Weekend Playlist: All or Nothing

Weekend Playlist: All or Nothing

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Snail looking at X/twitter selections (23/07/2026) with Songs that reference All or Nothing.
This was commemorate All or Nothing Day on July 26th.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] "All or Nothing"
Eminem - Lose myself
Sheppard - Geronimo
Foo Fighters - Nothing at all
Super Furry Animals - Do or die
David Guetta ft Sia - Titanium
U2 - All I want is you

[Side 2] "All"/"Nothing"
Dwight Yoakem - Nothing but love
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing compares 2 u
Echo & Bunnymen - Nothing lasts forever
Skunk Anansie - All I want is you
Killers - All these things that I've done
Small Faces - All or nothing

[Bonus]
Inspiral Carpets - This is how it feels
Hazel O'Connor - D-Days
Queen - All dead all dead

Weekend Playlist: Airplane

Weekend Playlist: Airplane

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Graham looking at X/twitter selections (16/07/2025) with Songs that reference airplanes and things you'd find on an aeroplane.
This was commemorate Flight Attendent Safety Professional Day on Sunday 19th July.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] On Board
John Denver - Leaving on a jet plane
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Busted - Air Hostess
Scooch - Flying the flag (For You)
Bowling for Soup - Turbulence
KT Tunstall - I am the pilot

[Side 2] Flying
Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner
Dierks Bentley - Drunk on a plane
Cerys Matthews - Aeroplanes
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
De La Soul - Cabin in the sky
Elbow - Take off & landing of everything

[Bonus]
Hollies - On a carousel
Saxboy Billy - Puerto Rico song

Weekend Playlist: Equals

Weekend Playlist: Equals

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (09/07/2026) with Songs that reference Tied, drawing level and being equal.
This was celebrate the 133rd Weekend Playlist same number as the number of mixtapes Colin Murray did...

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1]
Avicii - Levels
Equals - Baby come back
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Billy Woods - Scales
Coral - Time the equaliser
Stewart Copeland - Equalizer busy equalizing

[Side 2]
Aerosmith - Don't get mad get even
Pearl Jam - Even flow
Queen - Tie your mother down
Cocteau Twins - Fifty fifty clown
Belinda Carlisle - We want the same thing
Joni Mitchell - Both sides now

[Bonus]
Little Boots - Mathematics
Radiohead - 2+2=5

Weekend Playlist: Independence

Weekend Playlist: Independence

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail with help from guest curator Charlie looking at X/twitter selection (02/07/2026) with Songs that reference independent or independence.
This was commemorate the independence days of America (4th July), Cape Verde and Venezuela (5th July).

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1]
Jon & Vangelis - State of Independence
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent
Destiny's Child - Independent woman Part I
Shires - Independence day
Bruce Springsteen - Independence day
Neyo - Miss Independent

[Side 2]
Simon & Garfunkel - I am a rock
Lesley Gore - You don't own me
Soup Dragons - I'm free
Alison Limerick - Make it on my own
Joan Armatrading - Me myself I
De'Lacy - Hideaway

[Bonus]
Surjan Stevens - 4th of July
Galaxie 500 - 4th of July
Taylor Swift - End Game

Weekend Playlist: Face

Weekend Playlist: Face

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger and Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (25/06/2026) with Songs that reference faces.
This was inspired by the release of the John Woo film, Face/off on Saturday, 29 years ago.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Face/Off
Monkees - I'm a believer 
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I see 
Joe Dolce - Shaddap you face
Aerosmith - My fist your face 
Weeknd - Can't feel ny face
Erik Grönwall - Written in the scars

[Side 2] Face Value
Dream Warriors - Wash your face in my sink
Gabrielle Aplin - Never be the same
Siouxsie & Banshees - Face to Face
High Numbers - I'm the face
Shania Twain - She's not just a pretty face
Gary Jules & Michael Andrews - Mad World

[Bonus]
Tina Turner - Addicted to love (Live)
Simian Mobile Disco - Boat Race
Billy Idol - Eyes without a face

Weekend Playlist: Fathers

Weekend Playlist: Father

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (18/06/2026) with Songs that reference fathers.
This was commemorate Father's day!

