzzcocks | 2 |
| Def Leppard | 4 |
| Elvis | 9 |
| Eminem | 7 |
| Frank Sinatra | 6 |
| Lou Reed | 2 |
| Metallica | 6 |
| Orange Juice | 3 |
| Pet Shop Boys | 3 | /tr>
| Phil Collins | 2 |
| Pogues | 6 |
| Rolling Stones | 7 |
| Snow Patrol | 2 |
| Tenacious D | 4 |
Notable Points:
- Eminem's "Stan" makes a third appearance on the mixtape after showing up on the "one name" and "going postal" mixtapes.
- All appearances for Orange Juice have been with "Rip it up" after having been on the "Scotland" and "New beginnings" mixtapes
- Tenacious D's Tribute makes its third appearance after being on the "devils" and "best" mixtapes (They also hadn't been on the mixtape in 80!)
- Bob Dylan is the 10th artist to reach 10 appearances on the midnight mixtape
- As with the Car showroom, Groundhog day, Human spirit and Spanish mixtapes, there was no artist or band that had 2 songs in this double mixtape. Only happened twice with Shirley Bassey ("Goldfinger" and "Diamonds are forever") on the bond mixtape and John Williams ("ET" and "Cantina band)" on the aliens mixtape.
- Talking of Spanish mixtape. The secound mixtape featured more debutants since at least 2023 with NINE
- Johnny Cash did not feature and failed to go back-to-back-to-back after "Ghostriders in the sky" (Jamaica/Brum) and "The wall" (Wall). This only back-to-back appearance on Colin's watch.
- Elbow were first to go back-to-back with "One day like this" (Nick Bright hosted Sunshine mixtape) and "Lippy kids" (Council estate mixtape). Next, Carly Simon with "Nobody does it better" (Johnny I'Anson hosted Perfect mixtape) and "Take me to the ballgame" (Baseball mixtape). Recently, Elvis with "Lonesome tonight" (Johnny I'anson hosted Shakespeare mixtape) and "Shop around" (Shopping list mixtape).
