Midnight Mixtape: Day in the life of

Day in the life of

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Natalie Jamieson to look at listener selections (19/01/2023) with Songs that tell story of 1 specific day (and not generic mention of "day" but actual story of a day)!

Songs in contention

• Ocean Colour Scene - The day we caught the train
• Boomtown rats - I don't like Mondays
• Temptations - Papa was a rolling stone
• Ice Cube - It was a good day
• Van Morrison - Coney Island
• Van Morrison - Days like this
• OMD - Enola Gay (Hiroshima, 6/8/1945)
• Mandy Moore - When will my life begin (Tangled)
• Bangles - Manic Monday
• Luke Sital Singh - The last day
• Blur - Parklife (Sunday Sunday)
• Elbow - One day like this
• Gomez - Whippin' Piccadilly
• Fiddlers Dram - Day trip to Bangor
• Ben Folds 5 - Brick
• Bill Withers - Lovely Day
• Lou Reed - Perfect Day
• Gene Pitney - 24 Hours from Tulsa
• Don McLean - American Pie
• New Order - Blue Monday
• Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
• Streets - It was supposed to be easy
• Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
• Pulp - Something changed
• Dinah Washington - What a difference a day makes
• Beatles - A day in the life
• Mamas and Papas - Monday Monday
• U2 - Angel of Harlem
• (Daniel Pewter - Bad day)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Mandy Moore - "When will my life begin"
2. Bangles - "Manic Monday"
3. Ice Cube - "It was a good day"
4. Ben Folds 5 - "Brick"
5. Temptations - "Papa was a rolling stone"
6. Boomtown rats - I don't like Mondays
[Side 2]
7. Beatles - "A day in the life"
8. Don McLean - "American Pie"
9. OMD - "Enola Gay"
10. Dinah Washington - "What a difference a day makes"
11. Gomez - "Whippin' Piccadilly"
12. Luke Sital Singh - "The last day"
Hidden: "Dolly Parton - 9 to 5"