Weekend Playlist: Playlist

Weekend Playlist: Playlist

This is the 100th WeekendHere's the weekend playlist created by Benny and Adrian with help from guest curator Jo Kendall looking at X/twitter/bsky selections (21/11/2025) with Songs that reference or contain lists of things.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Billy Joel - We didn’t start the fire
2. Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your love
3. Rose Betts - Guy Friends
4. Ian Dury - What a waste
5. A House - Endless Art
6. REM - It’s the end of the world as we know it

[Side 2]
7. Julie Andrews - My favourite things
8. Michael M - Do Americans wear Easterhouse T-Shirts?
9. Praga Khan - Love
10. Carole Bayer Sager - You’re moving out today
11. Oleta Adams - Get here
12. Johnny Cash - I’ve been everywhere

[Bonus]
Gilbert & Sullivan - I’ve got a little list (Mikado)
Maisie Peters - The List
Hall & Oates - Kiss on my list

Long list

• Flanders & Swann - Slow train
• Simon & Garfunkel - At the zoo
• Franz Lizt - Hungarian Rhapsody #2
• NKOTB - Step by step
• Billy Joel - We didn’t start the fire
• Madonna - Vogue
• Hall & Oates - Kiss on my list
• Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your love
• Julie Andrews - My favourite things
• Oleta Adams - Get here
• Kate Bush - 50 words for snow
• Tom tom club - Downtown Rockers
• Praga Khan - Love
• Zazie - Tout le monde
• Johnny Cash - I’ve been everywhere
• Dua Lipa - New rules
• Beloved - Hello
• Cure - Friday I'm in love
• Killers - My List
• Frank Kelly - 12 days of Christmas
• Los Campesinos! - My year in lists
• George Thorogood - One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
• Huey Lewis & News - Heart of rock and roll
• Tubes - What do you want from life
• Bruce Reitherman & Phil Harris - Bare Necessities
• Damon Locks - List of Demands
• LCD Soundsystem - Losing my edge
• Art Pepper - Make a wish, make a list
• REM - Man on the moon
• Destiny’s Child - 8 days of Christmas
• Beautiful South - Song for whoever
• Ian Dury - What a waste
• JAMMs - It’s grim up North
• Perry Como & Fontane Sisters - You’re adorable
• Jason Isbell & 400 Unit - Songs that she sang in the shower
• Nat King Cole - These foolish things
• Taylor Swift - Wi$h li$t
• Max Wall - England’s glory
• Princess Buster - Ten commandments
• A House - Endless Art
• My life story - 12 reasons why I love her
• Rose Betts - Guy Friends
• Alanis Morissette - 8 easy steps
• Carole Bayer Sager - You’re moving out today
• Eartha Kitt - Santa baby
• Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
• Maisie Peters - The List
• REM - It’s the end of the world as we know it
• Fluke - Absurd
• Nick Cave - There she goes my beautiful world
• Lyricslinger - Listen Listen Listen
• Nickelback - Rockstar
• Ugly Kid Joe - Cats in the cradle
• Jam - That’s entertainment
• Alanis Morissette - 21 things I want in a lover
• Terrorvision - Celebrity hit list
• Bjork - I’ve seen it all
• Chats - Drunk n disorderly
• Paulo Nutini - Pencil full of lead
• Queens of the Stone Age - Feel good hit of the summer
• Jamie Callum - Mixtape
• Gilbert & Sullivan - I’ve got a little list (Mikado)
• Jean Michel Jarre - Sale of the century
• U2 - Numb
• Pointer Sisters - Santa Claus is comin’ to town
• Michael M - Do Americans wear Easterhouse T-Shirts?
• Meredith Brooks - Bitch

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Cricket

Midnight Mixtape: Cricket

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (20/11/2025) with Songs that reference Cricket to commemorate the start of 2025-2026 Ashes between England and Austraila!

Songs in contention

• Engelbert Umpiredinck - Please release me
• Crowded House - Don’t dream it’s over
• Shed Seven - Waiting for the catch
• Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
• Travis - Turn
• Byrds - Turn Turn Turn
• Mungo Jerry - Long leg woman dress in black
• Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
• Tom Petty - Nightwatchman
• Foo Fighters - Rope
• Moody Blues - Nights in white satin
• David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
• Kane Gang - Crease in his hat
• Kosheen - Catch
• Bobby Womack - It’s all over now
• Portishead - Glory box
• Bay City Rollers - Bye bye baby
• Sherbet - Howzat
• Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
• Booker T & MGs - Soul Limbo
• Kiss - Fits like a glove
• Roy Orbison - It's over
• Duckworth-Lewis Method - Jiggery pokery
• Duckworth-Lewis Method - Nightwatchman
• Lindasfarne - Run for home
• Vaccines - All in white
• Minor Threat - Stumped
• Taylor Swift - Willow
• Living in a box - Living in a box
• Fall out boy - Centuries
• Pat Benetar - Hit me with your best shot
• Anton Karas - Third Man Theme
• White Stripes - Red bowling ball Ruth
• Roy Harper - When an old cricketer leaves the crease
• Smiths - Hand in glove
• Greg Champion - I made a hundred in the backyard at mum’s
• Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
• Commentators - 19 not out
• Kylie - Spinning around
• Little Richard - Slippin' & sliding
• Christians - When the fingers point
• Calvin Harris ft Kelis - Bounce
• Loretta Lynn - Third man
• Paul Simon - Slip sliding away
• Ramones - Pinhead
• Spencer Davis Group - Keep on running
• Kicks like a mule - The Bouncer
• 10cc - Dreadlock holiday
• Joy Division - Day of the Lords
• Snoop Dogg - Drop it like it’s hot
• Alice Cooper - Catch me if you can
• Kinks - Village green preservation society

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
2. 10cc - Dreadlock holiday
3. Little Richard - Slippin' & sliding
4. Calvin Harris ft Kelis - Bounce
5. Minor Threat - Stumped
6. Roy Orbison - It's over

[Side 2]
7. Booker T & MGs - Soul Limbo
8. Duckworth-Lewis Method - Jiggery pokery
9. Bay City Rollers - Bye bye baby
10. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
11. Greg Champion - I made a hundred in the backyard at mum’s
12. Roy Harper - When an old cricketer leaves the crease
Hidden: Kinks - Village green preservation society

Previous Appearances

From the new midnight mixtape era, 7 acts had never been on before Calvin Harris/Kelis (1), Booker T (2), Stealers Wheel (1), Duckworth-Lewis Method, Greg Champion, Minor Threat, Roy Harper. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: David Bowie (13)
• 3: 10cc (7), Kinks (9)
• 2: Bay City Rollers (2)
• 1: Little Ricard (2), Roy Orbison (1)

Weekend Playlist: Reptiles

Weekend Playlist: Reptiles

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator (Stockport) Stephen looking at X/twitter selections (14/11/2025) with Songs that reference reptiles.
This was to commemorate Steve Irwin on Steve Irwin Day on Saturday (15th Novemeber).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Reptiles
1. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Les Crocodiles
2. Bill Haley & Comets - See you later alligator
3. Strokes - Reptila
4. Shovels & Rope - Leaving Louisana in the broad daylight
5. Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
6. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down

[Side 2] Snakes
7. Alice Cooper - Black mamba
8. Pixies - Snakes
9. Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Rattlesnakes
10. Al Wilson - Snake
11. Goldie Boutilier - Snake Eyes
12. Underworld - King of snake (everything…)

[Bonus]
Nick Lowe - So it goes
Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the magic dragon
Wiggles ft Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter

Long list

• Big Country - Republican Party Reptile
• Embrace - Chameleon
• Embrace - Snake Oil
• Dolly Parton - Snakes in the grass
• Psycho Reptiles - Monster from the bog
• Peter Best - Crocodile Dundee Theme
• Motorhead - Love me like a reptile
• Doors - Celebration of the Lizard
• Jimmy Nail - Crocodile shoes
• Muppets - Never smile at crocodile
• Elton John - Crocodile Rock
• Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes
• Gary Numan - Music for Chameleons
• Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive)
• Python Lee Jackson - In a broken dream
• Charlotte Gainsbourg - Les Crocodiles
• Hooverphonic - Pink fluffy dinosaurs
• Partners in Kryne - Turtle Power
• Everything everything - No Reptiles
• Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
• REM - Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter
• Bill Haley & Comets - See you later alligator
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
• Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie
• Whitesnake - Here I go again
• Phantom Band - Crocodile
• Sacco & Vanzetti - Kill your own snakes
• Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down
• Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
• REM - It’s the end of the world
• Pixies - Snakes
• T-Rex - 20th Ceontury Boy
• Underworld - King of snake (everything…)
• Bow Wow Wow - Go wild in the country
• Goldie Boutilier - Snake Eyes
• Nine Inch Nails - Reptile
• Alice Cooper - Snakebite
• Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
• Shovels & Rope - Leaving Louisana in the broad daylight
• Bonnie Raitt - Fundamental things
• Jack van Cleaf - Rattlesnake
• Monty Python - Always look on the bright side of life
• David Bowie - Jean Genie
• Flying Lizards - Money
• Nick Lowe - So it goes
• Was (Not Was) - Walk the dinosaur
• Al Wilson - Snake
• Bee Gees - Night Fever
• Of monsters & men - Alligator
• Rose Betts - This year’s gonna be different
• Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the magic dragon
• King Crimson - Cirkus
• Underworld - Crocodile
• REM - Sidewinder sleeps tonite
• Rugrats - Reptar I love you
• Certain Ratio - Bitten by a lizard
• Grateful Dead - Terrapin Sauce
• Lee Morgan - Sidewinder
• Alice Cooper - Black mamba
• Dogs d’amour - Ballad of Jack
• Watercress - Alligators
• JVKE - This is what heartbreak feels like
• Skid Row - Rattlesnake shake
• Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
• Strokes - Reptila
• Art of Noise - Chameleon’s dish
• Coast to Coast - (Do) the hucklebuck
• Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
• King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - Gila Monster
• Schnappi - Das kleine krokodil
• Duran Duran - Union of the snake
• Eric Idle - One foot in the grave
• Steve Vai - Little Alligator
• Flanders & Swann - The spider
• Paula Abdul - Cold hearted
• Upsetters - Croaking Lizard
• Wiggles ft Steve Irwin- Crocodile Hunter
• Turtles - Happy together

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Gold

Midnight Mixtape: Gold

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (15/11/2025) with Songs that reference Gold to celebrate Livesey's 50 mixtape!

