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Thursday Theme: tightrope songs

Jo has the Thursday Theme - songs relating to tightrope walking, to mark the anniversary of Philippe Petit performing a high wire act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

Send all your tightrope-related song suggestions to [email protected].

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Aug 202219:30
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • R.E.M.

    What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Confidence Man

    Holiday

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • Ones On 1 (Radio 1 21st Birthday Albu.
    • BBC.

  • Beyoncé

    CHURCH GIRL

    • RENAISSANCE [Clean].
    • Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia.
    • 7.

  • Faithless

    We Come 1

    • Cheeky.

  • Young Fathers

    Geronimo

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Maggie Rogers

    High and Dry (Sofa Session, 3 August 2022)

  • Oasis

    Don't Go Away

    • Be Here Now.
    • 8.

  • U2

    Vertigo

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Janelle Monáe

    Tightrope (feat. Big Boi)

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Bad Boy.

  • Depeche Mode

    Get the Balance Right!

    • MUTE RECORDS.

  • Michelle Williams

    Tightrope

    • The Greatest Showman O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.

  • Tom Petty

    Free Fallin'

    • Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever.
    • MCA.

  • The Postal Service

    Such Great Heights

    • Subpop.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Aug 202219:30
    BBC Radio 2