Weekend Playlist: North & South

Weekend Playlist: North & South

Here's the weekend playlist created by Benny with help from guest curator Adrian looking at X/twitter selections (03/10/2025) with Songs that reference North and/or South.
This was inspired by the match between Adrian's Preston North End and Benny's Charlton Athletic

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] North
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern town
Renaissance - Northern Light
Johnny Horton - North to Alaska
Charlatans - North country boy
Razorlight - North London trash
JAMs - It's grim up North

[Side 2] South
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
Moby - South side
Neil Young - Southern man
Ed Sheeran - South of the border
Little Mix - Power
Frank Sinatra - South of the border

[Bonus]
Louise Attaque - Du Nord au Sud
Cho Yong-pil - Holo Arirang

Long list

• Icicle Works - Up here in the North of England
• Renaissance - Northern Lights
• Japandroids - North East South West
• Bruce Springsteen - Somewhere North of Nashville
• Robert Fripp - North Star
• LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum
• Thomas Dolby - Flying North
• Musical Youth - Pass the dutchie
• REM - Stand
• Charlatans - North Country Boy
• Louise Attaque - Du Nord au Sud
• Praga Khan - Northern Lights
• Isaac Hayes - Southern Breeze
• Texas - South side
• Doves - Northenden
• Gerry Rafferty - North & South
• JJ72 - Long way south
• Fabulous Thunderbirds - Way down south (My Cousin Vinny)
• Gigspanner Big Band - Northern Frisk
• Throwing Muses - South Coast
• Elkhorn - South
• E-motion - Naughty north and sexy south
• Icehouse - Great Southern Land
• Bloc Party - Helicopter
• Ordinary Boys - Boys will be boys
• Bananarama - Nathan Jones
• Frank Sinatra - South of the Border
• Madness - NW5
• Fall - NWRA
• Johnny Horton - North to Alaska
• Elvis - American Triology
• Nash & Crosby - Southbound Train
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
• Tom Petty - Southern Accents
• Kate Bush - Lyra (Golden Compass)
• Razorlight - North London Trash
• Mark Knopfler - Going home
• Fall - Hit the north
• Frank Turner - The Road
• Robbie Williams - South of the Border
• Little Mix - Power
• Northern Line - Love on the Northern Line
• Disney - Song of the South (Zip a Dee Doo Dah)
• Nick Drake - Northern Sky
• Death Cab for Cutie - Northern Lights
• Ian Brown - Northern Lights
• Beautiful South - One last love song
• Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
• Ed Sheeran - South of the Border
• Sea Power - North Hanging Rock
• Hope & Social - South facing
• Camera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West
• Christy Moore - North & South of the river
• Black Sabbath - Sign of the Southern Cross
• Neil Young - Southern man
• Cho Yong-pil - Holo Arirang
• IdleWild - Quiet Crown
• Feelers - Venus
• Moby - South side
• U2 - North & South of the river
• Dire Straits - Sultans of swing
• Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
• Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude
• Jay Semko - Due South Theme
• JAMMs - It's grim up North
• Louis Armstrong - It's sleepy time down south
• Clash - North & South
• Edwyn Collins - North of Heaven
• Mica Paris - South of the river
• Melanie C - Northern Star

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Wild Animals

Midnight Mixtape: Wild Animals

On the midnight mixtape, Nick Bright was joined by Jo Kendall to look at listener selections (02/10/2025) with Songs that reference wild animals/wildlife! This is in memory of primatologist Jane Goodall who passed away at the age of 93

Songs in contention

• Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
• Duran Duran - Hungry like a wolf
• Kinks - Apeman
• Pixies - Monkey gone to Heaven
• Tones & I - Dance Monkey
• Flanders & Swann - Gnu Song
• Elton John - Crocodile Rock
• Alien Ant Farm - Movies
• ABBA - Eagle
• Adam & Ants - Dog eat dog
• Prince - When doves cry
• Echo & Bunnymen - Crocodile
• Bloodhound Gang - Bad touch
• Mumford & Sons - Little lion man
• Toots & Maytals - Monkey Man
• Gorillaz - Feel good inc
• Crazy Town - Butterfly
• Blow Monkeys - He shedding
• Arctic Monkeys - I wanna be yours
• Goodies - Funky gibbon
• Shakira - She wolf
• Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
• Led Zeppelin - Black dogG
• Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
• Ted Nugent - Cat scratch fever
• Black Sabbath - War pigs
• Ylvis - The Fox
• Dave Matthews band - Shake me like a monkey
• Blossoms - Gary
• Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
• Vampire Weekend - Young Lion
• Survivor - Eye of the tiger
• Beatles - I am the walrus
• Scissor Sisters - Only the horses
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Slow cheetah
• Mud - Tiger Feet
• Kate Bush - And dream of sheep
• Beck - Paper tiger
• Nirvana - Very ape
• Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
• VV Brown - Shark in the water
• Elvis - Hound dog
• Jefferson Airplane - Whit Rabbit
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Deer & Wolf
• A-Ha - Cry wolf
• Rolling Stones - Wild horses
• Tight Fit - Lion sleeps tonight
• TV on the radio - Wolf like me
• Heart - Barracuda
• Wolf Alice - Silk
• Stevie Nicks - Jane

