LNL Midnight Mixtape: Spoken Bits

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)