Midnight Mixtape: Search

Seeking the search party

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (01/06/2023) with Songs that reference searching and seeking!

Songs in contention

• Chi-lites - Have you seen her?
• Neil Young - Heart of Gold (I was searching)
• Metallica - Seek and destroy
• Duran Duran - Hungry like a wolf (I'm on the hunt I'm after you)
• Fugees - Ready or Not
• ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman (I was searchin' on a one-way street)
• Lisa Stansfield - All around the world
• Velvelettes - Needle in a Haystack
• U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
• China Black - Searching
• Hue and Cry - Looking for Linda
• Charlatans - Just looking
• Change ft Luther Vandross - Searching
• Kinks - Dedicated follower of fashion (they seek him here)
• M people - Search for the hero
• Iggy Pop & Stooges - Search and destroy
• Bobby Moore & Rhythm Aces - Searching for my baby
• Hazel Dean - Searchin’ (I gotta find a man)
• David Hasselhoff - Looking for freedom
• Snow Patrol - Set the fire to the third bar
• Coasters - Searchin'
• Howard Jones - Hide and Seek
• The National - Looking for Astronauts
• Moloko - Pure Pleasure Seeker
• The Who - The Seeker
• Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno *hidden*
• Dexys Midnight Runners - There there my dear *hidden*
• Steve Winwood - Higher Love *hidden*
• Police - Message in a bottle *hidden*

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Fugees - Ready or not
2. Hue and Cry - Looking for Linda
3. Velvelettes - Needle in a Haystack
4. Lisa Stansfield - All around the world
5. Bobby Moore & Rhythm Aces - Searching for my baby 
6. Iggy Pop & Stooges - Search and destroy
[Side 2]
7. U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
8. David Hasselhoff - Looking for freedom
9. The Who - The Seeker
10. Chi-lites - Have you seen her?
11. Hazel Dean - Searchin’ (I gotta find a man)
12. Metallica - Seek and destroy
Hidden: Dexys Midnight Runners - There there my dear

Stats

Bobby Moore & Rhythm Aces, Chi-lites, David Hasselhoff, Hazell Dean, Hue and Cry, Lisa Stansfield, Velvelettes.
Second time for Fugees with "Ready or not" (Non-sport mixtape), Stooges previously with "I wanna be your dog" (Dogs), Metallica previously with "Enter Sandman" (Dreams).
Third appearance for The Who after "Pinball Wizard" (Toys) and "Won't get fooled again" (Fools).
Fourth appearance for Dexy's Midnight Runners after "Beacuse of you (Brush strokes)" (TV theme), "Jackie Wilson Said" (Non-sport - hidden track) and "Geno" (Trumpets).
Fifth time for U2 after "I still haven't found what I am looking for" (Lost), "Running to stand still" (Running), "New Years Day" (New Years), "Sunday bloody sunday" (Blood)