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

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[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

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

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[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

Weekend Playlist: Fancy Dress

Weekend Playlist: Fancy Dress

Here's the weekend playlist created by Lyricslinger with help from guest curator Walt looking at X/twitter selections (28/08/2026) with Songs that reference fancy dress.
This was commemorate International cosplay day which is celebrated on the last Saturday of August.

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1]
Tim Curry (RHPS) - Sweet Tranvestite
Adam Ant - Prince Charming
Aqua - Barbie Girl
Taco - Putting on the Ritz
Peter Gabriel - Games without frontiers
Alice Cooper - Man behind the mask
[Side 2]
ZZ Top - Sharp dressed man
Madonna - Dress you up
Elvis - Devil in disguise
Pulp - Grown ups
Kinks - Dedicated follower of fashion
Dolly Parton - Coat of many colours

[Hidden]
Sinead O'Connor - Emperor's new clothes

Weekend Playlist: Monsters

Weekend Playlist: Monsters

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Dom looking at X/twitter selections (21/08/2026) with Songs that reference named monsters.
This was commemorate the first sighting of the Lochness monster in 564 (August 22) by Columba.

Final Mixtape

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[Side A] Fangs & Frights
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire
Dream Machine - Frankenstein
Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Cranberries - Zombie

[Side B] Myths & Monsters
Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon
Cameron Whitcomb - Medusa
Kirsty MacColl - King Kong
Florence + Machine - Kraken
Marc Almond - Minotaur
ZZ Top - Squank

[Bonus]
Automatic - Monster
Keane - Tear up this town

Weekend Playlist: Rollercoasters

Weekend Playlist: Rollercoasters

Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Alun looking at X/twitter selections (14/08/2026) with Songs that reference rollercoaster.
This was commemorate National Rollercoaster day on Sunday (16th August)

Final Mixtape

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[Side 1]Thrills & Spills
B*Witched - Rollercoaster
Buddy Holly - Everyday
Aly & AJ - Like whoa
Mike Posner - I took a pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu & Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus – Hawaiian roller coaster ride

[Side 2] Loops & Love
Bon Jovi - Roller Coaster
Cheryl ft Tinie Tempah - Crazy Stupid Love
Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster
Cake - Never There
Bleachers - Rollercoaster
Beatles - Come together

[Bonus]
Simply Red - Fairground
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Jem - Ju

Weekend Playlist: Holding Hands

Weekend Playlist: Holding Hands

Here's the weekend playlist created by SnailOB with help from guest curator Dave looking at X/twitter selections (07/08/2026) with Songs that reference holding hands.
This was commemorate Hold Hands Day on August 9th.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final double album playlist!

[Side 1] Hold on!
Hootie and the Blowfish - Hold my Hand
Dwight Yoakam - Take hold of my Hand
Lady Gaga - Hold my Hand
R.E.M. - Happy shiny people
Beatles - I wanna hold your Hand
Jess Glynne - Hold my Hand
[Side 2] Take it!
Beatsteaks - Hand in Hand
Solomon Burke - Cry to me
Elvis Presley - Can't help falling in love with you
Aretha Franklin - Precious Lord, Take my Hand
Cure - Lovecats
New Seekers - I'd like to teach the world to sing (in perfect harmony)
[Bonus]
Gap Band - Oops upside your head
Ottawan - Hands up

[Side 3]
UNKLE - Hold my Hand
Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling
Womack Sisters - If I let you
Skid Row - I remember you
Daniel Johnston - Held the Hand
Blur - Parklife
[Side 4]
Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the rain
Snow Patrol - Open your eyes
Kae Tempest - Hold your own
James Brown - Living in America
King - Won't you take my hand now
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
[Bonus]
Dee D Jackson - Automatic Lover
Alanis Morissette - Hand in my pocket

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

Here's the final playlist!

[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

Here's the final playlist!

[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

Here's the final playlist!

[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

Here's the final playlist!

[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

Here's the final playlist!

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: Stress

Here's the weekend playlist created by Dom with help from guest curator Lenny looking at X/twitter selections (15/5/2026) with Songs that reference Stress.
This was commemorate World Hypertension Day on 17th May.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
Queen & Bowie - Under Pressure
Feelers - Pressure Man
Suncreem - Pressure us
Toots & Maytals - Pressure drop
Selecter - Too much pressure
James Brown - Get up offa that thing

[Side 2]
21 Pilots - Stressed out
Rolling Stones - 19th nervous breakdown
Baby Lasagna - Stress
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Lathums - Struggle
Beatles - Help

[Bonus]
John Williams - Jaws Theme
Bobby McFerrin - Don't worry be happy

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

Here's the final playlist!

[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

Here's the final playlist!

[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