SHOW #446 - "So many people, smile on their faces, armful of presents, going to places..."

Jason Donovan "When You Come Back To Me"
Greedies "A Merry Jingle"

Exposé "Seasons Change"
Billy Joel "Allentown"

Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
Nick Kamen "Each Time You Break My Heart"

Kate Bush "December Will Be Magic Again"
Annie Lennox and Al Green "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"

Sugarhill Gang "Apache"
Shannon "Do You Wanna Get Away"

Kool and the Gang "Too Hot"
UB40 "If It Happens Again"

Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin "Cool Places"
REM "Pop Song 89"

Queen "Thank God It's Christmas"
Van Morrison and Cliff Richard "Whenever God Shines His Light"

 

Scritti Politti "Boom! There She Was"
Paul Simon "Late In The Evening"

Rolling Stones "Mixed Emotions"
Status Quo "Don't Drive My Car"

Captain Sensible "One Christmas Catalogue"
Chris Squire and Alan White "Run With The Fox"

Romeo Void "A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)"
The Alarm "Sold Me Down The River"

Sly & Robbie "Boops (Here To Go)"
Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy"

Anita Baker "Giving You The Best That I Got"
Julian Lennon "Valotte"

SHOW #445 - "I feed you and drink you by day and by night, I need you, I need you, by sun and candlelight..."

Animotion "Obsession"
Tina Turner "I Don't Wanna Lose You"

Boomtown Rats "Banana Republic"
Alton Edwards "I Just Wanna Spend Some Time With You"

Kim Wilde "The Second Time"
Adam Ant "Desperate But Not Serious"

Polecats "John, I'm Only Dancing"
Deacon Blue "When Will You Make My Telephone Ring"

CALLING AMERICA:
Julian Lennon "Valotte" 

Europe "Superstitious"
Limahl "Only For Love"

Melba Moore "Love's Comin' At Ya"
Primitives "Way Behind Me"

Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)"
Haysi Fantayzee "Shiny Shiny"

New Model Army "Stupid Questions"
Phil Collins "I Missed Again"

Shakin' Stevens "Shirley"
Mica Paris "Breathe Life Into Me"

The Cars "Since You're Gone"
Howard Jones "No-One Is To Blame"

CALLING AMERICA:
Rush "The Big Money" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
New Edition "Cool It Now"
Stone Roses "So Young"
Hot Chocolate "You'll Never Be So Wrong"

All three bands have a lead singer with the surname Brown.

SHOW #444 - "If only I could scold you, and forget how it feels to be free..."

Debbie Gibson "Only In My Dreams"
Rockwell "Somebody's Watching Me"

Madness "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
Chic "My Feet Keep Dancing"

Donna Summer "I Don’t Wanna Get Hurt"
Gary Moore "After The War"

Pretenders "Message Of Love"
Angry Anderson "Suddenly"

CALLING AMERICA:
Earth, Wind & Fire "You"

Barbara Dickson "January February"
The Damned "The Shadow Of Love"

David Bowie "Never Let Me Down"
Kid Creole and the Coconuts "There's Something Wrong In Paradise"

Mari Wilson "Just What I Always Wanted"
Redskins "Bring It Down (This Insane Thing)"

Bucks Fizz "London Town"
Gillan "Nightmare"

Spandau Ballet "Communication"
Sinead O'Connor "Mandinka"

Karel Fialka "Hey Matthew"
OMD "Secret"

CALLING AMERICA:
Neneh Cherry "Heart"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Matt Bianco "Whose Side Are You On?"
Street Angels "Dressing Up"
Frazier Chorus "Dream Kitchen"

All three song titles mention a type of table.

SHOW #443 - "You said our love was sacred but you left me alone to make it..."

Carly Simon "Why"
Will Downing "In My Dreams"

 

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Spellbound"
Nik Kershaw "Wide Boy"

Adventures "Broken Land"
Ultravox "Same Old Story"

Sylvester featuring Patrick Cowley "Do You Wanna Funk"
Double "The Captain Of Her Heart"

CALLING AMERICA:
Industry "State Of The Nation"

Haysi Fantayzee "John Wayne Is Big Leggy"
Diana Ross "It's My House"

ACDC "Nervous Shakedown"
Heaven 17 "This Is Mine"

It Bites "Calling All The Heroes"
Adam and the Ants "Cartrouble"

Freeez "Southern Freeez"
Voice Of The Beehive "Don't Call Me Baby"

Paul McCartney "Press"
Nolans "Who's Gonna Rock You"

SOS Band "Just The Way You Like It"
Cliff Richard "Lean On You"

CALLING AMERICA:
Cyndi Lauper "Change Of Heart"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Tears For Fears "Suffer The Children"
Kane Gang "Motortown"
Lionel Richie "Love Will Conquer All"

All three artists had a UK Top 40 hit with a song called Closest Thing To Heaven.

SHOW #442 - "When your heart has been broken, hard words have been spoken, it ain't easy..."

Bryan Adams and Tina Turner "It's Only Love"
Mac Band featuring the McCampbell Brothers "Stalemate"

Bill Wyman "(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star"
Man 2 Man meet Man Parrish "Male Stripper"

Janet Jackson "Nasty"
Spandau Ballet "Musclebound"

Toyah "Rebel Run"
David Sylvian "Red Guitar"

CALLING AMERICA:
Central Line "Walking Into Sunshine" 

Undertones "My Perfect Cousin"
Linx "Intuition"

Electribe 101 "Tell Me When The Fever Ended"
Sharon Redd "In The Name Of Love"

Bad Manners "Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu"
Rene & Angela "I'll Be Good"

Kim Wilde "Rage To Love"
UB40 "Where Did I Go Wrong"

Suzanne Vega "Luka"
Depeche Mode "The Meaning Of Love"

Bucks Fizz "I Hear Talk"
Roxy Music "More Than This"

CALLING AMERICA:
Anita Baker "Giving You The Best That I Got"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Icicle Works "Understanding Jane"
Eurythmics "Belinda"
The Cure "Charlotte Sometimes"

All three song titles feature the name of a member of the Go-Go's.

SHOW #441 - "And don't come home tonight, go out and find the one that you love and who loves you..."

The Smiths "Sheila Take A Bow"
Kool and the Gang "Hi De Hi, Hi De Ho"

Swing Out Sister "You On My Mind"
Gary Numan "I Die: You Die"

Rolling Stones "Harlem Shuffle"
Lionel Richie "Running With The Night"

Big Fun "Can’t Shake The Feeling"
Nick Heyward "Whistle Down The Wind"

CALLING AMERICA:
Golden Earring "Twilight Zone"

 

Bomb The Bass "Megablast"
Black Sabbath "Turn Up The Night"

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Candyman"
Bourgeois Tagg "I Don't Mind At All"

Daryl Hall and John Oates "Kiss On My List"
Divine "Walk Like A Man"

 

Blancmange "Blind Vision"
All About Eve "Every Angel"

Jonathan Butler "Lies"
Echo and the Bunnymen "Crocodiles"

Dollar "Videotheque"
Simple Minds "Let It All Come Down"

CALLING AMERICA:
Martha Davis "Don't Tell Me The Time" 

 

 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Love & Money "Halleluiah Man"
Matchbox "Babe's In The Wood"
Aretha Franklin "Freeway Of Love"

All three songs mention a Cadillac in the lyrics.

