Weekend Playlist: Piano

Weekend Playlist: Piano

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Mog looking at X/twitter selections (05/11/2025) with Songs that feature or reference piano.
This was commemorate World Pianist Day on Sunday (8th November)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Ole Piano
Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland Illinois
Diana Ross - My old piano
Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu
Stanley Holloway - Pick up tha musket
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great balls of fire
Billy Preston - Nothing from Nothing
Bonus: Ray Charles - What'd I say Pt1&2

[Side 2] Let's do it
Victoria Wood - Ballad of Barry & Freda
Ben Folds - Landed
Winifred Atwell - Black & White Rag
Tom Waits - Piano has been drinking
Bruce Hornsby - The way it is
Tim Minchin - Rock and Roll Nerrd
Bonus: Damien Rice - Unplayed Piano

[Side 3] The Piano
Michael Nyman - The Piano
Charlatans - One to another
Squeeze - Another nail in my heart
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No 1
U2 - New Year's day
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Bonus: Eddy Grant - Gimme hope Jo'anna

[Side 4] Piano Men
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds - Into my arms
Elton John - Bennie & the Jets
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Bernard Cribbins - Right said Fred
George Ezra - Budapest
Alicia Keys - Empire state of mind
Bonus: Robert Miles - Children

Midnight Mixtape: Garden

Midnight Mixtape: Gardening

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (05/11/2026) with Songs that reference gardening on the back of Monty Don's last appearance on Gardener's World!

Songs in contention

• Move - Flowers in the rain
• Siouxsie & Banshees - Hong kong garden
• Paul McCartney - English Tea
• John Foxx - The Garden
• Marillion - Garden party
• Cultured Vultures - Spining in daffodils
• Talking Heads - Flowers
• Cult - Wild flower
• Seal - Kiss from a rose
• George Jones - Good year for the roses
• Captain Beefheart - Big eyed beans from Venus
• Benny Hill - Garden of love
• Depeche Mode - My secret garden
• Don Estelle - Whispering Grass
• Beach Boys - Vegetables
• Rush - The Trees
• Tiny Tim - Tiptoe through the tulips
• Very Things - Bushes screan while my daddy prunes
• Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
• Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
• Nirvana - In bloom
• Taylor Swift - Willow
• Cure - Hanging gardens
• T'Pau - Secret Garden
• The Fall - Garden
• Jethro Tull - Songs from the wood
• Travis - Flowers in the window
• Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
• Foundations - Build me up buttercup
• Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower
• Sound of Music - Edelweiss
• Sonic Youth - Dirty boots
• Peter Gabriel - Digging on the dirt
• Muse - Dig down
• Mock Turtles - Can you dig it
• Richie Havens - Going back to my roots
• Odyessy - Going back to my roots
• Tom Jones - Green grass of home
• Martika - I feel the earth move
• Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses
• Outkast - Roses
• Miley Cyrus - Flowerz

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Move - Flowers in the rain
2. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
3. Foundations - Build me buttercup
4. Captain Beefheart - Big eyed beans from Venus
5. Peter Gabriel - Digging on the dirt
6. Marillion - Garden party
[Side 2]
7. Jethro Tull - Songs from the wood
8. Nirvana - In bloom
9. Taylor Swift - Willow
10. Tears for Fears - Sowing the seeds of love
11. Very Things - Bushes scream while my daddy prunes
12. Richie Havens - Going back to my roots
Hidden: Sonic Youth - Dirty boots

Previous Appearances

From the new era of mixtapes, 7 acts had never been on before Captain Beefheart, Foundations, Lynn Anderson (1), Marillion, Richie Havens (1), Tears for Fears (2), Very Things. (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Peter Gabriel (8)
• 3: Nirvana (6), Taylor Swift (7)
• 1: Jethro Tull (1), Move (1), Sonic Youth (3)

Weekend Playlist: Scary Sounds

Weekend Playlist: Scary Sounds

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Snail looking at X/twitter selections (29/10/2025) with Songs that reference scary sounds (scream, shieks, boo, etc)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Unholy Spirits
1. Sepultura - Uma Cura
2. John Carpenter - Halloween Theme
3. Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
4. Moontrekkers - Night of the vampire
5. Aphex Twin - Come to daddy
6. Ashley Serena - Lullaby of woe

[Side 2] In the name of...
7. Eminem (ft Dido) - Stan
8. Sam the sham & Pharoahs - L'il red riding hood
9. Death in Vegas - Aisha
10. Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack the Ripper
11. Supergrass - Mary
12. Pink Floyd - Careful with that axe Eugene

[Bonus]
Bobby Pickett & Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash
Michael Jackson - Thriller

Midnight Mixtape: Scary Songs

Midnight Mixtape: Scary Songs

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (28/10/2026) with Songs that reference Scary Songs!