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape! Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
2. VV Brown - Shark in the water
3. TV on the radio - Wolf like me
4. Toots & Maytals - Monkey Man
5. Toy Dolls - Nellie the Elephant
6. Flanders & Swann - Gnu Song
[Side 2]
7. Mud - Tiger Feet
8. Beatles - I am the walrus
9. Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
10. Echo & Bunnymen - Crocodile
11. Scissor Sisters - Only the horses
12. Vampire Weekend - Young Lion
Hidden:

Previous Appearances

From the Livesey midnight mixtapes, 9 acts had never been on before Echo & Bunnymen (3), Flanders & Son (1), Gorillaz (1), Scissor Sisters, Toy dolls, TV on the radio, Vampire Weekend, VV Brown

Appearances of those that have been on before:

• 6: Beatles (21)
• 1: Bob Marley (12), Blossoms (2), Mud (1), Stevie Nicks (1), Toots & Maytals (4)

Weekend Playlist: Rabbit

Weekend Playlist: Rabbits/h2> Here's the weekend playlist created by Leigh with help from guest curator Louise looking at X/twitter selections (26/09/2024) with Songs that reference bunnies and rabbits.
This was inspired by National Bunny Day on last Saturday of September.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Mad as Rabbits
Florence & Machine - Rabbit Heart
Flanagan & Allen - Run Rabbit Run
Panic! at the disco - Mad as rabbits
Paul Smith - Silver Rabbit
UNKLE - Rabbit in your headlights
Skee-lo - I wish

[Side 2] Killa Bunnies
Moloko - Killa Bunnies
Hoosiers - Run Rabbit Run
Geoffrey Oryena - Lapin
Coyotes - Killing rabbits
Sparks - Pulling rabbits out of a hat
Pink Floyd - Breathe

[Bonus]
Beach Bunny - Year of the Optimist
Feeder - Buck Rogers
That’s all folks - Loony Tunes Theme

Long list

• Embrace - Rabbit hole
• James - Rabbit hole
• (Disney) - Winnie the Pooh Theme
• Geoffrey Oryena - Lapin
• Art Garfunkel - Bright eyes
• Bugs Bunny - Rabbit of Seville
• Coyotes - Killing rabbits
• Chase & Dave - Rabbit
• Eminem - Lose yourself
• Elvis - I got lucky
• Panic! at the disco - Mad as rabbits
• Elton John - Jack Rabbit
• David Bowie - Song for Bob Dylan
• Enter Shikari - Thumper
• Paul Smith - Silver Rabbit
• Kasabian - Me plus one
• Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
• Henri Salvador - Petit Lapin
• Marilyn Manson - Are you the rabbit?
• Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
• Elkhorn - Jackrabbit Hops
• Sean Price - Elmer Fudd
• Seljuk Rustum - Desi Bunny
• Groove Armada - Get Down
• UNKLE - Rabbit in your headlights
• Manic Dtreet Preachers - If you tolerate this your children will be next
• Radiohead - Rabbit run
• T-Rex - Rabbit fighter
• Danny and Juniors - At the hop
• Dwight Yoakam - Playboy
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
• Jane Wiedlin - Fur
• Radiohead - Lucky
• Van Halen - Jump
• Hoosiers - Run Rabbit Run
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
• Beach Bunny - Year of the Optimist
• Radiohead - Myxomatosis
• Goldfrapp - Twist
• Pink Floyd - Breathe
• Temper Trap - Rabbit Hole
• Cardi B / Bad Bunny /J Balvin - I like it
• Jive Bunny - Swing the mood
• King Creosote - Peter Rabbit Tea
• National - Pink Rabbits
• Sparks - Pulling rabbits out of a hat
• Aerosmith - Sweet emotion
• Buffy - I've Got a Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together
• Cheaptrick - You say jump
• Feeder - Buck Rogers
• That’s all folks - Loony Tunes Theme
• P!nk - Gone to California
• Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
• Arctic Monkeys - View from the afternoon
• Chuck Berry - You never can tell
• Jamie T - Rabbit hole
• Maceo Parker - Rabbits in the pea patch
• Skee-lo - I wish
• Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart
• Magnetic Fields - Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
• Moloko - Killa Bunnies
• Flanagan & Allen - Run Rabbit Run
• Amy Winehouse - Trilby
• Des'ree - Life
• Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard

