Midnight Mixtape: Shopping List

Shopping List

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (16/11/2023) with Songs that reference shopping the process of shopping etc… not things you can buy in shops!

Songs in contention

• Pulp - Common People
• Freshies - I'm in love with a girl on a certain (virgin) megastore
• Madness - House of fun
• Jane's Addiction - Been caught stealing
• Bennett - Mum's has gone to Iceland
• Ariana Grande - 7 Rings
• Hollies - Bus Stop
• Dolly Parton - Bargain Store
• Clash - Lost in the supermarket
• Carter USM - Shoppers Paradise
• Toni Basil - Shopping A to Z
• 50 Cent - Candy Shop
• Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Shop around
• Elvis Presley - Shop around
• Bruce Springsteen - Queen of the Supermarket
• Sleeper - Inbetweener
• Smiths - Shoplifters of the world unite
• Wetleg - Supermarket
• Keith West - Excerpt from a Teenage Opera (Grocer Jack)
• Stakka Bo - Here we go
• Jam - Shopping
• Jam - Man In the Corner Shop
• Pet Shop Boys - Shopping
• Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
• Tiffany - I think we're alone now
• Manics - Motorcycle emptiness
• Tim Minchin - Canvas Bags
• Van Morrison - Cleaning Windows
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop
• Stereophonics - Thousand trees

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Pulp - Common People
2. Bennett - Mum's has gone to Iceland
3. Pet Shop Boys - Shopping
4. Toni Basil - Shopping A to Z
5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop
6. Stakka Bo - Here we go
[Side 2]
7. Dolly Parton - Bargain Store
8. Smokey Robinson & Miracles - Shop around
9. Hollies - Bus Stop
10. Keith West - Excerpt from a Teenage Opera (Grocer Jack)
11. Elvis Presley - Shop around
12. Tim Minchin - Canvas Bags	
Hidden: Manics - Motorcycle emptiness

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

Six debuts with Bennett, Keith West, Macklemore/Ryan Lewis, Miracles, Stakka Bo and Toni Basil
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Pet Shop Boys	2	Domino Dancing (Toys, #30)
Tim Minchin	2	White wine in the sun (Homeward Bound, #81)
Dolly Parton	3	9 to 5 (Day in life of*, #85) 9 to 5 (80s Movies, #11)
Hollies	3	Air that I breathe (Breathing, #82) He ain't heavy, he's my brother (Human Spirit 1, #90)
Pulp	5	Disco 2000 (Wood, #60) DISHES (Set the table, #74) I spy (Whisper, #48) Mis-shapes (Human Spirit 2, #91)
Manic Street Preachers	6	Faster (Fast, #45) If you tolerate (Wales, #9) Love us (Gone too soon*, #8) Postcards from a young man (Going Postal, #56) Small black flowers... (Two Instruments, #79)
Elvis	7	Lonesome onight (Shakespeare, #125) (LMBY) Teddy Bear (Toys, #30) Heartbreak Hotel (Hotels, #70) Jailhouse Rock (Prison, #34) Lonesome tonight (Alone, #57) Return to sender (Tennis, #53)

Midnight Mixtape: Shakespeare

Shakespeare

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson covering for a poorly Colin Murray (GWS!) was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (09/11/2023) with Songs that reference Shakespeare or his immortal work celebrating the 400th birthday this week of his first folio!

Songs in contention

• Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
• Killers - Romeo and Juliet
• Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
• Billy Bragg - The Milkman Of Human Kindness
• Beatles - I Am the Walrus
• Blue Oyster Cult - Don't fear the reaper {Romeo and Juliet}
• David Essex - A winter's tale {Tony Livsey's choice}
• Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
• Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do
• Crowded House - Weather with you
• Elvis - Lonesome onight
• Shakespears Sister - You're history
• Reflections - Just like Romeo and Juliet
• Chris De Burgh - Fatal Hesitation
• Nick Lowe - Cruel to be kind
• Lumineers - Ophelia
• Eagles - Get over it
• Elvis Costello - Miss Macbeth
• Cud - Rich & Strange
• BA Roberston - To be or not to be {Clare McDonnell's choice}
• Rush - Limelight
• Band - Ophelia
• Joni Mithcell - Talk to me
• Supergrass - Richard III
• Kids from Fame - Desdemona
• Cole Porter (Kiss me Kate) - Brush up your Shakespeare
• Bach - Air on G String
• Genesie - Cinema show
• Taylor Swift - Love Story
• Radiohead - Exit Music (for a Film)
• France Gail - Shakespeare et Pire Encore

