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Make it count

Inspired by the advent countdown, Tom Robinson uses listener suggestions to make a playlist of songs that feature counting or numbers in their lyrics.

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Sun 22 Dec 202418:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Feist

    1234

    • CD SINGLE.
    • POLYDOR.

  • De La Soul

    The Magic Number

    • Big Life.

  • The Coral

    Goodbye

    • Deltasonic.

  • Shirley Ellis

    Soul Time

    • Demon.

  • Queens of the Stone Age, Alfredo Hernández & Josh Homme

    Regular John

    • Queens of the Stone Age.
    • Matador.
    • 1.

  • Boards of Canada

    Aquarius

    • Music Has The Right To Children.
    • Warp Records.
    • 12.

  • Manfred Mann

    5-4-3-2-1

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Gossip

    Listen Up

    • Back Yard Recordings.

  • My Life Story

    12 Reasons Why I Love Her

    • The Golden Mile.
    • Parlophone.

  • Kate Bush

    Pi

    • Aerial.
    • EMI.

  • Edwin Starr

    25 Miles

    • Spectrum.

  • The Rapture

    House Of Jealous Lovers

    • Vertigo.

  • Jane Weaver

    The Revolution Of Super Visions

    • Fire Records.

  • The White Stripes

    Hotel Yorba

    • XL.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    54-46 Was My Number

    • Island Jamaica.

  • Stevie Nicks

    Edge Of Seventeen

    • (Single).
    • WEA.
    • 4.

  • LCD Soundsystem

    new body rhumba

    • new body rhumba (from the film White Noise).
    • DFA Records/Columbia.

  • Kraftwerk

    Numbers

    • Computer World (2009 Remaster).
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 3.

  • Horsegirl, Gigi Reece, Gigi Reece, Nora Cheng, Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein & Penelope Lowenstein

    The Fall Of Horsegirl

    • Versions of Modern Performance.
    • Matador.
    • 6.

  • DJ Shadow

    The Number Song

    • Mowax.

  • The Pointer Sisters

    Pinball Number Count

    • This Record Belongs to ________.
    • Light In The Attic.
    • 6.

  • Blur

    Advert

    • Modern Life Is Rubbish.
    • FOOD.
    • 2.

  • Self Esteem

    The 345 (Choose You)

    • Prioritise Pleasure.
    • Fiction.

  • Ibibio Sound Machine

    17 18 19

    • Merge Records.

  • The 5.6.7.8’s

    Woo Hoo

    • Sweet Nothing.

  • Carl Perkins

    Blue Suede Shoes

    • Sun.

  • Tom Robinson Band

    2-4-6-8 Motorway

    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Dec 202418:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music