Songs in contention

• Fleetwood Mac - Black magic woman
• Elvis - Devil in disguise
• Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
• Wizard of Oz - We're off to see the wizard
• Frankie Teardrop - Suicide
• Ramones - Pet Sementary
• Stranglers - In the shadows
• Napoleon XIV - They're coming to take me away
• Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
• Josh Wink - Don't Laugh
• John Williams - Jaws Theme
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper
• Laurie Anderson - Superman
• Damned - These hands
• Smiths - Suffer little children
• Dr Who Theme
• Kate Bush - Wuthering heights
• Rentaghost Theme
• Round the twist Theme
• Ghosts Theme
• Horrible histories Theme
• Doors - Riders on the storm
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
• Alice Cooper - Poison
• Tales of the Unexpected Theme
• ELO - Fire on high
• Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme
• Boomtown Rats - I don't like Mondays
• Tears for fears - Mad world
• Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre
• Carl Orff - O Fortuna
• Whodini - Freaks come out at night
• Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you
• Stranglers - waltzinblack
• Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
• Eagles - Hotel California
• Metallica - Enter sandman
• X Files Theme
• Talking Heads - Psycho killer
• Joy Division - Dead souls
• Yeah yeah yeahs - Heads will roll
• Enya - Orinoco Flow
• Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
• Rockwell - Somebody's watching over me
• Simon & Garfunkel - Sun is burning

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
2. Ramones - Pet Sematary
3. Laurie Anderson - Superman
4. Smiths - Suffer little children
5. Talking Heads - Psycho killer
6. Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the devil
[Side 2]
7. John Williams - Jaws Theme
8. Frankie Teardrop - Suicide
9. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
10. Yeah yeah yeahs - Heads will roll
11. Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
12. Carl Orff - O Fortuna
Hidden: Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks Theme

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 4 acts had never been on before Angelo Badalamenti, Frankie Teardrop, Laurie Anderson, Mike Oldfield (1) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Talking Heads (8)
• 4: Rolling Stones (11)
• 3: Black Sabbarh (6), Warren Zevon (5)
• 2: John Williams (4), Smiths (4)
• 1: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (1), Carl Orff (1)

Weekend Playlist: Banned

Weekend Playlist: Banned

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Wee Bear looking at X/twitter selections (22/10/2026) with Songs that reference banning or banishment or songs that been banned.
This was inspired by the release of Frankie goes to Hollywood's Relax on Saturday which go on to be banned and become a UK #1 in 1983.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist! Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Strange Fruit
1. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road
2. Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans
3. Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm
4. Bessie Smith - Nobody knows you when you're down and out
5. Stranglers - Peaches
6. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit

[Side 2] A little respect
7. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam
8. Five man electrical band - Signs
9. Erasure - A little respect
10. Amyl & Sniffers - Chewing gum
11. Prince - Darling Nikki
12. Gainsbourg & Birkin - Je t'aime

[Bonus]
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Alexandre Desplat - Cleared of all charges
Chuck Berry - My ding-a-ling

Midnight Mixtape: Insects

Midnight Mixtape: Insects

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (21/10/2026) with Songs that reference Insects! Theme was based on the news of a massive wasps' nest in an office being dismantled.