Songs in contention

• Stone Roses - Fool's Gold
• Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
• Tina Turner - Goldeneye
• Eels - Goldy
• Hidden Camera - Golden Streams
• Spandau Ballet - Gold
• Fleetwood Mac - Gold dust woman
• Sting - Fields of Gold
• Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
• Steely Dan - Good teeth
• Nico - We’ve got gold
• Beyonce - Hey Goldmember
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold lion
• David Bowie - Golden Years
• Stranglers - Golden Brown
• Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
• Harry Styles - Golden
• Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
• Mika - We Are Golden
• Bonnie Tyler - Band Of Gold
• Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
• Bad Company - Silver, blue and gold
• Razorlight - Golden touch
• Chemical Brothers / Flaming Lips - The Golden Path
• Artist Formerly Known As Prince - Gold
• Jesus & Mary Chain - Almost gold
• Siouxsie & Banshees - Ornmants of gold
• U2 - All I want is you
• Pointer Sisters - Goldmine
• Andrew Gold - Thank you for being a friend (Golden Girls)
• Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Golden Age
• Klaxons - Golden skans
• Mott The Hoople - Golden age of Rock 'N' Roll
• Beautiful South - Good as Gold
• Dolly Parton - After The Goldrush
• K Pop Demon hunters - Golden
• Simple Minds - New gold dream
• Pavement - Gold soundz
• DJ Fresh - Gold Dust
• Martin Stephenson & Daintees - Little red bottle
• Stevie Wonder - Golden lady
• Beatles - Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight
• James Gilreath - Gold mother
• Death Cab For Cutie - Gold rush
• Shed Seven - Going for Gold
• Aztec Camera - Working in a goldmine
• T Rex - Solid Gold Easy Action
• (Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a spotified and applified playlist.

[Side 1] New Gold
1. Spandau Ballet - Gold
2. Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
3. Razorlight - Golden touch
4. Klaxons - Golden skans
5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold lion
6. Shed Seven - Going for Gold
[Side 2] Classic Gold
7. Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger
8. Tina Turner - Goldeneye
9. Stevie Wonder - Golden lady
10. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
11. Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
12. Beautiful South - Good as Gold
Hidden: Andrew Gold - Thank you for being a friend (Golden Girls)

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, Spandau Ballet, Razorlight, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Andrew Gold have never been on before... Only Shed Seven, Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner have appeared on a final Livesey mixtape. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Stevie Wonder (6+1)
• 5: Shirley Bassey, Tina Turner (4+1)
• 3: Neil Young
• 2: Beautiful South, Shed Seven (1+1)
• 1: Black Keys, Freda Payne, Klaxons

Most times made on Livesey's mixtape

After 50 mixtapes...

• 7: Beatles
• 6: Kate Bush
• 5: David Bowie, Who
• 4: AC/DC, Arctic Monkeys, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Peter Gabriel, Pogues, Queen

Weekend Playlist: Tongue Twister

Weekend Playlist: Tongue Twisters

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian with help from guest curator Heather looking at X/twitter selections (07/11/2025) with Songs that are or reference tongue twisters.
This was inspired by the fact that it is international tongue twister day on Sunday.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Johnny Cash - I've been everywhere
Danny Kaye - Tounge Twisters
Tom Lehrer - Elements
Julie Andrews - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
Allergies ft Andy Cooper - Rock Rock

[Side 2]
Trashcan Sinatras - Only tongue can tell 
Pink Floyd - Learning to fly
Furniture - Love your shoes
Sundays - Here's where the story ends
Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (Click Song)
Tanya Tagaq - Tongues

[Bonus]
Cat - Tongue tied (Red Dwarf)
Till Lindemann - Zunge

Long list

• Adriano Celetanio - Prisencolinensingincuisol
• Aerosmith - Lick and a promise
• Alison Moyet - Is this love?
• Allergies ft Andy Cooper - Rock Rock
• Arcade Fire - Speaking in tongues
• Arno - Enleve ta langue
• Barenaked Ledies - One week
• Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire
• Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
• Cat - Tongue tied (Red Dwarf)
• Cult - She sells sanctuary
• Danny Kaye - Tounge Twisters
• De La Soul - Pease Porridge
• Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina
• Depeche Mode - Shake the disease
• Depeche Mode - Wagging Tongue
• Dire Straits - Twisting by the pool
• DJ Format - Separated at birth
• Eagles of death metal - Speaking in tongues
• Eminem - Rap God
• Eurythmics - Who's that girl
• Extreme - Suzi (wants her all day what)
• Freestyle Fellowship - 7th Seal
• Furniture - Love your shoes
• Future Sound of London - Her tongue is like a jellyfish
• Group love - Tongue tied
• Happy Mondays - Step on
• Johnny Cash - I've been everywhere
• Julie Andrews - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
• King Crimson - Larks Tongue
• Meatloaf - Hot patootie (Rocky Horror)
• Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (Click Song)
• Moonface - Love the house you're in
• Moses supposes - Singing in the rain
• Neil Finn - Loose tongue
• Pink Floyd - Learning to fly
• Police - De do do do…
• Primus - Tommy the cat
• Quantum jump - Lone ranger
• RA the rugged man - Definition of a rap flow
• Radiohead - Myxomatosis
• Ram Jam - Black Betty
• REM - It's the end of the world as we know it
• Ren - Money Game Part 2
• Run DMC - It's tricky
• Run DMC - Peter Piper
• Salt'n'Pepa - Shake your thang (ItHs your thang)
• Scatman John - Scatman
• Seamus Kennedy - Pheasant plucker song
• Sergeant Buzfuz - Tongues they wag away
• Shania Twain - No one needs to know
• Shirley Ellis - Clapping song
• Shirley Ellis - Name game
• Sundays - Here's where the story ends
• Switchfoot - Native tongue
• Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my sobriety
• Tanya Tagaq - Tongues
• Till Lindemann - Zunge
• Tom Lehrer - Elements
• Trashcan Sinatras - Only tongue can tell
• Twista (ft Kanye & Jamie Foxx) - Slow Jamz
• U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
• US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
• Weird Al Yankovic - Hardware Store
• Wildhearts - Caffeine Bomb
• Zebra Katz - Tear the house up

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Brackets

Midnight Mixtape: Brackets

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (06/11/2025) with Songs that have brackets in the title following on the previous week's theme of DIY!

Songs in contention

• Clash - (White man) In Hammersmith Palais
• Cheeky Girls - Cheeky Song (Touch my bum)
• Jam - The bitterest pill (I ever had to swallow)
• Bryan Adams - (Everything I do) I do it for you
• Queen - Las Palabras de Amor (Words of love)
• White Stripes - Pretty good looking (for a girl
• Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't fear) The reaper
• Meatloaf - I'll do anything for love (but i won't do that)
• Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo chile (Slight Return)
• REM - It's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
• Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't have)
• Wet Wet Wet - Angel Eyes (home & away)
• Frankie Valli & 4 Seasons - December 1963 (Oh what a night)
• (We've got a) Fuzzbox (and we're gonna use it) - Pink Sunshine
• T-Pain - Up down (Do this all day)
• Rolling Stones - (I can't get no) Satisfaction
• Libertines - Up the Bracket
• Billy Joel - Moving out (Anthony’s song)
• My Chemical Romance - I'm not ok (I Promise)
• Boomtown Rats - (I never loved) Eva Braun
• Beastie Boys - (You gotta) Fight for your right (to party)
• Otis Redding - (Sitting on) Dock of the bay
• Elvis Costello - (Angels wanna wear my) Red Shoes
• Radiohead - Street spirit (Fade out)
• Doors - Break on through on other side
• Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a white guy)
• Bloc Party - Song for Clay (Disppear here)
• Tina Turner - We don't need another hero (Thunderdome)
• Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This bird has flown)
• Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - Stop, Look, Listen (To your heart)
• Shangri-las - Remember (Walking in the sand)
• Tom McRae - End of the world news (Dose me up)
• Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
• James Brown - I got you (I feel good)
• The The - Armageddon Days (Are here again)
• Duke Ellington/Ella Fitzgerald - It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing)
• Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I knew you were waiting (for me)
• JoJo - Leave (Get out)
• Benny Hill - Ernie (The fastest milkman in the west)
• Dawn Penn - You don't love me (No No No)
• Eurythmics - Beethoven (I love to listen)
• Stevie Wonder - Signed sealed delivered (I'm yours)
• Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (The best that you can do)
• Undertones - You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!)
• Tribe called Quest - Jazz (We've got)
• Elvis Presley - (Marie's the name) His latest flame
• Proclaimers - (I'm gonna be) 500 miles
• Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
• Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Bridge Street Song (Feelin' Groovy)
• Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make me smile (Come up and see me)
• Hall & Oates - I can't go for that (No can do)
• Grandmaster & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't do it)
• Sean Paul - (When You Gonna) Give It Up to Me
• Elton John - Rocket Man (It’s going to be a long long time)
• Lou Bega - Mambo No 5 (A little bit of)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified" and "applified" playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't have)
2. White Stripes - Pretty good looking (for a girl)
3. Meatloaf - I'll do anything for love (but I won't do that)
4. Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
5. James Brown - I got you (I feel good)
6. Radiohead - Street spirit (Fade out)

[Side 2]
7. Duke Ellington - It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing)
8. Grandmaster & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't do it)
9. Dawn Penn - You don't love me (No No No)
10. Undertones - You've got my number (Why don't you use it!)
11. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make me smile (Come up and see me)
12. Stevie Wonder - Signed sealed delivered (I'm yours)
Hidden: Libertines - Up the Bracket

Previous Appearances

From this era of Livesey mixtapes, all but 4 have never been on before. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 2: Radiohead (12)
• 1: James Brown (4), Undertones (5), White stripes (6)