SHOW #440 - "We will overcome those ups and downs so happiness is forever ours to keep..."

Communards "You Are My World"
Julio Iglesias featuring Stevie Wonder "My Love"

Bananarama "Rough Justice"
Hothouse Flowers "Don't Go"

Kate Bush "Sat In Your Lap"
Hithouse "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground"

Imagination "Flashback"
Regents "7 Teen"

CALLING AMERICA:
Billy Idol "Catch My Fall"

Jaki Graham "Breaking Away"
Duran Duran "Do You Believe In Shame"

Shakatak "Dark Is The Night"
The Clash "The Call Up"

Oh Well "Oh Well"
Letitia Dean and Paul Medford "Something Outta Nothing"

Paul Young "Everything Must Change"
Kid Creole and the Coconuts "Me No Pop I"

Curtis Hairston "I Want Your Lovin’ (Just A Little Bit)"
Japan "All Tomorrow's Parties"

Housemartins "Me And The Farmer"
Wavelength "Hurry Home"

CALLING AMERICA:
Starpoint "Object Of My Desire" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Bonnie Tyler "Getting So Excited"
Sister Sledge "All American Girls"
Rod Stewart "Forever Young"

All three artists had a Top 40 hit with a song where they were "lost in" something.

SHOW #439 - "No-one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinised as someone with a microscope studies creatures..."

Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds "The Eve Of The War (Ben Liebrand remix)"
The Cure "Boys Don't Cry"

Jacksons "Walk Right Now"
Stranglers "Nice In Nice"

Bad Manners "Walking In The Sunshine"
Queen "Scandal"

Hollywood Beyond "What's The Colour Of Money"
Kim Wilde "Cambodia"

CALLING AMERICA:
B-52s "Private Idaho"

Rocky Sharpe and the Replays "Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)"
David Bowie "Up The Hill Backwards"

LL Cool J "Going Back to Cali"
Creatures "Miss The Girl"

Level 42 "Heaven In My Hands"
Saxon "Never Surrender"

Alexander O'Neal "The Lovers"
XTC "Generals And Majors"

Kirsty MacColl "There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"
Culture Club "It's A Miracle"

Change "Let's Go Together"
Berlin "You Don't Know"

CALLING AMERICA:
Dino "Sunshine" 

 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Madness "In The City"
Madonna "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
Shakin' Stevens "How Many Tears Can You Hide"

Each of the artists spent the most weeks on the UK singles chart in the 1980s in their category; a group, a solo female and a solo male.

SHOW #438 - "The way we look to a distant constellation, that's dying in a corner of the sky..."

Paul Simon "The Boy In The Bubble"
Band Of Gold "Love Songs Are Back Again"

SOS Band "Just Be Good To Me"
Def Leppard "Rocket"

Scarlet Fantastic "No Memory"
The Alarm "Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke"

Bucks Fizz "One Of Those Nights"
Londonbeat "9am (The Comfort Zone)"

CALLING AMERICA:
Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize" 

A-Ha "Cry Wolf"
Linx "Throw Away The Key"

Spear Of Destiny "So In Love With You"
Toto Coelo "I Eat Cannibals"

Chas & Dave "Ain’t No Pleasing You"
Derek B "Bad Young Brother"

Central Line "Nature Boy"
Big Sound Authority "This House (Is Where Your Love Stands)"

Erasure "It Doesn't Have To Be"
Debbie Gibson "Out Of The Blue"

Bow Wow Wow "C30 C60 C90 Go!"
Gladys Knight "Licence To Kill"

CALLING AMERICA:
Temptations "Lady Soul" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Triffids "Trick Of The Light"
Classix Nouveaux "The End...Or The Beginning"
Paul Simpson Connection "Treat Her Sweeter"

Trick ... Or ... Treat ...

SHOW #437 - "A room at the top where we're not allowed, cheer to the echo, can you hear the sound..."

Madness "Wings Of A Dove"
Dave Edmunds "Singin' The Blues"

Asia "Don't Cry"
Scritti Politti "The Word Girl"

Carmel "More More More"
Hue & Cry "Violently"

Gwen Guthrie "Good To Go Lover"
Japan "Ghosts"

CALLING AMERICA:
Kim Carnes "Mistaken Identity"

The Beloved "The Sun Rising"
Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson "Get It"

Sabrina "All Of Me"
Tom Robinson "Listen To The Radio: Atmospherics"

Status Quo "What You're Proposing"
Sharpe & Numan "Change Your Mind"

Level 42 "Children Say"
Roy Orbison "She’s A Mystery To Me"

ELO "Twilight"
Marc Almond "Bitter Sweet"

Trans X "Living On Video"
Billy Bragg "She's Leaving Home"

CALLING AMERICA:
Giant Steps "Another Lover" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Talk Talk "Mirror Man"
Our Daughter's Wedding "Lawnchairs"
Duran Duran "The Chauffeur"

All three tracks were produced by Colin Thurston.

SHOW #436 - "Promises me I'm as safe as houses, as long as I remember who's wearing the trousers..."

Depeche Mode "Never Let Me Down Again"
Julio Iglesias "Quiereme Mucho (Yours)"

Kim Wilde and Junior "Another Step (Closer To You)"
Visage "Mind Of A Toy"

Yazz "Stand Up For Your Love Rights"
Whitesnake "Don't Break My Heart Again"

Rainmakers "Let My People Go-Go"
Philip Bailey "Walking On The Chinese Wall"

CALLING AMERICA:
Jackson Browne "Somebody's Baby" 

Classix Nouveaux "Is It A Dream"
Sinitta "I Don't Believe In Miracles"

Alvin Stardust "I Won't Run Away"
New Order "Shellshock"

Johnny Hates Jazz "Heart Of Gold"
Freddie Mercury "Love Kills"

Elvis Costello and the Attractions "High Fidelity"
OMD "So In Love"

Big Country "Where The Rose Is Sown"
Wilton Felder "Inherit The Wind"

Cocteau Twins "Pearly-Dewdrops Drops"
Nik Kershaw "Human Racing"

CALLING AMERICA:
Wa Wa Nee "Sugar Free" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Split Enz "Six Months In A Leaky Boat"
Blancmange "Lose Your Love"
Pet Shop Boys "I'm Not Scared"

All three acts have a lead singer called Neil.

SHOW #435 - "Suddenly it struck me very clear, suddenly it struck me very clean..."