Songs in contention

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the bumblebee
• Melanie - Alexander Beetle
• XTC - Ladybird
• Who - Boris the spider
• Altered Images - Insects
• Bob Lind - Elusive butterfly
• Nancy Sinatra & Lee Aizlewood - Lady bird
• Cure - Lullaby
• Cure - Caterpillar
• U2 - The Fly
• XTC - Fly in the wall
• XTC - Across the ante
• XTC - I'm bugged
• Modest mouse - Do the Cockroach
• Depeche Mode - Fly on a windscreen
• Wire - I am the fly
• Echo & Bunnymen - Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
• Richard Thompson - Beeswing
• Fall - Cyber insekt
• Disney Studio Chorus/Mousercise - Bug a boo
• Gary Lucas - Glo worm
• Christy Moore - Reel in the flicking light
• Slim Harpo - I'm a king bee
• Wham! - Wake me up (before you go go)
• Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon
• Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
• Blur - Beetlebum
• Jim Stafford - Spiders & Snakes
• Brian Eno - Spider & I
• Funkadelic - Maggot brain
• Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
• Shaggy - Boombastic
• Editors - Escape the nest
• Adam Ant - Ant music
• Edgar Broughton - Moth
• B Bumble & Stingers - Nut rocker
• Elvis - I got stung
• Mission - Butterfly on the wheel
• Dolly Parton - Love is like a butterfly
• Norah Jones - What am I to
• Wings - Little lamb Dragonfly
• Bob Dylan - Locusts
• Cole Porter - Let's do it
• Burl Ives - Ugly bug ball
• Val Doonican - Elusive Butterfly

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Altered Images - Insect
2. Cure - Caterpillar
3. Herb Alpert - Spanish Flea
4. Modest Mouse - Doin' the cockroach
5. Gary Lucas - Glo worm
6. B Bumble & Stingers - Nut rocker
[Side 2]
7. Adam & Ants - Ant music
8. XTC - Lady bird
9. Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly
10. Blur - Beetlebum
11. Jim Stafford - Spider & Snakes
12. Christy Moore - Reel in the flickering light
HIDDEN TRACK: Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 8 acts had never been on before B Bumble & Stingers, Bob Lind, Curtis Mayfield (3), Gary Lucas, Herb Alpert, Jim Stafford, Modest Mouse (1), XTC (1) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 7: Adam Ant (10)
• 5: Blur (13)
• 2: Christy Moore (3)
• 1: Altered Images (1), Cure (8)

Weekend Playlist: TV & Radio

Weekend Playlist: TV & Radio

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Louise looking at X/twitter selections (16/10/2026) with Songs that reference TV and Radio.
This was commemorate BBC being founded in 1922 (Oct 18)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final double playlist!

[Side 1] BBC1
Public Service Broadcasting - Theme from PSB
Of Monsters & Men - Television Love
Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels (and nothin' on)
Freak Power - Turn On Tune In Cop Out
Fountains of Wayne - Hackensack
Black Flag - TV Party

[Side 2] Radio 1
Robbie Williams - Radio
Rush - Spirit of Radio
Selecter - On my Radio
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Jason Isbell - Traveling alone
Charlie Dore - Pilot of the Airwaves

[Bonus]
Ming Tea - BBC
Buggles - Video killed the Radio Star


[Side 3] BBC2
A-ha - Sun always shines on TV
Lily Allen - Chinese
Disposable Heroes of Hypocrisy - Television...
Dire Straits - Money for nothing 
James - Lost a friend
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill your Television

[Side 4] Radio 2
Stefanie Sun - Radio
Joy Division - Transmission 
Sam Cooke - Having a party
Donna Summer - On the Radio
Stereophonics - I wouldn’t believe your radio
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Radio Radio

[Bonus]
TV on the Radio - Dreams
CHVRCHES - Dead Air

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)

Weekend Playlist - Rock'n'Roll

Weekend Playlist: Rock'n'Roll

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (09/10/2026) with Songs that reference drugs.
This was inspired by the Goon's "Bloodnok's Rock & Roll Call" in the UK Top 10, 70 years ago. (And the completion of the "Sex, drugs and rock'n'roll triology")

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Rock'n'Roll
Joan Jett - I love Rock & Roll
Bob Seger - Old time Rock & Roll
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock'n'Roll
Killers - Glamourous indie Rock & Roll
Oasis - Rock'n'Roll star
Rolling Stones - It's only Rock'n'Roll
[Side 2] Around the clock
David Essex - Rock on
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
Nickelback - Rockstar
Muddy Waters - Blues had a baby and they named it Rock & Roll
Starship - We built this city
Bill Haley - Rock around the clock
[Hidden]
Ian Dury - Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll
Mojo Nixon - Elvis is everywhere
Chuck Berry - Johnny Be Goode

Midnight Mixtape: Talking Too

Midnight Mixtape: Talking Too

On the midnight mixtape, Laura McGhie was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (09/10/2022) with Songs that haven spoken part in them! This is on the news of the discovery that Till the bells rings could be first film to have spoken word instead of the Jazz Singer. (Note this theme was covered by Paul McNamee and Tony Livesey in late April)