Weekend Playlist: Roads

Weekend Playlist: Roads

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (31/10/2025) with Songs that reference Roadst.
This was to commemorate the opening of the M1 on Sunday (02/11/1959).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1] Traffic Jam
Talking Heads - Road to nowhere
Green Day - Boulevard off broken dreams
Kelly Clarkson - High road
Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown traffic
America - Ventura Highway
Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway

[Side 2] Drive all night
Canned Heat - On the road again
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Cyndi Lauper - I drove all night
Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
Van Morrison - Bright side of the road

[Bonus]
A1 - Take on me
Spice Girls - Stop
Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas

Long list

• Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
• Primitives - Crash
• Trashcan Sinatras - Maybe I should drive
• Ella Fitzgerald - Manhatten
• Iron Maiden - 22 Acacia Avenue
• Sinead O'Connor - Raglan Road
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Eagles - Life in the fast lane
• Radiohead - Street spirit
• Chris Rea - Road to Hell
• Bon Jovi - Runaway
• Sheryl Crow - Every day is a winding road
• Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Hiway
• dEUS - Instant Street
• Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Elysées
• America - Ventura Highway
• Aztec Camera - Killermont St
• David Ford - Song for the road
• Van Morrison - Bright side of the road
• Jane Wiedlin - Rush hour
• Jimi Hendrix - Crosstown traffic
• Queen - I'm in love with my car
• Radar Love - Golden Earring
• Willie Nelson - On the road again
• AC/DC - Highway to hell
• Beatles - Why don't we do it in the road
• Grand Funk Railroad - Some kind of Wonderful
• East River Pipe - Down 42nd Street to the Light
• Heshoo Beshoo Group - Armitage Road
• Primal Scream - Kowalski
• 3 Doors down - Road I'm on
• Allman Brothers - Jessica (Top Gear)
• Counting Crows - Sullivan Street
• Stereophonics - Traffic
• A1 - Take on me
• Toots & Maytals - (Take me home) Country roads
• Saw Doctors - N17
• Billy Bragg - A13 Trunk Road
• Gorillaz - M1 A1
• Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
• Talking Heads - Road to nowhere
• Beatles - Long and winding road
• Go-Gos - Skidmarks on my heart
• Ocean colour Scene - One for the road
• Tracy Chapman - Crossroads
• Richard Hawley - Not the only road
• Spice Girls - Stop
• Flaming Lips - Go
• I Royals - Coronation Street
• Proclaimers - King of the Road
• Doors - Roadhouse Blues
• U2 - Where the streets have no name
• Kelly Clarkson - High road
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn
• Ian Brown - Longsight M13
• Portishead - Roads
• Deep Purple - Highway star
• B52s - Love Shack
• Kirsty MacColl - Walking down Madison
• Doves - M62
• Jimmy Cliff - Hard road to travel
• Catatonia - Road Rage
• Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
• Billy Gibbons - I was a highway
• Cinderella - Gypsy Road
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• Levellers - The Road
• Tom McRae - Silent boulevard
• Lock - Everlasting road
• Robert Plant - Tie dye on the highway
• St Etienne - Like a motorway
• Bryan Adams - Open Road
• New Order - 60 miles an hour
• Blur - He thought of cars
• Rascal Flatts - Life is a Highway
• Shara Nelson - Down that road
• Stock, Aitken & Waterman - Roadblock
• Green Day - Boulevard off broken dreams
• Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• Zazie - Rue de la Paix
• Tom Robinson - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
• Canned Heat - On the road again
• Cyndi Lauper - I drove all night
• Satoshi Tomiie ft Kelli Ali - Love in traffic
• Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas
• Ralph McTell - Streets of London

LNL Midnight Mixtape: DIY

Midnight Mixtape: DIY

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (30/10/2025) with Songs that reference anything found at a DIY store! The inspiration was wen it was suggested by Tony and Paul previously when Peter Gabriel's "Red rain" was mentioned and that he'd (with Sledgehammer) have better chance if it was a "things you'd find in a DIY store".

Songs in contention

• Michael Torke - Architrade
• Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
• English Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
• Hank Williams - My bucket's got a hole in it
• Rolling Stones - Paint it black
• Shed Seven - Waiting for the catch
• Dr Hook - Sharing the night together
• Peter Paul Mary - I had a hammer in the morning
• Muse - Plug in baby
• Black Crowes - Hard to handle
• Metallica - Hit the lights
• Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string
• Gary Numan - Metal
• Beatles - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
• Goo Goo Dolls - Lights
• Shakin' Stevens - Green door
• Squeeze - Another nail in my heart
• Pretenders - Back in the chain gang
• Unit 4+2 - Concrete & Clay
• MC Hammer - U can’t touch this
• Blur - Coping
• Motorhead - Ace of Spades
• Bread - If (picture paints 1000 words)
• Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
• Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
• Melanie - Brand new key
• White Stripes - Screwdriver
• Pulp - Common people
• Queen - Hammer to fall
• Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
• Barenaked Ladies - Duct tape heart
• Floaters - Float on
• Tom Robinson - Wallpaper
• Minor Threat - Filler
• CCS - Taps turn on the water
• Nova Twins - Toolbox
• Coldplay - Fix you
• Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter
• Dream Warriors - Wash your face in my sink
• Elton John - Screw you
• Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
• Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder she wrote
• Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sand
• Spinners - Rubberband man
• Athlete - Wires
• Breeders - Divine hammer
• Jam - Bricks & mortar
• Nick Berry - Every loser wins
• Patty Loveless - Timber I’m falling in love
• Peter Bjorn John - Young Folks
• Soft Cell - Torch
• Taylor Swift - Wood
• Tom Waits - New coat of paint
• Stereophonics - Hanging on your hinges
• Zach Bryan - Sandpaper
• Tubes - Power Tools

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified and "applified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
2. English Beat - Mirror in the bathroom
3. Hank Williams - My bucket's got a hole in it
4. Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a string
5. Pretenders - Back in the chain gang
6. Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter
[Side 2]
7. Dream Warriors - Wash your face in my sink
8. Spinners - Rubberband man
9. Unit 4+2 - Concrete & Clay
10. Athlete - Wires
11. Rolling Stones - Paint it black
12. Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Hidden: Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite

Previous Appearances

From this era of Livesey mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before English Beat*, Hank Williams(1), Tim Hardin*, Dream Warriors*, Spinners(1), Unit4+2*, Athlete(1), Motorhead(3) have not been on before (* neither on Colin's Midnight Mixtapes) Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 3: Peter Gabriel (6)
• 1: Pretenders (2), Rolling Stones (8), Sandie Shaw (2), Smiths (3)

Weekend Playlist: West & East

Weekend Playlist: West/East

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Andrew looking at X/twitter selections (24/10/2025) with Songs that reference West and/or East.
This was inspired by the 40th anniversary of the release the Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls" as well as the World Series starting between LA Dodgers (West) and Toronto Blue Jays (East).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] West Side
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Nick Cave - West country girl
Deacon Blue - Kings of the Western World
Tupac - California Love
Escape Club - Wild Wild West
Beach Boys - California girls

[Side 2] East End
Big Country - East of Eden
Gene Pitney - Mecca
Jerry Reed - East bound and down
Water Boys - Raggle taggle gypsy
Wet Wet Wet - East of the river
Beatles - Back in the USSR

[Bonus]
Dinah Shore - Buttons & Bows
Anita Dobson - Anyone can fall in love (Eastenders theme)
Benny Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)

Long list

• Big Country - East of Eden
• Deacon Blue - Kings of the Western World
• Theatre of Hate - Do you believe in the Westworld?
• Franglish ft. Fally Ipupa - Est/Ouest
• Proclaimers - Scotland’s story
• Water Boys - Raggle taggle gypsy
• Clash - Gates of the west
• Chris De Burgh - Eastern Wind
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Go West - King of wishful thinking
• Dinah Shore - Buttons & Bows
• Godspeed you! - East Hastings (28 days later)
• John Denver - Take me home, country roads
• ELO - Wild west hero
• Herman’s Hermit - East West
• Beach Boys - California girls
• Kingsmen - Week end
• Wet Wet Wet - East of the river
• Escape Club - Wild Wild West
• Head East - Never been any reason
• Tupac - California Love
• Man from Atlantis - Which way's East?
• Parlor Greens - West Memphis
• Zara McFarlane - East of the River Nile
• Benny Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)
• Casting Crowns - East to West
• Steely Dan - East St Louis Toodle-oo
• Chris Stapleton - Outlaw state of mind
• Tom Waits - Golin’ out west
• East of Eden - Jig a jig
• Blur - Under the westway
• Dire Straits - Eastbound train
• Jerry Reed - East bound and down
• Beatles - Back in the USSR
• Marty Robbins - ElPaso
• Will Smith - Wild wild west
• Dire Straits - Once upon a time in the west
• Stevie Ray Vaughn - Blues at sunrise
• Zella Day - East of Eden
• Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
• Anita Dobson - Anyone can fall in love (Eastenders theme)
• Green Day - East Jesus nowhere
• Lana Del Ray - West coast
• Catatonia - Goldfish & Paracetamol
• Lily Allen - West End Girl
• Nick Cave - West country girl
• Sensational Barnet Bros - Janner song
• Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
• Simple Minds - East of Easter
• Ultravox - Western Promise
• Billy Gibbons - West coast junkie
• Bob Seger - East side story
• Gene Pitney - Mecca
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
• Annie Lennox - Into the West
• Tom McRae - How the west was won
• Pet Shop Boys - Go west
• Bryan Adams - East side story
• Blackstreet - No Diggity
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
• David Hasselhoff - Looking for freedom
• Jean Michel Jarre - Souvenir of China
• Survivor - Burning heart
• Corries - Westering home
• Ella Fitzgerald - East of the sun
• Tasmin Archer - Lords ot the new church

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Small Things

Midnight Mixtape: Small Things

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (23/10/2025) with Songs that reference small things based on International Mole Day (October 23rd)!

