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The biggest tunes to start the day

Chris wakes you up with the biggest tunes to start the day.

Plus there's a second pick from this week's 5 Before 6 DJ.

Produced in Salford by Audio Always for BBC Radio 6 Music

2 hours

Last on

Tue 9 Dec 202505:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • alt‐J

    Dissolve Me

    • Infectious Music.

  • Charlotte Day Wilson

    Selfish

    • XL Recordings.

  • The Coral

    She Died On Christmas Day

  • Stereolab

    Fed Up With Your Job

    • Warp Records.

  • White Denim

    Light On (6 Music Session, 11 Dec 2024)

  • Lynks

    I Didn't Come Here For Art

    • LynksCorp.

  • Tiga & Zyntherius

    Sunglasses At Night

    • CITY ROCKERS.

  • Dry Cleaning

    Cruise Ship Designer

    • 4AD.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Red Alert

    • Now.

  • Fat Dog

    All The Same

    • Domino.

  • Sudan Archives

    A BUG'S LIFE

    • Stones Throw.

  • The Distillers

    Drain The Blood

    • Reprise.

  • Ebbb

    Book That You Like

    • Ninja Tune.

  • The Lost Brothers

    Seven Days Before Christmas

  • Simian Mobile Disco

    Audacity Of Huge

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WICHITA RECORDINGS.
    • 1.

  • Robyn

    Dopamine

    • Young.

  • Pale Saints

    Sight Of You

    • 4AD.

  • Spirit

    Monkey See Monkey Do

    • Future Games (A Magical-Kahauna Dream).
    • Mercury Records.
    • 15.

  • Alewya

    Night Drive (feat. Dagmawit Ameha)

    • Because London.

  • Blondshell

    23's A Baby (6 Music Session, 11th July 2025)

  • millstones

    Santa's On His Way

  • Bloc Party

    Helicopter

    • WICHITA.

  • Sampa the Great

    Can't Hold Us (feat. Mwanje Tembo)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Let Forever Be

    • ASTRAL WERKS.

  • Hex Girlfriend

    Get It Together (Soil To The Sun)

  • Big Special

    PLAINTIVE NATIVE

    • SO Recordings.

  • Wolf Alice

    How Can I Make It OK?

    • Dirty Hit.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Dec 202505:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music