Midnight Mixtape: Deck of Cards

On the first midnight mixtape of the year, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (12/01/2023) with songs that reference playing cards or specific cards from the deck.

Songs in contention

• Kenny Rodgers - "The Gambler" (cards & aces)
• Steve Miller Band - "The Joker" (US#1 on January 12, 1974)
• The Eagles - "Desperado" (queen of diamonds, queen of hearts)
• Lady Gaga - "Poker Face" (cards with spades)
• Shirley Bassey - "Diamonds are forever" (DISQUALIFIED)
• Ray Charles - "Hit the road, Jack" (DISQUALIFIED)
• Ray Charles - "Losing Hand" (king, queen, joker)
• Juice Newton - "Queen of Hearts" (Dave Edmunds mentioned)
• Play your cards right Theme
• Shangri-Las - "Leader of the pack" (DISQUALIFIED)
• LMFAO - "Party Rock" (every day i'm shuffling)
• Chris De Burgh - "Spanish Train" (hand of 5, 3 aces, king, queen, knave, nine, ten of spades, diamond eight)
• KC and Sunshine Band - "Queen of Clubs"
• Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the wall" (solitaire with a deck of 51, missing a card?)
• Motorhead - "Ace of spades"
• Sting - "Shape of my heart" (jack of diamonds, queen of spades)
• Bob Dylan - "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts"
• Robert Johnson - "Little Queen of Spades"
• Ed Sheeran (feat Taylor Swift) - "The Joker and the Queen" (diamond king)
• Fairport Convention - "Jack of Diamonds"
• Steely Dan - "Do it again" (black cards can make you money)
• Elvis - "From Jack to a King" (ace, queen and king of your heart)
• Wolfmother - "Joker and the Thief"
• The Clash - "Card Cheat" (king of spades)
• Snap! - The Power (Hidden)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"
2. Kenny Rogers - "The Gambler"
3. KC and Sunshine Band - "Queen of Clubs"
4. Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the wall"
5. The Eagles - "Desperado"
6. The Unthanks - "Queen of Hearts"
[Side 2]
7. Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
8. Chris De Burgh - "Spanish Train"
9. Ray Charles - "Losing Hand"
10. Steve Miller Band - "The Joker"
11. Juice Newton - "Queen of Hearts"
12. Sting - "Shape of my heart"
Hidden: "Play Your Cards Right" Theme