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Father <-> Son
Cat Stevens - Father & Son
Luther Vandross - Dance with my father
Harry Chapin - Cats in the cradle
Johnny Cash - Boy named Sue
Chicory Tip - Son of my father
Ian Dury - My old man

[Side 2] Who's the daddy
Pigbag - Papa's got a brand new pigbag
Temptations - Papa was a rolling stone
Ini Kamoze - Here comes the hotstepper
George Michael - Father figure
Boney M - Daddy cool
Kid Creole - Annie I'm not your daddy

[Bonus]
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Stromae - Papaoutai
Trio - Da da da

Weekend Playlist: Blood

Weekend Playlist: Blood

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Dan looking at X/twitter selections (12/06/2026) with Songs that reference blood.
This was to commemorate World Blood Donor Day on Sunday 14th June.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Blood
Blood - My Chemical Romance
Bloodstain - Unkle
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
Sang Pour Sang - Johnny Hallyday 
Blood Hands - Royal Blood
Blood Bitch - Cocteau Twins

Hidden Tracks
[Side 2] Donations
Give Blood - Pete Townshend
A House is not a Motel - Love
O-Rhesus Negativ - Udo Lindenberg
Blood Bank - Bon Iver
Power in the Blood - Dolly Parton 
If you want Blood (You've Got It) - AC/DC

[Bonus]
Blood and Fire - Type O Negative 
Drawn to the Blood - Surfjan Stevens

Weekend Playlist: Speed

Weekend Playlist: Speed

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lenny with help from guest curator Cindy looking at X/twitter selections (05/06/2025) with Songs that reference Speed.
This was inspired by the Hollywood release of Speed on Sunday 32 years ago (1994)

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Raw Speed
Eagles - Life in the fast lane
Bonnie Tyler - Faster than the speed of night
Dwight Yoakam - Fast as you
Deep Purple - Speed King
Simple Minds - Speed you love to me
ThunderPussy - Speed Queen

[Side 2] Under the radar
Queen - Don't stop me now
Sammy Hagar - I can't Drive 55
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Saxon - Wheels of Steel
MeatLoaf - Bat out of Hell
Rev Theory - Hell yeah

[Bonus]
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Joe Walsh - Life's been good

Weekend Playlist: Hole

Weekend Playlist: Hole

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (29/05/2025) with Songs that reference holes.
This was commemorate National Hole in my bucket day on 30/05.

Final Mixtape

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

[Side 1] Black Holes & Burning Hearts
1. Muse - Supermassive black hole
2. Sugababes - Hole in the head
3. Elvis Presley - Burning Love
4. Passenger - Holes
5. Soundgarden - Black hole sun
6. Beatles - A Day in the life

[Side 2] Soul Holes & Polo Mints
7. ABBA - Hole in your soul
8. Extreme - Hole Hearted
9. Electric Six - Jam it in the hole
10. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
11. Panic! at the Disco - Roaring 20s
12. Texas - Polo mint city

[Bonus]
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Atomic Kitten - Whole Again

Weekend Playlist: Lucky

Weekend Playlist: Lucky

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Helen looking at X/twitter selections (23/05/2026) with Songs that reference luck or being lucky (good & bad).
This is to commemorate National Lucky Penny Day on 23rd May.