LNL Midnight Mixtape: Who's Who

Midnight Mixtape: Who's who

On the midnight mixtape, Qasa Alom was joined by Paul McNamee to look at listener selections (25/09/2025) with Songs that reference Who as The Who finish their North American leg of their "The Song is over" farewell tour!

Songs in contention

• Who - Who are you?
• David Bowie - Man who saved the world
• Creedance clearwater - Who'll stop the rain
• U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
• Snoop Dogg - Who am I (what's my name?)
• Script - The man who can't be moved
• AC/DC - Who made who?
• Velvet underground - Who loves the sun
• Zane - Who?
• Arctic Monkeys - Only ones who know
• Alan Jackson - Who says you can't have it all
• Journey - Who's crying now?
• Bob Marley - Who the cap fit
• Shaggy - It wasn't me **hidden**
• Eminem - My name is **hidden**
• Radiohead - You and whose army?
• Baha Men - Who let the dogs out
• Daniel Caesar - Who hurt you
• Spice Girls - Who do oyu think you are
• Men at work - Who can it be now?
• Flo rida - Who that girl
• Storm - Who am I (what's my name?)
• Taylor Swift - The smallest man who ever lived
• Luther Vandross - Anyone who had a heart
• Three days grace - Someone who cares
• John Mayer - Who says
• Miley Cyrus - Who owns my heart
• John Legend - Who did that to you?
• Whitney - I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)
• P!nk - Who knew
• Casting Crowns - Who am I
• Jackson 5 - Who's loving you?
• Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran - Who we love
• Khruangbin - Man who took my sunglasses
• Butthole Surfers - Who was in my room last night
• Jessie J - Who you are
• Aretha Franklin - Who's zoomin' who?
• Manic Street Preachers - Girl who wanted to be god
• Lulu - Man who saved the world
• Wham! - I'm your man
• Neil Diamond - I am I said
• Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes?
• Eurythmics - Who's that girl
• Genesis - Who dunnit?
• Nick Cave - We no who u r
• New Order - Who's Joe?
• Bill Withers - Who is he…?
• Chainsmokers - Who do you love?
• Ben E King - I (who have nothing)
• Timelords - Doctorin' the Tardis
• Connie Francis - Who's sorry now?
• Housemartins - People who grinned themselves to death
• Hazell Dean - Who's leaving you
• Charley Rich - Who will the next fool be
• Chesney Hawkes - I am the one and only **hidden**
• Beatles - I am the walrus **hidden**
• Helen Reddy - I am woman **hidden**

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

Thank you for Leigh created a "spotified playlist.

[Side 1]
1. Who - Who are you?
2. Creedance clearwater - Who'll stop the rain
3. U2 - Who's gonna ride your wild horses
4. Velvet underground - Who loves the sun
5. Radiohead - You and whose army?
6. Whitney - I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)

[Side 2]
7. Aretha Franklin - Who's zoomin' who?
8. Snoop Dogg - Who am I (what's my name?)
9. Ben E King - I (who have nothing)
10. Charley Rich - Who will the next fool be
11. Connie Francis - Who's sorry now?
12. Fairport Convention - Who knows where the time goes?
Hidden: Eminem - My name is

Weekend Playlist: Midnight

Weekend Playlist: Midnight

Here's the weekend playlist created by SnailOB with help from guest curator Quiz Man Dan looking at X/twitter selections (19/09/2024) with Songs that reference midnight.
This was inspired by the birthday for Gary Cole who was the lead in TV series, Midnight Caller.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1] Approaching Midnight
1. Michael Jackson - Thriller
2. Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
3. Kylie & Years & Years - Second to midnight
4. Yazoo - Midnight
5. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world
6. Maria Maldour - Midnight at the Oasis