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet
2. Elvis Costello - Miss Macbeth
3. Joni Mithcell - Talk to me
4. David Essex - A winter's tale
5. Reflections - Just like Romeo and Juliet
6. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
[Side 2]
7. Taylor Swift - Love Story
8. Kids from Fame - Desdemona
8. Elvis - Lonesome onight
10. Band - Ophelia
11. Cole Porter (Kiss me Kate) - Brush up your Shakespeare
12. Radiohead - Exit Music (for a Film)
Hidden: Bach - Air on G String

Previous Appearances

6 debuts with Bach, Cole Porter, Joni Mitchell, Mumford & Sons, Reflections and Kids from Fame* debut. (*Note: excluding Irene Cara's "Fame" from the fame mixtape)
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
The Band	2	When I paint my masterpiece (Spanish 2, #112)
David Essex	2	A Winter's tale (Winter, #33)
Dire Straits	3	Sultans of swing (Royals, #7) Sultans of Swing (Baseball, #120)
Taylor Swift	3	All too well (Autumn, #69) Bad Blood (Blood, #35)
Elvis	6	(LMBY) Teddy Bear (Toys, #30) Heartbreak Hotel (Hotels, #70) Jailhouse Rock (Prison, #34) Lonesome tonight (Alone, #57) Return to sender (Tennis, #53)
Elvis Costello	7	Shipbuilding (Trumpets*, #2) 45 (Records, #97) Good year for the roses (Roses, #38) Indoor Fireworks (Fireworks, #24) Shipbuilding (Louder than War, #22) Shipbuilding (Ship Ahoy, #43)
Radiohead	9	Fake Plastic Trees (Radio*, #29) Fake plastic trees (Plants*, #107) Airbag (Fast, #45) Idioteque (Oh Brother, #14) My iron lung (Breathing, #82) The bends (Under the Sea, #51) There There (Groundhog Day 2, #88) Everything in it's right place (Day/Night Before, #110) Idioteque (End of the world, #118)

Midnight Mixtape: Shoes

Shoes

On the midnight mixtape, Johnny I'Anson covering for a poorly Colin Murray (GWS!) was joined by Nat Jamieson to look at listener selections (02/11/2023) with Songs that reference shoes in commeration of the release this day 30 years ago of Kate Bush's "Red shoes!"

Songs in contention

• Arctic Monkeys - Dancing shoes
• David Bowie - Let's dance
• Jimmy Nail - Crocodile Shoes
• Dizzie Rascal - Fix up look sharp
• Stereophonics - Step on my old size nines
• Tom Waits - Red shoes (by the drugstore}
• Elvis - Blue Suede Shoes
• Billy Connolly - If it wisnae fur yer welles
• Adam Ant - Goody two shoes
• Kirsty MacColl - In these shoes
• KC & Sunshine band - Boogie shoes
• Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion 1973
• Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
• Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
• Foster the people - Pumped up kicks
• Elvis Costello - Red shoes
• Emmylou Harris - White shoes
• Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's daughter
• Billy Joel - Stiletto
• Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't it be good
• Paolo Nutini - New Shoes
• Nancy Sinatra - These boots are made for walking
• Sia - Little black sandals
• I am kloot - Same shoes
• Kenny Loggins - Footloose
• Elton John - Ballad of the boy in the red shoes
• Calvin Harris - Ready for the weekend
• Tribe called quest - Buggin' out
• Fred Astaire - Shine on your shoes

Note: Kate Bush - "Red Shoes" was selected by a listener but not played!