Final Mixtape

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Thanks to Lyricslinger for the spotified list

[Side 1] Good Luck
1. Ella Fitzgerald - (I've got) beginners luck
2. Frank Sinatra - Lucky be a lady
3. Betty Davis - I'm in luck I might get picked up
4. Dirty Honey - Rolling 7s
5. Lightning Seeds - Lucky you
6. Joan Armatrading - I'm lucky

[Side 2] Bad Luck
7. Albert King - Born under a bad sign
8. Janet Jackson - Black Cat
9. Don Covay - Bad luck
10. Rise against - Broken mirrors
11. Big Mama Thornton - Unlucky girl
12. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

[Bonus]
Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I was lucky
Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky
Eels - Your lucky day in Hell

Long list

Weekend Playlist: Stress

Weekend Playlist: Rise to the top

h2>Weekend Playlist: Rise to the top Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Kate looking at X/twitter selections (09/05/2026) with Songs that reference the rise to the top!
This was inspired by the release of... This was commemorate teams such as Coventry and Kate's Ipswich getting promoted to the Premier League

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1]
Public Image Ltd - Rise
M People - Moving on up
Imagine Dragons - Rise up
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now
Stevie Salas Colorcode - The harder they come
Carpenters - Top of the world

[Side 2]
KC & Sunshine Band - Give it up
Defcee & Parallel Though - Graduation Picture
Blutengel - Unsere Zeit läuft ab (Our time)
Jigsaw - Sky High
Yazz - Only way is up
Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard

[Bonus]
Stone Roses - Going down
Dio - Before the fall
Zombies - Time of the season

Weekend Playlist: Play

Weekend Playlist: Play

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Leigh looking at X/twitter selections (01/05/2026) with Songs that have play in title or lyrics.
This was commemorate celebration of National Play Outside Day on the first Saturday of every month.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Let's play
Barry White - Let the music play
Jennifer Lopez - Play
Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
Bizarre Inc. - Playing with knives
Billie Eilish - Come out and play
Bobby Brown - Two can play that game

[Side 2] The Game
Motörhead - The Game (Triple H)
Janet Kay - Silly Games
Peter Gabriel - Games without Frontiers
Joss Stone - Snakes & Ladders
Cardigans - My favourite game
Andy Williams - Solitaire

[Bonus]
Nicki French - Don't play that song again
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (my baby shot me down)

Weekend Playlist: Stars

Weekend Playlist: Stars

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Chris Foster looking at X/twitter selections (24/04/2026) with Songs that reference Stars.
This was commemorate National Stars Day in America on April 26th.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Stars
1. Erasure - Star
2. Kiki Dee - Star
3. Nick Heyward - Stars
4. Dubstar - Stars
5. Watercress - Stars shine on
6. Janis Ian - Stars

[Side 2] Into the Galaxy
7. Alan Parsons Project - Sirius / Eye in the sky
8. Muse - Starlight
9. Darwin Deez - Constellations
10. Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite
11. Don McLean - Vincent
12. Monty Python - Galaxy song

[Bonus]
Leonard Cohen – Darkness
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Weekend Playlist: Weddings

Weekend Playlist: Weddings

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from guest curator Paul looking at X/twitter selections (17/04/2026) with Songs that reference Weddings.
This was commemorate the wedding of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III of Monaco, 70 years ago on April 19. It was also Husband appreciation day on April 18 (celebrated every third Saturday in April)

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1]
Proclaimers - Let's get married
Specials - Friday night Saturday morning
Bruce Springsteen - The river
Stanley Holloway - I'm getting married in the morning
Dixie Cups - Chapel of love
Felix Mendelssohn - Wedding March

[Side 2]
All about eve - She moves through the fair
ABBA - I do I do I do
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are forever
Elton John - Kiss the bride
Associates - Breakfast
Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

[Bonus]
Oysterband - Blood wedding
Billy Idol - White wedding

Weekend Playlist: Wild

Weekend Playlist: Wild

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Wee Bear looking at X/twitter selections (10/04/2026) with Songs that reference wild.
This was commemorate "Walk on the wild side day" on Sunday (April 12th)

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Wild at heart
Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
Troggs - Wild Thing
Talking Heads - Wild wild life
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Wild forever
Cat Stevens - Wild world
Iggy Pop - Real wild child