[Side 2] After Midnight
7. Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
8. Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
9. Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
10. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
11. ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
12. Judas Priest - Living after midnight

[Bonus]
Faith no more - Midnight Cowboy Theme
Midnight Oil - Beds are burning
Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme

Long list

• Icicle Works - Evangeline
• Stranglers - Midnight summer dream
• Michael Jackson - Thriller
• Beethoven - Midnight Blue (Sonata #8 Pathique)
• Crimson Blizzard - Estrella de medianoche
• ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme (a man after midnight)
• Wilson Pickett - In the midnight hour
• Maria Maldour - Midnight at the Oasis
• Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia
• Cure - The walk
• Harry Nilsson - Everybidy;s talking
• Kenny Ball - Midnight to Moscow
• Brand New Heavies - Midnight at the Oasis
• Ocean colour scene - 40 past midnight
• Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
• Donna Summer - Working the midnight shift
• Praga Khan - Breakast in Vegas
• Bruce Springsteen - Chimes of Freedom
• Billy Joel - River of dreams
• Nilsson - Everybody’s talking (Midnight Cowboy)
• Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme
• Rick Braun - Midnight Caller Theme
• DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world
• JJ Cale - After Midnight
• Miles Davis - Round Midnight
• Bee Gees - You should be dancing
• Linkin Park - What I’ve done
• Pat Monahan - Always midnight
• Beck - Sexx laws
• Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
• Madness - In the middle of the night
• Meatloaf - Midnight at the Lost & Found
• Bob Dylan - Soon after midnight
• Chris Stapleton - Midnight train to Memphis
• Kate Ceberano - You always got the blues
• Eric Clapton - After Midnight
• Frank Sinatra - Tell me at midnight
• Fleetwood Mac - Isn’t it midnight
• Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight
• Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider
• Kylie & Years & Years - Second to midnight
• Jade - Midnight Cowboy
• Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero
• Massive Attack - Live with me
• Rupert Holmes - Escape
• One direction - Midnight Memories
• Taylor Swift - Midnight Rain
• Kenny Burrell - Midnight blue
• Rolling Stones - Midnight Gambler
• Thelonius Monk - Round Midnight
• Judas Priest - Living after midnight
• Lead Belly - Midnight Special
• Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
• Madonna - Like a prayer
• Faith no more - Midnight Cowboy Theme
• Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a hero
• Elaine Paige - Memory (Cats)
• Texas - Midnight
• Sex Pistols - Rock around the clock
• Steve Miller Band - Joker
• Tom Waits - Midnight Lullaby
• Rolling Stones - Brown sugar
• Shakin’ Stevens - Green door
• Yazoo - Midnight
• Jon Bon Jovi - Midnight in Chelsea
• Killers - Midnight Show
• David Collings - Midnight is a place
• Journey - Don’t stop believin’
• M83 - Midnight City
• Timmy Trumpet - Narco
• Midnight Oil - Beds are burning

LNL Midnight Mixtape: American Movies

Midnight Mixtape: American Movies

On the midnight mixtape, Adam Fleming was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (18/09/2025) with best songs featured in American films!

Songs in contention

• Celine Dion - Because you loved me
• Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
• Martha & Vandelias - Nowhere to run
• Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in pink
• Pixies - Where is my mind?
• Onerepublic - I ain’t worried
• Starship - Nothing’s gonna stop us now
• Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warner - I had the time of my life
• Huey Lewis & News - Power of love
• Roy Orbison - Pretty woman
• John Williams - Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
• Redbone - C’mon and get your love
• Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
• BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head
• Eric Weissberg - Duelling Banjos
• Aerosmith - I don't wanna miss a thing
• Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
• Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle of you
• Dick Dale & Deftones - Misrilou
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
• Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
• Michel Legrand - Windmills of your mind
• Harry Nilsson - Everybody’s talkin’
• Whitney - I will always love you
• Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
• Joe Esposito - You're the best
• Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
• Boyz II Men - End of the road
• Beta Band - Dry the Rain
• Bee Gees - Stayin’ alive
• Otis Day & Knights - Shout
• Righteous Brothers - Unchained melody
• Rascal Flatts - Life is a highway
• Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's door
• Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle - One from the heart
• Hoagy Carmichael - Heart and Soul
• Tom Petty - American girl
• Ennio Morricone - Good bad and the ugly
• Tangerine dream - Love on a real train
• Max Richter - On the nature of daylight
• John Parr - St Elmo's Fire
• Huey Lewis - Hip to be square
• Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul - Fallin'
• Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft
• Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
• Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs Robinson
• Gary Jules - Mad World