Teardrop Explodes "Reward"
Atlantic Starr "Always"

Stranglers "No Mercy"
Shakespears Sister "You're History"

Paul McCartney "Coming Up"
Furniture "Brilliant Mind"

Malcolm McLaren "Double Dutch"
Pretenders "I Go To Sleep"

CALLING AMERICA:
Donna Summer "There Goes My Baby"

Shakin’ Stevens "A Love Worth Waiting For"
Mica Paris "Like Dreamers Do"

Lambrettas "Poison Ivy"
Billy Idol "Don't Need A Gun"

Guns 'n' Roses "Nightrain"
Ultravox "The Voice"

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Cities In Dust"
Black Slate "Amigo"

Undertones "Wednesday Week"
Glenn and Chris "Diamond Lights"

Samantha Fox "Love House"
Howard Jones "Hide And Seek"

CALLING AMERICA:
Power Station "Communication" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Was (Not Was) "Where Did Your Heart Go?"
Prefab Sprout "Don't Sing"
Christopher Cross "Ride Like The Wind"

All three songs refer to Mexico in the lyrics.

SHOW #434 - "I've been here before, there is no why, no need to try..."

Tears For Fears "Pale Shelter"
Nolans "Don't Love Me Too Hard"

Dazz Band "Let It All Blow"
Jona Lewie "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties"

U2 "Fire"
Gap Band "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"

Then Jerico "The Motive (Living Without You)"
Genesis "Mama"

CALLING AMERICA:
Kenny Loggins "I'm Alright" 

UB40 "King"
ABC "The Night You Murdered Love"

Unique "What I Got Is What You Need"
Status Quo "Dear John"

Motorhead featuring Girlschool "Please Don't Touch"
Levert "Casanova"

Elvis Costello "New Amsterdam"
Bucks Fizz "Piece Of The Action"

Smiley Culture "Police Officer"
Its Immaterial "Driving Away From Home"

Heaven 17 "Come Live With Me"
Alyson Williams "I Need Your Lovin'"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Alarm "Sold Me Down The River"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Mike Oldfield "To France"
Roachford "Kathleen"
Fleetwood Mac "Gypsy"

All three artists released a single in the 80s called Family Man.

SHOW #433 - "You'd better live in love, in luxury and sunlight, and don't be dining out on foolish dreams every night..."

Mel & Kim "Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)"
John Lennon "Borrowed Time"

Madness "Cardiac Arrest"
Belinda Carlisle "La Luna"

Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson "Diamonds"
Style Council "A Solid Bond In Your Heart"

Five Star "Another Weekend"
Marillion "Lavender"

CALLING AMERICA:
Michael Sembello "Automatic Man" 

Alphaville "Big In Japan"
Gladys Knight and the Pips "Taste Of Bitter Love"

The Beat "Doors Of Your Heart"
Luther Vandross "She Won't Talk To Me"

Echo and the Bunnymen "The Killing Moon"
S Express "Hey Music Lover"

Billy Ocean "Loverboy"
Department S "Is Vic There"

Hazell Dean "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)"
Whitesnake "Give Me More Time"

Spandau Ballet "The Freeze"
Natalie Cole "Miss You Like Crazy"

CALLING AMERICA:
Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Adam Ant "Strip"
Frida "I Know There's Something Going On"
Eric Clapton and Tina Turner "Tearing Us Apart"

All three tracks were produced by Phil Collins.

SHOW #432 - "Hip hop, rock to me now, and it ain't gonna slow down..."

Westworld "Sonic Boom Boy"
Sex Pistols "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone"

Transvision Vamp "Landslide Of Love"
Nik Kershaw "Dancing Girls"

Tone Loc "Wild Thing"
Manhattan Transfer "Spice Of Life"

The Alarm "Rain In The Summertime"
Phil Collins "If Leaving Me Is Easy"

CALLING AMERICA:
Al Jarreau "We're In This Love Together" 

Liquid Gold "Dance Yourself Dizzy"
Kajagoogoo "The Lion's Mouth"

Judas Priest "Breaking The Law"
Duran Duran "Meet El Presidente"

Pet Shop Boys "It's Alright"
BA Robertson "Kool In The Kaftan"

Abba "Head Over Heels"
Bruce Springsteen "I'm On Fire"

Gibson Brothers "Mariana"
Christians "Born Again"

The Mission "Beyond The Pale"
Kate Bush "Breathing"

CALLING AMERICA:
Basia "Time And Tide" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Linda Ronstadt "Girls Talk"
Patti Austin "The Heat Of Heat"
Michael McDonald "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"

All three artists had Top 40 hits in the 1980s in duets with James Ingram.

SHOW #431 - "Just looking for a new direction in an old familiar way, the forming of a new connection to study or to play..."

Human League "Keep Feeling Fascination"
Shakin' Stevens "Because I Love You"

Sal Solo "San Damiano (Heart And Soul)"
Bananarama "I Can't Help It"

Queen "Flash"
D-Mob "It Is Time To Get Funky"

Piranhas "Zambezi"
Dollar "Give Me Back My Heart"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Clocks "She Looks A Lot Like You" 

Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Rage Hard"
Blue Zoo "Cry Boy Cry"

Mica Paris "My One Temptation"
The Police "Invisible Sun"

The Smiths "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"
Cliff Richard "Never Say Die (Give A Little Bit More)"

Thompson Twins "Lay Your Hands On Me"
Iron Maiden "Can I Play With Madness"

JoBoxers "Just Got Lucky"
Fuzzbox "Love Is The Slug"

Altered Images "See Those Eyes"
U2 "All I Want Is You"

CALLING AMERICA:
Noel "Silent Morning" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Undertones "Got To Have You Back"
Blue Zone "Thinking About His Baby"
Go Gos "Our Lips Are Sealed"

The lead singers of each band all went on to have solo number one hits in the 1980s.

SHOW #430 - "Sometimes relationships don't go as planned, some girls can make themselves so cold, a no-man's land..."

XTC "Sgt Rock (Is Going To Help Me)"
Julio Iglesias "Hey"

Adam Ant "Friend Or Foe"
Alexander O'Neal "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me"

Scritti Politti "Absolute"
Kim Wilde "Water On Glass"

Modern Romance "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White"
Dee C Lee "See The Day"

CALLING AMERICA:
Romeo Void "A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)"

 

All About Eve "Road To Your Soul"
Kool and the Gang "Big Fun"

Grace Jones "Love Is The Drug"
Level 42 "The Chinese Way"

Bucks Fizz "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)"
Landscape "Einstein A Go Go"

Culture Club "The War Song"
Junior Murvin "Police And Thieves"

The Cure "Just Like Heaven"
Yarbrough & Peoples "Don't Stop The Music"

Bobby Brown "On Our Own"
Godley & Creme "Cry"

CALLING AMERICA:
El DeBarge with DeBarge "You Wear It Well" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
World Party "Ship Of Fools"
Revillos "Motorbike Beat"
The The "Slow Train To Dawn"

All three song titles contain modes of transport.

SHOW #429 - "High on the roof, thin the blood, another one came on the waves tonight..."