[Side 2] Into the wild
Paul Weller - Wild wood
Rolling Stones - Wild horses
Nick Cave & Kylie - Where the wild roses grow
Wandering Hearts - Wild Silence
Jessie J - Wild in it
Sam Fender - Wild grey ocean

[Bonus]
Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
WILD - All my life

Long list

• All About Eve - Wild hearted woman
• Bessie Smith - I'm wild about that thing
• Bon Jovi - Wild in the streets
• Bon Jovi - Wild is the wind
• Bow Wow Wow - Go wild in the country
• Bright Eyes - Old soul song
• Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean
• Cardiacs - VOLOB
• Cat Stevens - Wild world
• Christina Perri - The Words
• Coldplay - Life in Techicolor II
• Coral - Wild bird
• Cult - Wild Flower
• David Bowie - Wild is the wind
• Deacon Blue - The Wildness
• Dixie Chicks - Hole in my head
• DJ Supreme - Tha Wildstyle
• Duran Duran - Wild boys
• Dwight Yoakam - Wild ride
• Escape Club - Wild wild west
• Iggy Pop - Real wild child
• Japan - Ghosts
• Jessie J - Wild in it
• Johnny Cash - Mary of the wild moor
• Keane - Sovereign Light Cafe
• Kim Wilde - Kids in America
• Leaan Rimes - Wild things run
• Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side
• Marky Mark - Wildside
• Marty Wilde - Rubber ball
• Maxi Priest - Wild world
• Michael Jackson - She drives me wild
• Michaela Strachan - Take good care of my heart
• Natalie Cole - Wild women do
• Nick Cave - Wild God
• Nick Cave & Kylie - Where the wild roses grow
• Ocean Colour Scene - Day we caught the train
• Paul Weller - Wild wood
• Pitbull - Wild wild love
• Pogues - Wild rover
• PremRock - Steal wool
• Prodigy - Wild Frontier
• Raul Orellana - Real wild house
• REM - Near wild heaven
• Rolling Stones - Wild horses
• Sam Fender - Wild grey ocean
• SAULT - Wildfires
• Scouting for Girls - Michaela Strachan
• Silencers - Wild mountain thyme
• Skid Row - Youth gone wild
• Slade - Cum on feel the noize
• Sleeping at last - Neptune
• Smokie - Wild wild angels
• Sophie Ellis Bextor - Wild forever
• Steppenwolf - Born to be wild
• Suede - Wild Ones
• Talking Heads - Wild wild life
• Tinned Meats - Caught in the wild
• Tone Loc - Wild Thing
• Tricky - Running wild
• Troggs - Wild Thing
• U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
• Ultravox - Reap the wild wind
• Vamps - Wild heart
• Wandering Hearts - Wild Silence
• WILD - All my life
• Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
• Will Smith - Wild Wild West

Weekend Playlist: 404

Weekend Playlist: 404

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail OB with help from guest curator Andrew looking at X/twitter selections (03/04/2026) with Songs that reference anything related to 404 such as the area code, not found (missing), error or stupid (UK slang).
This was commemorate 404 day on the 4th April.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Missing/Not Found
Everything but the girl - Missing
Zombies - She's not there
Evanescence - Missing
Franz Ferdinand - Academy Award
Magic Numbers - Forever lost
Outkast - Ain't no thang

[Side 2] Stupid/Mistake
Green day - American Idiots
Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
Sheryl Crow - My favourite mistake
Gabrielle Aplin - My mistake
Gareth Gates - Anyone of us
Britney Spears - Oops I did it again

