Midnight Mixtape: Streets

Midnight Mixtape: Streets

On the midnight mixtape, Sarah Mulkerrins was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (14/10/2025) with Songs that reference streets (following on Dr Beat's feature of streets on his musicology hour!)

Songs in contention

• Roxy Music - Street life
• Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
• Sesame Street Theme
• Tony Christie - Avenues & Alleyways
• Paolo Nutini - These Streets
• Beatles - Penny Lane
• Ramones - 53rd & 3rd
• Pogues - Sunnyside of the street
• Genesis - Cul de sac
• Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
• Free - Alright now
• Ralph McTell - Strweta of London
• Counting Crowes - Sullivan Streer
• Rod Stewart - Handbags & gladrags
• Morrissey - Last night on Maudlin Street
• Cure - Fascination Street
• Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
• Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Bridge Street Song
• Vic Damone - On the street where you live
• Leonard & Friends - Street player
• Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• Double Trouble & Rebel MC - Street Tuff
• Radiohead - Street Spirit
• Mike Post - Hill Street Blues
• Eric Spear - Coronation Street
• Neil - My white bicycle
• Van Morrison - Cyprus Avenue
• Commitments - Dark end of the street
• Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
• Rolling Stones - Street fighting man
• Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
• Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi
• Nick Cave - Jubilee Street
• U2 - Where the street have no name
• Sting - Moon over bourbon street
• Joe Dassain - Les Champs Elysees
• Monkees - Pleasant Valley sunday
• Talking Heads - Road to nowhere

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
2. Ramones - 53rd & 3rd
3. Roxy Music - Street life
4. Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
5. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
6. Eric Spear - Coronation Street
[Side 2]
7. Radiohead - Street Spirit 
8. Paolo Nutini - The Streets
9. Vic Damone - On the street where you live
10. Van Morrison - Cyprus Avenue
11. Rod Stewart - Handbags & gladrags
12. Mike Post - Hill Street Blues
Hidden: Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before Bobby Womack, Eric Spear, Van Morrison, Vic Damone... (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Bob Dylan (17)
• 6: Bruce Springsteen (12)
• 5: Radiohead (15)
• 4: Rod Stewart (4)
• 2: Ramones (2), ROxy Music (2), Paolo Nutini (2)
• 1: Ray Charles (3)