REM "Orange Crush"
Barry Manilow "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter"

Pointer Sisters "Dare Me"
Squeeze "Another Nail In My Heart"

Katrina and the Waves "Sun Street"
Depeche Mode "Leave In Silence"

Susan Fassbender "Twilight Cafe"
Rolling Stones "Emotional Rescue"

CALLING AMERICA:
Paul Simon "Late In The Evening" 

The Mission "Wasteland"
Azymuth "Jazz Carnival"

Def Leppard "Armageddon It"
Cameo "She’s Strange"

Prince with Sheena Easton "U Got The Look"
Fish "State Of Mind"

Madonna "Gambler"
Matchbox "When You Ask About Love"

George Benson "Lady Love Me (One More Time)"
Kraftwerk "Showroom Dummies"

Iron Maiden "Running Free"
Breathe "Hands To Heaven"

CALLING AMERICA:
Stage Dolls "Love Cries" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Commodores "Goin' To The Bank"
Cherry "Magic Holiday"
Class Action "Weekend"

Bank ... Holiday ... Weekend.

SHOW #428 - "How many times have you been told, if you don't ask, you don't get?"

Stranglers "Always The Sun"
Natalie Cole "Jump Start"

Yazoo "The Other Side Of Love"
And Why Not? "Restless Days (She Screams Out Loud)"

Paul McCartney "Spies Like Us"
Five Star "Stay Out Of My Life"

ABC "One Better World"
Billy Preston & Syreeta "With You I'm Born Again"

CALLING AMERICA:
Agnetha Fältskog "Can't Shake Loose"

The Cult "Love Removal Machine"
Communards "Disenchanted"

Tom Tom Club "Wordy Rappinghood"
Eurythmics "I Need A Man"

OMD "Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan Of Arc)"
Cliff Richard "Dreamin'"

Matt Bianco "Half A Minute"
Cashflow "Mine All Mine"

Stock, Aitken & Waterman "Roadblock"
UK Subs "Teenage"

The The "Heartland"
Malcolm McLaren "Madam Butterfly"

CALLING AMERICA:
Regina "Baby Love"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Pet Shop Boys "Suburbia"
Billy Joel "You May Be Right"
Kate Bush "Babooshka"

All three tracks contain the sound effect of breaking glass.

SHOW #427 - "She smiles, but that's cruel, if you knew what she thinks, if you knew what she was after..."

Duran Duran "Skin Trade"
Raze presenting Doug Lazy "Let It Roll"

The Selecter "Missing Words"
Ray Parker Jr "I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone"

AC/DC "Guns For Hire"
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions "Brand New Friend"

Narada Michael Walden "I Shoulda Loved Ya"
Black "Paradise"

CALLING AMERICA:
Flowers "We Can Get Together"

Nik Kershaw "Don Quixote"
Positive Force "We Got The Funk"

New Order "Thieves Like Us"
Jellybean featuring Adele Bertei "Just A Mirage"

The Cure "A Forest"
Dooleys "Love Patrol"

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie "The Rattler"
Dusty Springfield "In Private"

Beatmasters  featuring Merlin "Who's In The House"
Stray Cats "Stray Cat Strut"

Danny Wilson "The Second Summer Of Love"
Wet Wet Wet "Temptation"

CALLING AMERICA:
Debbie Gibson "Staying Together" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Pat Benatar "Shadows Of The Night"
Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls"
Brenda Russell "Get Here"

All three singers launched their careers using the surnames of husbands they had already divorced.

SHOW #426 - "Bitter turns to sugar, some call a passive tune, but the day things turn sweet for me won't be too soon..."

Style Council "My Ever Changing Moods"
Elkie Brooks "Nights In White Satin"

Depeche Mode "New Life"
Dexys Midnight Runners "Celtic Soul Brothers"

Donna Summer "Love's About To Change My Heart"
New Model Army "No Rest"

Jermaine Stewart "Say It Again"
Madness "Sweetest Girl"

CALLING AMERICA:
Queen "Calling All Girls"

A-Ha "You Are The One"
Specials "Do Nothing"

Skipworth & Turner "Thinking About Your Love"
Associates "Club Country"

Fuzzbox "International Rescue"
Motley Crue "You're All I Need"

Break Machine "Street Dance"
Secret Affair "My World"

Double Trouble and the Rebel MC "Just Keep Rockin’"
Nick Straker Band "A Walk In The Park"

Blue Mercedes "I Want To Be Your Property"
Clannad "Theme From 'Harry's Game'"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Other Ones "Holiday"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Ultravox "Passing Strangers"
Del Amitri "Hammering Heart"
Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now"

All three bands feature a member with the surname Currie.

SHOW #425 - "I've got to show the world all that I want to be, and all my abilities, there's so much more to me..."

Diana Ross "I'm Coming Out"
Chris De Burgh "Missing You"

Freeez "Pop Goes My Love"
Graham Bonnet "Night Games"

Bananarama "Love, Truth and Honesty"
Eddy Grant "Can't Get Enough Of You"

Booker Newberry III "Love Town"
Go West "Goodbye Girl"

CALLING AMERICA:
Face To Face "10-9-8"

Talking Heads "And She Was"
Toyah "Thunder In The Mountains"

De La Soul "Eye Know"
Robbie Nevil "C'est La Vie"

London Boys "London Nights"
Re-Flex "The Politics Of Dancing"

Marilyn "You Don't Love Me"
UB40 "Maybe Tomorrow"

Big Country "East Of Eden"
Detroit Spinners "Body Language"

Echo and the Bunnymen "People Are Strange"
Jennifer Holliday "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going"

CALLING AMERICA:
REO Speedwagon "Live Every Moment" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
James Ingram and Michael McDonald "Yah Mo B There"
One 2 Many "Downtown"
Yazz and the Plastic Population "The Only Way Is Up"

All three songs refer to "a brighter day" in the lyrics.

SHOW #424 - "Feel it in my brain, driving me insane, round and round, the same old tune..."

Level 42 "Hot Water"
D Train "Music Part 1"

Teardrop Explodes "Passionate Friend"
Princess "After The Love Has Gone"

Broken English "Comin' On Strong"
Thompson Twins "Don't Mess With Dr Dream"

OMD "Messages"
Paul Young "Wonderland"

CALLING AMERICA:
Pat Benatar "You Better Run" 

Talk Talk "Talk Talk"
Manic MCs featuring Sara Carlson "Mental"

David Essex "Me And My Girl, Nightclubbing"
Squeeze "Is That Love"

Prince "Girls And Boys"
Tracey Ullman "Breakaway"

Shalamar "I Owe You One"
The Jam "Precious"

Taylor Dayne "Prove Your Love"
Godley & Creme "Under Your Thumb"

Johnny Hates Jazz "I Don't Want To Be A Hero"
Styx "Babe"

CALLING AMERICA:
Dead Or Alive "Come Home With Me Baby" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Bon Jovi "Lay Your Hands On Me"
Atlantic Starr "Silver Shadow"
Erasure "Chains Of Love"

All three artists had Top 5 hits with a song called Always.

SHOW #423 - "Underneath her veil I could see a tear trickling down her pretty face..."