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Kirsty MacColl - In these shoes
2. Adam Ant - Goody two shoes
3. KC & Sunshine band - Boogie shoes
4. Emmylou Harris - White shoes
5. Stereophonics - Step on my old size nines
6. Kenny Loggins - Footloose
[Side 2]
7. Dizzie Rascal - Fix up look sharp
8. Hamish Hawk - Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion 1973
9. Tom Waits - Red shoes (by the drugstore}
10. Billy Joel - Stiletto
11. Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
12. I am kloot - Same shoes
Hidden: Paolo Nutini - New Shoes

Previous Appearances

FIVE debuts with Emmylou Harris, Hamish Hawk, I am kloot, Kenny Loggins and Kirsty MacColl.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
KC & Sunshine Band	2	Queen of Clubs (Cards, #84)
Paolo Nutini	2	Pencil full of lead (Toolbox, #55)
Adam Ant	3	Dog eat dog (Dogs, #39) Prince Charming (Royals, #7)
Dizzie Rascal	3	Brand new day (New Beginnings, #32) Holiday (Holidays, #12)
Paul Simon	5	50 ways to leave your lover (End of the Road, #59) Diamonds on the soles of her shoes (Foreign, #4) Diamonds on the soles.. (Choirs, #68) You can call me Al (Trumpets, #2)
Stereophonics	5	A thousand trees (Rumours, #37) Just looking (See Clearly, #71) Local boy in the photograph (Wales, #9) Thousand Trees (Plants, #107)
Tom Waits	5	Last Leaf (Autumn, #69) Rain Dogs (Dogs, #39) Way down in the hole (TV Themes, #17) What's he building in there? (Toolbox, #55)
Billy Joel	6	...Italian restaurant (Set the table, #74) Downeaster Alexa (Ship Ahoy, #43) For the longest time (Two Instruments, #79) River of Dreams (River, #36) We didn't start the fire (Movie Stars, #58)

Midnight MIxtape: Dog Talk

Say what to Dogs?

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (26/10/2023) with Songs that reference things you'd say to a dog!

Songs in contention

• James - Sit down
• Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get down
• Drake - Hold on, we're going home
• Shakespear's Sister - Stay
• Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay
• David Bowie - Stay
• Lisa Loeb - Stay
• Prince - Gett Off
• Queen - You're my best friend
• Status Quo - Down down
• Snoop Dogg - Drop it like it's hot
• Woodkid - Run boy run
• Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
• Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
• Pantera - Walk
• Run DMC vs Aerosmith - Walk this way
• Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
• Paul Johnson - Get get down
• James Brown - Get up offa that thing {Clare from 5-drive's choice}
• Norah Jones - Man of the hour
• Strokes - Modern Age / Last night / Take it or leave it
• Sydney Youngblood - Sit & Wait
• Gene Chandler - Get down
• Jon Batiste - Drink Water
• Barron Knights - Get down Shep
• Kiss - Lick it up
• Kosheen - Catch
• Van Halen - Jump
• Barenaked Ladies - What a good boy
• Beatles - Hey Bulldog
• Chemical Brothers - Do it again

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Queen - You're my best friend
2. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
3. Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
4. Drake - Hold on, we're going home
5. Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - Stay
6. Paul Johnson - Get get down
[Side 2]
7. James - Sit down
8. Pantera - Walk
9. James Brown - Get up offa that thing {Clare}
10. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get down
11. Snoop Dogg - Drop it like it's hot
12. Norah Jones - Man of the hour
Hidden: Strokes - (e.g. Modern Age / Last night / Take it or leave it)

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

Five debutants with Gilbert O'Sullivan, Maurice Williams & Zodiacs, Norah Jones, Pantera and Paul Johnson.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Drake	2	...going home (Homeward Bound, #81)
Strokes	2	Last night (Day/Night Before, #110)
Snoop Dogg	3	Murder is the case (Prison, #34) Who am I (What's my name)? (Dogs*, #39)
James Brown	3	Get up Sex Machine (Bridges*, #86) Out of sight (See Clearly, #71)
Chuck Berry	4	Don't you lie to me (Liar Liar, #61) Maybellene (Car Showroom 1, #76) Promised Land (New Beginnings, #32)
James	4	Moving on (End of the Road, #59) Sit down (Set the table*, #74) Sit down (New Years, #83)
Dexy's Midnight Runners	5	Because of you (TV Themes, #17) Geno (Trumpets, #2) Jackie Wilson said (Non Sport*, #18) There there my dear (Search*, #102)
Queen	15	A Winter's tale (Winter, #33) Bohemian Rhapsody (Foreign, #4) Flash (80s Movies, #11) Flash (Superheroes, #25) Flash (Planets*, #78) Flash (Cleaning up, #104) It's a kind of magic (Magic, #67) Keep Passing... (Windows, #101) Somebody to love (Question of Love*, #20) Take my breath away (Breathing, #82) The show must go on (Human Spirit 1, #90) We are the champions (Best, #49) We will rock you (Shortest, #6) We will rock you (Two Instruments, #79)

Midnight Mixtape: Shy

Shy

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (19/10/2023) with Songs that reference shyness/bashfulness!