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Huey Lewis - Hip to be square
2. Simple Minds - Don't you forget about me
3. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in pink
4. Beta Band - Dry the Rain
5. Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
6. Whitney - I will always love you

[Side 2]
7. Bee Gees - Stayin’ alive
8. Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle of you
9. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet home Alabama
10. Redbone - C’mon and get your love
11. Hoagy Carmichael - Heart and Soul
12. BJ Thomas - Raindrops keep falling on my head

Hidden: Max Richter - On the nature of daylight

Previous Appearances

From the livesey midnight mixtapes, only 3 acts had been on before, Huey Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Whitney.

Weekend Playlist: Germany

Weekend Playlist: Germany

Here's the weekend playlist created by Adrian with help from co-curator Ian looking at X/twitter selections (12/09/2025) with Songs that reference Germany.
This is commemorate the 13th being German Language Day.

Final Mixtape

Here's the final playlist!

[Side 1]
1. Beethoven - 5th Symphony in C minor
2. Nicole - A little bit of peace
3. Die Toten Hosen - Tag Wie Diese
4. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
5. Rammstein - Deutschland
6. Abor & Tyna - Baller

[Side 2]
7. Nena - 99 Luftballons
8. Passions - I’m in love with a German film star
9. Editors - Munich
10. Tina Turner - Crazy in the night
11. Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
12. Infernal - From Paris to Berlin

[Bonus]
David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
Mario Lanza - Drink Drink Drink (Student Prince)

Long list

• After the Fire - Der Kommissar
• Passions - I'm in love with a German film star
• Salzburg Sauerkraut Singers - Drinking Song
• Mobiles - Drowning in Berin
• Christy Moore - Joxer goes to Stuttgart
• Edith Piaf - L'homme de Berlin
• OMD - Dresden
• Nick Lowe - Little Hitler
• ELO - Roll over Beethoven
• Enigma - Sadeness Pt 1
• Leonard Cohen - First we take Manhatten
• M - Pop muzik
• Offspring - Pretty fly for a white guy
• Stephen Eicher - Guggisberglied
• David Bowie - Helden
• Praga Khan - Tausend Sterne
• Ben Folds - Cologne
• Boomtown Rats - Eva Braun
• Spector - Reeperbahn
• Amon Düül II - Deutsch Nepal
• Der Reigen - Sergius Golowin
• Wilco - Impossible Germany
• Boney M - Rasputin
• David Hasselhoff - Looking for Freedom
• DJ Tomekk - 1,2,3 rhymes galore (New York to Germany)
• Beethoven - 5th Symphony in C minor
• Cabaret - Tomorrow belongs to me
• Producers - Springtime for Hitler
• Nena - 99 Luftballons
• Dead Kennedys - California uber alles
• Ian Dury - Hit me with your rhythm stick
• Ramones - Blitzrieg Bop
• Berlin - Dancing in Berlin
• Das Beatles - Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand
• Falco - Der Kommissar (Official Video)
• ABBA - Waterloo (German)
• Peter Schilling - Major Tom
• Haddaway - Rock my heart
• Editors - Munich
• Bloc Party - Kreuzberg
• Lady Gaga - Scheiße
• Infernal - From Paris to Berlin
• Horst Jankowski - A walkin the black forest
• Passions - I’m in love with a German film star
• Student Prince - Drink Drink Drink
• Elvis Costello - Oliver’s Army
• U2 - Zoo station
• La Dusseldorf - Rheinita
• Public Service Broadcasting ft Andreya Casablanca - My Blue Heaven
• Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun
• Elvis Presley - Wooden heart
• Doro Pesch & Warlock - East meets West
• Electric Boys - Hangover in Hannover
• Scorpions - Still loving you
• Joe Fagin - That’s living alright
• Nicole - A little bit of peace
• Elaiza - Fight against myself
• Kirsty MacColl - Berlin
• Trio - Da da da
• Dexy’s - There there my dear
• Tina Turner - Crazy in the night
• Blur - Parklife
• Abor & Tyna - Baller
• Fettes Brot - Jein
• Kraftwerk - Autobahn
• Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
• Rammstein - Deutschland
• Die Toten Hosen - Tag Wie Diese
• Falco - Rock me Amadeus