Elton John "Kiss The Bride"
W.A.S.P. "Scream Until You Like It"

Leon Haywood "Don’t Push It, Don’t Force It"
Debbie Gibson "We Could Be Together"

Belouis Some "Imagination"
Kim Wilde "Love Blonde"

Robert Palmer "Change His Ways"
Patti Austin & James Ingram "Baby Come To Me"

CALLING AMERICA:
Loverboy "Hot Girls In Love"

Shakin' Stevens "Cry Just A Little Bit"
Genesis "Keep It Dark"

Mighty Wah! "Come Back"
Hazel O'Connor "D-Days"

Housemartins "Five Get Over Excited"
Sheena Easton "Just Another Broken Heart"

Depeche Mode "Stripped"
Band AKA "Joy"

Raze "Jack The Groove"
Suzi Quatro "Mama's Boy"

Psychedelic Furs "Heaven"
Chicago "You’re The Inspiration"

CALLING AMERICA:
Jeffrey Osborne "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)"  

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Raw Silk "Do It To The Music"
The Quick "Rhythm Of The Jungle"
The Cult "She Sells Sanctuary"

All three song titles contain the name of a British independent record label of the 1980s.

SHOW #422 - "Exchanging their letters, their exit's begun, with deathless precision, he's aiming his gun..."

Spandau Ballet "Lifeline"
England World Cup Squad "This Time (We'll Get It Right)"

Brass Construction "Music Makes Me Feel Like Dancing"
Associates "18 Carat Love Affair"

Bad Manners "Just A Feeling"
Thompson Twins "Watching"

Jimmy The Hoover "Tantalise"
David Grant and Jaki Graham "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love"

CALLING AMERICA:
Randy Vanwarmer "Suzi" 

Billy Joel "Goodnight Saigon"
Midnight Star "Headlines"

A Tribe Of Toffs "John Kettley Is A Weatherman"
Mobiles "Drowning In Berlin"

Cliff Richard "I Just Don't Have The Heart"
Voice Of The Beehive "I Say Nothing"

Windjammer "Tossing And Turning"
Erasure "The Circus"

Bangles "Hazy Shade Of Winter"
Style Council "Money-Go-Round"

Kool and the Gang "Take It To The Top"
Barbra Streisand "Woman In Love"

CALLING AMERICA:
Scritti Politti "Boom! There She Was"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Tha Clash "Hitsville UK"
Latin Quarter "Radio Africa"
Foreigner "Juke Box Hero"

All three bands feature a member born Michael Jones.

SHOW #421 - "Heavy words are so lightly thrown, but still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you..."

The Smiths "What Difference Does It Make"
Amii Stewart and Johnny Bristol "My Guy - My Girl (medley)"

Dire Straits "Twisting By The Pool"
Krush "House Arrest"

Heart "There's The Girl"
Fun Boy Three "The Telephone Always Rings"

Loose Ends "Hangin' On A String"
Living In A Box "Room In Your Heart"

CALLING AMERICA:
Dazz Band "Let It Whip"

Pink Floyd "When The Tigers Broke Free"
Five Star "All Fall Down"

The Cure "Catch"
Linx "So This Is Romance"

King "Alone Without You"
Adeva "Warning"

Robert Palmer "Looking For Clues"
Shakatak "Down On The Street"

Haircut 100 "Nobody’s Fool"
ACDC "You Shook Me All Night Long"

Eurythmics "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)"
Japan "Nightporter"

CALLING AMERICA:
Wang Chung "Hypnotize Me"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
The Who "You Better You Bet"
Hue & Cry "Strength To Strength"
Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger"

All three songs mention the band name in the lyrics.

SHOW #420 - "So tired of all the darkness in our lives, with no more angry words to say, can come alive, get into a car and drive..."

Joe Jackson "Steppin' Out"
Coast To Coast "(Do) The Hucklebuck"

Altered Images "Pinky Blue"
Climie Fisher "I Won't Bleed For You"

Glenn Frey "Smugglers Blues"
Paul Hardcastle "Don’t Waste My Time"

Screaming Blue Messiahs "I Wanna Be A Flintstone"
Europe "Carrie"

CALLING AMERICA:
Bon Jovi "She Don't Know Me" 

Gary Byrd and the GB Experience "The Crown"
New Order "Touched By The Hand Of God"

Feargal Sharkey "Listen To Your Father"
Nolans "Attention To Me"

U2 "Two Hearts Beat As One"
Thomas Dolby "Windpower"

Echo and the Bunnymen "The Cutter"
John Foxx "Underpass"

Icehouse "Crazy"
Nitro Deluxe "Let's Get Brutal"

Human League "Open Your Heart"
Gloria Estefan "Can't Stay Away From You"

CALLING AMERICA:
Jermaine Jackson "(Closest Thing To) Perfect"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Ward Brothers "Cross That Bridge"
Elkie Brooks "Gasoline Alley"
Gary Moore "Over The Hills And Far Away"

All three artists share surnames with members of the Wales Euro 2020 squad.

SHOW #419 - "He's an old ex-con that's been away, now he's back, no-one's safe..."

Kid Creole and the Coconuts "Stool Pigeon"
Red Box "Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)"

Donna Allen "Serious"
David Bowie "Underground"

Gary Numan "I Can't Stop"
BVSMP "I Need You"

Ultravox "All Stood Still"
Wet Wet Wet "Broke Away"

CALLING AMERICA:
Stephanie Mills "Sweet Sensation"

Fresh 4 featuring Lizz E "Wishing On A Star"
Eddy Grant "Do You Feel My Love"

XTC "Don't Lose Your Temper"
Stevie Wonder "Do I Do"

Blondie "Island Of Lost Souls"
Def Leppard "Hysteria"

Big Country "Just A Shadow"
Paula Abdul "Forever Your Girl"

Shakin' Stevens "Hot Dog"
Maria Vidal "Body Rock"

China Crisis "King In A Catholic Style"
The Beat "Can't Get Used To Losing You"

CALLING AMERICA:
REM "Pop Song 89"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Madness "Embarrassment"
Traveling Wilburys "End Of The Line"
Ramones "Baby I Love You"

All three artists, at the time these songs were released, were crediting themselves with nicknames.

SHOW #418 - "You put your finger on the trigger and you shot my heart, and now I'm really going to burst your bubble..."

Dead Or Alive "In Too Deep"
Barry Manilow "Lonely Together"

Joyce Sims "Lifetime Love"
Nick Heyward "Warning Sign"

Eric B and Rakim "Follow The Leader"
A-Ha "The Blood That Moves The Body"

Sharon Brown "I Specialize In Love"
Dire Straits "Your Latest Trick"

CALLING AMERICA:
Jim Capaldi "That's Love"

Gillan "Restless"
Liquid Gold "The Night, The Wine and The Roses"

Mick Jagger "Let's Work"
Wonder Stuff "It's Yer Money I'm After Baby"

Jason Donovan "Every Day (I Love You More)"
The Ruts "Staring At The Rude Boys"

Passions "I'm In Love With A German Film Star"
Paul Young "Tomb Of Memories"

Five Star "Somewhere Somebody"
New Order "Everything's Gone Green"

Carmel "Bad Day"
Aztec Camera "How Men Are"

CALLING AMERICA:
Sly Fox "Stay True"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Arcadia "The Promise"
Sam Brown "This Feeling"
Paul McCartney "No More Lonely Nights"

All three tracks feature guitar solos by Dave Gilmour.

