Sunday, 19 April 2026

Weekend Playlist: Weddings

Weekend Playlist: Weddings

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Paul looking at X/twitter selections (17/04/2026) with Songs that reference Weddings.
This was commemorate the wedding of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III of Monaco, 70 years ago on April 19. It was also Husband appreciation day on April 18 (celebrated every third Saturday in April)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Proclaimers - Let's get married
Specials - Friday night Saturday morning
Bruce Springsteen - The river
Stanley Holloway - I'm getting married in the morning
Dixie Cups - Chapel of love
Felix Mendelssohn - Wedding March

[Side 2]
All about eve - She moves through the fair
ABBA - I do I do I do
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are forever
Elton John - Kiss the bride
Associates - Breakfast
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

[Bonus]
Oysterband - Blood wedding
Billy Idol - White wedding

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Barbershop

Midnight Mixtape: Barbershop

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (16/04/2025) with Songs that reference to things found in a barbershop after last week, Tony "2 trims" Livesey going to barber's twice!

Songs in contention

  • Rodgers & Hammerstein - Surrey with the fringe on top
  • Haircut 100 - Love plus one
  • Scissor Sisters - I don't feel like dancing
  • Rodgers & Hammerstein - I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair
  • Foo Fighters - Razor
  • Idles - Never fight a man with a perm
  • Nirvana - Floyd the barber
  • INXS - Suicide blonde
  • Flaming lips - She don't use jelly
  • William Michael Morgan - Cheap Cologne
  • Divine Comedy - Something for the weekend
  • Rolling Stones - She's a rainbow
  • Rod Stewart - First cut is the deepest
  • Dollar - Mirror mirror
  • Beck - Devil's haircut
  • Cocteau Twins - Squeeze-Wax
  • Guns n'Roses - Live and let die
  • Prince - She's always in my hair
  • Barber - Adagio for strings
  • Human League - Mirror man
  • Cutting Crew - Any colour
  • Symarip - Skinhead moonstomp
  • Jimmy Osmond - Long haired lover from Liverpool
  • Shampoo - Trouble
  • Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
  • Echo & Bunnymen - The cutter
  • Pavement - Cut your hair
  • Corduroy - Ponytail
  • 10cc - Dreadlock holiday
  • Crosby Stills Nash & Young - I almost cut my hair
  • Madness - Razor blade alley
  • Razorlight - Golden touch
  • William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings
  • Cat Stevens - First cut is the deepest
  • Sheryl Crow - First cut is the deepest
  • LCD Soundsystem - Emotional haircut
  • Twisted Sister - Under the blade
  • Beatles - Lend me your comb
  • Nancy Sinatra - Bang bang
  • Black Sabbath - Johnny blade
  • Status Quo - In my chair
  • Odyessy - Going back to my roots
  • Michael Jackson - Man in the mirror
  • Visage - Fade to grey
  • Morrissey - Suedehead
  • Camper van Beethoven - Take the skinheads bowling
  • Bob Marley - Crazy baldhead
  • Roger Taylor - A nation of haircuts
  • Split Enz - Split Ends
  • Beastie Boys - Mullethead
  • Morrissey - Hairdresser on fire
  • Who - Cut my hair
  • Happy Mondays - Kinky afro
  • Beatles - Penny Lane
  • Hozier - Parting glass
  • George Thorogood - Get a haircut

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Divine Comedy - Something for the weekend
2. Rodgers & Hammerstein - I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair
3. Foo Fighters - Razor
4. Idles - Never fight a man with a perm
5. Beck - Devil's haircut
6. Barber - Adagio for strings

[Side 2]
7. Symarip - Skinhead moonstomp
8. Flaming lips - She don't use jelly
9. Morrissey - Suedehead
10. Echo & Bunnymen - The cutter
11. Haircut 100 - Love plus one
12. Odyessy - Going back to my roots

Hidden: Beatles - Penny Lane

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before Foo fighters (3), Idles (1), Odyessy (1), Rodgers & Hammerstein, Samuel Barber, Symarip. (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 9: Beatles (24)
  • 2: Beck (6), Divine Comedy (8), Echo & Bunneymen (5), Flaming Lips (6)
  • 1: Haircut 100 (2), Morrissey (1)

Thursday, 16 April 2026

Weekend Playlist: Wild

Weekend Playlist: Wild

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Wee Bear looking at X/twitter selections (10/04/2026) with Songs that reference wild.
This was commemorate "Walk on the wild side day" on Sunday (April 12th)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Wild at heart
Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Troggs - Wild Thing
Talking Heads - Wild wild life
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Wild forever
Cat Stevens - Wild world
Iggy Pop - Real wild child

[Side 2] Into the wild
Paul Weller - Wild wood
Rolling Stones - Wild horses
Nick Cave & Kylie - Where the wild roses grow
Wandering Hearts - Wild Silence
Jessie J - Wild in it
Sam Fender - Wild grey ocean

[Bonus]
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
WILD - All my life

Long list

  • All About Eve - Wild hearted woman
  • Bessie Smith - I'm wild about that thing
  • Bon Jovi - Wild in the streets
  • Bon Jovi - Wild is the wind
  • Bow Wow Wow - Go wild in the country
  • Bright Eyes - Old soul song
  • Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean
  • Cardiacs - VOLOB
  • Cat Stevens - Wild world
  • Christina Perri - The Words
  • Coldplay - Life in Techicolor II
  • Coral - Wild bird
  • Cult - Wild Flower
  • David Bowie - Wild is the wind
  • Deacon Blue - The Wildness
  • Dixie Chicks - Hole in my head
  • DJ Supreme - Tha Wildstyle
  • Duran Duran - Wild boys
  • Dwight Yoakam - Wild ride
  • Escape Club - Wild wild west
  • Iggy Pop - Real wild child
  • Japan - Ghosts
  • Jessie J - Wild in it
  • Johnny Cash - Mary of the wild moor
  • Keane - Sovereign Light Cafe
  • Kim Wilde - Kids in America
  • Leaan Rimes - Wild things run
  • Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side
  • Marky Mark - Wildside
  • Marty Wilde - Rubber ball
  • Maxi Priest - Wild world
  • Michael Jackson - She drives me wild
  • Michaela Strachan - Take good care of my heart
  • Natalie Cole - Wild women do
  • Nick Cave - Wild God
  • Nick Cave & Kylie - Where the wild roses grow
  • Ocean Colour Scene - Day we caught the train
  • Paul Weller - Wild wood
  • Pitbull - Wild wild love
  • Pogues - Wild rover
  • PremRock - Steal wool
  • Prodigy - Wild Frontier
  • Raul Orellana - Real wild house
  • REM - Near wild heaven
  • Rolling Stones - Wild horses
  • Sam Fender - Wild grey ocean
  • SAULT - Wildfires
  • Scouting for Girls - Michaela Strachan
  • Silencers - Wild mountain thyme
  • Skid Row - Youth gone wild
  • Slade - Cum on feel the noize
  • Sleeping at last - Neptune
  • Smokie - Wild wild angels
  • Sophie Ellis Bextor - Wild forever
  • Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
  • Suede - Wild Ones
  • Talking Heads - Wild wild life
  • Tinned Meats - Caught in the wild
  • Tone Loc - Wild Thing
  • Tricky - Running wild
  • Troggs - Wild Thing
  • U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
  • Ultravox - Reap the wild wind
  • Vamps - Wild heart
  • Wandering Hearts - Wild Silence
  • WILD - All my life
  • Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
  • Will Smith - Wild Wild West

LNL Midnight Mixtape: McMixtape

Midnight Mixtape: McMixtape

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (09/04/2025) with Songs that reference Mc's, Mac's or Macks! Inspired by Jane McDonald and her cruise show mentioned on a recent Tony Livesey show.

