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