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Let’s start the week right!

Richie Anderson is live from Salford with your Monday Motivation to kick start a brand new week, plus Secret Star and This Week in Songs.

Richie Anderson gets you ready for a brand new week, bringing you Monday Motivation, live from Salford.

Make sure you're listening very carefully to his Secret Star. Can you guess the celebrity with the distorted voice from the clues? You'll get one clue every Monday morning, so make sure you make note of them all if you're going to figure it out!

Richie will also be looking ahead to the brand new week, with The Week in Songs, 3 songs linked to 3 things you need to know about in the next 7 days.

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Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 2.

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • East 17

    Stay Another Day (Less Sad Mix)

    • Around The World - The Hit Singles.
    • London.
  • Daniel Bedingfield

    Gotta Get Thru This

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Deniece Williams

    Let's Hear It For The Boy

    • History Of Dance Music Vol.2 (Variou.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
  • Ella Eyre

    hell yeah

    • everything, in time.
    • PIAS.
  • Take That

    It Only Takes A Minute

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
  • Modjo

    Lady (Hear Me Tonight)

    • Now 47 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Gwen Stefani

    Shake The Snow Globe

    • Oh. What. Fun..
    • Interscope.
  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
  • Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande

    For Good

    • Wicked: For Good - The Soundtrack.
    • Universal Music / Republic Records.
  • Spice Girls

    Stop

    • Spice Girls - Spiceworld.
    • Virgin.
  • Andy Bell

    The Chance Won't Come Again (feat. Tim Rice‐Oxley)

    • The Crown Jewels.
    • Crown Recordings.
  • Kool & the Gang

    Celebration

    • Kool & The Gang - The Singles Collect.
    • Phonogram.
  • Ace of Base

    All That She Wants

    • 100% Pure Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • Mavis Staples

    Christmas Vacation

    • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • WEA.
    • 6.
  • Jessie J

    H.A.P.P.Y

    • (CD Single).
    • Darco Partnerships.
  • Beyoncé

    Halo

    • I Am...Sasha Fierce.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • ABBA

    Super Trouper

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 006.
  • Westlife

    Chariot

    • 25 - The Ultimate Collection.
    • Sony Music.
  • Bob Dylan

    Must Be Santa

    • Christmas In The Heart.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Blue

    Beautiful Spiritual

    • Reflections.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • Sia

    Chandelier

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 88 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 1.
  • Karen Ramirez

    Looking For Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Manifesto.
  • Dionne Warwick

    Do You Know the Way to San Jose

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • SIENNA SPIRO

    Die On This Hill

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.
  • Climie Fisher

    Love Changes (Everything)

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Black Eyed Peas

    I Gotta Feeling

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.
    • 4.
  • Kylie Minogue

    XMAS

    • Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped).
    • Warner Records.
  • Sam Fender

    Rein Me In (feat. Olivia Dean)

    • People Watching.
    • Polydor.
  • Jamiroquai

    Canned Heat

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
  • Remember Monday

    More Than Ever

    • (CD Single).
    • Nothing Nice To Say.
  • Rita Ora

    All Natural

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).
  • Brownstone

    If You Love Me

    • Love (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Amy Macdonald

    I'm Done (Games That You Play)

    • Is This What You've Been Waiting For?.
    • Infectious Music.
  • Underworld

    Born Slippy

    • Huge Hits 1996 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.
  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Pretenders

    2000 Miles

    • The Best Christmas Album In The World.
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Dec 202500:00