SHOW #417 - "But when the music changed, the plan was re-arranged, he went to dance with someone else..."

Shannon "Let The Music Play"
Tone Lōc "On Fire"

Sydney Youngblood "If Only I Could"
Blancmange "What's Your Problem?"

Marillion "Hooks In You"
Gloria Gaynor "I Am What I Am"

Joe Jackson "It's Different For Girls"
Modern Romance "Walking In The Rain"

CALLING AMERICA:
A Taste Of Honey "Sukiyaki"

Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom "Paranoimia"
New Musik "This World Of Water"

Al Jarreau "Trouble In Paradise"
Pop Will Eat Itself "Can U Dig It"

808 State "Pacific State"
Madness "Tomorrow's Just Another Day"

OMD "Forever Live And Die"
Gene Chandler "Does She Have A Friend"

Queen "Body Language"
The Fall "There's A Ghost In My House"

The Police "Synchronicity II"
Julia Fordham "Happy Ever After"

CALLING AMERICA:
10,000 Maniacs "Like The Weather" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
U2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
Human League "Love Is All That Matters"
Housemartins "Caravan Of Love"

All three songs refer to a "highest mountain" in the lyrics.

SHOW #416 - "So it's hard to find someone with that kind of intensity, you touched my hand, I played it cool, and you reached out your hand to me..."

Fleetwood Mac "Seven Wonders"
Sugarcubes "Deus"

Fiat Lux "Blue Emotion"
Toni Childs "Don't Walk Away"

ABC "Ocean Blue"
Barbara Pennington "On A Crowded Street"

Darling Buds "Let's Go Round There"
Skids "A Woman In Winter"

Blue Zoo "(I Just Can't) Forgive And Forget"
Barrington Levy "Here I Come"

Don Henley "Dirty Laundry"
Sandra "Maria Magdalena"

Stiff Little Fingers "Just Fade Away"
Working Week "Thought I'd Never See You Again"

Simply Red "I Won't Feel Bad"
Killing Joke "Birds Of A Feather"

Falco "The Sound Of Musik"
Waysted "Heaven Tonight"

Daryl Hall and John Oates "One On One"
It Bites "Kiss Like Judas"

Randy Crawford "Last Night At Danceland"
Jesus and Mary Chain "Head On"

Gene & Jim Are Into Shakes "Shake (How About A Sampling Gene?)"
Fashion "Eye Talk"

Billy Joel "Leningrad"
Bauhaus "Kick In The Eye"

Don McLean "Castles In The Air"
Chameleons "Swamp Thing"

This was a commemorative episode of Forgotten 80s, featuring 80s singles that didn't make the Top 40, to mark the show's eighth birthday.

SHOW #415 - "As the years were rushing by, he would cut down on his age, he will tell his girl of how it used to be..."

Junior "Mama Used To Say"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark "Hooked On Classics"

Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddy "Peter Gunn"
Wedding Present "Kennedy"

Split Enz "I Got You"
Julia & Company "Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)"

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "What I Am"
The Cure "Lovesong"

CALLING AMERICA:
Ray Parker Jr "The Other Woman"

Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation"
Nick Heyward "Love All Day"

Baltimora "Tarzan Boy"
Redhead Kingpin and the FBI "Do The Right Thing"

Gwen Guthrie "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent"
Bob Geldof "This Is The World Calling"

Lambrettas "Da-a-a-a-nce"
Womack and Womack "Love Wars"

Cliff Richard "She's So Beautiful"
ELO "I'm Alive"

Rainbow "Stone Cold"
Spandau Ballet "Round And Round"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Truth "Weapons Of Love"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Soft Cell "Say Hello Wave Goodbye"
Change "Mutual Attraction"
Madonna "Causing A Commotion"

All three song titles contain the name of an artist's backing band.

SHOW #414 - "Now we're going steady, been together several weeks; I check out all the other guys who we see on the streets..."

The Beat "Hands Off She's Mine"
Salt 'n' Pepa "Twist And Shout"

Visage "The Damned Don't Cry"
King "The Taste Of Your Tears"

Dave Stewart and Colin Blunstone "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted"
Debbie Gibson "Shake Your Love"

Siouxsie and the Banshees "Swimming Horses"
Communards "For A Friend"

CALLING AMERICA:
The Cars "Magic" 

Jaki Graham "Step Right Up"
Bryan Ferry "The Right Stuff"

Duran Duran "I Don't Want Your Love"
UB40 "Dream A Lie"

Big Country "One Great Thing"
Kim Wilde "Hey Mister Heartache"

Tom Robinson "War Baby"
Bodysnatchers "Let's Do Rock Steady"

Rush "Tom Sawyer"
RAH Band "Clouds Across The Moon"

Specials "Stereotype"
Alison Moyet "Love Letters"

CALLING AMERICA:
Lone Justice "Ways To Be Wicked" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Housemartins "Happy Hour"
Eagles "I Can't Tell You Why"
A Flock Of Seagulls "I Ran"

All three artists are named after birds.

SHOW #413 - "Time is running out and the illusion fades away..."

Yello "The Race"
Musical Youth "Tell Me Why"

 

Bucks Fizz "When We Were Young"
The Clash "Straight To Hell"

Depeche Mode "Love In Itself"
Taffy "I Love My Radio"

Saxon "Wheels Of Steel"
Level 42 "Take A Look"

CALLING AMERICA:
Manhattans "Shining Star" 

Ultravox "Love's Great Adventure"
Pseudo Echo "Funky Town"

Sherrick "Just Call"
Simple Minds "Ghostdancing"

Paul McCartney "My Brave Face"
Primitives "Sick Of It"

 

Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone"
Arthur Adams "You Got The Floor"

Bronski Beat "Hit That Perfect Beat"
Aztec Camera "All I Need Is Everything"

Gap Band "Big Fun"
Jan Hammer "Crockett's Theme"

CALLING AMERICA:
John Cougar Mellencamp "Pop Singer" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Public Enemy "Don't Believe The Hype"
Asia "Heat Of The Moment"
Eurythmics "Sexcrime"

All three tracks contain the year of their release in the lyrics.

SHOW #412 - "She always used to live so secretly, she'd be seen in and out of the sound..."

Julian Cope "World Shut Your Mouth"
Bananarama "Cruel Summer '89"

Candi Staton "Suspicious Minds"
Heaven 17 "Sunset Now"

Roman Holliday "Don't Try To Stop It"
Stephanie Mills "The Medicine Song"

A Flock Of Seagulls "The More You Live, The More You Love"
Queen "Save Me"

CALLING AMERICA:
Sparks featuring Jane Wiedlin "Cool Places"

The Smiths "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
Ofra Haza "I'm Nin'Alu"

UK Subs "Party In Paris"
Japan "I Second That Emotion"

Coldcut featuring Yazz and the Plastic Population "Doctorin' The House"
New Musik "Living By Numbers"

Suzanne Vega "Marlene On The Wall"
Men At Work "Dr Heckyll and Mr Jive"

W*A*S*P "The Real Me"
Tiffany "Radio Romance"

OMD "Genetic Engineering"
New Model Army "Green And Grey"

CALLING AMERICA:
Bonnie Tyler "If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man)" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Madness "Uncle Sam"
Supertramp "It's Raining Again"
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott "Out In The Fields"

All three songs contain refrains of older songs.