Songs in contention

  • Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
  • Mac Band - Roses are red
  • McFly - All about you
  • Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
  • MC Hammer - U can't touch this
  • Donna Summer - Macarthur Park
  • Bobby Darin - Mack the knife
  • Michael McDonald - I keep forgettin'
  • Pogues - Sally MacLennane
  • Paul McCartney - Coming up
  • McGuinness Flint - When I'm dead and gone
  • Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC^2
  • Kirsty MacColl - New England
  • Los Del Rio - Macarena
  • Rod McKuen - Love’s been good to me
  • Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Gals
  • Middle of the road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
  • McAlmont & Butler - Yes
  • George McCrae - Rock you baby
  • Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
  • Mike McGear - Leave it
  • Kenneth McKellar - Song of the Clyde
  • Val Doonican - Paddy McGinty's goat
  • Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Rattler
  • Don McLean - American pie
  • Amy McDonald - This is the life
  • Highwaymen - Me & Bobby McGee
  • Ralph McTell - Streets of London
  • Ewan MacColl - Manchester Rambler
  • Bobby McFerrin - Don't worry be happy
  • Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
  • Reverend & Makers - Haircut
  • Gwen McCrae - All this love that I'm giving
  • Martha & Vandelas - Jimmy Mack
  • Kris Kross - Jump
  • Associates - Party fears 2
  • Van McCoy - Do the hustle
  • Bing Crosby - MacNamara’s Band
  • Mary MacGregor - Torn between two lovers
  • MC Sar & Real McCoy - Another Night
  • Maccabees - Marks to prove it
  • Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
  • McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now
  • Half man half biscuit - McCalliog and his hens
  • Eels - Goldy
  • David McWilliams - Days of Pearly Spencer
  • Huey Lewis & News - Power of love

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] mAc Side
1. Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
2. Mac Band - Roses are red
3. Donna Summer - Macarthur Park
4. Kirsty MacColl - New England
5. Pogues - Sally MacLennane
6. Bobby Darin - Mack the knife

[Side 2] McB Side
7. Paul McCartney - Coming up
8. George McCrae - Rock you baby
9. Van McCoy - Do the hustle
10. Michael McDonald - I keep forgettin'
11. Rod McKuen - Love’s been good to me
12. Bobby McFerrin - Don't worry be happy
Hidden: Huey Lewis & News - Power of love

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before: Bobby Darin (2), Bobby McFerrin (2), George McCrae, Mac Band (1), Michael McDonald, Paul McCartney (3), Rod McKuen, Van McCoy (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 5: Pogues (11)
  • 2: Huey Lewis (3), Kirsty MacColl (3)
  • 1: Donna Summer (4), Mark Morrison (1)
* Notes: Pogues have made mixtape 2 weeks running

Monday, 6 April 2026

Weekend Playlist: 404

Weekend Playlist: 404

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail OB with help from guest curator Andrew looking at X/twitter selections (03/04/2026) with Songs that reference anything related to 404 such as the area code, not found (missing), error or stupid (UK slang).
This was commemorate 404 day on the 4th April.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Missing/Not Found
Everything but the girl - Missing
Zombies - She's not there
Evanescence - Missing
Franz Ferdinand - Academy Award
Magic Numbers - Forever lost
Outkast - Ain't no thang

[Side 2] Stupid/Mistake
Green day - American Idiots
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
Sheryl Crow - My favourite mistake
Gabrielle Aplin - My mistake
Gareth Gates - Anyone of us
Britney Spears - Oops I did it again

[Bonus]
Tag Team – Whoomp there it is

Long list

  • 404 Not Found - Not found
  • Adam Mac - All dollars no sense
  • AEED - Error Code
  • Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
  • Apollo 440 - Lost in space
  • Beatles - Nowhere man
  • Beautiful South - Dumb
  • Beautiful South - Good as gold (stupid as mud)
  • Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Year Zero
  • Black Crowes - Twice as hard
  • Bravery - An Honest Mistake
  • Britney Spears - Oops I did it again
  • Bruce Springsteen - You're missing
  • Chet Baker - Let's get lost
  • Cliff Richard - Miss you nights
  • Cranberries - Empty
  • Darren Hayes - Stupid Mistake
  • Depeche Mode - Wrong
  • Dwight Yoakam - Missing heart
  • Elvis - A fuel such as me
  • Elvis - Return to sender
  • Empress - Error 404
  • Evanescence - Missing
  • Everything but the girl - Missing
  • Franz Ferdinand - Academy Award
  • Gabrielle Aplin - My mistake
  • Garbage - Stupid Girl
  • Gareth Gates - Anyone of us
  • Green day - American Idiots
  • INXS - Disappear
  • James - Born of frustration
  • James Blunt - You're beautiful
  • John Waite - Missing you
  • Kings of Convenience - Failure
  • London Grammar - Missing
  • Lyricslinger - But for the ouchages
  • Madonna - Gone
  • Magic Numbers - Forever lost
  • Men At Work - It's a mistake
  • My chemical romance - I'm not okay
  • Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
  • New Model Army - Stupid Questions
  • New Order - Ever little counts
  • Nick Jonas - Area Code
  • Offspring - Pretty fly for a white guy
  • Outkast - Ain't no thang
  • Plan B - Missing links
  • Primal Scream - Movin' on up
  • Queensryche - Screaming in digital
  • Sarah McLachlan - Stupid
  • Shawn Mullins - My stupid heart
  • Sheryl Crow - My favourite mistake
  • Sparks - Looks looks looks
  • Specials - Stupid marriage
  • Sultans of Ping - Stupid Kid
  • Tag Team – Whoomp there it is
  • Taylor Swift - Glitch
  • Thomas Dolby - One of our submarines
  • U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
  • Unkle - Broken
  • War on drugs - Disappearing
  • Warning - ERROR
  • Zombies - She's not there

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Moon

Midnight Mixtape: Moon

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (02/04/2025) with Songs that reference the Moon! This is commemorate the launch of Artemis 2 on 02/04/2026.

Songs in contention

  • REM - Man on the moon
  • Waterboys - Whole of the moon
  • Nick Drake - Pink Moon
  • Television - Marquee Moon
  • Toploader - Dancing in the moonlight
  • Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
  • Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
  • Police - Walking on the moon
  • Duran Duran - New moon on Monday
  • Fairport Convention - Riding for the moon
  • Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
  • Frank Ocean - Moon river
  • Shirley Bassey - Moonraker
  • Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
  • Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
  • Laurel & Hardy - Shine on harvest moon
  • Duke of Stratosphere - Bike ride to the moon
  • Creedance Clearwater Revival - Bad moon rising
  • Stranglers - Rocket to the moon
  • Neil Young - Harvest Moon
  • Black Sabbath - Barking at the moon
  • Rah Band - Clouds around the moon
  • Joy Division - Atmosphere
  • Handsome Family - Sad Milkman
  • DJ Jean - The Launch
  • Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart
  • Only ones - Another girl another planet
  • Echo & Bunnymen - Killing moon
  • Savage Garden - To the moon and back
  • Johnny Cash - You are the sunshine
  • David Bowie - Space Oddity
  • ELO - Ticket to the moon
  • Dubliners & Pogues - Irish Rover
  • Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
  • Elton John - Rocketman
  • Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
  • Europe - Final Countdown
  • Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - I’m the urban spaceman
  • Starbuck - Moonlight feel right
  • Tori Amos - Edge of the moon
  • Sam Ryder - Spaceman
  • Firm - Star Trekkin
  • Sun Ra - Walking on the moon
  • Jeff Wayne - Eve of the war
  • Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
  • Showwaddywaddy - Under the moon of love
  • Fat Larry’s Band - Zoom

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
2. David Bowie - Space Oddity
3. Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
4. Only ones - Another girl another planet
5. Laurel & Hardy - Shine on harvest moon
6. Sun Ra - Walking on the moon

[Side 2]
7. Waterboys - Whole of the moon
8. Echo & Bunnymen - Killing moon
9. Television - Marquee Moon
10. Handsome Family - Sad Milkman
11. Dubliners & Pogues - Irish Rover
12. Public Service Broadcasting - Go!