Songs in contention

• Soft Cell - Say hello wave goodbye
• Blink 182 - All the small things
• Martika - Toy Soldiers
• Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
• Sydney Devine - Tiny bubbles
• Elton John - Tiny dancer
• Small Faces - Itchychoo Park
• Nick Cave - Higgs Boson Blues
• Bob Marley - 3 little birds
• David Bowie - Little wonder
• Blondie - Atomic
• Salt’n’Pepa - Push it
• Tiny Habits - Tiny things
• D'Angelo - Brown sugar
• Dave Berry - Little Things
• Army of Lovers - Particle Song
• Suzanne Vega - Small blue thing
• Doobie Brothers - Minute by minute
• Klaxons - Atom to atom
• Joni Mitchell - Little green
• Mudhoney - Little dogs
• Prince - Little red corvette
• Searchers - Needles & Pins
• Heather Small - Proud
• Cardiacs - Insect hoofs on Lassie
• P!nk - Just like a pill
• X-Ray Spex (Poly Styrene) - Germ free adolescents
• Mazzy Star - Into dust
• Aretha Franklin - Say a little prayer
• Thom Yorke - Atoms for peace
• Shed Seven - Devil in your shoes
• UB40 - There's a rat in my kitchen
• 1D - Little things
• The be good Tanyas - Littlest birds
• Modest Mouse - Tiny cities made of ashes
• Tinie Tempah - Pass out
• Tori Amos - Little earthquakes
• Bronski Beat - Smalltown boy
• Bob Dylan - Every grain of sand
• Adam & Ants - Ant music
• Sweet - Little willy
• Who - Boris the Spider
• BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head
• Groove Armada - Little by little
• Gina G - Ooh aah just a little bit
• Amyl & Sniffers - Tiny bikini
• Ronnie Hilton - Windmill in old Amsterdam
• Brian Hyland - Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini
• Sisqo - Thong song
• Bach - Air on a g string
• Jimi Hendrix - Little wing
• Cure - Caterpillar
• Steely Dan - Peg

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified and a applified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Blink 182 - All the small things
2. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
3. Gina G - Ooh aah just a little bit
4. Blondie - Atomic
5. Tiny Habits - Tiny things
6. Jimi Hendrix - Little wing

[Side 2]
7. Steely Dan - Peg
8. Searchers - Needles & Pins
9. Ronnie Hilton - Windmill in old Amsterdam
10. Cardiacs - Insect hoofs on Lassie 
11. Who - Boris the Spider
12. Adam & Ants - Ant music
Hidden: Soft Cell - Say hello wave goodbye

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before Jackie Wilson, Gina G, Ronnie Hilton, Tiny Habits. Furthermore none of them have featured in the original midnight mixtapes neither. Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: The Who (8)
• 3: Jimi Hendrix (6)
• 2: Blondie (6), Cardiacs (2)
• 1: Adam & Ants (4), Blink 182 (2), Searchers (1), Soft Cell (2), Steely Dan (1)

Weekend Playlist: Silence

Weekend Playlist: Silence

Here's the weekend playlist created by Ian with help from guest curator Paul the trucker looking at X/twitter selections (17/10/2025) with Songs that reference silence.
This was inspired by the original release of Simon & Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" on 19/10/1964.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Sounds of Silence
1. Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
2. John Cage - 4'33"
3. Tremeloes - Silence is golden
4. Tori Amos - Silent all these years
5. Dido - Quiet Times
6. Miles Davis - In a silent way
[Side 2] Enjoy the silence
7. Mylène Farmer - Peut-être toi
8. Nils Lofgren - Shine silently
9. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence
10. Bjork - It’s oh so quiet
11. Gorillaz - Silent Running
12. Queensrÿche - Silent lucidity
[Bonus]
Go-Gos - Our lips are sealed
Anthrax/Public Enemy - Bring the noize

Long list

• Nils Lofgren - Shine silently
• Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence
• John Cage - 4'33"
• Tremeloes - Silence is golden
• Japan - Quiet Life
• Supertramp - Even in the quietest moments
• Fun boy three - Our lips are sealed
• Bjork - It’s oh so quiet
• Stromae - Silence
• Crowded House - Silent House
• Japan - Quiet Life
• Mark Hollis - A life (1895-1915)
• Miles Davis - In a silent way
• Pastor TL Barrett & Youth for Christ Choir - Blessed Quietness
• Mike + Mechanics - Silent Running
• Linkin Park - One step closer
• Bjork - It's oh so quiet
• Feeder - Wall Of Silence
• Ren - Tale of Jenny & Screech
• Five satins - In the still of the night
• Vince Gill - When I call your name
• Who - Pinball Wizard
• Queensrÿche - Silent lucidity
• Birdy - Quietly yours
• Keane - Silenced by the night
• Roe - Quiet place
• No Doubt - Don’t speak
• Ronan Keating - When you say nothing at all
• Ian Dury - Quiet
• Queen of the stone age - Song for the deaf
• Starsailor - Silence is easy
• Dido - Quiet Times
• Missy Elliott - Get ur freak on
• Shakespear’s Sister - Stay
• King Crimson - Epitaph
• Massive Attack - Silent Spring
• Radiohead - Stop whispering
• Badly Drawn Boy - Silent Sigh
• Joy Division - Atmosphere
• Anthrax/Public Enemy - Bring the noize
• Hans Erdmann - Nosferatu
• Idlewild - Quiet crown
• Annie Lennox - No more I love yous
• Natasha Bedingfield - Silent movie
• New Order - Your silent face
• Gorillaz - Silent Running
• Radiohead - Dollars & Cents
• REM - Nigthswimming
• Madison Beer - Silence between songs
• Delerium - Silence
• Mark Lanegan - Radio Silence
• Mylène Farmer - Peut-être toi
• Patrick Rondat - World of Silence
• Disturbed - Sound of Silence
• Simon & Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
• Tori Amos - Silent all these years
• Go-Gos - Our lips are sealed

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Weird Weather

Midnight Mixtape: Weird weather

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (16/10/2025) with Songs that reference weird/impossible weather conditions on the anniversairy of Michael Fish downplaying and getting weather wrong about the Great storm of 1987

Songs in contention

• Fortunes - Storm in a teacup
• Weather Girls - It's raining men
• Jimi Hendrix - Winds cries Mary
• Len - Steal my sunshine
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Peter Gabriel - Red rain
• Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
• Doors - Riders on the storm
• Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather
• Prince - Purple Rain
• Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart
• Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
• Counting Crows - Rain King
• Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
• Buddy Holly - Raining in my heart
• Adele - Set fire to the rain
• Robert Cray - Forecast (Calls for pain)
• Slayer - Raining blood
• Stevie Wonder - Sunshine of my life
• Christopher Cross - Ride like the wind
• Bob Marley - Rainbow country
• Justin Heyward - Forever Autumn
• Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine
• Lindasfarne - Fog on the tyne
• Rolling Stones - She’s a rainbow
• AC/DC - Thunderstruck
• Elvis Presley - Kentucky Rain
• Taylor Swift - Lavender haze
• Spinal Tap - Break like the wind
• Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
• Anggun - Snow in the Sahara
• Mud - Moonshine Sally
• Barry Manilow - It never rains in Southern California
• ELO - Mr Blue Sky
• Jam - Burning Sky
• Scorpions - Rock you like a hurricane
• Vanessa Williams - Save the best for last
• Steps - Hundred years of winter
• Frank Zappa - Don't eat the yellow snow
• Donald Fagen - Weather in my head
• Crowded House - Four seasons in one day
• Mogwai - Sun smells too loud
• Bill Withers - Ain’t no sunshine
• Grease - Grease Lightning
• Manic Street Preachers - You stole the sun from my heart
• Yoko Ono - Who has seen the rain
• Rolling Stones - Get off my cloud
• Katrina & Waves - Walking on sunshine
• Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Weather Girls - It's raining men
2. Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart
3. Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather
4. Barry Manilow - It never rains in Southern California
5. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
6. Slayer - Raining blood

[Side 2]
7. Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
8. Grease - Grease Lightning
9. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
10. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
11. Buddy Holly - Raining in my heart
12. Prince - Purple Rain
Hidden:
Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before, they are Grease (1), Leo Sayer, Slayer (2) Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Kate Bush (17)
• 3: Arctic Monkeys (7), Bob Dylan (13)
• 2: Barry Manilow (2), Bruce Springsteen (8), Isaac Hayes (2)
• 1: Buddy Holly (3), Marianne Faithfull (1), Prince (14), Weather Girl (1)

Weekend Playlist: Tube

Weekend Playlist: Tube

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (10/10/2025) with Songs that reference the tube/london underground.
This was inspired by the anniversairy of the opening of Wood Lane underground station on Sunday (12/10/2008)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1]
ABBA - Waterloo
Squeeze - Up The Junction
Belle & Sebastian - Mornington Crescent
Catatonia - Londinium
Alan Hacksaw - Grange Hill
Kinks - Victoria

[Side 2]
Fergie - London Bridge
Underworld - Born Slippy
Jade - Angel of my dreams
Duffy - Warwick Avenue
Wombles - Wombling Song
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

[Bonus]
Girls aloud - Sounds of the underground
Northern Line - Love on the Northern Line
Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight

