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