Hidden: Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before, Richard Strauss, Sun Ra, Television (1), Handsome Family (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 8: David Bowie (16)
  • 4: Frank Sinatra (11), Pogues (10)
  • 3: Dubliners (5)
  • 2: Warren Zevon (4)
  • 1: Echo & Bunnymen (4), Laurel & Hardy (2), Only ones (2), Public Service Broadcasting (2), Waterboys (3)

Monday, 30 March 2026

Weekend Playlist: Fuel

Weekend Playlist: Fuel

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (27/03/2026) with Songs that reference fuel, petrol, diesel or oil.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Gimme Fuel
Metallica - Fuel
Kinks - Gallon of Gas
Billy Bragg - Price of oil
Lee Dorsey - Working in a coal mine
Waterboys - Fisherman's blues
Cat Stevens - Where do the children play

[Side 2] Dire Straits of...
Madness - I like driving in my car
Love/Hate - Fuel to run
Peat & Diesel - Calum Dan's Transit Van
Dire Straits - Heavy fuel
Tom Robinson Band - Winter of 79
Byrds - Bells of Rhymney

[Bonus]
Thomas Dolby - Windpower
Houndmouth - Gasoline
Jackson Browne - Running on empty

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Catchphrases

Midnight Mixtape: Catchphrases

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (26/03/2026 ) with Songs that reference Catchphrases!

Songs in contention

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Britney - Baby one more time
2. Midnight Oil - Beds are burning
3. Kim Wilde - Kids in America
4. Moroder & Oakley - Together in electric dreams
5. Oasis - Wonderwall
6. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder on the dancefloor

[Side 2]
7. Vapours - Turning Japanese
8. Real Thing - You to me are everything
9. Status Quo - Come on down
10.  Shaggy - It wasn't me
11. Pretenders - Brass in pocket
12. Supremes - Baby love
Hidden:
ABBA - Knowing me knowing you
Madness - Michael Caine

Sunday, 22 March 2026

Weekend Playlist: Fragrance

Weekend Playlist: Fragrance

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail with help from guest curator Louise looking at X/twitter selections (20/03/2026) with Songs that reference Fragrances, perfume and nice smells.
This was commemorate International Fragrance Day on 21st March.

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Bodily Noises

Midnight Mixtape: Bodily Noises

Sunday, 8 March 2026

Weekend Playlist: Kitchen

Weekend Playlist: Kitchen Appiances

Here's the weekend playlist created by Dominic with help from guest curator Lenny looking at X/twitter selections (06/03/2026) with Songs that reference Kitchen Appliances.
This was inspired by Talkie Toaster infamous bread-related questioning on an episode (White Hole) on Red Dwarf on Saturday 1991.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] White Goods
Dire Straits - Money for nothing
Eve 6 - Inside out
St Etienne - Milk bottle symphony
Lucy Spraggan - Stick the kettle on
Boris Vian - La complainte du progrès
Shock Treatment - Bitchin' in the Kitchen

[Side 2] Red hot
Kills - Pots and pans
Ink sports - Java jive
Doors - Soul kitchen
Martika - Martika's Kitchen
King Curtis - Memphis soul stew
Killers - All these things that I've done

[Bonus]
Streetband - Toast
Elton John - Oven manual song

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Keys

Midnight Mixtape: Keys

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (05/03/2026) with Songs that reference keys! This is inspired by Johnny who left his keys indoors and locked himself out of his house overnight!

Songs in contention

  • Charaltans - Love is the key
  • Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
  • Mr Zip - Where me keys where me phone?
  • ABC - Unlock the secrets of your heart
  • Boyzone - Key to my life
  • Alicia Keys - Girl on fire
  • Rush - Lock and key
  • Urban Cookie Collective - The Key The Secret
  • Armand Hammer - Key is under the mat
  • Huey Lewis & News - Give me the keys
  • Unkle - Keys to the kingdom
  • Tori Amos - Cornflake girl
  • Yellow magic orchestra - Key
  • Bruno Mars - Locked out of Heaven
  • Sweeney - Salford Quays
  • Charli XCX - Unlock it
  • Dire Straits - Your latest trick
  • Madonna - Frozen
  • Ray Charles - Unchain my heart
  • U2 - First time
  • Beenie man - Who am I (sim simma)
  • Billie Holiday - I'm gonna lock my heart
  • Melanie - Brand new key
  • Eric Clapton - Key to the Highway
  • Craig David - Key to my heart
  • Wedding Present - Nobody's twisting your arm
  • Kate Bush - Houdini
  • Steely Dan - Black cow
  • Steve Arrington - Dancin' in the key of life
  • Lancashire Hotpots - Keys wallet phone
  • Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
  • Linkin Park - Keys to the kingdom
  • Thunder - A better man
  • Akon - Locked up
  • Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the world
  • Carter USM - Re-educating Rita
  • Dominic Fife - White Keys
  • Julia Fordham - Lock and key
  • Death cab for cutie - Codes and keys
  • Ruddy Thomas - Key to the world
  • Cooper Temple Clause - Who needs enemies
  • HMHB - Emergency Locksmith
  • Zero B - Lockup
  • Crowded House - Locked out
  • Lilac Time - Taste of honey
  • PJ Harvey - Chain of keys
  • Gerry Cinnamon - Keysies
  • Oasis - Fade away

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Mr Zip - Where me keys where me phone?
2. Billie Holiday - I'm gonna lock my heart
3. Bruno Mars - Locked out of Heaven
4. Ruddy Thomas - Key to the world
5. Black Keys - Gold on the ceiling
6. Crowded House - Locked out

[Side 2]
7. PJ Harvey - Chain of keys
8. Unkle - Keys to the kingdom
9. Charaltans - Love is the key
10. Charli XCX - Unlock it
11. Melanie - Brand new key
12. Alicia Keys - Girl on fire
Hidden: Sweeney - Salford Quays

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before Billie Holliday (2), Bruno Mars, Charli XCX (1), Crowded House (2), Melanie, Mr Zip (1), Ruddy Thomas, The Sweeney, Unkle (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 2: PJ Harvey (3)
  • 1: Alicia Keys (2), Charlatans (1), Black Keys (2)

Saturday, 28 February 2026

Weekend Playlist: America (North)

Weekend Playlist: America (North)

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Graham looking at X/twitter selections (27/02/2026) with Songs that reference the Northern/Midwest states of America.
This was commemorate Congress making the 22nd Amendment to enforce US presidents can only serve 2 terms.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] North '66
Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown
R Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
Texas - Detroit City
Bing Crosby - Sioux City Sue
Bon Iver - Michicant
National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
[Side 2] Midwest '66
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Level 42 - Kansas City Milkman
Doris Day - Deadwood Stage
Thought Forms - Missouri
Janet Jackson - Escapade
Stereophonics - Dakota
[Bonus]
John Williams - Raiders March (Indiana Jones Theme)
Jimmy eat World - The Middle

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Witchcraft

Midnight Mixtape: Witchcraft

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (26/02/2026) with Songs that reference witchcraft!