Long list

• Pierre Perret - Bercy Madeleine
• Pogues - White City
• Steve Harley - Harrow on the Hill
• Kitchens of distinction - On Tooting Broadway Station
• Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
• Judy Collins - Sunny Goodge Street
• Duffy - Warwick Avenue
• Girls aloud - Sounds of the underground
• Al Stewart - Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
• Sisters of Mercy - Temple of Love
• Tom Robinson Band - Winter of 79
• Catatonia - Londinium
• ELO - Last train to London
• Squeeze - Piccadilly
• Clash - Guns of Brixton
• Pet Shop Boys - King's Cross
• Royksopp & Robyn - Momument
• Chubby & Gang - All along the Uxbridge road
• Pete Townshend - Stardom in Acton
• Taylor Swift - London boy
• Alan Hacksaw - Grange Hill
• Tim & Roly - Northern Line Song
• LV - Northern Line
• Jonathan Kirby - Stratford
• Lisa O'Neill - Seven Sisters
• Steve White & Protest Family - One night in Walthamstow
• Ramz - Barking
• Roxy Music - Do the Strand
• Suggs - Camden Town
• Squeeze - Up The Junction
• Fall - Victoria
• Belle & Sebastian - Mornington Crescent
• Fergie - London Bridge
• Dire Straits - Walk of life
• J Geils Band - Centerfold
• Notting Hillbillies - Your own sweet way
• Dolly Parton - Unlikely Angel
• Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
• Feeling - Blue Piccadilly
• Ian Dury & Blockheads - What a waste
• Jay Foreman - Every tube song
• Nathan Lay - It's a long way to Tipperary
• Northern Line - Love on the Northern Line
• Appleton - Everything Eventually
• Wombles - Wombling Song
• Jade - Angel of my dreams
• Massive Attack - Angel
• Rufus Wainwright - Damsel in Distress
• Depeche Mode - Monument
• Kitchens of Distinction - On Tooting Broadway station
• My life story - Angel
• Aerosmith - Angel
• Dan Reed Network - Seven Sisters Road
• Rainbow - Temple of the King
• ABBA - Waterloo
• Jane's Addiction - Been caught stealing
• Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
• St Etienne - Archway people
• Madness - Primrose Hill
• Gary P Nunn - London Homesick Blues
• Gomez - Whippin’ Piccadilly
• John Sullivan - Only fools & Horses (Closing Theme)
• Pulp - Mile End
• Underworld - Born Slippy
• Marillon - Kayleigh
• Carter USM - Only living boy in New Cross
• Clannad - Tower Hill
• Roddy Frame - Marble Arch
• Clash - London calling
• Ralph McTell - Streets of London
• Odin - Turnpike Lane
• Clash - Train in vain
• Scouting for girls - Mind the gap

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Gameshows

Midnight Mixtape: Gameshows

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (09/10/2025) with Songs that reference gameshows on the return of Celebrity Traitors!

Songs in contention

• Olivia Rodrigo - Traitors
• Europe - Final Countdown
• Peter Gabriel - Games without frontiers [It’s a knockout]
• Who - My Generation
• Charles’n’Eddie - Would I lie to you
• Huey Lewis - Hip to be square [Hip hop square]
• Kay Starr - Wheel of fortune
• Motorhead - Chase is better than the catch
• Sleeper - Sale of the Century
• Sweet - Blockbuster
• Manfred Mann - 5-4-3-2-1
• Beyonce - Countdown
• Carole King - It’s too late [Up late game show]
• Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
• James Arthur - Impossible
• Shed Seven - Going for gold
• Just Jack - Starz in their eyes
• Alan Parsons Project - Games people play
• Prmatics - Tipping Point
• Stranglers - Raven
• Queen - We are the champions
• Breeders - Cannonball
• Survivor - Eye of the tiger
• Frank Sinatra - Who wants to be a millionaire?
• Undertones - My perfect cousin [University Challenge]
• Nanci Griffith - The wheel
• Lucy Dacus - Bullseye
• Kinks - (Strictly) Come Dancing
• Lewis Calpadi - Pointless
• Sugababes - Push the button
• Slade - In for a penny
• Surfaris - Wipeout
• George Michael - Spinning the wheel
• Fox & Hound - Best of friends
• Giorgio Mordoer - The Chase
• Tears for Fears - Tipping Point
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Sonic Youth - 100.00%
• Dannii Minogue & Soul Seekers - Perfection
• Bad Company - Shooting star
• Sparks - Beat the clock
• Planet Funk - Chase the sun
• Taylor Swift - Mastermind
• Bag Raiders - Shooting stars

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
2. Breeders - Cannonball
3. Sleeper - Sale of the Century
4. Sonic Youth - 100.00%
5. Charles’n’Eddie - Would I lie to you
6. Frank Sinatra - Who wants to be a millionaire?
[Side 2]
7. Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
8. Giorgio Mordoer - The Chase
9. Sparks - Beat the clock
10. Surfaris - Wipeout
11. Shed Seven - Going for gold
12. Queen - We are the champions
Hidden: Europe - Final Countdown

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before Sonic Youth (2), Charles'n'Eddie (1), Europe (1), Frankie goes to Hollywood (1), Sleeper, Surfaris.

Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 3: Queen (18)
• 1: Breeders (2), Frank Sinatra (8), Franz Ferdinand (3), Giorgio Mordoer (2), Shed Seven (2), Sparks (2)

Extended Long List

• ABBA - Winner takes it all
• Ace of base - Wheel of fortune
• Alice Cooper - School’s out
• Alicia Myers - If you play your cards right
• Andy Williams - Impossible dream
• Anouk - We are [Only Connect]
• Barenaked Ladies - It’s all been done [Price is Right]
• Bell & Spurling - Goldenballs
• Bellhead - Double Jeopardy
• Benny the Butcher - Deal or No Deal
• Billy Joel - We didn’t start the fire [Wheel of Fortune]
• Blues Traveler - Run around
• Bob Dylan - Wheels on fire
• Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a hero
• Brainbug - (K)nightmare
• Calling - Final Answer
• Cardiacs - Stoneage Dinosaurs [Crackerjack]
• Carter USM - Rubbish [Price is right]
• Chris Rea - Every second counts
• Clash - Remote Control
• Cliff Nobles - Price is right
• Cloura - Only Connection
• Coventry City - Go for it
• Damien Rice - Cannonball
• Damned - Silly kid’s games
• Dave - My 19th birthday [Takeshi’s Castle]
• Destiny’s Child - Survivor
• Dion - Runaround Sue
• Dolly Parton - Crackerjack
• Ed Sheeran - Punchline
• Elton John - Circle of life [Wheel of fortune]
• Eurythmics - Would I lie to you
• Flaming Lips - (Sorry) Haven’t got a clue
• Freddie Mercury - Great Pretender
• Genesis - Domino
• Genesis - Whodunnit
• Gloria Estefan - 1-2-3
• Gloria Gaynor - Let’s make a deal
• Greg Kikn Band - Jeopardy
• HMHB - Knobheads on Gameshows
• HMHB - Paintball’s coming home [Crystal Maze]
• Howard Jones - The Chase
• Iron Maiden - Ace’s high
• Jam - News of the World
• Jefferson Airplane - Runaround
• JJ Cale - Runaround
• John Farnham - You’re the voice
• John Parr - Restless heart [Running Man*]
• Julius Fucik - Entry of the Gladiators
• Kate Bush - Babooshka
• Lady Gaga - Poker Face
• Lene Lovich - Jeopardy
• Lulu - Man with the golden gun (golden shot)
• Madness - House of fun
• Mandamyth - Bullseye
• MC Hammer - U can’t touch this
• Megadeth - Tipping Point
• Morgen - Odd one out
• P!nk - Funhouse
• Perrie - Punchline
• Pet Shop Boys - Opportunity Knocks
• Phil Collins - I missed again
• Pink Floyd - Another brick in the wall
• PJ Harvey - The wheel
• Platters - Great Pretender
• Portishead - Chase the tear
• Roachford - Cuddly Toy
• S’Xpress - Theme from S’Xpress [Countdown]
• Shinedown - Second Chance
• Shontelle - Impossible
• Sister Sledge - We are family (fortunes)
• Snuff - Blankety Blank
• Somewhere in Between - Mr & Mrs
• St Etienne - You’re in a bad way [Generation Game]
• Stereophonics - Mr & Mrs Smith
• Supertramp - Cannonball
• Survivor - High on you [wheel of the fortune]
• Tate McRae - Call my bluff
• Terrorvision - Celebrity Hitlist
• Tom Waits - Day after tomorrow [21/The Wheel]
• Tony Hatch - Mr & Mrs
• Weather Girls - It’s raining men [Have we got news for you]
• Wham! - I’m your man [you bet]
• Whitesnake - Would I lie to you
• Who - University Challenge
• Who - You better you bet

Weekend Playlist: North & South

Weekend Playlist: North & South

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (03/10/2025) with Songs that reference North and/or South.
This was inspired by the match between Adrian's Preston North End and Benny's Charlton Athletic

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] North
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern town
Renaissance - Northern Light
Johnny Horton - North to Alaska
Charlatans - North country boy
Razorlight - North London trash
JAMs - It's grim up North

[Side 2] South
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
Moby - South side
Neil Young - Southern man
Ed Sheeran - South of the border
Little Mix - Power
Frank Sinatra - South of the border

[Bonus]
Louise Attaque - Du Nord au Sud
Cho Yong-pil - Holo Arirang

Long list

• Icicle Works - Up here in the North of England
• Renaissance - Northern Lights
• Japandroids - North East South West
• Bruce Springsteen - Somewhere North of Nashville
• Robert Fripp - North Star
• LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
• Thomas Dolby - Flying North
• Musical Youth - Pass the dutchie
• REM - Stand
• Charlatans - North Country Boy
• Louise Attaque - Du Nord au Sud
• Praga Khan - Northern Lights
• Isaac Hayes - Southern Breeze
• Texas - South side
• Doves - Northenden
• Gerry Rafferty - North & South
• JJ72 - Long way south
• Fabulous Thunderbirds - Way down south (My Cousin Vinny)
• Gigspanner Big Band - Northern Frisk
• Throwing Muses - South Coast
• Elkhorn - South
• E-motion - Naughty north and sexy south
• Icehouse - Great Southern Land
• Bloc Party - Helicopter
• Ordinary Boys - Boys will be boys
• Bananarama - Nathan Jones
• Frank Sinatra - South of the Border
• Madness - NW5
• Fall - NWRA
• Johnny Horton - North to Alaska
• Elvis - American Triology
• Nash & Crosby - Southbound Train
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
• Tom Petty - Southern Accents
• Kate Bush - Lyra (Golden Compass)
• Razorlight - North London Trash
• Mark Knopfler - Going home
• Fall - Hit the north
• Frank Turner - The Road
• Robbie Williams - South of the Border
• Little Mix - Power
• Northern Line - Love on the Northern Line
• Disney - Song of the South (Zip a Dee Doo Dah)
• Nick Drake - Northern Sky
• Death Cab for Cutie - Northern Lights
• Ian Brown - Northern Lights
• Beautiful South - One last love song
• Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
• Ed Sheeran - South of the Border
• Sea Power - North Hanging Rock
• Hope & Social - South facing
• Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
• Christy Moore - North & South of the river
• Black Sabbath - Sign of the Southern Cross
• Neil Young - Southern man
• Cho Yong-pil - Holo Arirang
• IdleWild - Quiet Crown
• Feelers - Venus
• Moby - South side
• U2 - North & South of the river
• Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
• Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
• Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude
• Jay Semko - Due South Theme
• JAMMs - It's grim up North
• Louis Armstrong - It's sleepy time down south
• Clash - North & South
• Edwyn Collins - North of Heaven
• Mica Paris - South of the river
• Melanie C - Northern Star

