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INDEX OF SONG TOPICS:

January 2026
- Jan 28, 2026 Playlists: comedic songs
- Jan 22, 2026 Musical jokes and lyrical laughs: comedic songs
- Jan 21, 2026 Playlists: songs about January
- Jan 15, 2026 Looking both ways: songs about the month of January
- Jan 13, 2026 Playlists: songs about quirky and unusual love
- Jan 8, 2026 Strange attractions: songs about quirky and unusual love
- Jan 6, 2026 Playlists: songs about transformation
- Jan 1, 2026 Music and metamorphosis: songs about transformation
December 2025
- Dec 23, 2025 Baubles and bubbles: share your thoughts and musical discoveries from 2025
- Dec 17, 2025 Playlists: songs about candles and candlelight
- Dec 11, 2025 How illuminating: songs about candles and candlelight
- Dec 9, 2025 Playlists: songs about chosen solitude
- Dec 4, 2025 I want to be alone: songs about chosen solitude
- Dec 3, 2025 Playlists: songs featuring trumpet solos
November 2025
- Nov 27, 2025 Blow your own: songs with trumpet solos
- Nov 26, 2025 Playlists: songs about cosiness, comfort and warmth
- Nov 20, 2025 A fireside invitation: songs about cosiness, comfort and warmth
- Nov 19, 2025 Playlists: songs about the Antarctic region
- Nov 13, 2025 The frozen south: songs from or about the Antarctic region
- Nov 11, 2025 Playlist: songs about deadlines and ultimatums
- Nov 6, 2025 Last orders, please! Songs about deadlines and ultimatums
- Nov 5, 2025 Playlists: songs from musicals that transcend their genre
October 2025
- Oct 30, 2025 Sing out! For songs from musicals that transcend their genre
- Oct 29, 2025 Playlists: space pop and other astral sounding music
- Oct 23, 2025 Cosmic! Time to lift off with space disco, synth pop and other astral sounding music
- Oct 22, 2025 Playlists: songs about getting older
- Oct 16, 2025 Fine whines: songs about getting older (but not necessarily getting old)
- Oct 15, 2025 Playlists: songs about very specific or obscure numbers
- Oct 9, 2025 A numbers game? Songs about very specific or obscure figures and amounts
- Oct 8, 2025 Playlists voting results: songs about popularity
- Oct 2, 2025 Vote for: songs about popularity
- Oct 1, 2025 Playlists: songs about empty but fillable spaces
September 2025
- Sep 25, 2025 Fill in the blanks: songs about empty, but fillable spaces
- Sep 24, 2025 Playlists: songs about or inducing a state of ecstasy
- Sep 18, 2025 High notes: songs about or inducing a state of ecstasy
- Sep 16, 2025 Playlists: songs about going back to school, college or work
- Sep 11, 2025 Returns to normal: songs about going back to school, college or work
- Sep 9, 2025 Playlists: songs about obscure or unusual colours
- Sep 4, 2025 A different tone: songs featuring obscure or uncommon colours
- Sep 2, 2025 Playlists: songs about tricksters and trickery
August 2025
- Aug 28, 2025 Not quite as it seems: songs about tricksters, trickery and fakery
- Aug 27, 2025 Playlists: songs about fountains
- Aug 21, 2025 Join another jet set: songs about fountains
- Aug 19, 2025 Playlists: songs about thunder and lightning
- Aug 14, 2025 Inspiration strikes: songs about thunder and lightning
- Aug 13, 2025 Playlists: songs about social generations
- Aug 7, 2025 Talkin' about ... songs about defined social generations
- Aug 6, 2025 Playlists: songs about endangered animal species
July 2025
- Jul 31, 2025 Lost tracks, wild releases, rarely herd: songs about endangered animal species
- Jul 29, 2025 Playlists: songs about darkness
- Jul 24, 2025 Close your eyes, open your ears: songs about darkness
- Jul 22, 2025 Playlists: songs about unexpected and unusual friendships
- Jul 17, 2025 A special shared space: songs about unusual or unexpected friendships
- Jul 15, 2025 Playlists: songs about unity and togetherness
- Jul 10, 2025 Live Aid at 40: songs about, or inspiring unity and togetherness
- Jul 9, 2025 Playlists: songs about déjà vu
- Jul 3, 2025 Seems familiar, but ... it's songs about and inducing déjà vu
- Jul 2, 2025 Playlists: bossa nova songs and their influence
June 2025
- Jun 26, 2025 Novo estilo brasileiro! Bossa nova songs and their influence
- Jun 24, 2025 Playlists: striking acoustic song versions
- Jun 19, 2025 Less becomes new: striking acoustic song versions
- Jun 18, 2025 Playlists: songs about chains
- Jun 12, 2025 Click the links and join: songs about chains
- Jun 10, 2025 Playlists: songs about hypnosis
- Jun 5, 2025 Back in the room: songs about hypnosis
- Jun 3, 2025 Playlists: songs about percussion and percussionists
May 2025
- May 29, 2025 A striking subject: songs about percussion and percussionists
- May 27, 2025 Playlists: songs about twins
- May 22, 2025 Come play with us … songs about twins and twinning