Songs in contention

• Paolo Nutini - Iron sky
• Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
• Talking heads - Once in a lifetime
• Shangri-las - Leader of the pack
• Julian Clary - Leader of the pack
• Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
• Faithless - Insomnia
• 10cc - I'm not in love
• Birds - 2 4 2 foxtrot
• Mary Wilson - Telephone man
• Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
• Simple Minds - This is your land
• Atomic Kitten - Never ever
• Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's free to wear suncream
• Gil Scott Heron - Revolution will not be televised
• Frank Zappa - I'm the slime
• Peter Sellers - Hard day's night
• Captain Sensible - Happy talk
• Weird Al Yankovic - Albuquerque
• Les Crane - Desiderata
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
• A house - Endless art
• Floaters - Float on
• Tubeway army - Are friends electric?
• Blur - Parklife
• Meatloaf - Hot summer night
• William Shatner - That's me trying
• Jamie T - Shelia
• Lottery Winners - Letters to myself
• Adam Ant - Stand & deliver
• Bucks Fizz - Land of make belief
• Beats international - Dub be good to me
• Eminem - Stan
• Manic Street preachers
• Duran - Danceophobia
• Dolly Parton - I will always love you
• Starship - We built this city
• Paul Hardcastle - 19

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
Blur - Parklife
Public Service Broadcasting - Go
Beats International - Dub be good to me
Lottery Winners - Letter to myself
Faithless - Insomnia
[Side 2]
Shangri-Las - Leader of the pack
Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution will not be televised
Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Jimmy Nail - Ain't no doubt
Peter Sellers - Hard day's night
Hidden: William Shatner - That's me trying

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before: Beats International, Lottery Winners, Shangri-Las, Paul Hardcastle (1), Peter Sellers, William Shatner. (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 4: Blur (12), Talking Heads (7)
• 2: Gil Scott Heron (2), Iron Maiden (7), Public Service Broadcasting (2)
• 1: Faithless (2), Jimmy Nail (3)

Note a lot songs on X were not mentioned and here's an "X" version of the mixtape based on that

[Side 1]
Fred Neil - Everybody's talking
Guns N'Roses - Civil War
Orb - Little fluffy clouds
David Bowie - Modern Love
Shania Twain - You're still the one
Warren G - Regulate
[Side 2]
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Coasters - Yakety Yak
PJ Harvey - This mess we're in
Joe Gideon & Shark - Kathy Ray
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Kool & the Gang - Get down on it
Hidden Track: Talk Talk - Talk Talk

Weekend Playlist: Drugs

Weekend Playlist: Drugs

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Paul the trucker looking at X/twitter selections (01/10/2026) with Songs that reference drugs.
This was inspired by the release of D-Mob's "We call it acieed", 38 years ago (Oct 3rd)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Tripped up!
Beatles - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Groove Armada - Purple Haze
Weezer - Hash pipe
Cypress Hill - Hits from the bong
Car seat headrest - Drugs with friends

[Side 2] Down and out!
Dillinger - Cocaine in my brain
Soulwax - E-Talking
Brian Ennals & Infinity Knives - Coke Jaw
Grandmaster Flash - White Lines
Enuff z'Nuff - Fly high Michelle
Berlin - Pink & Velvet

[Bonus]
La's - There she goes
Rolling Stones - Mother's little helper
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tightrope

Midnight Mixtape: Traitors Again

Midnight Mixtape: Traitors Again

On the midnight mixtape, Anna Jameson was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (10/01/2026) with Songs that reference betrayal and secrets on the return of Celebrity Traitors! (Note: this theme had been previously covered as Betrayal and Secret mixtapes.

Songs in contention

• Fleetwood Mac - Little lies
• Del Amitri - Always the last to know
• Nancy Sinatra - Summer wine
• Dolly Parton - Jolene
• Nick Cave & Kylie - Where the wild roses grow
• Ace - How long
• O'Jays - Back stabbers
• Doves - Man who told everything
• Blossoms - Your Girlfriend
• Urban Cookie Collective - The key, the secret
• Avicii - Liar liar
• Eagles - Lying eyes
• CHRVCHES - Asking for a friend
• Amy Winehouse - Back to black
• Killers - Mr Brightside
• Marvin Gaye - Grapevine
• Rockwell - Somebody's watching over me
• Bruce Springsteen - Brillant disguise
• Elvis Costello - I want you
• Squeeze - Tempted
• Beatles - Run from your life
• Evanescence - Everybody's Fool
• Sex Pistols - Liar
• Madonna - Secret
• Billy Joel - Code of Silence
• Gary Moore - Over the hills and far away
• Billy Paul - Me & Mr Jones
• James Carr - Dark end of the street
• Mary MacGregor - Torn between two lovers
• Depeche Mode - Policy of truth
• George Michael - Careless whisper
• Bon Jovi - You give love a bad name
• Aretha Franklin - Who's leavin gwho
• Billy J Kramer - Do you want to know a secret
• Alanis Morrisette - You oughta know