Songs in contention

  • Nina Simone - I put a spell on you
  • Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
  • Cliff Richard - Devil woman
  • Siouxsie - Spellbound
  • Dusty Springfield - Spooky
  • Guy called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
  • Ricky Martin - Livin' la vida loca (& Cup of life)
  • Donovan - Season of the witch
  • Little mix - Black magic
  • Take That - Could it be magic
  • James - We’re going to miss you
  • Eagles - Witchy woman
  • Supremes - Witchi tai to
  • Radiohead - Burn the witch
  • Kate Bush - Waking the witch
  • Black country new road - Salem Sisters
  • Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
  • Redbone - Witch queen of New Orleans
  • Santana - Black magic woman
  • Judy Garland - Voodoo
  • Eels - Teenage witch
  • Steeleye Span - Alison Grace
  • Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
  • Elvis - You're the devil in disguise
  • Heart - Magic Man
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched bothered bewildered
  • Queens of the stone age - Burn the witch
  • Sonique - I put a spell on you
  • Rolling stones - Sympathy for the devil
  • Rush - Witch hunt
  • Jethro Tull - Witch's promise
  • Prodigy - Firestarter
  • Perry Como - Magic Moments
  • Crowded House - I feel possessed
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival - I put a spell on you

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
2. Redbone - Witch queen of New Orleans
3. Dusty Springfield - Spooky
4. Rolling stones - Sympathy for the devil
5. Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched bothered bewildered
6. ???

[Side 2]
7. Eagles - Witchy woman
8. Radiohead - Burn the witch
9. ???
10. Black country new road - Salem Sisters
11. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
12. Ricky Martin - Livin' la vida loca
Hidden: Supremes - Witchi tai to

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey mixtapes midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before Screaming Jay Hawkins, Steve Miller Band and Supremes Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 4: Radiohead (14)
  • 3: Rolling Stones (10)
  • 2: Ella Fitzgerald (5)
  • 1: Black country new road (1), Dusty Springfield (1), Eagles (6), Redbone (1), Ricky Martin (2)

Sunday, 22 February 2026

Weekend Playlist: America (South)

Weekend Playlist: America (South)

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Hastings looking at X/twitter selections (20/02/2026) with Songs that reference the Southern states of America.
This was commemorate Mardi Gras this week and Boiled Peanut Day on Saturday which is a Southern snack.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1]
Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
Hotei & Shea Seger - Texas Groove
Chris Shtapleton - Arkansas
Paul Simon - Graceland
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Ray Charles - Georgia on my mind

[Side 2]
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
Ike & Tina - Nutbush city limits
Arrested Development - Tennessee
Aaron Neville - Louisiana 1927
WASP - Blind in Texas

[Bonus]
Rhiannon Giddens - You Louisiana man
Eagles - Take it easy

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Work

Midnight Mixtape: Work

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (19/02/2026) with Songs that reference Work!

Songs in contention

  • Missy Elliott - Work it
  • Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
  • Beatles - We can work it out
  • REM - Finest worksong
  • Skids - Working for the Yankee dollar
  • Steely Dan - Dirty work
  • Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 (Morning train)
  • XTC - Senses working overtime
  • Donna Summer - She's works hard for the money
  • Clash - Julia's been working for the drug squad
  • Fifth Harmony - Work from home
  • Lee Dorsey - Working in a coalmine
  • Clash - Career Opportunities
  • Sam Cooke - Chain gang
  • Heaven 17 - Crushed by the wheels of industry
  • Human League - Don't you want me
  • Men at work - Down under
  • Beatles - Hard day's night
  • Bob Dylan - Maggie's farm
  • Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son
  • ABBA - Money money money
  • Verve - Drugs don't work
  • Rihanna ft Drake - Work
  • Tears for fears - Working hour
  • Rush - Working man
  • Benny Hill - Ernie
  • Detorit Spinners - Working my way back to you
  • Rakes - 22 Grand job
  • Thompson Twins - Doctor! Doctor!
  • Huey Lewis - Couple days off
  • Gwen Guthrie - Ain't nothing going on but the rent
  • Billy Joel - Allentown
  • Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
  • Christy Moore - Don't forget your shovel
  • Bangles - Manic Monday
  • Talking heads - Found a job
  • Lou Reed - Don't talk to me about work
  • Wham! - Everything she wants
  • Bruce Springsteen - Factory
  • Rory Gallagher - Goin' to my hometown
  • John Handy - Hard work
  • Lykke Li - I'm good I'm gone
  • Freshies - I'm in love with the girl on a certain Manchester Megastore checkout desk
  • Hue & Cry - Labour of love
  • Monty Python - I'm a lumberjack
  • Prince - Let's work
  • Canned Heat - Let's work together
  • Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer
  • Glenn Campbell - Wichita Lineman
  • Kirsty MacColl - There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis
  • Housemartins - Me and the farmer
  • Jam - Smithers-Jones
  • Cilla Black - Work is a 4 letter word
  • Deacon Blue - Dignity
  • Specials - Rat Race
  • Stevie Wonder - We can work it out
  • Rose Royce - Car wash
  • Elvis Costello - Shipbuilding
  • Dwarf Chorus - Heigh-ho (Off to work we go)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
2. REM - Finest worksong
3. Skids - Working for the Yankee dollar
4. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer
5. Human League - Don't you want me
6. Bob Dylan - Maggie's farm
[Side 2]
7. Specials - Rat Race
8. Bangles - Manic Monday
9. Deacon Blue - Dignity
10. Freshies - I'm in love with the girl on a certain Manchester Megastore checkout desk
11. Christy Moore - Don't forget your shovel
12. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Hidden: Clash - Career Opportunities

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 2 acts had never been on before Bon Jovi and Freshies Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 4: Bob Dylan (14)
  • 3: REM (10), Specials (7)
  • 2: Deacon Blue (10), Glen Campbell (6)
  • 1: Bangles (5), Christy Moore (2), Clash (6), Dolly Parton (4), Human League (1), Skids (1)

Sunday, 15 February 2026

Weekend Playlist: America (East)

Weekend Playlist: America (East)

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail with help from guest curator Ali looking at X/twitter selections (13/02/2026) with Songs that reference the Eastern states of America.
This was commemorate Valentine's Weekend with the big apple being known as a romantic city. This is hopefully first of set of American-themed mixtapes.

Final Mixtape

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] New York
New York Utd - New York Flower
Kajagoogoo - Big Apple
Ryan Adams - New York New York
Wu-Tang Clan - Clan in da front
Alice Cooper - Big Apple Dreamin'
REM - Leaving New York

[Side 2] Beasts from the Eats
Proclaimers - King of the Road
Bee Gees - Massachusetts
John Denver - Take me home, Country Roads
Charlie Daniels Band - Devil went down to Georgia
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Bruce Springsteen - Jersey Girl

[Bonus]
Bryan Adams - East Side Story
Barry Manilow - Weekend in New England

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Countries

Midnight Mixtape: Countries

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (12/02/2026) with Songs that reference Countries in relation to the many countries referenced by Bad Bunny in his halftime show performance at Superbowl LX!