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Wild Animals

Midnight Mixtape: Wild Animals

On the midnight mixtape, Nick Bright was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (02/10/2025) with Songs that reference wild animals/wildlife! This is in memory of primatologist Jane Goodall who passed away at the age of 93

Songs in contention

• Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
• Duran Duran - Hungry like a wolf
• Kinks - Apeman
• Pixies - Monkey gone to Heaven
• Tones & I - Dance Monkey
• Flanders & Swann - Gnu Song
• Elton John - Crocodile Rock
• Alien Ant Farm - Movies
• ABBA - Eagle
• Adam & Ants - Dog eat dog
• Prince - When doves cry
• Echo & Bunnymen - Crocodile
• Bloodhound Gang - Bad touch
• Mumford & Sons - Little lion man
• Toots & Maytals - Monkey Man
• Gorillaz - Feel good inc
• Crazy Town - Butterfly
• Blow Monkeys - He shedding
• Arctic Monkeys - I wanna be yours
• Goodies - Funky gibbon
• Shakira - She wolf
• Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
• Led Zeppelin - Black dogG
• Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
• Ted Nugent - Cat scratch fever
• Black Sabbath - War pigs
• Ylvis - The Fox
• Dave Matthews band - Shake me like a monkey
• Blossoms - Gary
• Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
• Vampire Weekend - Young Lion
• Survivor - Eye of the tiger
• Beatles - I am the walrus
• Scissor Sisters - Only the horses
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Slow cheetah
• Mud - Tiger Feet
• Kate Bush - And dream of sheep
• Beck - Paper tiger
• Nirvana - Very ape
• Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
• VV Brown - Shark in the water
• Elvis - Hound dog
• Jefferson Airplane - Whit Rabbit
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Deer & Wolf
• A-Ha - Cry wolf
• Rolling Stones - Wild horses
• Tight Fit - Lion sleeps tonight
• TV on the radio - Wolf like me
• Heart - Barracuda
• Wolf Alice - Silk
• Stevie Nicks - Jane

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape! Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
2. VV Brown - Shark in the water
3. TV on the radio - Wolf like me
4. Toots & Maytals - Monkey Man
5. Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
6. Flanders & Swann - Gnu Song
[Side 2]
7. Mud - Tiger Feet
8. Beatles - I am the walrus
9. Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
10. Echo & Bunnymen - Crocodile
11. Scissor Sisters - Only the horses
12. Vampire Weekend - Young Lion
Hidden:

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before Echo & Bunnymen (3), Flanders & Son (1), Gorillaz (1), Scissor Sisters, Toy dolls, TV on the radio, Vampire Weekend, VV Brown

Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 6: Beatles (21)
• 1: Bob Marley (12), Blossoms (2), Mud (1), Stevie Nicks (1), Toots & Maytals (4)

Weekend Playlist: Rabbit

Weekend Playlist: Rabbits/h2> Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Louise looking at X/twitter selections (26/09/2024) with Songs that reference bunnies and rabbits.
This was inspired by National Bunny Day on last Saturday of September.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Mad as Rabbits
Florence & Machine - Rabbit Heart
Flanagan & Allen - Run Rabbit Run
Panic! at the disco - Mad as rabbits
Paul Smith - Silver Rabbit
UNKLE - Rabbit in your headlights
Skee-lo - I wish

[Side 2] Killa Bunnies
Moloko - Killa Bunnies
Hoosiers - Run Rabbit Run
Geoffrey Oryena - Lapin
Coyotes - Killing rabbits
Sparks - Pulling rabbits out of a hat
Pink Floyd - Breathe

[Bonus]
Beach Bunny - Year of the Optimist
Feeder - Buck Rogers
That’s all folks - Loony Tunes Theme

Long list

• Embrace - Rabbit hole
• James - Rabbit hole
• (Disney) - Winnie the Pooh Theme
• Geoffrey Oryena - Lapin
• Art Garfunkel - Bright eyes
• Bugs Bunny - Rabbit of Seville
• Coyotes - Killing rabbits
• Chase & Dave - Rabbit
• Eminem - Lose yourself
• Elvis - I got lucky
• Panic! at the disco - Mad as rabbits
• Elton John - Jack Rabbit
• David Bowie - Song for Bob Dylan
• Enter Shikari - Thumper
• Paul Smith - Silver Rabbit
• Kasabian - Me plus one
• Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
• Henri Salvador - Petit Lapin
• Marilyn Manson - Are you the rabbit?
• Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
• Elkhorn - Jackrabbit Hops
• Sean Price - Elmer Fudd
• Seljuk Rustum - Desi Bunny
• Groove Armada - Get Down
• UNKLE - Rabbit in your headlights
• Manic Dtreet Preachers - If you tolerate this your children will be next
• Radiohead - Rabbit run
• T-Rex - Rabbit fighter
• Danny and Juniors - At the hop
• Dwight Yoakam - Playboy
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
• Jane Wiedlin - Fur
• Radiohead - Lucky
• Van Halen - Jump
• Hoosiers - Run Rabbit Run
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
• Beach Bunny - Year of the Optimist
• Radiohead - Myxomatosis
• Goldfrapp - Twist
• Pink Floyd - Breathe
• Temper Trap - Rabbit Hole
• Cardi B / Bad Bunny /J Balvin - I like it
• Jive Bunny - Swing the mood
• King Creosote - Peter Rabbit Tea
• National - Pink Rabbits
• Sparks - Pulling rabbits out of a hat
• Aerosmith - Sweet emotion
• Buffy - I've Got a Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together
• Cheaptrick - You say jump
• Feeder - Buck Rogers
• That’s all folks - Loony Tunes Theme
• P!nk - Gone to California
• Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
• Arctic Monkeys - View from the afternoon
• Chuck Berry - You never can tell
• Jamie T - Rabbit hole
• Maceo Parker - Rabbits in the pea patch
• Skee-lo - I wish
• Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart
• Magnetic Fields - Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
• Moloko - Killa Bunnies
• Flanagan & Allen - Run Rabbit Run
• Amy Winehouse - Trilby
• Des'ree - Life
• Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Who's Who

Midnight Mixtape: Who's who

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (25/09/2025) with Songs that reference Who as The Who finish their North American leg of their "The Song is over" farewell tour!

Songs in contention

• Who - Who are you?
• David Bowie - Man who saved the world
• Creedance clearwater - Who'll stop the rain
• U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
• Snoop Dogg - Who am I (what's my name?)
• Script - The man who can't be moved
• AC/DC - Who made who?
• Velvet underground - Who loves the sun
• Zane - Who?
• Arctic Monkeys - Only ones who know
• Alan Jackson - Who says you can't have it all
• Journey - Who's crying now?
• Bob Marley - Who the cap fit
• Shaggy - It wasn't me **hidden**
• Eminem - My name is **hidden**
• Radiohead - You and whose army?
• Baha Men - Who let the dogs out
• Daniel Caesar - Who hurt you
• Spice Girls - Who do oyu think you are
• Men at work - Who can it be now?
• Flo rida - Who that girl
• Storm - Who am I (what's my name?)
• Taylor Swift - The smallest man who ever lived
• Luther Vandross - Anyone who had a heart
• Three days grace - Someone who cares
• John Mayer - Who says
• Miley Cyrus - Who owns my heart
• John Legend - Who did that to you?
• Whitney - I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)
• P!nk - Who knew
• Casting Crowns - Who am I
• Jackson 5 - Who's loving you?
• Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran - Who we love
• Khruangbin - Man who took my sunglasses
• Butthole Surfers - Who was in my room last night
• Jessie J - Who you are
• Aretha Franklin - Who's zoomin' who?
• Manic Street Preachers - Girl who wanted to be god
• Lulu - Man who saved the world
• Wham! - I'm your man
• Neil Diamond - I am I said
• Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes?
• Eurythmics - Who's that girl
• Genesis - Who dunnit?
• Nick Cave - We no who u r
• New Order - Who's Joe?
• Bill Withers - Who is he…?
• Chainsmokers - Who do you love?
• Ben E King - I (who have nothing)
• Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis
• Connie Francis - Who's sorry now?
• Housemartins - People who grinned themselves to death
• Hazell Dean - Who's leaving you
• Charley Rich - Who will the next fool be
• Chesney Hawkes - I am the one and only **hidden**
• Beatles - I am the walrus **hidden**
• Helen Reddy - I am woman **hidden**

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Who - Who are you?
2. Creedance clearwater - Who'll stop the rain
3. U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
4. Velvet underground - Who loves the sun
5. Radiohead - You and whose army?
6. Whitney - I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)

[Side 2]
7. Aretha Franklin - Who's zoomin' who?
8. Snoop Dogg - Who am I (what's my name?)
9. Ben E King - I (who have nothing)
10. Charley Rich - Who will the next fool be
11. Connie Francis - Who's sorry now?
12. Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes?
Hidden: Eminem - My name is

Weekend Playlist: Midnight

Weekend Playlist: Midnight

Here's the weekend playlist created by SnailOB with help from guest curator Quiz Man Dan looking at X/twitter selections (19/09/2024) with Songs that reference midnight.
This was inspired by the birthday for Gary Cole who was the lead in TV series, Midnight Caller.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Approaching Midnight
1. Michael Jackson - Thriller
2. Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
3. Kylie & Years & Years - Second to midnight
4. Yazoo - Midnight
5. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world
6. Maria Maldour - Midnight at the Oasis

[Side 2] After Midnight
7. Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
8. Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
9. Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
10. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
11. ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
12. Judas Priest - Living after midnight

[Bonus]
Faith no more - Midnight Cowboy Theme
Midnight Oil - Beds are burning
Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme