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Amy Winehouse - Back to black
2. Dolly Parton - Jolene
3. Eagles - Lying eyes
4. CHRVCHES - Asking for a friend
5. O'Jays - Back stabbers
6. Elvis Costello - I want you
[Side 2]
7. George Michael - Careless whisper
8. Bruce Springsteen - Brillant disguise
9. Gary Moore - Over the hills and far away
10. Sex Pistols - Liar
11. Fairport Convention - Matty Groves
12. James Carr - Dark end of the street
Hidden: Doves - Man who told everything

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before: CHRVCHES, Doves(1), Elvis Costello (7) Fairport Convention, Gary Moore and James Carr (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 5: Amy Winehouse (8), Bruce Springsteen (11), Dolly Parton (7)
• 4: Sex Pistols (5)
• 3: Eagles (8)
• 2: George Michael (6)
• 1: O'Jays (2)

Weekend Playlist: Protection

h2>Weekend Playlist: Protection Here's the weekend playlist created by Lenny with help from guest curator Cindy looking at X/twitter selections (24/10/2026) with Songs that reference protection.
This was commemorate World Contraceptive Day on September 26th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Save yourself
My Chemical Romance - Save Yourself (I'll hold them back)
Men without Hats - Safety Dance  
Prince - Little Red Corvette 
Madness - House of Fun
Loretta Lynn - The Pill
Monty Python - Every sperm is sacred

[Side 2] Safety in Numbers
Capital Cities - Safe and Sound
Bob Dylan - Shelter from the storm 
Kosheen - Hide U
Paul Simon - You can call me Al
Robbie Williams - Angels
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled waters

[Bonus]
Dan Reed Network - Blame it on the moon
Jermaine Stewart - We don't have to take our clothes off
Bear's den - Promiser

Midnight Mixtape: Autumn (again)

Midnight Mixtape: Autumn

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (23/09/2026) with Songs that reference Autumn as we fall into Autumn!

Songs in contention

• Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
• Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves
• Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong
• Mamas & Papas - California dreamin'
• Haircut 100 - Calling Captain Autumn
• Sentenced - Dead leaves
• Neil Young - Harvest moon
• Al Stewart - Indian Summer
• John Renbourn Group - John Barleycorn
• Guns n'roses - November rain
• Beatles - Norwegian wood
• Green Day - Wake me up when September ends
• Nation of Language - September again
• Noah Kahan - Stick season
• Yves Mortand - Les feuilles mortes
• Earth wind & fire - September
• Ed Sheeran - Autumn Leaves
• Doors - Indian Summer
• James Taylor - October Road
• Simon & Garfunkel - Leaves that are green
• Wurzels - I've got a brand new combine harvester
• White Stripes - Dead leaves and dirty ground
• Taylor Swift - All too well
• Be good Tanya's - Scattered leaves
• Don Henley - Boys of summer
• U2 - October
• Van Morrison - Moon dance
• Stornoway - Zorbing
• Yo la tenga - October sweater
• Fall - Touch sensitive
• Kirsty MacColl - Autumngirlsoup
• REM - Fall on me
• Led Zeppelin - Ramble on
• Coldcut - Autumn leaves

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Earth Wind & Fire - September
2. Haircut 100 - Calling Captain Autumn
3. Green Day - Wake me up when September ends
4. White Stripes - Dead leaves and dirty ground
5. Led Zeppelin - Ramble on
6. Guns n'Roses - November Rain
[Side 2]
7. Mamas & Papas - California Dreamin'
8. Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
9. Nat King Cole - Autumn Leaves
10. James Taylor - October Road
11. Simon & Garfunkel - Leaves that are green
12. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
HIDDEN TRACK: Don Henley - Boys of Summer

