Midnight Mixtape: Spoken Bits
On the midnight mixtape,
Tony Livesey was joined by
Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (30/04/2026) with
Songs that reference songs with spoken words in them based on the number of speeches at King Charles III state visit to the USA!
Songs in contention
- Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
- Michael Jackson - Thriller
- Bucks Fizz - Land of make belief
- Paolo Nutini - Iron sky
- Madness - My name is Michael Caine
- Paul Hardcastle - 19
- Kinks - Come dancing
- Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
- Little Simz - 101FM
- Jackson & McCartney - Girl is mine
- Elvis - Are you lonesome tonight
- Benny Hill - Ernie
- Byrds - 2-4-2 Fox Trot
- Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
- Franz Ferdinand & Sparks - Johnny Delusional
- REM - Radio Song
- Lou Reed - Walk on the wildside
- All saints - Never ever
- Faithless - Insomnia
- Traffic - Hole in my shoe
- New Order - World in motion
- Stan Ridgway - Camfloguage
- Blur - Parklife
- Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
- Birkin & Gainsbourg - Je t'aime
- Britney - Oops I did it again
- ELO - Telephone line
- S&G - Sounds of silence
- Dolly Parton - I will always love you
- Barry White - First last my everything
- Tom Jones - Green green grass of home
- Thomas Dolby - Blinded by science
- Boyz II Men - End of the road
- Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly
- Simon Dupree & Big Sound - Kites
- NWA - Straight Outta Compton
- Pulp - Acrylic afternoons
- 10cc - I'm not in love
- Nick Cave - Oh wow wow
- Dr Feelgood - Down at the doctors
- Young ones - Living doll
- Queen - These are the days of lives
- Damned - New Rose
- Soft cell - Say hello wave goodbye
- Tubeway Army - Are friends electric?
- Boney M - Rasputin
- Wham! - Wham Rap
- Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent
- Dexys - Knowledge of beauty
- Don Estelle & Windsor Davies - Whispering grass
- Human League - Louise
Final Mixtape
Here's the final mixtape!
[Side 1]
1. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
2. Paolo Nutini - Iron sky
3. Michael Jackson - Thriller
4. Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
5. Elvis - Are you lonesome tonight
6. Tubeway Army - Are friends electric?
[Side 2]
7. All saints - Never ever
8. Birkin & Gainsbourg - Je t'aime
9. Damned - New Rose
10. Soft cell - Say hello wave goodbye
11. Boney M - Rasputin
12. Dexys - Knowledge of beauty
Hidden: Lou Reed - Walk on the wildside
Previous Appearances
From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before All Saints (1), Boney M (1), Damned (2), NWA (2), Tubeway Army (1)
(Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:
- 4: Elvis (13)
- 2: Meatloaf (5), Michael Jackson (5), Soft Cell (3)
- 1: Birkin & Gainsbourg (2), Dexys (6), Lou Reed (3), Paolo Nutini (3)
