LNL Midnight Mixtape: Running

Midnight Mixtape: Running

On the midnight mixtape, Steffan Powell covering for Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (24/04/2025) with Songs that reference Running! This is moving on from last week's walking theme with the London Marathon happening on Sunday. There has been a "running" double album. So this is volume 3!

Songs in contention

• Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
• Lindisfarne - Run for home*
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to run*
• Kate Bush - Running up that hill*
• Woodkid - Run boy run*
• Surfan Stevens - Running start
• Queen - Stone cold crazy
• One Direction - Ready to run
• (Wings - band on the run)
• Level 42 - Running in the family
• Leona Lewis - Run
• Lionel Richie - Running with the night
• Killers - Runaways
• Cake - The distance
• Rush - Marathon
• Stephen Fretwell - Run
• Gil Scott Heron/Jamie XXX - Running
• Sam Fender - People watching
• Moby - Run on
• Corrs - Runaway
• Shawn Mendes - Stitches
• REO Speedwagon - Take it on the run
• Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
• Santana - Marathon
• Bee Gees - Run to me
• Tom Petty - Running down the dream
• Spencer Group - Keep on running
• (Del Shannon - Runaway)
• Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

  Texted in Long list

  • Leona Lewis - Run
  • Iron Maiden - Run to the hills
  • Black Eyed Peas - Let's get this party started
  • Bryan Adams - Run to you
  • Spencer Davis Group - Keep on runnin'
  • Johnny Cash - God's going to cut you down
  • Guided by voices - Run wild
  • Wings - Band on the run
  • Bucks Fizz - Run for you life
  • Eagles - Long run
  • Tammy Lynn - I'm gonna run away from you
  • Muse - Time is running out of time
  • Vangelis - Chariots of Fire
  • Steve Winwood - Time is running out/Keep on running
  • Lisa Lougheed - Run with us
  • Jo jo Gunne - Run Run
  • Doobie Bros - Long train running
  • Naughty Boy - Runnin'
  • Spiritualised - Run
  • Run DMC vs Aerosmith - Walk this way
  • Beatles - Run for your life
  • Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
  • Velvet Underground - Run Run Run
  • Manic Street Preachers - Autumn Song
  • Rush - Marathon
  • Delroy Wilson - Run run
  • CMAT - Running/Planning
  • Flanagan & Allen - Run rabbit run
  • Tom Petty - Running man's bible
  • Flock of Seagulls - I ran
  • Slade - Run runaways
  • Mike & Mechanics - Slient Running
  • Soul Asylum - Runaway train
  • Pink Floyd - Run like hell
  • Lionel Richie - Running with the night
  • Gun - Race with the devil
  • Sheryl Crow - Run baby run
  • Nick Foles - The runner
  • Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to run the world
  • Pink! - Just a pill
  • Jimi Jamison - I'm always here (Baywatch Theme)
  • Eric Clapton - Running on faith
  • Del Shannon - Runaway
  • Pharrell Williams - Runnin'
  • Kenny Rogers - Gambler

  Final Mixtape

  Here's the final mixtape!

  Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

  [Side 1]
  1. Wings - Band on the run
  2. Moby - Run on
  3. One direction - Ready to run
  4. Tom Petty - Runnin' down the dream
  5. Killers - Runaways
  6. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX - Running
  [Side 2]
  7. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
  8. Lindisfarne - Run for home
  9. Stephen Fretwell - Run
  10. Del Shannon - Runaway
  11. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
  12. Kate Bush - Running up that hill
  Hidden: Cake - The Distance
  

  Previous Appearances

  From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before, 1D, Del Shannon, Moby, Stephen Fretwell, Wings Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 12: Kate Bush
  • 4: Kenny Rogers, Killers
  • 2: Beastie Boys, Tom Petty
  • 1: Gil Scott-Heron, Cake, Lindisfarne