[Bonus]
Tag Team – Whoomp there it is

Long list

• 404 Not Found - Not found
• Adam Mac - All dollars no sense
• AEED - Error Code
• Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
• Apollo 440 - Lost in space
• Beatles - Nowhere man
• Beautiful South - Dumb
• Beautiful South - Good as gold (stupid as mud)
• Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Year Zero
• Black Crowes - Twice as hard
• Bravery - An Honest Mistake
• Britney Spears - Oops I did it again
• Bruce Springsteen - You're missing
• Chet Baker - Let's get lost
• Cliff Richard - Miss you nights
• Cranberries - Empty
• Darren Hayes - Stupid Mistake
• Depeche Mode - Wrong
• Dwight Yoakam - Missing heart
• Elvis - A fuel such as me
• Elvis - Return to sender
• Empress - Error 404
• Evanescence - Missing
• Everything but the girl - Missing
• Franz Ferdinand - Academy Award
• Gabrielle Aplin - My mistake
• Garbage - Stupid Girl
• Gareth Gates - Anyone of us
• Green day - American Idiots
• INXS - Disappear
• James - Born of frustration
• James Blunt - You're beautiful
• John Waite - Missing you
• Kings of Convenience - Failure
• London Grammar - Missing
• Lyricslinger - But for the ouchages
• Madonna - Gone
• Magic Numbers - Forever lost
• Men At Work - It's a mistake
• My chemical romance - I'm not okay
• Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
• New Model Army - Stupid Questions
• New Order - Ever little counts
• Nick Jonas - Area Code
• Offspring - Pretty fly for a white guy
• Outkast - Ain't no thang
• Plan B - Missing links
• Primal Scream - Movin' on up
• Queensryche - Screaming in digital
• Sarah McLachlan - Stupid
• Shawn Mullins - My stupid heart
• Sheryl Crow - My favourite mistake
• Sparks - Looks looks looks
• Specials - Stupid marriage
• Sultans of Ping - Stupid Kid
• Tag Team – Whoomp there it is
• Taylor Swift - Glitch
• Thomas Dolby - One of our submarines
• U2 - I still haven't found what I'm looking for
• Unkle - Broken
• War on drugs - Disappearing
• Warning - ERROR
• Zombies - She's not there

Weekend Playlist: Fuel

Weekend Playlist: Fuel

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (27/03/2026) with Songs that reference fuel, petrol, diesel or oil.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] Gimme Fuel
Metallica - Fuel
Kinks - Gallon of Gas
Billy Bragg - Price of oil
Lee Dorsey - Working in a coal mine
Waterboys - Fisherman's blues
Cat Stevens - Where do the children play

[Side 2] Dire Straits of...
Madness - I like driving in my car
Love/Hate - Fuel to run
Peat & Diesel - Calum Dan's Transit Van
Dire Straits - Heavy fuel
Tom Robinson Band - Winter of 79
Byrds - Bells of Rhymney

[Bonus]
Thomas Dolby - Windpower
Houndmouth - Gasoline
Jackson Browne - Running on empty

Weekend Playlist: Fragrance

Weekend Playlist: Fragrance

Here's the weekend playlist created by Snail with help from guest curator Louise looking at X/twitter selections (20/03/2026) with Songs that reference Fragrances, perfume and nice smells.
This was commemorate International Fragrance Day on 21st March.

Weekend Playlist: Kitchen

Weekend Playlist: Kitchen Appiances

Here's the weekend playlist created by Dominic with help from guest curator Lenny looking at X/twitter selections (06/03/2026) with Songs that reference Kitchen Appliances.
This was inspired by Talkie Toaster infamous bread-related questioning on an episode (White Hole) on Red Dwarf on Saturday 1991.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1] White Goods
Dire Straits - Money for nothing
Eve 6 - Inside out
St Etienne - Milk bottle symphony
Lucy Spraggan - Stick the kettle on
Boris Vian - La complainte du progrès
Shock Treatment - Bitchin' in the Kitchen

[Side 2] Red hot
Kills - Pots and pans
Ink sports - Java jive
Doors - Soul kitchen
Martika - Martika's Kitchen
King Curtis - Memphis soul stew
Killers - All these things that I've done

[Bonus]
Streetband - Toast
Elton John - Oven manual song