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Paris Olympics 2024: Jake Wightman

Celebrating Team GB, Jake Wightman's created a Mixtape of the music that's soundtracked his life. From Billy Joel to The Fratellis and an amazingly apt first tune ever heard!

Jake Wightman is a Team GB middle distance runner, winning, amongst his many awards, Gold at the 2022 World Championships! Celebrating Team GB at the Paris Olympics Jake’s created a Mixtape of the music that has been the soundtrack to his life. From his earliest memories – the very first song played to him, and it’s a cracker! – to Billy Joel, Frank Ocean, The Fratellis and David Essex. Share an hour with Jake – it’s probably the only time you’ll be able to catch him!

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Jul 202402:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Vangelis

    Chariots of Fire

  • David Essex

    Hold Me Close

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 2.
    • Old Gold.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    The Zephyr Song

  • The Fratellis

    Chelsea Dagger

    • Now 65 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Train

    Hey, Soul Sister

  • Frank Turner

    Long Live The Queen

  • Rihanna, Ye & Paul McCartney

    FourFiveSeconds

    • (CD Single).
    • Roc Nation.

  • Sean Kingston

    Beautiful Girls

  • Zach Bryan

    Pink Skies

  • Skipinnish

    Walking On The Waves

    • The Seventh Wave.
    • Skipinnish Records.
    • 012.

  • Frank Ocean

    Thinking Bout You

  • Blue Boy

    Remember Me

    • Huge Hits 1997 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Billy Joel

    Vienna

    • The Stranger.
    • Columbia.
    • 5.

  • Macy Gray

    I Try

    • On How Life Is.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • Disclosure & Fatoumata Diawara

    Douha (Mali Mali)

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Jul 202402:00
    BBC Radio 2

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