Long list

• Icicle Works - Evangeline
• Stranglers - Midnight summer dream
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Beethoven - Midnight Blue (Sonata #8 Pathique)
• Crimson Blizzard - Estrella de medianoche
• ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
• Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
• Maria Maldour - Midnight at the Oasis
• Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
• Cure - The walk
• Harry Nilsson - Everybidy;s talking
• Kenny Ball - Midnight to Moscow
• Brand New Heavies - Midnight at the Oasis
• Ocean colour scene - 40 past midnight
• Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
• Donna Summer - Working the midnight shift
• Praga Khan - Breakast in Vegas
• Bruce Springsteen - Chimes of Freedom
• Billy Joel - River of dreams
• Nilsson - Everybody’s talking (Midnight Cowboy)
• Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme
• Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme
• DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world
• JJ Cale - After Midnight
• Miles Davis - Round Midnight
• Bee Gees - You should be dancing
• Linkin Park - What I’ve done
• Pat Monahan - Always midnight
• Beck - Sexx laws
• Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
• Madness - In the middle of the night
• Meatloaf - Midnight at the Lost & Found
• Bob Dylan - Soon after midnight
• Chris Stapleton - Midnight train to Memphis
• Kate Ceberano - You always got the blues
• Eric Clapton - After Midnight
• Frank Sinatra - Tell me at midnight
• Fleetwood Mac - Isn’t it midnight
• Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight
• Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider
• Kylie & Years & Years - Second to midnight
• Jade - Midnight Cowboy
• Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
• Massive Attack - Live with me
• Rupert Holmes - Escape
• One direction - Midnight Memories
• Taylor Swift - Midnight Rain
• Kenny Burrell - Midnight blue
• Rolling Stones - Midnight Gambler
• Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight
• Judas Priest - Living after midnight
• Lead Belly - Midnight Special
• Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
• Madonna - Like a prayer
• Faith no more - Midnight Cowboy Theme
• Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a hero
• Elaine Paige - Memory (Cats)
• Texas - Midnight
• Sex Pistols - Rock around the clock
• Steve Miller Band - Joker
• Tom Waits - Midnight Lullaby
• Rolling Stones - Brown sugar
• Shakin’ Stevens - Green door
• Yazoo - Midnight
• Jon Bon Jovi - Midnight in Chelsea
• Killers - Midnight Show
• David Collings - Midnight is a place
• Journey - Don’t stop believin’
• M83 - Midnight City
• Timmy Trumpet - Narco
• Midnight Oil - Beds are burning

LNL Midnight Mixtape: American Movies

Midnight Mixtape: American Movies

On the midnight mixtape, Adam Fleming was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (18/09/2025) with best songs featured in American films!

Songs in contention

• Celine Dion - Because you loved me
• Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
• Martha & Vandelias - Nowhere to run
• Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in pink
• Pixies - Where is my mind?
• Onerepublic - I ain’t worried
• Starship - Nothing’s gonna stop us now
• Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warner - I had the time of my life
• Huey Lewis & News - Power of love
• Roy Orbison - Pretty woman
• John Williams - Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
• Redbone - C’mon and get your love
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head
• Eric Weissberg - Duelling Banjos
• Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss a thing
• Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
• Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle of you
• Dick Dale & Deftones - Misrilou
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
• Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
• Michel Legrand - Windmills of your mind
• Harry Nilsson - Everybody’s talkin’
• Whitney - I will always love you
• Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
• Joe Esposito - You're the best
• Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
• Boyz II Men - End of the road
• Beta Band - Dry the Rain
• Bee Gees - Stayin’ alive
• Otis Day & Knights - Shout
• Righteous Brothers - Unchained melody
• Rascal Flatts - Life is a highway
• Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's door
• Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle - One from the heart
• Hoagy Carmichael - Heart and Soul
• Tom Petty - American girl
• Ennio Morricone - Good bad and the ugly
• Tangerine dream - Love on a real train
• Max Richter - On the nature of daylight
• John Parr - St Elmo's Fire
• Huey Lewis - Hip to be square
• Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul - Fallin'
• Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
• Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
• Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
• Gary Jules - Mad World

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Huey Lewis - Hip to be square
2. Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
3. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in pink
4. Beta Band - Dry the Rain
5. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
6. Whitney - I will always love you

[Side 2]
7. Bee Gees - Stayin’ alive
8. Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle of you
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
10. Redbone - C’mon and get your love
11. Hoagy Carmichael - Heart and Soul
12. BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head

Hidden: Max Richter - On the nature of daylight

Previous Appearances

From the livesey midnight mixtapes, only 3 acts had been on before, Huey Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Whitney.

Weekend Playlist: Germany

Weekend Playlist: Germany

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from co-curator Ian looking at X/twitter selections (12/09/2025) with Songs that reference Germany.
This is commemorate the 13th being German Language Day.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Beethoven - 5th Symphony in C minor
2. Nicole - A little bit of peace
3. Die Toten Hosen - Tag Wie Diese
4. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
5. Rammstein - Deutschland
6. Abor & Tyna - Baller

[Side 2]
7. Nena - 99 Luftballons
8. Passions - I’m in love with a German film star
9. Editors - Munich
10. Tina Turner - Crazy in the night
11. Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
12. Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

[Bonus]
David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
Mario Lanza - Drink Drink Drink (Student Prince)

Long list

• After the Fire - Der Kommissar
• Passions - I'm in love with a German film star
• Salzburg Sauerkraut Singers - Drinking Song
• Mobiles - Drowning in Berin
• Christy Moore - Joxer goes to Stuttgart
• Edith Piaf - L'homme de Berlin
• OMD - Dresden
• Nick Lowe - Little Hitler
• ELO - Roll over Beethoven
• Enigma - Sadeness Pt 1
• Leonard Cohen - First we take Manhatten
• M - Pop muzik
• Offspring - Pretty fly for a white guy
• Stephen Eicher - Guggisberglied
• David Bowie - Helden
• Praga Khan - Tausend Sterne
• Ben Folds - Cologne
• Boomtown Rats - Eva Braun
• Spector - Reeperbahn
• Amon Düül II - Deutsch Nepal
• Der Reigen - Sergius Golowin
• Wilco - Impossible Germany
• Boney M - Rasputin
• David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
• DJ Tomekk - 1,2,3 rhymes galore (New York to Germany)
• Beethoven - 5th Symphony in C minor
• Cabaret - Tomorrow belongs to me
• Producers - Springtime for Hitler
• Nena - 99 Luftballons
• Dead Kennedys - California uber alles
• Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
• Ramones - Blitzrieg Bop
• Berlin - Dancing in Berlin
• Das Beatles - Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand
• Falco - Der Kommissar (Official Video)
• ABBA - Waterloo (German)
• Peter Schilling - Major Tom
• Haddaway - Rock my heart
• Editors - Munich
• Bloc Party - Kreuzberg
• Lady Gaga - Scheiße
• Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
• Horst Jankowski - A walkin the black forest
• Passions - I’m in love with a German film star
• Student Prince - Drink Drink Drink
• Elvis Costello - Oliver’s Army
• U2 - Zoo station
• La Dusseldorf - Rheinita
• Public Service Broadcasting ft Andreya Casablanca - My Blue Heaven
• Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun
• Elvis Presley - Wooden heart
• Doro Pesch & Warlock - East meets West
• Electric Boys - Hangover in Hannover
• Scorpions - Still loving you
• Joe Fagin - That’s living alright
• Nicole - A little bit of peace
• Elaiza - Fight against myself
• Kirsty MacColl - Berlin
• Trio - Da da da
• Dexy’s - There there my dear
• Tina Turner - Crazy in the night
• Blur - Parklife
• Abor & Tyna - Baller
• Fettes Brot - Jein
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn
• Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
• Rammstein - Deutschland
• Die Toten Hosen - Tag Wie Diese
• Falco - Rock me Amadeus

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Song titles not in lyrics

Midnight Mixtape: Song titles not in lyrics

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (11/09/2025) with Songs whose name does not feature in its lyrics, for example Bohemian Rhapsody is not mentioned anywhere in the song!

Songs in contention

• Slayer - Dead Skin Mask
• Blur - Song 2
• New Order - Blue Monday
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
• David Bowie - Space Oddity
• Who - Baba O’Riley
• Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
• Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
• Cure - Lullaby
• Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
• Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
• Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian restaurant
• Helicopter - Bloc Party
• Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
• Beyonce - Countdown
• All Saints - Pure Shores
• Supergrass - Richard III
• Black Sabbath - Paranoid
• Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
• System of a down - Chop Suey
• Muse - Knights of Cydonia
• Beatles - Ballad of John & Yoko
• Dubliners - 7 drunken nights
• Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
• Coldplay - Viva la vida
• Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
• Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
• Rush - Spirit of Radio
• Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
• Joy Division - Atmosphere
• Alice in Chains - Rotten apple
• Scooter - Logical Song
• Chris Brown - Under the influence
• Neil Young - After the gold rush
• Elvis - Mystery train
• Tom Waits - Tom Traubert’s blues
• UB40 - Food for thought
• Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
• SL2 - On a ragga tip
• 4 Non Blondes - What’s up
• Sleaford Mods - Tarantula Deadly Cargo
• Groove Armada - At the river
• Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker
• Talking heads - Life during wartime
• Outkast - Rosa Parks
• Ariana Grande - 7 rings
• Oasis - Acquiesce
• Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor
• Smiths - How soon is now
• Beautiful South - Song for whoever
• Stereophonics - Dakota
• OMD - Souvenir
• John Denver - Annie’s Song

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Beyonce - Countdown
2. Rush - Spirit of Radio
3. New Order - Blue Monday
4. Helicopter - Bloc Party
5. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
6. OMD - Souvenir
[Side 2]
7. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
8. John Denver - Annie’s Song
9. Who - Baba O’Riley
10. Supergrass - Richard III
11. Beatles - Ballad of John & Yoko
12. Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian restaurant
Hidden: Dubliners - 7 drunken nights

Previous Appearances

From the livesey midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before Helicopter (never been on Colin Murray's mixtapes neither), New Order, Nik Kershaw, OMD, Rush, Supergrass Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Beatles
• 2: Dubliners, John Denver, Who
• 1: Beyonce, Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin

Weekend Playlist: International

Weekend Playlist: International

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail with help from guest curator Welsh Tractor Girl looking at X/twitter selections (05/09/2025) with Songs that reference international.
This was inspired by the international break in the football league for World Cup 2026 qualifiers and the fact that 28 years ago on Friday, Austin Powers International Man of Mystery was debuted in the cinema.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Catatonia - International velvet
Jesus Jones - International bright young thing
Morrissey - Last of the International playboys
Specials - International jet set
Pitbull - International love
Prince - International lover

[Side 2]
Lisa Stansfield & Barry White - All around the world
Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing in the streets
B52s - Roam
ELO - All over the world
Shakira - Waka waka
Daft Punk - Around the world

[Bonus]
Beats International - Dub be good to me
Thunderbirds (Barry Gray) - Thunderbirds Theme

Long list

• HMHB - All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit
• Peter Gabriel - Games without frontiers
• B52s - Roam
• Amala - Inter Milan Anthem
• OMD - International
• Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull - On the floor
• Fountains of Wayne - Bought for a song
• JLS ft Dev - She makes me wanna
• Seabound - Go international
• Ramones - Touring
• Donovan - International man
• Louise - Arms around the world
• Proclaimers - Letter from America
• Jesus Jones - International bright young thing
• Falco - Vienna calling
• Christians - Harvest for the world
• Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
• Morrissey - Last of the International playboys
• REM - It’s the end of the world
• Thunderbirds (Barry Gray) - Thunderbirds Theme
• Cardiacs - Arnaid
• Del Amitri - Driving with the handbrakes on
• DC Cross - International bury the hatchet day
• Armand Hammer - Native sun
• Joe Strummer & Mescaleros - Global a Go-Go
• Croweded House - World where you live
• Laurie London - He’s got the whole world in his hands
• Imagine Dragons - On top of the world
• Specials - International jet set
• EnglandNewOrder - World in motion
• Fuzzbox - international rescue
• Waylon Jennings - Defying Gravity (Executioner's Song)
• Prince - International lover
• Martha Reeves & Vandellas - Dancing in the streets
• World Party - Thank you world
• New Seekers - I’d like to teach the world to sing
• Beats International - Dub be good to me
• Shakira - Waka waka
• Blur - Globe alone
• Beyonce - World wide woman
• Frank Turner - International hide & seek champions
• Bob Sinclair - World hold on
• Katy Perry - International smile
• Lisa Stansfield - All around the world
• Depeche Mode - World in my eyes
• Teenage Fan Club - Foreign Land
• Pitbull - International love
• U2 - Beautiful day
• Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful world Beautiful people
• INXS - Calling all nations
• Dan Reed Network - Long way to go
• System of a down - Metro
• RHCP - Around the world
• They might be giants - Istanbul
• Alphaville - Big in Japan
• Tom McRae - Border song
• Sugababes - Supernatural
• Paul Smion - All around the world (or the myth of fingerprints)
• Catatonia - International velvet
• Clash - This is radio clash
• 2Pac - How do you want it
• Daft Punk - Around the world
• ELO - All over the world
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
• M - Pop muzik
• Billy Bragg - Internationale
• Deee-Lite - Deee-Lite Theme
• Sandy B - Make the world go round
• Louie Armstrong - We have all the time in the world

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Ages

Midnight Mixtape: Ages

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by <Claire Lim to look at listener selections (05/109/2025) with Songs that reference Ages!

Songs in contention

• T-Rex - Cosmic Dancer
• Janis Ian - 17
• Neil Young - Old man
• Billy Bragg - A new England
• Madness - House of Fun
• ABBA - Dancing queen
• Taylor Swift - 22
• Stereophonics - Local boy…
• Elton John - Between 17 and 20
• Crocketts - 6 soon to be 7
• Beyonce - Schoolin’ Life
• Lorde - Perfect Places
• Giorgio Moroder - 74 is the new 24
• Sound of music (1000 Strings) - 16 going on 17
• Bobby Gainsboro - Summer (The first time)
• Lily Allen - 22
• Albert King - Born under a bad sign
• Blink 182 - What’s my age again?
• Beatles - When I’m 64
• Pete Wingfield - 18 with a bullet
• Paul Hardcastle - 19
• Dr Hook - Only 16
• Wham! - Young Guns
• Bryan Adams - 18 til I die
• Neil Sedaka - Happy birthday sweet 16
• Alice Cooper - I’m 18
• Stevie Nicks - Edge of 17
• Britney - Pieces of me
• Ellie Goulding - 16
• Queen - Who wants to live forever
• Ed Sheeran - Thinking out loud
• Chuck Berry - Sweet little 16
• Skid Row - 18 & life
• Regents - 7 teen
• MK - 17
• Undertones - My perfect cousin
• Fureys - Sweet sixteen
• Sam Fender - 17 going under
• Vevlet Underground - New age
• Frank Sinatra - It was a very good year
• Scouting for Girls - She’s so lovely
• Stephen Duffy - 23
• Bob Dylan - My back pages
• Fountaines DC - It’s amazing to be young
• Courteeners - Not 19 forever
• Sam Cooke - Only 16
• Brotherhood of Man - Save your kisses for me
• Stiff little Fingers - Tin Soldiers
• Benny Hill - Ernie
• Johnny Cash - Boy called Sue
• Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
• Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
• Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
• Claire & Friends - It’s orrible being in love (when you’re 8 ½)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Undertones - My perfect cousin
2. Stevie Nicks - Edge of 17
3. Wham! - Young Guns
4. Billy Bragg - A new England
5. Stereophonics - Local boy…
6. Blink 182 - What’s my age again?

[Side 2]
7. Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
8. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
9. Scouting for Girls - She’s so lovely
10. Beatles - When I’m 64
11. Ed Sheeran - Thinking out loud
12. Giorgio Moroder - 74 is the new 24
Hidden: Queen - Who wants to live forever

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 2 acts had never been on before Stevie Nicks and Scouting for girls. From the Livesey mixtape additionally Undertones, Stereophonics, Blink 182, Happy Mondays, Ed Sheeran, Giogrgio Moroder have not appeared before Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 19: Beatles
• 17: Queen
• 5: Billy Bragg, Stereophonics
• 4: Undertones, Wham!
• 3: Ed Sheeran
• 1: Blink 182, Giorgio Moroder, Happy Mondays, Mott the Hoople

Weekend Playlist: Beaches

Weekend Playlist: Beaches

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (29/08/2025) with Songs that reference beaches.
This was to commemorate National Beach Day on August 30.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list

[Side 1] On the Beach
All Saints - Pure shores
Chris Rea - On the beach
Beabadoobee - Beaches
Stranglers - Peaches
First Class - Beach baby
Martha & Muffins - Echo beah
Beach boys - Surfin’ USA

[Side 2] Beautiful Beaches
Nicki Minaj - Starships
George Formby - With my little stick of Blackpool rock
Squeeze - Pulling mussells (from the shell)
James - Beautiful Beaches
DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer
Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sands

[Bonus]
Kooks - Seaside
Keane - Soverign light cafe
Dido - Sand in my shoes

Long list

• All Saints - Pure shores
• Chris Rea - On the beach
• Beabadoobee - Beaches
• Stranglers - Peaches
• First Class - Beach baby
• Martha & Muffins - Echo beah
• Beach boys - Surfin’ USA
• Nicki Minaj - Starships
• George Formby - With my little stick of Blackpool rock
• Squeeze - Pulling mussells (from the shell)
• James - Beautiful Beaches
• DJ Sammy - Boys of Summer
• Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sands
• Kooks - Seaside
• Keane - Soverign light cafe
• Dido - Sand in my shoes
• B52s - Rock Lobster
• Florrie Forde - I do like to be beside the seaside
• Beach boys - Girls on the beach
• Fisherman’s Friends - Cornwall my home
• Susie Lewis - Cornish beach
• Brian Eno - On some faraway beach
• David Sylvian - Waterfront
• Wolf Alice - Beach II
• Blur - Girls & Boys
• Peaches - F*** the pain away
• Vanessa Paradis - La Plage
• Bruce Springsteen - 4th July Asbury Park (Sandy)
• Leftfield Phat Planet - Surfer
• Taylor Swift - Last grea American dynasty
• Cardiacs - Hope day
• Liran Donin - Noam sea & sand
• Neil Young - On a beach
• Phantom Band - Island
• Drifters - Down on the beach tonight
• Blake Shelton - Some beach
• T-Spoon - Sex on the beach
• John Travolta (Grease) - Sandy
• Ash - Walking barefoot
• Joe Satriani - Days at the beach (new rays from an ancient sun)
• New Edition (The) - Get a little sand between your toes
• Aerosmith - Remember (walking in the sand)
• Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
• Stan Getz/Astrud Giberto - Girl from Ipanema
• Flock of seagulls - I rain (so far away)
• Zoe - Sunshine on a rainy day
• Drifters - Under the boardwalk
• U2 - Every breaking wave
• Cure - Killing an arab
• Kenny Loggins - Playing with boys
• York - OTB (On the beach)
• Groove Armada - At the river
• Miley Cyrus - Malibu
• Weezer - Island in the sun
• Imagine Dragons - Take me to the beach
• Acker Bilk - Stranger on the shore
• Drifters - I’ve got sand in my shoes
• Morcheeba - The sea
• Sinead O’Connor - Jackie
• Fat Boys & Beach boys - Wipeout
• Men they couldn’t hang - Island in the rain
• Mata - Lloret de mar
• Athlete - Dungerness
• Hamish Hawk - Grey seals
• Sparks - Let’s go surfing
• Bette Midler - Under the boardwalk
• Who - Sea & Sand
• Bon Jovi - 99 in the shade
• Thunder - Englishman on holiday
• Wire train - I will not fail
• Tom McRae - Walking to Hawaii
• Kirsty MacColl - Hes on the beach
• New Order - The Beach
• Beastie Boys - Shake your rump
• Bombalurina - Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini
• POTUSA - Dune buggy
• Moby - Porcelain (The Beach)
• Bobby Darin - Beyond the sea
• Chas & Dave - Marate
• Lana Del Rey - 1949
• Nalin & Kane - Beachball
• George Ezra - Shotgun