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 5 acts had never been on before: Earth Wind & Fire (2), Justin Hayward (1), Nat King Cole, James Taylor, Don Henley (5) (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 3: Led Zeppelin (4), Simon & Garfunkel (11), White Stripes (8)
• 2: Green Day (6), Guns n'Roses (5), Haircut 100 (3)
• 1: Mamas & Papas (5), Neil Young (4)

Weekend Playlist: Cowboys & Indians

Weekend Playlist: Cowboys and Indians

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Graham looking at X/twitter selections (17/09/2026) with Songs that reference Cowboys & Indians.
This was inspired by the UK release of The Unforgiven starring Clint Eastwood, 34 years ago on 18th September.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Cowboys / Saddle Up
Boys don’t cry - I wanna be a cowboy 
Paula Cole - Where have all the cowboys gone?
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
Anastacia - Cowboys & Kisses
Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song
Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy

[Side 2] Indians / How
Eg & Alice - Indian
Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump on it)
Paul Revere & Raiders - Indian Reservation 
Johnny Preston - Running Bear
Gojira - Indians 
Stereophonics - Indian Summer

[Bonus]
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Apache Indian - Boom Shack A Lack

Midnight Mixtape: Fast & Slow

Midnight Mixtape: Fast & Slow

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (17/09/2026) with Songs that reference Fast and Slow to represent contrasting thoughts on how AI should develop!

Songs in contention

• Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up
• Billy Joel - Vienna
• Queen - Don't stop me now
• Manic Street Preachers - Faster
• Foghart - Slow ride
• Steve Gibbons Band - Speed kills
• Eagles - Take it easy
• Primitives - Crash
• Pretenders - Fast or slow
• Tracy Chapman - Fast car
• Bob Dylan - Slow train
• Dee D Jackson - Automatic Lover
• Mercury Rev - Goddess on a hiway
• Simon & Garfunkel - 59th Street Bridge Song (feelin' groovy)
• Michael Jackson - Don't stop til you get enough
• Loose Ends - Slow down
• Housemartins - Think for a minute
• John Miles - Slow down
• Blondie - Slow motion
• Artful Dodger - Movin' too fast
• Pointer Sisters - Slow hand
• Daft Punk - Harder better faster stronger
• Spice Girls - Stop
• Playmates - Beep beep
• Beach Boys - Kokomo
• Mikis Theodorakis - Zorba's Dance
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free bird
• Eagles - Life in the fast lane
• St Vincent - Fast Slow Disco
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn
• Kylie - Slow
• AA Bondy - Slow parade
• Benny Hill - Ernie (the fastest milkman in the west)
• Metallica - Fuel
• Rumer - Slow
• Niall Horan - Slow hand
• Chris Spedding - Motorbikin'
• Jim Croce - Rapid boy
• Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby - Slow boat to China
• Deep Purple - Speed king
• Vangelis - Chariots of fire
• Chipmunks - You spin me around
• Amy McDonald - Slow it down
• Mark Knopfler - Speedway at Nazareth
• John Mayer - Stop this train
• Jam - Slow down
• Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
• Tiffany - I think we're alone now
• Depeche Mode - Below
• Supremes - Stop in the name of love
• Duran Duran - Reflex

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Fast
1. Daft Punk - Harder better faster stronger
2. Queen - Don't stop me now
3. Manic Street Preachers - Faster
4. Primitives - Crash
5. Tiffany - I think we're alone now
6. Eagles - Life in the fast lane

[Side 2] Slow
7. Foghart - Slow ride
8. Bob Dylan - Slow train
9. Beach Boys - Kokomo
10. Pointer Sisters - Slow hand
11. Billy Joel - Vienna
12. S&G - 59th Street Bridge Song
HIDDEN TRACK: Mikis Theodorakis - Zorba's Dance

Previous Appearances

From the new era of mixtapes, 6 acts had never been on before, Daft Punk (2), Foghart, Miki Theodorakis, Pointer Sisters (2), Primitives (1), Tiffany (1). (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 8: Queen (23)
• 6: Bob Dylan (16)
• 4: Beach Boys (8)
• 3: Manic Street Preachers (9)
• 2: Billy Joel (10), Eagles (7), Simon & Garfunke (10)

Weekend Playlist: Think

Weekend Playlist: Think

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (10/09/2026) with Songs that reference thinking.
This was commemorate Positive Thinking Day on Monday (13/09)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] I Think, Therefore I Am
Aretha Franklin - Think
Guns N'Roses - Think about you
Tiffany - I think we’re alone now
Cars - You may think
Marvin Gaye - Too busy thinking about my baby
Garbage - I think I'm paranoid

