Midnight Mixtape: Sea Creatures

Midnight Mixtape: Sea creatures

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (06/08/2026) with Songs that reference sea creatures!

Songs in contention

• Herbie Hancock - Dolphin Dance
• Louis Armstrong - Jonah & the Whale
• Marvelettes - Too many fish in the sea
• Pink Fong - Baby Shark
• B52s - Rock Lobster
• Tim Buckley - Dolphins
• Marillon - Kayleigh
• Years & Years - The Whale
• Beatles - I am the walrus
• Elton John - Crocodile Rock
• Cream - Tales of brave Ulysses
• Country Joe McDonald - Save the whales
• Prince - Starfish and Coffee
• Seahorses - Love is the law
• Beatles - Octopus' Garden
• Guy called Gerard - Voodoo ray
• Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
• Hi tek 3 ft Ya Kid K - Spin that wheel
• B52 - Love shack
• Little Mermaid (Samuel E Wright) - Under the sea
• Seal - Kiss from a rose
• Seal - Killer
• Shed 7 - Dolphins
• Hamish Hawk - Grey seals
• Barry Gray - Stingray Theme
• Donald Byrd - Wildlife
• Squeeze - Pulling mussels from a shell
• Bobby Darin - Mack the knife
• David Bowie - Heroes
• De la soul - Tread water
• Elvis - Crawfish
• Police - King of pain
• Brian Eno - Mother whale eyeless
• Radiohead - Punchup at a wedding
• PJ Harvey - Down by the water
• Florence & Machine - Kraken
• Divine Comedy - Seafood song

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Barry Gray - Stingray Theme
2. Marvelettes - Too many fish in the sea
3. Herbie Hancock - Dolphin Dance
4. Florence & Machine - Kraken
5. Cream - Tales of brave Ulysses
6. Beatles - Octopus's Garden

[Side 2]
7. David Bowie - Heroes
8. PJ Harvey - Down by the water
9. Squeeze - Pulling mussels
10. Guy called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
11. Bobby Darin - Mack the knife
12. Louis Armstrong - Jonah & the Whale

Hidden: ?

Previous Appearances

From the new midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before, Barry Gray, Marvelettes (1), Herbie Hancock (1), Squeeze, Guy called Gerald (1), Louis Armstrong (7) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 11: Beatles (26), David Bowie (19)
• 3: PJ Harvey (5)
• 2: Cream (2), Florence & Machine (3)
• 1: Bobby Darin (3)