Songs in contention

  • Manic Street Preachers - Australia
  • Razorlight - America
  • Alphaville - Big in Japan
  • Ray Charles - Georgia on my mind
  • Bonnie Tyler - Lost in France
  • Kim Wilde - Cambodia
  • Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
  • Beatles - Back in the USSR
  • Madonna - Don't cry for me Argentina
  • Van Halen - Panama
  • Kirsty MacColl - A New England
  • Gibson Brothers - Cuba
  • Kim Wilde - Kids in America
  • James Taylor - Mexico
  • Typically Tropical - Barbados
  • Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
  • Bob Dylan - Mozambique
  • Frankie Valli - Grease
  • Matt Monro - From Russia With Love
  • Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam
  • Monty Python - Finland
  • Corries - Flowers of Scotland
  • Cronics - Smile Jamaica
  • Human League - The Lebanon
  • Elton John - Just like Belgium
  • Sylvia - Y viva Espana
  • T'Pau - China in your hand
  • Sash - Ecuador
  • Japan - Visions of Japan
  • Bob Marley - Zimbawbe
  • David Bowie - China Girl
  • Arcade Fire - Haiti
  • Peter Paul & Mary - El Salvador
  • Debbie Harry - French kissing in the USA
  • George Harrison - Bangladesh
  • Future Sounds of London - Papua New Guinea
  • KLF - America what time is love
  • Supertramp - Breakfast in America
  • Bow wow wow - Wild in the country
  • Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell
  • Bangles - Walk like an Egyptian
  • Beatles - Norwegian Wood
  • Al Martino - Spanish Eyes
  • Men at work - Down Under
  • Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
  • Desmond Dekker - Israelites
  • Declan McKenna - Brazil
  • Proclaimers - Letter from the America
  • New Seekers - I’d like to teach the world to sing

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Kirsty MacColl - A New England
2. Manic Street Preachers - Australia
3. Japan - Visions of China
4. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
5. Bonnie Tyler - Lost in France
6. Gibson Brothers - Cuba

[Side 2]
7. Harry Belafonte - Jamaica Farewell
8. George Harrison - Bangladesh
9. Sylvia - Y viva Espana
10. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
11. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
12. Madonna - Don't cry for me Argentina
Hidden: Bow wow wow - Wild in the country

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before, Bow Wow Wow, Harry Belafonte, Japan, Supertramp, Bonnie Tyler (2), Dead Kennedys (1), Gibson Brothers (1), Sylvia (1). Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 2: Manic Street Preachers (7), Sex Pistols (3)
  • 1: George Harrison (1), Kirsty MacColl (2), Madonna (7)

Sunday, 8 February 2026

Weekend Playlist: America (West)

Weekend Playlist: America (West)

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (06/02/2026) with Songs that reference the Western states of America.
This was commemorate America's annual Superbowl (LX) held at Levi's Stadium in San Francisco. This is hopefully first of set of American-themed mixtapes.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] California
Eagles - Hotel California
Beach Boys - California Girls
Mamas & Papas - California Dreaming
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the bridge
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking LA

[Side 2] Best of the West
Ventures - Hawaii Five-O
Dolly Parton - Eugene Oregon
Beastie Boys - Root down
Praga Khan - Breakfast in Vegas
B52s - Private Idaho
Prefab Sprout - King of rock'n'roll

[Bonus]
808 State - Pacific State
Kirsty MacColl - A New England

Long list

  • Bruce Springsteen - Tucson Train
  • Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars
  • James - Alaskan Pipeline
  • Prefab Sprout - King of Rock’n’Roll
  • Albert Hammond - Southern California
  • Eagles - Hotel California
  • Mamas & Papas - California Dreaming
  • 808 State - Pacific State
  • Fatboy Slim - Kalifornia
  • Glenn Campbell - By the time I get to Phoenix
  • Dionne Warwick - Do you know the way to San Jose
  • Nat King Cole Trio - Route 66
  • Praga Khan - Breakfast in Vegas
  • Kendrick Lamar - Compton State of mind
  • Magnetic Fields - Come back from San Francisco
  • REM - Electrolite
  • Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart
  • Linda Ronstadt - Adios
  • Friendly Fires - Hawaiian Air
  • Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever
  • Sedona - Houndmouth
  • Move - California Man
  • Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
  • Thin Lizzy - Hollywood
  • David Lee Roth - California Girls
  • Tupac - California Love
  • Can - Bel air
  • Marlena Shaw - California Soul
  • Souls of Michief - 93 til infinity
  • Blackstreet - No Diggity
  • Enrique - California callin’
  • REM - I remember California
  • Kirsty MacColl - A New England
  • Laura Marling - Salinas
  • Hamilton - Washington on your side
  • Perry Como - Delaware
  • Dwight Yoakam & kd lang - Sin City
  • Pearly Shells - Don Ho
  • Shovels & Rope - San Andrea Fult Line Blues
  • Dolly Parton - Eugene Oregon
  • Jan and Dean - Honolulu Lulu
  • 10,000 Maniacs - Painted Desert
  • Johnny Cash - Ballad of Boot Hill
  • Ventures - Hawaii Five-O
  • Amelia Lily - California
  • Phantom Planet - California
  • Bran Van 3000 - Drinking LA
  • Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
  • B52s - Private Idaho
  • Lilo & Stitch - Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride
  • Ryan Adams - La Cienga just smiled
  • Sophie B Hawkins - California
  • Sugar - Hoover Dam
  • Poison - Fallen Angel
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the bridge
  • Warren Zevon - Desperados under the eaves
  • Beach Boys - California Girls
  • Mazzy Star - California
  • Tom McRae - Walking to Hawaii
  • Nick Heyward - Perfect Sunday
  • Beastie Boys - Root down
  • Gorillaz - Idaho
  • John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
  • Michelle Shocked - Anchorage

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Adverts

Midnight Mixtape: Adverts

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (05/02/2026) with Songs that have featured in a TV Advert!

Songs in contention

  • Jenny Logan - Shake n Vac
  • New Seeker - I like to teach the world to sing
  • David Dundas - Jeans on
  • Hollies - He ain't heavy he's my brother
  • Clash - Should I stay or should I go
  • Jesse Glynne - Hold my hand
  • Alan Price - Changes
  • Tribe called Quest - Can I kick it?
  • Free - All right now
  • Leftfield - Phat Planet
  • Phil Collins - In the air tonight
  • Leo Delibes - Flower Duet
  • Berlin - Take my breath away
  • Bach - Air on a G string
  • Honeybus - Can't let Maggie go
  • Stevie Vann - Remember my name
  • Robin Beck - First time
  • Etta James - I just want to make love to you
  • Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
  • Desmond Dekker - Israelites
  • Ronnie Bond - It's written on your body
  • Rolling Stones - It's all over now
  • Demi Lovato - Confident
  • Soft Focus - Original Don
  • Madness - Baggy trousers
  • Carpenters - We've only just begun
  • Echo & Bunnymen - Killing moon
  • Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
  • Cult - She sells sancutary
  • Spandau Ballet - Gold
  • Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
  • Jimmie Rogers - English Country Garden
  • Trio - Da da da
  • Brian May - Driving by you
  • Andy Williams - Music to watch girls by
  • Velvet Undeground - Venus in furs
  • Skids - Into the valleys
  • Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
  • Stiltskin - Inside
  • Steve Miller Band - The Joker
  • Marvin Gaye - Heard it through the grapevine
  • Bluebells - Young at heart
  • R Whites - Secret lemonade drinker
  • Carl Orff - O Fortuna

