Midnight Mixtape: Aliens

Aliens

On the midnight mixtape, Laura McGhie was joined by Nat Jamieson to look at listener selections (14/09/2023) with Songs that reference aliens/extraterrestrials!

Songs in contention

• Prodigy - Out of space
• Muse - Starlight
• Sting - Englishman in New York
• Tubeway Army (Gary Numan)- Praying to the aliens
• Ash - Girl from Mars
• Elton John - I've seen a flying saucer
• Del Amitri - Nothing ever happens
• David Bowie - Starman, Life on Mars, Loving the alien
• Killers - Spaceman
• Katy Perry - ET
• John Williams - ET Film
• Hot Chocolate - No doubt about it
• Little shop of horrors - mean green monster from outer space
• Killers - Spaceman
• Ella Fitzgerald - 2 little men in a flying saucer
• Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
• Blink 182 - Aliens exist
• Blondie - Rapture
• John Williams - Superman Theme
• Pixies - The happening/Motorway to Roswell
• Byrds - Mr Spaceman
• B52s - Planet Claire
• John Williams - Cantina Band
• Fountains of Wayne - I want an alien for Christmas

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Pixies - The happening/Motorway to Roswell
2. Ash - Girl from Mars
3. Ella Fitzgerald - 2 little men in a flying saucer
4. Little shop of horrors - Mean green monster from outer space
5. Tubeway Army - Praying to the aliens
6. Katy Perry - ET
[Side 2]
7. John Williams - Flying theme (ET)
8. Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
9. Blondie - Rapture
10. Blink 182 - Aliens exist
11. Byrds - Mr Spaceman
12. Fountains of Wayne - I want an alien for Christmas
Hidden: John Williams - Cantina Band (A new hope)

Previous Appearances

Five debuts with Blink 182, Byrds, Fountains of Wayne, Tubeway Army, John Williams. First time, an artist has appeared twice on the same mixtape albeit as hidden track (Not sure if that breaks Colin's rules!
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Carpenters	2	Close to you (Trumpets, #2)
Little shop of horrors (Levi Stubbs)	2	Feed me (git it) Seymour (Plants, #107)
Ella Fitzgerald	3	Open your window (Windows, #101) There's a small hotel (Hotels, #70)
Katy Perry	3	Firework (Fireworks, #24) Roar (Human Spirit 2, #91)
Blondie	4	Heart of GLASS (Set the table, #74) Picture this (See Clearly, #71) Rapture (Car Showroom 2, #77)
Ash	5	Girl from Mars (Memories, #46) Kung Fu (Superheroes, #25) Shining Light (Fireworks, #24 Kung fu (Day/Night Before, #110)
Pixies	8	Where is my mind? (Brain*, #75) Cactus (Plants, #107) Monkey gone to Heaven (Devils, #13) Tony's Theme (Superheroes, #25) Wave of mutilation (Under the Sea, #51) Where is my mind? (Lost, #92) Isla de encanta (Spanish 1, #111)