Saturday, 30 August 2025

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

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