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Marvin Gaye - Heard it through the grapevine
2. Hollies - He ain't heavy he's my brother
3. Jesse Glynne - Hold my hand
4. Tribe called Quest - Can I kick it?
5. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
6. Bach - Air on a G string
[Side 2]
7. Velvet Undeground - Venus in furs
8. Etta James - I just want to make love to you
9. Leftfield - Phat Planet
10. Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
11. Desmond Dekker - Israelites
12. Carl Orff - O Fortuna
Hidden: Carpenters - We've only just begun

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before, Carl Orf, Desmond Dekker, Etta James (1), Jess Glynne, Leftfield (1), Tribe called Quest (2) Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 3: Carpenters (5), Velvet Underground (4)
  • 2: Hollies (5), Marvin Gaye (11)
  • 1: Bach (2), Gregory Isaacs (1), Iron Maiden (6)

Friday, 30 January 2026

Weekend Playlist: Library

Weekend Playlist: Library

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Stephen looking at X/twitter selections (30/01/2026) with Songs that reference the Library.
This was commemorate "Take your child to the library day" on Sunday (Feb 1)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

Thanks to Leigh for the spotified list
[Side 1] Library
Manic Street Preachers - Design for life
Comet Gain - Thee ecstatic library
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Squeeze - Library Girl
Nick Cave - There she goes my beautiful world
Chappell Roan - Picture you

[Side 2] In the library
Belle & Sebastian - Wrapped up in books
Hall & Oates - War of words
Bjork - It's oh so quiet
Dwight Yoakam - Readin' Rightin' Rt.23
Paper Aeroplanes - Books
Tin Tin Out ft Shelley Nelson - Here's where the story ends

[Bonus]
Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl
Fiction Factory - (Feels like) Heaven

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Trombone

Midnight Mixtape: Trombones

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (29/01/2026) with Songs that reference Trombones!

Songs in contention

  • Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
  • Diana Ross - I’m coming out
  • Blondie - Tide is high
  • Specials - Message to you Rudy
  • Louie Armstrong - What a wonderful world
  • Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
  • Groove Armada - At the river
  • Freakpower - Turn on, Tune in, Cop out
  • Henry Mancini - Pink Panther Theme
  • Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
  • Herb Alpert - What now my love
  • Frank Sinatra - I’ve got you under my skin
  • Specials - Ghost town
  • Lionel Richie - All night long
  • John Coltrane - Blue Train
  • Aerosmith - Girl keeps coming apart
  • Andy Williams - Can’t take my eyes off you
  • Meredith Wilson - 76 Trombones
  • Tom Waits - In the neighbourhood
  • Trombone Shorty - Hurricane Season
  • Interrupters - Bad guy
  • Al Green - Take me to the river
  • Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
  • Rex Orange County - Sunflower
  • Prince - The Flow
  • Dusty Springfield - Spooky
  • Chic - Good time
  • Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive
  • Gene McDaniels - Tower of Strength
  • Pink Floyd - Afternoon
  • Joe Bataan - What good is a castle
  • Glenn Miller - Moonlight serenade
  • Charles Mingus - Better git in your soul
  • Communards - Don’t leave me this way
  • Teardrop explodes - Reward
  • Sergio Mendes - Mas que nada
  • John Barry - On her majesty’s secret service
  • Nick Lowe - Trombones
  • Florence & Machine - Queen of Peace
  • Dexys Midnight Runners - Plan B
  • Craig Toungate & Robin Huston - Bare Necessities
  • Reel Big Fish - Take on me
  • Sam & Dave - Hold on I’m coming
  • Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
  • Jona Lewie - Stop the cavalry
  • Specials - Do nothing
  • Paul McCartney - Let ‘em in

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno
2. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
3. Charles Mingus - Better git in your soul
4. Tom Waits - In the neighbourhood
5. Al Green - Take me to the river
6. Sam & Dave - Hold on I’m coming

[Side 2]
7. Communards - Don’t leave me this way
8. Frank Sinatra - I’ve got you under my skin
9. Specials - Ghost town
10. Dusty Springfield - Spooky
11. John Barry - On her majesty’s secret service
12. Glenn Miller - Moonlight serenade

Hidden:
Interrupters - Bad guy
Aerosmith - Girl keeps coming apart

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before Dexy's Midnight Runners (5), Charlie Mingus, Al Green (2), Sam & Dave (1), Communards, Dusty Springfield, John Barry, Interrupters. Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 3: Frank Sinatra (10)
  • 2: Specials (6), Stevie Wonder (8)
  • 1: Glen Miller (1), Tom Waits (7)

Monday, 26 January 2026

Weekend Playlist: Laughs

Weekend Playlist: Laugh

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Walt looking at X/twitter selections (23/01/2026) with Songs that reference Laughs.
This was inspired by the Global belly laugh day being on the 24th January.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] Light side
Beau Brummels - Laugh Laugh
Lloyd Cole - Lost weekend
Whitney - I wanna dance with somebody
Orange Juice - Falling & Laughing
Louis Armstrong - When you're smiling
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz

[Side 2] Dark side
Eagles of Death - I want you so hard
Levellers - Devil went down to Georgia
Sleaford Mods - Good life
Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours
Black - Wonderful life

[Bonus]
Tom Leherer - Poisoning pigeons in the park
Prince - Vicki waiting
George W Johnson - Laughing song
Travis - Last laugh of the laughter

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Laughs

Midnight Mixtape: Laughs

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (22/01/2026) with Songs that reference Laughs!

Songs in contention

  • David Bowie - Laughing Gnome
  • Norman Wisdom - Don't laugh at me
  • Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the rain
  • Manfred mann - Ha! Ha! Said the clown
  • Charlie Penrose - Laughing Policeman
  • Spice Girls - Wannabe
  • Frank Sinatra - They all laughed
  • Killers - Smile like you mean it
  • All time low - Dear Maria count me in
  • Elvis Presley - Are you lonesome tonight?
  • REM - Shiny happy people
  • Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Laughing Blues
  • Paul McCartney - Smile away
  • Morecambe & Wise - Bring me sunshine
  • Phil Collins - Mama
  • Bob Dylan - It takes a lot to laugh
  • Sting - Everybody laugh but you
  • Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
  • Pulp - Common People
  • Fontaines DC - Hurricane laughter
  • Napoleon XIV - They’re coming to take me away
  • Julian Cope - Laughing boy
  • Soft Cell - Bedsitter
  • Bee Gees - I started a joke
  • Mary Poppins - I love to laugh
  • Billie Holiday - Laughing at life
  • Gorillaz - Feel good inc
  • Michael Jackson - Thriller
  • Jessie J - Who’s laughing now
  • Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy train
  • REM - Sidewinder sleeps tonight
  • The Gun - Race with the devil
  • Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
  • Tom Jones - Delilah
  • Siouxsie - Spellbound
  • Dusty Springfield - I only want to laugh
  • Pulp - Laughing boy
  • Frank Sinatra - When you’re smiling
  • Orange Juice - Falling and laughing
  • Surfaris - Wipeout
  • Jilted John - Gordon is a moron
  • Peter Sarstedt - Where do you go to my lovely
  • Faith no more - Land of sunshine
  • Gilbert O’Sullivan - Clair
  • Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
  • Captain Sensible - Happy Talk
  • Police - Roxanne

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Spice Girls - Wannabe
2. Gorillaz - Feel good inc
3. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
4. Faith no more - Land of sunshine
5. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy train
6. Michael Jackson - Thriller

[Side 2]
7. Surfaris - Wipeout
8. Peter Sarstedt - Where do you go to my lovely
9. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
10. Gilbert O’Sullivan - Clair
11. Napoleon XIV - They’re coming to take me away
12. Mary Poppins - I love to laugh
Hidden: Elvis Presley - Are you lonesome tonight?

