Midnight Mixtape: Reunions

Midnight Mixtape: Reunions

On the midnight mixtape, Gordon Smart was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (03/09/2026) with Songs that reference or relate to reunions on Gordon Smart reuniting with musicologist Joe Bennett this week!

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side A]
Pulp - Disco 2000
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack - Back together again
Blondie - Maria
Take That - Patience
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
[Side B]
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the black parade
Thin Lizzy - Boys are back in town
Oscar Peterson Trio - Reunion blues
Pretenders - Back on the chain gang
Rod Stewart - Sailing
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
[Hidden]
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Songs in contention

Blondie - Maria
Sex Pistols - God save the Queen
Fleetwood Mac - I'm so afraid
Undertones - There goes Norman
Jane's Addiction - Ocean size
Sugababes - Freak like me
Take That - Patience
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
A Certain Ratio - Samo
Peaches & Herb - Reunited
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack - Back together again
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner [Suggestion from Paul]
Waterboys - Come back to Galway [Suggestion from Paul]
Rod Stewart - Sailing
Billie Holiday - Back in your own back yard
Marc Almond - Boy who came back
Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas 
Cliff Richard - Reunion of the heart
Pretenders - Back on the chain gang
Pulp - Year 2000
Paul Simon - Mother & child reunion
Spice Girls - Spice up your life
Erasure - Stop!
Chainsmokers & Halsey - Closer [suggestion from Joel Mitchell]
Tom McRae - All gone now
Erasure - Reunion
Coco - Remember Me (Lullaby)
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth - See You Again
Vera Lynn - We'll meet again
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the black parade
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Stone Roses - All for one
Alabama - Old Friends
Pearl Jam - Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town
Helen Shapiro - Walking back to happiness
Oscar Peterson - Reunion Blues
Thin Lizzy - Boys are back in town
Selena Gomez - Back to you
Janet Jackson - Together again
Moody Blues - Lovely to see you
Neil Diamond - Hello again
Beach Boys - God only knows
Smiths - Reel around the fountain