Midnight Mixtape: Fools

Fools

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (30/03/2023) with Songs that reference fools!

Songs in contention

• The Who - Won't get fooled again
• Bee-gees - How deep is your love
• Cinderella - Nobody's fool
• Frankie Lymon & Teenagers - Why do fools fall in love?
• Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
• Elvis - Can't help falling in love
• Beatles - Fool on the hill
• Cardigans - Lovefool
• Doobie Brothers - What a fool believes
• Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise
• Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
• Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
• Penguins - Earth Angel
• Evanescence - Everybody's Fool
• Erasure - Ship of fools
• George Michael - Careless Whisper/Kissing a fool
• BB King + Buddy Guy / David Bowie + Manish boys - I pity the fool
• Sinead O'Connor - Nothing compares 2 u
• Elvin Bishop - Fool around and fell in love
• Chris Rea (Elkie Brooks) - Fool if you think it"s over
• Green Day - Basket case
• Buddy Holly + Crickets - Fool's Paradise
• World Party - Ship of fools
• Disclosure - Fool for you
• Whitesnake - Fool for your loving
• Cranberries - Linger (mentioned)
• Thin lizzy - Fool's Gold (mentioned)
• Elkie Brooks - Fool if you think it's over (mentioned)
• Embrace - Come back to what you know (mentioned)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. The Who - Won't get fooled again
2. Elvin Bishop - Fool around and fell in love
3. Cardigans - Lovefool
4. Penguins - Earth Angel
5. George Michael - Kissing a fool
6. Beatles - Fool on the hill
[Side 2]
7. Doobie Brothers - What a fool believes
8. Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
9. Frankie Lymon & Teenagers - Why do fools fall in love?
10. Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
11. Manish boys (David Bowie) - I pity the fool
12. World Party - Ship of fools
Hidden: Only Fools & Horses (Opening) Theme

Stats

8 debutants to the mixtape.
The Who and Stone Roses both appear for a second time after "Pinball Wizard" (Toys mixtape) and "Waterfall" (Fireworks mixtape).
Beatles appear for a tenth time, first time with "Fool on the hill". Aretha Franklin ("Eleanor Rigby" on Beatles mixtape, "Respect" on Spell it mixtape and "Think" on Respect mixtape) and George Michael (Fast love on fast mixtape, Careless Whisper on whispers and rumours mixtapes) make their fourth appearance.

Midnight Mixtape: Whistle

On my Whistle

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Whispering Bob Harris to look at listener selections (23/03/2023) with Songs with people whistling in them or that clearly ref whistling!!

Songs in contention

• Whistling Jack Smith - I was Kaiser's Bill's Batman
• Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay
• Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
• Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life
• Bob Sinclair - Love Generation
• Ennio Morricone - A fistful of dollars
• (Calexico - Carried to dust)
• Amanda Shires - Swimmer
• Rammstein - Engel
• Scorpions - Wind of change
• John Lennon - Jealous Guy
• Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
• Colonel Bogey March - Bridge on the river Kwai
• Johnny Cash - Folsolm Prison Blues
• Bobby McFerrin - Don't worry be happy
• Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
• Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
• Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust
• Guns N Roses - Patience
• Frankie Knuckles - Whistle Song
• Oasis - Live Forever
• Happy Mondays - Step on
• Sammy Davis Jr - Mr Bojangles
• Roger Whittaker - Mexican Whistler
• (The Birdman?)
• J Gelis Band - Centrefold
• Lovin' spoonful - Wild about my lovin'
• David Bowie - Golden Years
• Maroon 5 - Moves like Jagger
• Disney - (Snow White) Whistle while you work
• Paul Simon - Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
• Perry Como - Magic Moments

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Rammstein - Engel
2. John Lennon - Jealous Guy
3. Bobby McFerrin - Don't worry be happy
4. Scorpions - Wind of change
5. Amanda Shires - Swimmer
6. Snow White (Disney) - Whistle while you work
[Side 2]
7. Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
8. Sammy Davis Jr - Mr Bojangles
9. Frankie Knuckles - Whistle Song
10. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
11. Ennio Morricone - A fistful of dollars
12. Otis Redding - Dock of the bay
Hidden: Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life

Stats

I thought that this mixtape would be similar to the whisper mixtape but turns out none of the songs there are present here. Amanda Shires, Disney?, Edward Sharpe, Ennio Morricone, Frankie Knuckles, Rammstein (finally), Scorpions Sammy David Jr only recently debuted on the "Human Spirit II" mixtape with "I gotta to be me". Similarly Monty Python debuted on the "Human Spirit II" mixtape as the hidden track. John Lennon makes it for the third time with previous appearances in "Imagination" and "Louder than war" mixtapes with "Imagine" and both when John Robb was guesting. Bangles also makes it three times on a mixtape with previous in "Eternal Flame" (Oh Sister) and "Manic Monday" (A day in life of). Otis Redding makes it a fourth time on the mixtape and joins a growing list of songs that have apppeared three times. "Dock of the bay" has also appeared on the "Gone too soon" and "Ship Ahoy". "Respect" is the other song that has made a mixtape.

Midnight Mixtape: Kiss

Kiss

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (16/03/2023) with Songs that reference kissing!