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before Faith no more, Gilbert O'Sullivan (1), Joni Mitchell (1), Napoleon XIV, Spice Girls. Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 3: Elvis (12)
  • 2: Gorillaz (3), Sex Pistols (3)
  • 1: Mary Poppins (3), Ozzy Osbourne (2), Peter Sarstedt (1), Surfaris (1)

Sunday, 18 January 2026

Weekend Playlist: Yellow

Weekend Playlist: Yellow

Weekend Playlist: Yellow

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lenny with help from guest curator Cindy looking at X/twitter selections (16/01/2026) with Songs that reference Yellow.
This was inspired by the 57th anniversairy of the release of Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"

Final Mixtape

[Side 1] Coated in Yellow
Mellow Yellow – Donovan
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Old Yellow Bricks – Arctic Monkeys
Yellow Bird – The Mills Brothers
Black and Yellow – Wiz Khalifa
Tie a Yellow Ribbon – Tony Orlando and Dawn

[Side 2] Speaking of Yellow…
Let Me Entertain You – Robbie Williams
Gimme Some Truth – John Lennon
I Am The Walrus – The Beatles
Coward of the County – Kenny Rogers
Reasons to Be Cheerful – Ian Dury and The Blockheads 
Lemon Tree – Fool’s Garden

[Bonus]
The Race – Yello
Life is a Lemon and I want my Money Back – Meatloaf

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Chatup Lines

Midnight Mixtape: Chat-up lines

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (15/01/2026) with Songs that have a chat-up line in the title or lyrics!

Songs in contention

  • Thompson Twins - Hold me now
  • Clash - Should I stay or should I go?
  • Rupert Holmes - Escape (Pina Colada song)
  • Rolling Stones - Let's spend the night together
  • Bonnie Tyler - Loving you is a dirty job
  • ELO - Do ya
  • Art of Noise (ft Tom Jones) - Kiss
  • Labelle - Lady Marmalade
  • Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor
  • Bloodhound Gang - Bad touch
  • Lionel Richie - My destiny
  • Bruce Springsteen - You ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright
  • Frankie Valli - You’re ready now
  • Beatles - Why don’t we do it in the road
  • Peter Brown - Do you wanna get funky with me?
  • Bellamy Brothers - If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me
  • Donna Summer - Hott stuff
  • Beatles - I wanna hold your hand
  • Taylor Swift - You belong to me
  • Wurzels - I've got a brand new combine harvester
  • Doors - Hello I love you
  • Hollies - Bus stop
  • Joni Mitchell - Raised on robbery
  • Streets - Fit but you know it
  • Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
  • Ray Scott - Those jeans
  • Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
  • Jet - Are you gonna be my girl
  • Tavares - Heaven must be missing an angel
  • Dean Martin - How do you like your eggs in the morning?
  • ABBA - Voulez-vous
  • Dr Hook - Sharing the night together
  • Drifters - You’re more than a number in my little red book
  • Hank Williams - Hey good lookin'
  • Sugababes - Push the button
  • Elvis - Are you lonesome tonight?
  • Carly Rae Jepson - Call me maybe
  • Andrew Sisters - Where have we met before
  • Billy Ocean - Get outta my dreams, get into my car
  • Showaddywaddy - Under the moon of love
  • George Michael - Father figure
  • Pulp - Common people
  • Leonard Cohen - Take this waltz
  • Steve Harley - Come up and see me
  • Marvin Gaye - Let's get it on

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Rolling Stones - Let's spend the night together
2. Bruce Springsteen - You ain’t a beauty but hey you’re alright
3. Donna Summer - Hot stuff
4. Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor
5. Hollies - Bus stop
6. Beatles - I wanna hold your hand

[Side 2]
7. Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
8. Dean Martin - How do you like your eggs in the morning?
9. Ray Scott - Those jeans
10. Sugababes - Push the button
11. Leonard Cohen - Take this waltz
12. Billy Ocean - Get outta my dreams, get into my car
Hidden: Streets - Fit but you know it

Previous Appearances

From the original midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before: Billy Ocean, Donna Summer (3), Ray Scott, Streets (4), Sugababes. Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 7: Beatles (22)
  • 5: Arctic Monkeys (9)
  • 3: Bruce Springsteen (9)
  • 2: Dean Martin (4), Rolling Stones (9)
  • 1: Hollies (4),Dire Straits (4), Leonard Cohen (2)

Monday, 12 January 2026

Weekend Playlist: Tonight

Weekend Playlist: Tonight

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail OB with help from guest curator Dominic looking at X/twitter selections (09/01/2026) with Songs that reference tonight.
This was inspired by the 45th anniversairy of the release of Phil Collins' "In the air tonight"

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1]
Rod Stewart - Tonight's the night
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
INXS - Need you tonight
Rosali - On Tonight
Bob Seger - We've got tonight
Noah & Whale - Tonight’s the kind of night

[Side 2]
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Eels - Last stop: This town
Modjo - Lady (hear me tonight)
Blondie - Atomic
Cutting - (I just) Died in your arms
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight

[Bonus]
Carole King - Will you still love me tomorrow?
Phil Collins - In the air tonight

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Feet

Midnight Mixtape: Feet

On the midnight mixtape, Tony Livesey was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (08/01/2026) with Songs that reference feet upon an interview Tony Livesey had with Michael Palin where he mentioned songs about feet!

Songs in contention

  • Ezra Collective - God gave me feet for dancing
  • Stereophonics - Step on my old size 9s
  • Mud - Tiger feet
  • Womack & Womack - Teardrops
  • Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
  • Kenny Loggins - Footloose
  • Eric Idle - One foot in the grave
  • Led Zepplin - Trampled under foot
  • Neil - Hole in my shoe
  • Joy Crookes - Feet don’t fail me now
  • Elvis - Blue suede shoes
  • Adam Ant - Goody two shoes
  • Proclaimers - 500 miles
  • Tears for Fears - Head over heels
  • Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
  • Happy Mondays - Step on
  • Fats Waller - Your feet’s too big
  • Paolo Nutini - New shoes
  • Jimmy Nail - Crocodile shoes
  • Katrina & the waves - Walking on sunshine
  • Traffic - Hole in my shoe
  • Run DMC - My adidas
  • Kirsty MacColl - In these shoes
  • James Brown - Get on your good foot
  • Tiny Tim - Tiptoe through the tulips
  • Stone Roses - Fools’ gold
  • Crowded House - Nails in my feet
  • Johnny Preston - Running bear
  • Sandie Shaw - Long walk home
  • Junior Senior - Move your feet
  • Dionne Warwick - Walk on by
  • U2 - Walk on
  • Jamiroquai - Canned heat
  • Gloria Estefan - Get on your feet
  • Aled Jones - Walking in the air
  • Jackson 5 - Blame it on the boogie
  • Bob Marley - Get up stand up
  • Stevie Wonder - Knocks me off my feet
  • Alanis Morissette - Head over feet
  • Madness - One step beyond
  • Beach Boys - Take a load off your feet
  • Shania Twain - Whose bed have your boots been under?
  • Alexandra Burke - Broken heels
  • Tribe called quest - Can I kick it?
  • Crowded House - Fall at your feet
  • Wings - Band on the run
  • Helen Shapiro - Walking back to happiness

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1]
1. Ezra Collective - God gave me feet for dancing
2. Joy Crookes - Feet don’t fail me now
3. Happy Mondays - Step on
4. Madness - One step beyond
5. Fats Waller - Your feet’s too big
6. Adam Ant - Goody two shoes