SHOW #411 - "He needn't be handsome, have fortune or fame, he's just got to be sweet and kind..."

Hazell Dean "Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man)"
Bruce Willis "Under The Boardwalk"

Pointer Sisters "Neutron Dance"
Billy Joel "All For Leyna"

Black Sabbath "Neon Knights"
Cock Robin "The Promise You Made"

Flash and the Pan "Waiting For A Train"
Stevie Wonder "Lately"

CALLING AMERICA:
Steely Dan "Time Out Of Mind" 

Kim Wilde "View From A Bridge"
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock "It Takes Two"

BA Robertson "To Be Or Not To Be"
Colonel Abrams "I'm Not Gonna Let You (Get The Best Of Me)"

Evelyn Champagne King "Love Come Down"
Sisters of Mercy "Lucretia My Reflection"

Club Nouveau "Lean On Me"
Erasure "Ship Of Fools"

The Jam "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)"
Glen Goldsmith "What You See Is What You Get"

Madonna "Dress You Up"
Cutting Crew "I've Been In Love Before"

CALLING AMERICA:
Bardeux "When We Kiss" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Nik Kershaw "When A Heart Beats"
Simple Minds "I Travel"
UB40 "One In Ten"

All three songs mention refugees in the lyrics.

SHOW #410 - "The oar snaps in his hand before he reaches dry land, but the sound doesn't deafen his smile..."

Madness "Night Boat To Cairo"
Rock Aid Armenia "Smoke On The Water"

Will Downing "A Love Supreme"
Style Council "Wanted"

The Damned "Is It A Dream"
Neneh Cherry "Kisses On The Wind"

Brother Beyond "He Ain't No Competition"
David Essex "Silver Dream Machine"

CALLING AMERICA:
LeRoux "Nobody Said It Was Easy (Lookin' For The Lights)"

Stranglers "Skin Deep"
Terri Wells "I'll Be Around"

Duran Duran "Careless Memories"
Pinkees "Danger Games"

Soft Cell "Bedsitter"
Princess "I'll Keep On Loving You"

Shakin' Stevens "It's Late"
Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen "Say A Little Prayer"

Bryan Ferry "Is Your Love Strong Enough"
Culture Club "Time (Clock Of The Heart)"

Judas Priest "Living After Midnight"
Robbie Robertson "Somewhere Down The Crazy River"

CALLING AMERICA:
Breakfast Club "Right On Track"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Paul Young "Come Back And Stay"
Belinda Carlisle "Mad About You"
Marillion "Kayleigh"

All three songs came with videos that featured the partners or spouses of the singers.

SHOW #409 - "The little hand shakes its fist, the face is hanging out on a spring..."

Squeeze "Hourglass"
Barry Manilow "Read 'Em And Weep"

Kool and the Gang "Misled"
Belle Stars "Sweet Memory"
Pet Shop Boys "Love Comes Quickly"

Icicle Works "Love Is A Wonderful Colour"
Toto "I Won't Hold You Back"

CALLING AMERICA:
Scorpions "Rock You Like A Hurricane" 

Howard Jones "Pearl In The Shell"
Pebbles "Girlfriend"

Phil Everly and Cliff Richard "She Means Nothing To Me"
Ultravox "Sleepwalk"

David Bowie and the Pat Metheny Group "This Is Not America"
Level 42 "Micro Kid"

Blancmange "Don’t Tell Me"
Jesus and Mary Chain "Blues From A Gun"

Helen Terry "Love Lies Lost"
The Smiths "Ask"

Prince "Glam Slam"
Heart "What About Love"

CALLING AMERICA:
Shannon "Do You Wanna Get Away" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
New Order "Round And Round"
Heaven 17 "Penthouse And Pavement"
Wet Wet Wet "Sweet Little Mystery"

All three acts had a Top 40 hit in the 1980s with a song called Temptation.

SHOW #408 - "Give up to the ghost that's haunting you now, shout it out, don't let it stay inside and eat you alive..."

Terence Trent D’Arby "Dance Little Sister"
Tourists "I Only Want To Be With You"

Madonna "Angel"
Simon Harris "Here Comes That Sound"

Vanessa Paradis "Joe Le Taxi"
Sweet Dreams "I'm Never Giving Up"

Jennifer Rush "Ring Of Ice"
PhD "I Won't Let You Down"

CALLING AMERICA:
Fleetwood Mac "Think About Me"

Housemartins "Think For A Minute"
Sharpe & Numan "No More Lies"

Cool Notes "Spend The Night"
Bon Jovi "Living In Sin"

Depeche Mode "A Question Of Time"
Agnetha Fältskog "The Heat Is On"

King Kurt "Destination Zululand"
Shakin' Stevens "You Drive Me Crazy"

Voice Of The Beehive "Don't Call Me Baby"
Brothers Johnson "Stomp"

Europe "Rock The Night"
Jeffrey Osborne "On The Wings Of Love"

CALLING AMERICA:
Peter Schilling "The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime)" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Sad Cafe "My Oh My"
Paul Carrack "Don't Shed A Tear"
Roachford "Cuddly Toy"

All three singers have been lead vocalist with Mike & The Mechanics.

SHOW #407 - "It's loud and it's tasteless, I've not heard it before, you shout it while you're dancing on the dancefloor..."

David Bowie "Fashion"
Alyson Williams featuring Nikki D "My Love Is So Raw"

The Look "I Am The Beat"
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force "I Wonder If I Take You Home"

Magnum "Days Of No Trust"
Imagination "Changes"

The Cure "The Hanging Garden"
Alvin Stardust "I Feel Like Buddy Holly"

CALLING AMERICA:
INXS " The One Thing" 

Beastie Boys "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Arabian Knights"

Rick Astley "Take Me To Your Heart"
Kissing The Pink "The Last Film"

The Cult "Lil Devil"
Mystic Merlin "Just Can't Give You Up"

Altered Images "Don't Talk To Me About Love"
The The "The Beat(En) Generation"

Dead Or Alive "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me To The Doctor)"
Nolans "Chemistry"

ZZ Top "Sleeping Bag"
Deacon Blue "Love And Regret"

CALLING AMERICA:
Sade "Never As Good As The First Time" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Jocelyn Brown "Somebody Else's Guy"
Wham! "Heartbeat"
Jason Donovan "Sealed With A Kiss"

All three songs refer to September in the lyrics.

SHOW #406 - "He grabs a pile of letters from a small suitcase, disappears into an office, it's another working day..."