Songs in contention

• Prince - Kiss
• Seal - Kiss from a rose
• Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck my kiss (not played)
• Billie Myers - Kiss the rain
• Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name
• Bonnie Tyler - If you were a woman (and I was a man)
• Meatloaf - You took the words right out of my mouth
• Brotherhood of Man - Save all your kisses for me
• Saw doctors - I'd love to kiss the bangles
• Lil Louis - French Kiss
• Roberta Flack - The first time ever I saw your face
• Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (kissin' the sky)
• Cher - Shoop Shoop song (it's in his kiss)
• Crystals - Then he kissed me
• Run DMC and Aerosmith - Walk this way
• Sixpence none the wiser - Kiss me
• (Alan Partridge presents) Hot chocolate - It started with a kiss
• Stephen Tin Tin Duffy - Kiss me
• Debbie Harry - French kissin' (in the USA)
• Wolf Alice - Don't delete the kisses
• Judee Sill - The kiss
• Katy Perry - I kissed a girl
• Drifters - Kissing in the front row
• Brian Hyland - Sealed with a kiss
• My Bloody Valentine - Feed me with your kiss
• Faith Hill - This kiss
• Shania Twain - When you kiss me
• Will Powers - Kissing with confidence

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Hot chocolate - It started with a kiss
2. Seal - Kiss from a rose
3. Debbie Harry - French kissin' (in the USA)
4. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
5. Wolf Alice - Don't delete the kisses
6. Prince - Kiss
[Side 2]
7. Run DMC and Aerosmith - Walk this way
8. Brian Hyland - Sealed with a kiss
9. Lil Louis - French Kiss
10. Crystals - Then he kissed me
11. Meatloaf - You took the words right out of my mouth
12. Roberta Flack - The first time ever I saw your face
Hidden: The XX - Islands

Stats

Seven first timers in Hot Chocolate, Wolf Alice, Debbie Harry (not as Blondie), Run DMC, Brian Hyland, Lil louis and The XXs. Whilst Prince appeared on the mixtape for a 10th time but first time with "Kiss".
Meatloaf made a second appearance with "You took the words" after previously being on Summer loving mixtape. Roberta Flack made a second appearance with "The first time" after previously being on the memories mixtape.
Hendrix makes his third appearance on the mix tape with previous on Gone to soon and use your brain mixtapes whilst Aersomith also made their third appearance with previous on holidays and dreams mixtapes.
Seal's "Kiss from a rose" makes it's third showing on a mixtape, following appearance on Roses and (hidden track) North Pole mixtapes.

Midnight Mixtape: Lost List

Lost List

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (09/03/2023) with Songs that reference losing something physical or metamorphical (not people)!

Songs in contention

• U2 - I still haven't found what I am looking for
• Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
• REM - Losing my religion
• Queens of the Stone Age - Lost of art of keeping a secret
• Pixies - Where is my mind?
• Lloyd Cole - Lost Weekend
• Skepta - Amnesia
• Madonna - Like a virgin
• National - Runaway (Disqualified)
• Sultans of Ping FC - Where's me jumper?
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (Raiders March) Theme
• Donovan - Atlantis
• Ken Dodd - Where's my shirt?
• Lizzo - Phone
• Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at?
• Lady Gaga - Just dance
• Bonnie Tyler - Lost in France
• Divine Comedy - Lost Property
• Alice Cooper - Lost in America
• Phil Collins - Don't lose my number
• Clash - Lost in the supermarket
• Jam - Smithers-Jomes
• Hank Williams - Lost Highway
• Andy Stewart - Donald where's your troosers
• Mr Zip - Where's my keys, where's my phone?
• Gerard McMahon - Cry Little Sister
• Beck - Loser
• Audiobooks - The doll
• Julie Andrews - Maybe this time (Mary Poppins)
• Tribe called quest - I left my wallet in El Segundo
• Joan Armdatrading - Drop the pilot

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
2. Phil Collins - Don't lose my number
3. Basement Jaxx - Where's your head at?
4. Skepta - Amnesia
5. Pixies - Where is my mind?
6. U2 - I still haven't found what I am looking for
[Side 2]
7. Donovan - Atlantis
8. Divine Comedy - Lost Property
9. Sultans of Ping FC - Where's me jumper?
10. Ken Dodd - Where's my shirt?
11. Tribe called quest - I left my waller in El Segundo
12. Mr Zip - Where's my keys, where's my phone?
Hidden: Beck - Loser

Midnight Mixtape: Human Spirit 2

Human Spirit II

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (02/03/2023) for part two of songs that sum up strength of human spirit!

Songs in contention

• Housemartins - Caravan of Love
• Killers - All these things are done
• Eminem - Lose yourself
• Bob Marley - Redemption Song
• Bob Marley - Get up stand up
• Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
• Embrace - Ashes
• Pulp - Mis-shapes
• Beastie Boys - Fight for your right to party
• Sammy Davis Jr - I gotta be me
• Rudimental - Not giving in
• REM = Everybody hurts
• Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
• Arcade Fire - Wake up
• Katy Perry - Roar
• Butler & McAlmont - Yes
• John Fordham - You're the voice
• Heather Small - Proud (M People - Search for the hero)
• Sam Ryder - Ten Tons
• Primal Scream - Moving on up
• Des'ree - You've gotta be
• Keala Settle - This is me (Greatest Showman)
• Stevie Wonder - Higher ground
• Jimmy Cliff - I can see clearly now
• Frankie goes to Hollywood = Power of Love
• Gloria Gaynor - I will survive

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Housemartins - Caravan of Love
2. Stevie Wonder - Higher ground
3. REM = Everybody hurts
4. Sammy Davis Jr - I gotta be me
5. Rudimental - Not giving in
6. Keala Settle - This is me (Greatest Showman)
[Side 2]
7. Arcade Fire - Wake up
8. Eminem - Lose yourself
9. Bob Marley - Redemption Song
10. Pulp - Mis-shapes
11. Katy Perry - Roar
12. Killers - All these things are done
Hidden: Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life