Songs in contention

• Aha - Take on me
• Whitney - How will I know
• Killers - Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
• Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
• Herman's Hermits - I'm into Something Good
• Placebo - Nancy Boy
• Cat Stevens - Don't be shy
• Cowardly Lion - If I had a heart
• Gloria Estefan - 1-2-3
• Diana King - Shy Guy
• Great White - Once bitten twice shy
• Amy Macdonald - This is the life
• Smiths - Ask
• Adele - Someone like you
• Pointer Sisters - He's so shy
• Nick Cave - Shyness (Letter to Daniel and Vera)
• Abba - Name of the game
• Idlewild - Actually it’s darkness
• Ben Folds Five - Underground
• Bananarama - Shy Boy
• Katie Melua - Shy Boy
• Snow Patrol - Spitting Games
• K.Flay - Shy
• Kristine Blond - Love Shy
• Merv Griffin - I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts
• Chi-lites - Have you seen her?
• New Jeans - Supershy
• Billy Joel - Leave a Tender Moment {quiet and shy}
• Mario Lanza (Carousel) - If I loved you
• Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Nick Cave - Shyness (Letter to Daniel and Vera)
2. Adele - Someone like you
3. Abba - Name of the game
4. Pointer Sisters - He's so shy
5. Diana King - Shy Guy
6. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
[Side 2]
7. Placebo - Nancy Boy
8. K.Flay - Shy
9. Idlewild - Actually it’s darkness
10. Great White - Once bitten twice shy
11. Killers - Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll
12. Ben Folds Five - Underground
Hidden: Chi-lites - Have you seen her?

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

SEVEN debuts with Abba, Diana King, Great White, Idlewild, Kajagoogoo, K.Flay and Placebo.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Ben Folds 5	2	Brick (Day in life of, #85)
Chi-lites	2	Have you seen her? (Search, #102)
Pointer Sisters	2	Automatic (Oh Sister, #15)
Killers	3	All these things are done (Human Spirit 2, #91) Somebody told me (Rumours, #37)
Adele	5	Hello (Hello, #50) Rumour has it (Rumours, #37) Set fire to the rain (One name, #16) Skyfall (Bond, #19)
Nick Cave	10	Tepula (Thunder&Lightning, #114) Red right hand (Devils*, #13) Red right hand (TV Themes, #17) Red right hand (Snooker, #47) Ship Song (Ship Ahoy, #43) Ship Song (Bridges, #86) Where the wild roses grow (Roses, #38) Where the wild roses grow (Plants, #107) Henry Lee (Hundred, #100)

Midnight Mixtape: Rats

Rats

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (12/10/2023) with Songs that reference rats!

Songs in contention

• Michael Jackson - Ben
• Roland Rat Superstar - Rat Rapping
• Walkmen - The Rat
• Drifters - Rat Race
• Dr Rubberfunk - Riding with the Ratman
• Blur - Country House
• Specials - Rat Race
• Placebo - Slave to the wage
• Partners in Kryme - Turtle Power
• Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
• Badly Drawn Boy - Year of the Rat
• Honeyblood - Super Rat
• Grandmaster Flash - The Message
• Pearl Jam - Rats
• UB40 - Rat in mi Kitchen
• Big Mama Thornton - I smell a rat
• Al Bowlly - Pied Piper of Hamelin
• Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugarplum fairy
• Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
• Stranglers - Down in the sewer
• Damned - Smash it up (hidden)
• Supergrass - Sun hits the sky (hidden)
• Rat Pack - Mr Bojangles (hidden)
• Queen - Great King Rat (not played)
• Editors - Racing Rats
• Kelis & Andre 3000 - Millionaire

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Big Mama Thornton - I smell a rat
2. Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
3. Kelis & Andre 3000 - Millionaire
4. Walkmen - The Rat
5. Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite Pas De Deux (Dance of the Sugarplum fairy/Rat King)
6. Stranglers - Down in the sewer
[Side 2]
7. Specials - Rat Race
8. Michael Jackson - Ben
9. Dr Rubberfunk - Riding with the Ratman
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with butterfly wings
11. Drifters - Rat Race
12. Badly Drawn Boy - Year of the Rat
Hidden: Sammy Davis Jr (Rat Pack) - Mr Bojangles

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified" playlist.