A-Ha "Train Of Thought"
Dollar "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"

Steve Arrington "Dancin' In The Key Of Life"
Skids "Circus Games"

Coldcut featuring Lisa Stansfield "People Hold On"
Gary Moore "Empty Rooms"

Christians "When The Fingers Point"
Randy Crawford "One Day I'll Fly Away"

CALLING AMERICA:
Styx "The Best Of Times" 

London Boys "Harlem Desire"
Barracudas "Summer Fun"

AC/DC "Who Made Who"
Hazell Dean "Maybe We Should Call It A Day"

Roxy Music "Over You"
Belle and the Devotions "Love Games"

Timbuk 3 "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
John Foxx "Europe (After The Rain)"

Shalamar "Disappearing Act"
Blow Monkeys "This Is Your Life"

Oran 'Juice' Jones "The Rain"
Elvis Costello (The Imposter) "Pills And Soap"

CALLING AMERICA:
OMD "Dreaming" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Whitney Houston "How Will I Know"
Eurythmics "Never Gonna Cry Again"
George Michael "Father Figure"

All three acts had a Top 40 hit in the 1980s in collaboration with Aretha Franklin.

SHOW #405 - "One thousand postcards from Montevideo say that I'll be home soon, and get out of Bombay and go up to Brixton..."

Simple Minds "Up On The Catwalk"
Barry Manilow "Stay"

T'Pau "Valentine"
Cashmere "Can I"

Funky Worm "Hustle! (To The Music...)
Midge Ure "Call Of The Wild"

Pasadenas "Tribute (Right On)"
Thompson Twins "Sister Of Mercy"

CALLING AMERICA:
Sugarhill Gang "Apache" 

Genesis "Throwing It All Away"
Bauhaus "She's In Parties"

Elkie Brooks "No More The Fool"
Twisted Sister "I Am, I’m Me"

Feargal Sharkey "You Little Thief"
Shakatak "Invitations"

Imagination "Looking At Midnight"
Dio "Mystery"

Adam Ant "Apollo 9"
Carey Johnson "Real Fashion Reggae Style"

Hue & Cry "Looking For Linda"
Aurra "You And Me Tonight"

CALLING AMERICA:
Psychedelic Furs "Heartbreak Beat" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Kon Kan "I Beg Your Pardon"
Martha and the Muffins "Echo Beach"
Bryan Adams "Somebody"

All three acts hail from Canada.

SHOW #404 - "Tell me what it's all about, you've got something that I can't live without..."

Nu Shooz "I Can't Wait"
Starvation "Starvation"

 

Kurtis Blow "If I Ruled The World"
Fields of the Nephilim "Moonchild"

Wah! "Story Of The Blues"
Marillion "He Knows You Know"

Karyn White "Secret Rendezvous"
OMD "Secret"

CALLING AMERICA:
Dwight Twilley "Girls"  

Human League "Being Boiled"
Mory Kanté "Yeke Yeke"

David Christie "Saddle Up"
Quireboys "7 O'Clock"

Tears For Fears "Change"
Fairground Attraction "Find My Love"

 

Five Star "Can't Wait Another Minute"
Prefab Sprout "When Love Breaks Down"

Bucks Fizz "My Camera Never Lies"
Status Quo "Ain't Complaining"

All About Eve "Wild Hearted Woman"
Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal "Saturday Love"

CALLING AMERICA:
Mary Jane Girls "In My House" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Big Country "Look Away"
Pale Fountains "Thank You"
Everything But The Girl "Each And Everyone"

All three tracks were produced by Robin Millar.

SHOW #403 - "Governed by the title on the wall, commit me to a life within a fool..."

Talk Talk "Today"
Commodores "Wonderland"

 

Van Halen "Why Can't This Be Love"
A Guy Called Gerald "Voodoo Ray"

Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo "Who Found Who"
The Beat "Too Nice To Talk To"

Shakin' Stevens "It's Raining"
The Cult "Revolution"

CALLING AMERICA:
Utopia "Set Me Free" 

Bruce Springsteen "Brilliant Disguise"
Fuzzbox "Self!"

Bananarama "Trick Of The Night"
Men At Work "Overkill"

Maisonettes "Heartache Avenue"
The Smiths "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side"

Twisted Sister "The Kids Are Back"
Heatwave "Jitterbuggin'"

Matt Bianco "Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed"
Diana Ross "Mirror Mirror"

Wonder Stuff "Golden Green"
Spandau Ballet "I'll Fly For You"

CALLING AMERICA:
Love & Money "Halleluiah Man" 

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Billy Idol "Sweet Sixteen"
Haysi Fantayzee "John Wayne Is Big Leggy"
Thompson Twins "King For A Day"

All three artists had a Top 40 hit in the 1980s with a title that was a single repeated word.

SHOW #402 - "They said we were an item, my thoughts I tried to hide them.."

Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk featuring Darryl Pandy "Love Can't Turn Around"
Cliff Richard "Lean On You"

Genesis "Abacab"
Tony Rallo and the Midnight Band "Holdin' On"

Bangles "In Your Room"
Visage "Night Train"

Furniture "Brilliant Mind"
Captain Sensible "Glad It's All Over"

CALLING AMERICA:
Billy Joel "Allentown" 

Beatmasters featuring Betty Boo "Hey DJ (I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playing)"
PiL "Flowers Of Romance"

Swing Out Sister "You On My Mind"
Blancmange "Waves"

Pretenders "Talk Of The Town"
Nick Kamen "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"

Donna Summer "Unconditional Love"
Inner City "Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'"

Specials "Rat Race"
Duran Duran "New Moon On Monday"

Bourgeois Tagg "I Don't Mind At All"
Barbara Jones "Just When I Needed You Most"

CALLING AMERICA:
ABC "How To Be A Millionaire"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Kajagoogoo "Big Apple"
Rainbow "I Surrender"
Bronski Beat "It Ain't Necessarily So"

All three bands changed their lead singer during the 1980s.

SHOW #401 - "I can't see much of a future unless we find out what's to blame, what a shame..."

Fine Young Cannibals "Ever Fallen In Love"
Diana Ross "It's My House"

Men Without Hats "Safety Dance"
Phil Fearon and Galaxy "Everybody’s Laughing"

S Express "Mantra For A State Of Mind"
Philip Lynott "Yellow Pearl"

Toyah "Be Proud Be Loud (Be Heard)"
Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down"

CALLING AMERICA:
Delbert McClinton "Giving It Up For Your Love"

Four Tops "Don't Walk Away"
Marillion "Assassing"

Bardo "One Step Further"
Jaki Graham "Round And Around"

Fun Boy Three "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Modern Talking "Brother Louie"

Eurythmics "Don't Ask Me Why"
UB40 "Rat In Mi Kitchen"

ACDC "Touch Too Much"
Fiction Factory "(Feels Like) Heaven"

Sonia "Can't Forget You"
Japan "Ghosts"

CALLING AMERICA:
Richard Marx "Endless Summer Nights"

LAST ORDERS SEQUENCE:
Pet Shop Boys "Heart"
David Cassidy "Romance"
Toto "Africa"

All three titles become different UK Top 40 hits of the 1980s when the word 'radio' is added.