[Side 2] Mind Games
Super Furry Animals - Hermann loves Pauline
Pet Shop Boys - Always on my mind
Indigo Girls - Galileo
Rodríguez - I wonder
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
Ian Dury - There ain't half been some clever bastards

[Bonus]
Ray Bolger & Judy Garland - If I only had a brain
Jem - They
John Lennon - Imagine

Midnight Mixtape: Conflict/Resolution

Midnight Mixtape: Conflict/Resolution

On the midnight mixtape, Gordon Smart was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (09/09/2026) with Songs that reference Conflict and resolution! Folowing on the film release of Oasis' Don't look back in anger.

Songs in contention

• Kate Nash - Foundations
• Farm - Altogether
• Clash - Career Opportunities
• Tom Petty - I won't back down
• Simple Minds - Mandela Day
• ABBA - Way old friends do
• Tank - War drags on
• Goldie - Making up again
• Stylistics - Break up the Make up
• Taylor Swift - Bad blood
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
• Linda Ronstadt - You're no good
• Jam - Bitterest pill
• Camera Obscura - I need all the friends I can get
• U2 - Sunday bloody Sunday
• Fleetwood Mac - The chain
• McCartneys - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
• Frankie goes to Hollywood - Relax
• Skids - Into the valley
• Peaches & Herb - Reunited
• Cranberries - No need to argue
• Hollies - We're through
• AC/DC - Up to my neck in you
• Queen - Death on two legs
• Queen - Friends will be friends
• System of a down - Hypnotize
• Marky Ramones & Intruders - Better than being you
• Mystery Jets - Greatest hits
• Powderfinger - We should be together now
• Bob Dylan - Blowing in the wind
• Almanac Singers - Which side are you on
• Vera Lynn - We'll meet again
• Erasure - Stop!
• Nena - 99 luft ballons
• Heaven 17 - Let's all make a bomb
• Reo speedwagon - Keep on loving you
• Space - Ballad of Tom Jones
• Bob Marley - One love
• Pat Benatar - Love is a battlefield
• Dido - White flag
• Beatles - We can work it out
• Brandy & Monica - Boy is mine
• Jennifer Rush - Power of love
• Beastie Boys - Fight for your right to party
• Gary Moore - Out in the fields
• Kelis - Caught out there
• Libertines - Can't stand me now

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Conflict
1. Libertines - Can't stand me now
2. Frankie goes to Hollywood - Two tribes
3. U2 - Sunday bloody Sunday
4. Skids - Into the valley
5. Kelis - Caught out there
6. Beastie Boys - Fight for your right to party
[Side 2] Resolution
7. Bob Dylan - Blowing in the wind
8. REO speedwagon - Keep on loving you
9. Beatles - We can work it out
10. Cranberries - No need to argue
11. Almanac Singers - Which side are you on
12. Bob Marley - One love
Hidden: Stylistics - Break up to make up

Previous Appearances

From the new era of midnight mixtapes, 3 acts had never been on before Almanac Singers, REO Speedwagon (1), Stylistics. (Numbers in brackets featured in Colin Murray's midnight mixtapes)
Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 12: Beatles (27)
• 5: Bob Dylan (15)
• 4: U2 (9)
• 3: Beastie Boys (5)
• 2: Bob Marley (13), Frankie goes to Hollywood (3), Skids (2)
• 1: Cranberries (2), Kelis (4), Libertines (2)

Weekend Playlist: Beards

Weekend Playlist: Beards

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Snail looking at X/twitter selections (03/09/2026) with Songs that reference or related to beards and facial hair.
This was commemorate International Beard day which is celebrated on the first Saturday of September (Sep 5).

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Sparks - Moustache
Willie Nelson - I'd have to be crazy
Ash - Kung Fu
David McWilliams - Days of Pearly Spencer
Beautiful South - Have fun
Jacques Brel - La chanson de Jacky

[Side 2]
ZZ Top - I'm bad I'm nationwide
Proclaimers - I'd ask the questions
Rory Gallagher - Tattoo'd lady
Green Jelly - Three little pigs
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Ke$ha - Your love is my drug 

[Hidden]
Keala Settle - This is me
Black Sabbath - Wizard
Squeeze - She doesn't have to shave

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]
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
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