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A deep dive into suitably great music

Lauren's got the finest music to motivate your Thursday, with the best tunes old and new
Plus in People’s Playlist – we choose theme and you choose the tunes.

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Music Played

  • TSHA

    BOYZ

    • fabric Records.

  • I. JORDAN

    Worth It

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Nia Archives & Clipz

    Maia Maia

    • UP YA ARCHIVES.

  • M.I.A.

    Boyz

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.

  • Prince Buster

    Merry and Bright

    • PRINCE BUSTER MUSIC.

  • The Pioneers

    Long Shot Kick De Bucket

    • Trojan.

  • X‐Ray Spex

    Art-i-Ficial

    • Germfree Adolescents.
    • Sanctuary Records Ltd.
    • 7.

  • Big Special

    PLAINTIVE NATIVE

    • SO Recordings.

  • Sampa the Great

    Can't Hold Us (feat. Mwanje Tembo)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • The Specials

    Nite Klub

    • Chrysalis Records Limited.

  • Fun Boy Three

    The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)

    • Chrysalis.

  • The Colour Field

    Thinking Of You

    • The Singles.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Terry Hall

    Forever J

    • Home (Expanded).
    • WM UK.
    • 1.

  • Terry Hall & Sinéad O’Connor

    All Kinds of Everything

    • All Kinds of Everything.
    • Telstar Records.
    • 1.

  • Terry Hall & Salad

    Dream A Little Dream

    • Help.
    • War Child.
    • 17.

  • Garbage

    Queer

    • Mushroom.

  • Daniel Avery

    The Ghost of Her Smile (feat. Julie Dawson)

    • Domino.

  • The Bionic I

    Disco Claus

    • Tramp Records.

  • Patrice Rushen

    Haven't You Heard

    • Elektra Records.

  • KNEECAP

    No Comment (feat. Sub Focus)

    • Heavenly.

  • Just For Fun

    Paris (Extended)

    • Single.
    • Sony.

  • Dove Ellis

    Heaven Has No Wings

    • Black Butter Records.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Purple Snowflakes

    • A Motown Christmas Volume 2 (Various Artists).
    • Motown.

  • keiyaA

    k.i.s.s.

    • XL Recordings.

  • Mark William Lewis

    Silver Moon (6 Music Session, 16 December 2025)

  • Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno

    1000 Watts (ft. Christopher Ellis)

    • Tru Thoughts.

  • Little Richard

    Joy to the World

    • King Of Rock And Roll.
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 2.

  • Self Esteem

    I Do And I Don't Care

    • Polydor.

  • Marie Davidson & L'OEil Nu

    Renegade Breakdown

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Hercules & Love Affair

    Someone Else is Calling

    • Stratasonic Records.

  • Broken Bells

    After The Disco

    • After The Disco.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Eerie Wanda

    Listen the Snow is Falling

    • JNR Holiday Party, Vol. 2.
    • Joyful Noise Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Lyn Collins

    Think (About It)

    • Polydor.

  • Binky Griptite

    Stone Soul Christmas

    • Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party (Full Version).
    • Tramp Records.
    • 9.

  • Michael Kiwanuka & Tom Misch

    Money

    • Polydor.

  • Cornershop

    Natch (feat. Bubbley Kaur)

    • Rough Trade.

  • Todd Rundgren

    I Saw The Light

    • Rhino/Bearsville.

  • Avalon Emerson & the Charm

    Eden

    • Dead Oceans.

  • Aretha Franklin

    First Snow in Kokomo

    • Young, Gifted and Black.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 9.

  • Cameron Winter

    Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)

    • Partisan.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    Something to Talk About

    • Twisted Nerve.

  • Roxy Music

    Both Ends Burning

    • EG.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Dec 202510:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music