Previous Appearances

Four debuts with Dr Rubberfunk, Drifters, Tchaikovsky and Walkmen.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Badly Drawn Boy	2	Silent sigh (Breathing. #82)
Big Mamma Thorton	2	Hound Dog (Dogs, #39)
Boomtown rats	2	I don't like Mondays (Day in life of, #85)
Kelis	2	Caught out there (Liar Liar, #61)
Smashing Pumpkins	2	Tonight Tonight (Groundhog Day 2, #88)
Michael Jackson	3	Billie Jean (Tennis, #53) Leave me alone (Alone, #57)
Pearl Jam	3	Spin the black circle (Records, #97) Yellow Ledbetter (Snooker, #47)
Sammy Davis Jr	3	I gotta be me (Human Spirit 2, #91) Mr Bojangles (Whistle, #94)
Specials	4	Enjoy yourself (New Years, #83) Ghost Town (Monster, #23) Too much too young (Shortest, #6)
Stranglers	5	Duchess (Royals, #7) Mercury rising (Planets, #78) No more heroes (North Pole, #80) Something better change (New Beginnings, #32)

Midnight Mixtape: Baseball

Baseball

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (05/10/2023) with Songs that reference baseball!

Songs in contention

• Timmy Trumpet - Narco (Edwin Diaz)
• Gene Kelly - Take me out to the ball game
• Carly Simon - Take me out to the ball game
• Billy Joel (The Forms) - We didn't start the fire
• Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
• All American Rejects - Swing Swing
• Count Basie - Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?
• K7 - Come baby come
• Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
• Eddie Vedder - All the Way
• Kenny Rogers - The Greatest
• Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
• Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
• Don Henley - Boys of Summer
• Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
• Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
• John Fogerty - Centerfield
• Simpsons - Talkin' softball
• Madonna - This is used to be my playground
• Troggs - Wild Thing
• Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline [not played]
• Sam & Dave - Knock it out the park
• Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
• Meatloaf - Paradise by the dashboard light
• Pavement - Major Leagues
• Ramones - Beat on the brat (with a baseball bat)
• Hoddle & Waddle - Diamond lights
• Lindisfarne - Run for Home
• Todd Snider - America's Favorite Pastime

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1] Big Hitters
1. Carly Simon - Take me out to the ball game
2. Beastie Boys - Sure Shot
3. Count Basie - Did you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball?
4. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
5. Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
6. Kenny Rogers - The Greatest
[Side 2] Big Play
7. Echo & Bunnymen - The Cutter
8. K7 - Come baby come
9. Belle and Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher
10. John Fogerty - Centerfield
11. Sam & Dave - Knock it out the park
12. Don Henley - Boys of Summer
Hidden: Simpsons - Talkin' softball

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and a "spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

FIVE debuts with Count Basie, John Fogerty, K7, Sam & Dave, The Simpsons.
Of the other acts with previous appearances: /tr>

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Beastie Boys	2	Intergalactic (Planets, #78)
Dire Straits	2	Sultans of swing (Royals, #7)
Echo & The Bunnymen	2	Lips like sugar, #(Sugar, #63)
Belle & Sebastian	3	Stars of track and field (Non Sport, #18) The boy with the Arab strap (Scotland, #5)
Don Henley	3	Boys of summer (Summer Lovin, #62) Boys of Summer (Car Showroom 1, #76)
Kenny Rogers	4	The Gambler (Cards, #84) The Gambler (Good Advice, #103) (w/ Dolly Parton) Islands in the stream, #(Couples*, #65)
Carly Simon	5	You're so vain (Movie Stars*, #58) Let the river run (Running 2, #99) Nobody does it better (The Spy who loved me), #Bond, #19) Nobody does it better (Perfect, #119)
Simon & Garfunkel	8	Bridge over troubled water (Bridges, #86) El Condor Pasa (Toolbox, #55) Homeward bound (Homeward Bound, #81) Mrs Robinson (Non Sport, #18) Sound of Silence (Whisper, #48) Sound of Silence (Hello, #50) My little town (Washing/Drying, #116)