[Side 2]
7. James Brown - Get on your good foot
8. Jackson 5 - Blame it on the boogie
9. Tiny Tim - Tiptoe through the tulips
10. Sandie Shaw - Long walk home
11. Stone Roses - Fools’ gold
12. Eric Idle - One foot in the grave
Hidden:
Run DMC - My adidas

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before: Adam Ant (1), Eric Idle, Ezra Collective, Fat Waller (1), Joy Crookes, Run DMC (2), Tiny Tim. Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 3: James Brown (6)
  • 2: Madness (6), Sandie Shaw (3)
  • 1: Happy Mondays (2), Jackson 5 (2), Stone Roses (4)

Sunday, 4 January 2026

Weekend Playlist: Unthemed

Weekend Playlist: Unthemed

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Lyricslinger looking at X/twitter selections (30/12/2025) with Songs that are difficult to put into a themed mixtape (and that have never featured in a weekend playlist before.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1]
1. Ludo - Love me dead
2. Tomahawk - 101 North
3. Jeong Cha-Sik - I will forget you
4. Dwight Yoakam - Dreams of clay
5. Bread - If
6. Crow - Bear’s den

[Side 2]
7. Paul McCartney - Oo you
8. Edwin Starr - Contact
9. King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet
10. Maccabees - Kamakura
11. Lisa Hannigam - I don’t know
12. Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

[Bonus]
Whale - Hobo humpin slobo babe
Harvey Danger - Flagpole sitta

Long list

  • Darkness visible
  • Down there
  • Gabriel Yacoub - D’abord je ne me souviens plus
  • No more blood and soil
  • Warlords
  • 5 finger death - Wrong side of heaven
  • Handel - Sarabande
  • Toyah - It’s a mystery
  • Bread - If
  • Depeche Mode - Oh well
  • Elton John - This song has no title
  • King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet
  • Voidz - Qyurryus
  • Blossoms - Charlemagne
  • Maccabees - Kamakura
  • Marillion - Fugazi
  • Vistas - Beautiful nothing
  • Wolf Aice - Yuk foo
  • Falco - Der Kommissar
  • Hey Steve - Miss Prince
  • Ludo - Love me dead
  • Mika - Grace Kelly
  • P!nk - U & ur hand
  • Billy Woods - Christine
  • Flea - A plea
  • Modest mouse - Cowboy Dan
  • Open Mike Eagle - My co-worker clark kent’s secret black box
  • Arctic Monkeys - Hellcat spangled shalala
  • Hanson - Mmmbop
  • m83 - Lower your eyelids to die with the sun
  • Paul Simon - Simple Desultory Philippic
  • Gomez - Shitbag
  • Gorillaz ft Sparks - Happy Dictator
  • Lisa Hannigam - I don’t know
  • Fall - Container Drivers
  • Ian Dury - Inbetweenies
  • Madness - Whistle in the dark
  • Monkey Spanner - Video dance
  • Police - De do do do De da da da
  • Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
  • Dwight Yoakam - Dreams of clay
  • Paul McCartney - Oo you
  • Shakey Graves - Dearly departed
  • Willie Nelson - I just can’t say goodbye
  • Sammy Davis Jr - Mr Bojangles
  • Dave Matthews Band - Cortez the killer
  • Garth Brooks - Thunder rolls
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn - Handles a broken string
  • Crow - Bear’s den
  • Sarah Jarosz - Orange & Blue
  • Genesis - Abacab
  • Harvey Danger - Flagpole sitta
  • Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring
  • Small Faces - All or nothin
  • Kim Wilde - You came
  • Aztec Camera - Oblivious
  • Desert Sessions - Subcutaneous Phat
  • Gene Clark - Some misunderstanding
  • GRICE - Patiently
  • Martina Topley-Bird - Da da da da
  • Edwin Starr - Contact
  • Kirsty MacColl - In these shoes?
  • Pulp - Spike Island
  • Waterboys - Fisherman’s blues
  • Yazoo - Nobody’s diary
  • King Creosote - My favourite girl
  • Kitchens of Distinction - Prize
  • My life story - 12 reasons why I love her
  • Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook
  • Cinderella - Bad Seamstress Blues
  • Cradle of flith - Nymphétamine
  • Thunder - Low life in high places
  • Tomahawk - 101 North
  • Type O Negative - My Girlfriend’s girlfriend
  • Black Rose - Raude
  • Garry Schyman - Praan
  • Jeong Cha-Sik - I will forget you
  • Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
  • X Japan - Forever love
  • Cake - Perhaps perhaps perhaps
  • Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
  • King Glizzard & Lizard Wizard - This thing
  • Snow - Informer
  • Whale - Hobo humpin slobo babe
  • Rammstein - Buckstabu
  • Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin - Ballade de Melody Nelson
  • A-ha - Take on me
  • Alexia - Uh la la la
  • Cameo - Word up
  • Laura Branigan - Self Control
  • Mazzy Star - Fade into you

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Times

Midnight Mixtape: Times

On the midnight mixtape, Nick Bright was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (31/12/2025) with Songs that reference TEMPLATE!

Songs in contention

  • So solid crew - 21 seconds
  • Bill Haley - Rock around the clock
  • Rialto - Monday morning 5:19
  • ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme
  • Eric Clapton - After midnight
  • Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
  • Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
  • Lady A - Need you now
  • Clash - Magnificent Seven
  • M83 - Midnight city
  • Matchbox 20 - 3am
  • Panic at the disco - 9 in the afternoon
  • Maria Maldour - Midnight at the oasis
  • KLF - 3am eternal
  • Leonard Cohen - Famous blue raincoat
  • Beverley Craven - Promise me
  • Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
  • Simon & Garfunkel - 7 o’clock news
  • Meatloaf - Midnight at the lost & found
  • Frank Sinatra - One for my baby
  • Bangles - Manic Monday
  • Beatles - She’s leaving home
  • Wah! - 7 minutes to midnight
  • Monkees - Daydream believer
  • Squeeze - Up the junction
  • Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
  • Mark Ronson - 2am
  • Boomtown Rats - Like clockwork
  • Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
  • Strokes - 12:51
  • Fleetwood Mac - Isn’t it midnight
  • Carpenters - I need to be in love
  • Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
  • Norah Jones - Sunrise
  • Harry Nilsson - Everybody’s talkin'
  • Quire boys - 7 o’clock
  • Who - 5:15
  • Tom Waits - Midnight Lullaby
  • Blondie - 11:59
  • U2 - 11 o’clock tick tock
  • Tobi Lark - Time will pass you by
  • Ocean colour scene - 40 past midnight
  • HAIM - 3am
  • Bon Jovi - Tokyo Roads

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.
[Side 1] Before midnight
1. Bill Haley - Rock around the clock
2. Strokes - 12:51
3. Wah! - 7 minutes to midnight
4. Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
5. Blondie - 11:59
6. So solid crew - 21 seconds
[Side 2] After midnight
7. ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme
8. M83 - Midnight city
9. Meatloaf - Midnight at the lost & found
10. Maria Maldour - Midnight at the oasis
11. Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
12. Frank Sinatra - One for my baby
Hidden: Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey era of mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before Bill Haley (3), Chicago, Gladys Knight (3), Iron Maiden (5), Maria Maldour, M83, So Solid Crew, Strokes (2) Appearances of those that have been on before:
  • 3: Blondie (7)
  • 2: Frank Sinatra (9)
  • 1: ABBA (3), Meatloaf (4), Wah!