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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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Thu 22 Jan 202610:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • KAYTRANADA & Charlotte Day Wilson

    What You Need

    • RCA Records.

  • Dijon

    HIGHER!

    • R&R Digital.

  • Betty Harris

    There's A Break In The Road

    • SSS International.

  • Girl Scout

    Operator

  • The Cure

    Just Like Heaven

    • Fiction.

  • Radio Free Alice

    Rule 31

    • Double Drummer.

  • Kelly Lee Owens

    ASCEND

    • dh2.

  • Bicep

    X (feat. Clara La San)

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Dry Cleaning

    Joy

    • 4AD.

  • The Roots

    Distortion To Static

    • Do You Want More?!!!??!.
    • Geffen.

  • The Roots

    You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu)

    • MCA.

  • D’Angelo

    Spanish Joint

    • Voodoo.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 9.

  • The 5th Dimension

    Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll 1969.
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)

    • Epic.

  • Ray Barretto

    Together

    • The Latin Soul Man.
    • Fania.
    • 4.

  • Jamie xx & Honey Dijon

    Baddy On The Floor

    • Young.

  • Robyn

    Sexistential

    • Konnichiwa / Young.

  • Fcukers

    L.U.C.K.Y.

    • Ninja Tune.

  • Underworld

    I Exhale

    • Caroline International.

  • Suede

    Antidepressants

    • BMG.

  • Snooper

    Guard Dog

    • Third Man.

  • Barry Can't Swim

    Chala (My Soul Is On A Loop)

    • Ninja Tune / Late Night Tales.

  • Anish Kumar

    Hummingbird

    • AWAL.

  • Roy Ayers

    Love Will Bring Us Back Together

    • polydor.

  • Jill Scott

    Pressha

    • Human Re Sources.

  • PVA

    Enough (6 Music Session, 20 January 2026)

  • Arlo Parks

    2SIDED

    • Transgressive Records.

  • Tyler Ballgame

    Matter of Taste

    • Rough Trade.

  • TURNSPIT

    HAVE A HEART

    • Single.
    • Kycker Electronic.

  • Elbow

    Lovers' Leap

    • Polydor.

  • Gorillaz

    Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Anoushka Shankar & Kara Jackson)

    • Kong.

  • Destiny’s Child

    Independent Women, Part I

    • Destiny's Child #1's.
    • Columbia.

  • Leikeli47

    Money

    • Hardcover/RCA Records.

  • Kelis

    Millionaire (feat. André 3000)

    • Virgin.

  • Self Esteem & Moonchild Sanelly

    Big Man

    • Polydor.

  • The Flying Lizards

    Money

    • Virgin.

  • Donna Summer

    She Works Hard For The Money

    • Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • Supergrass

    Going Out

    • Parlophone.

  • Father John Misty

    The Old Law

    • Sub Pop.

  • Daphni

    Talk To Me

    • Butterfly.
    • Jiaolong.

  • Confidence Man

    Boyfriend

    • Boyfriend.
    • Heavenly Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Lava La Rue & Foster the People

    JET LAGGED

    • BMG.

  • TOMORA

    RING THE ALARM

    • RING THE ALARM.
    • UMO.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Jan 202610:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music