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The Word Of The Year

On the day that The Oxford Word Of The Year is announced we want to know the songs that feature unusual words – whether it’s Faith Hill’s centrifucal motion or David Bowie’s mention of a milkfloat, it’s the words that you wouldn’t expect to find in a song.

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Mon 5 Dec 202218:00
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Music Played

  • Diana Ross

    Upside Down

    • Diana.
    • Motown.

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

    • Business As Usual.
    • Foot print.
    • 18.

  • They Might Be Giants

    Birdhouse In Your Soul

    • Snap It Up! (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • Beck

    Loser

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.

  • Steve Miller Band

    The Joker

    • Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 1974-.
    • Mercury.

  • The Undertones

    My Perfect Cousin

    • The Undertones - Teenage Kicks.
    • Castle.

  • Wet Leg

    Chaise Longue

    • Chaise Longue.
    • DMC.

  • Faith Hill

    This Kiss

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Kursaal Flyers

    Little Does She Know

    • Ultimate One Hit Wondrs.
    • Sony BMG.
    • 10.

  • Motörhead

    Motorhead

    • Massive Hits! - Rock.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 12.

  • Hue and Cry

    Labour Of Love

    • Now 24.
    • Now.

  • Prefab Sprout

    The King of Rock 'N' Roll

    • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
    • Hits Album.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Left To My Own Devices

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • EMI.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    America

    • The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel.
    • Columbia.

  • Half Man Half Biscuit

    All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit

    • Back Again In The D.H.S.S..
    • Probe Plus.

  • Michael Bublé

    Cry Me A River

    • Crazy Love.
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Harry Styles

    Music For a Sushi Restaurant

    • Harry's House.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

  • Hamish Hawk

    The Mauritian Badminton Doubles Champion, 1973

    • Heavy Elevator.
    • Assai Records.

  • Donald Fagen

    I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

    • The Nightfly.
    • WEA.

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Waterboys

    The Whole of the Moon

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 5 Dec 202218:00
    BBC Radio Scotland FM & Extra only
  • Mon 5 Dec 202219:00
    BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Orkney & BBC Radio Shetland only