- May 21, 2025 Playlists: songs about the Vietnam War
- May 15, 2025 ‘Kill for Peace!’ to ‘Hell no, we won't go!’: songs about the Vietnam War
- May 14, 2025 Playlists: songs about fingers and thumbs
- May 8, 2025 Digital music: songs about fingers and thumbs
- May 6, 2025 Playlists: songs and instrumentals featuring the jaw harp
- May 1, 2025 It's your twang: songs featuring the jaw harp
April 2025
- Apr 30, 2025 Playlists: songs with double entendres
- Apr 24, 2025 Come, blow your horn: songs with double entendres
- Apr 23, 2025 Playlists: cross-cultural cover versions
- Apr 17, 2025 Have song, will travel: cross-cultural cover versions
- Apr 15, 2025 Playlists: songs about lakes, canals, and smaller watercourses
- Apr 10, 2025 Ponder this: songs about lakes, canals, and smaller watercourses
- Apr 8, 2025 Playlists: songs about mercy
- Apr 3, 2025 Grace notes: songs about mercy
- Apr 1, 2025 Playlists: songs that reference David Bowie
March 2025
- Mar 27, 2025 We shall be heroes: songs that reference David Bowie
- Mar 26, 2025 Playlists: songs about trucks and trucking
- Mar 20, 2025 Big 10-4, Rubber Ducky: songs about trucks and trucking
- Mar 18, 2025 Playlists: songs about decluttering, reducing, purging and tidying
- Mar 13, 2025 Less is more? Songs about decluttering, reducing, purging and tidying
- Mar 11, 2025 Playlists: songs about absurdity and absurdism
- Mar 6, 2025 Stop making sense: songs about absurdity and absurdism
- Mar 5, 2025 Playlists: songs about the colour grey
February 2025
- Feb 27, 2025 A shade more interesting: songs about the colour grey
- Feb 26, 2025 Playlists: songs about the number 9
- Feb 20, 2025 We’re up to the nines: songs about the number IX
- Feb 18, 2025 Playlists: songs about houses
- Feb 13, 2025 Something to dwell on: songs about houses
- Feb 11, 2025 Playlists: songs about the Roman Empire
- Feb 6, 2025 Carpe diem: songs about the Roman Empire
- Feb 5, 2025 Playlists: songs about salt
January 2025
- Jan 30, 2025 Just the right amount of ... songs about salt
- Jan 29, 2025 Playlists: songs about paths, tracks, trails and roads
- Jan 23, 2025 Route notes: songs about paths, tracks, trails and roads
- Jan 22, 2025 Playlists: songs about tickets, passes and invitations
- Jan 16, 2025 Enter with: songs about tickets, passes and invitations
- Jan 15, 2025 Playlists: songs with lyrical symmetry
- Jan 9, 2025 Let's face: songs with lyrical symmetry
- Jan 7, 2025 Playlists: songs about thinking
- Jan 2, 2025 Consider this: songs about thinking
December 2024
- Dec 24, 2024 Playlists: songs and music featuring sounds of bells
- Dec 19, 2024 What a carillon: songs and music featuring sounds of bells
- Dec 18, 2024 Playlists: songs about getting it wrong, or right, with corrections
- Dec 12, 2024 A pedant writes: songs about being right or wrong, with corrections
- Dec 11, 2024 Playlists: songs about detectives and private investigators
- Dec 5, 2024 Case notes: songs about detectives and private investigators
- Dec 4, 2024 Playlists: songs about items bought in a hardware store
November 2024
- Nov 28, 2024 Totally wired: songs about any items bought in a hardware store
- Nov 27, 2024 Playlists: songs defined or redefined by television
- Nov 21, 2024 Station to station: songs and music defined or redefined by television
- Nov 20, 2024 Playlists: songs that energise
- Nov 14, 2024 Sheer release: songs that energise
- Nov 13, 2024 Playlists: puzzling and mysterious songs
- Nov 7, 2024 Which piece fits? Puzzling and mysterious songs
- Nov 6, 2024 Playlists: songs from or about Japan
October 2024
- Oct 31, 2024 Ongaku! Songs from or about Japan
- Oct 29, 2024 Playlists: songs about castles and palaces
- Oct 24, 2024 Find the keys to: songs about castles and palaces
- Oct 23, 2024 Playlists: songs about underdogs
- Oct 17, 2024 Against all odds: songs about underdogs
- Oct 15, 2024 Playlists: songs about chairs and other sitting furniture
- Oct 10, 2024 Let's rock: songs about chairs and other sitting furniture
- Oct 9, 2024 Playlists: where album tracks are better than singles versions
- Oct 3, 2024 Prime cuts? Where album tracks are better than singles versions
- Oct 1, 2024 Playlists: songs about the frozen north
September 2024
- Sep 26, 2024 The frozen north: songs about the Arctic region
- Sep 24, 2024 Playlists: songs about bad boys and bad girls
- Sep 19, 2024 Kick-ass topic! Songs about bad boys and bad girls
- Sep 18, 2024 Playlists: songs about bears
- Sep 12, 2024 Press paws, then play: songs about bears
- Sep 10, 2024 Playlists: songs about makeup and cosmetics
- Sep 5, 2024 Kiss and makeup: songs about cosmetics
- Sep 4, 2024 Playlists: songs about the colour brown
August 2024
- Aug 29, 2024 Look back in umber: songs about the colour brown
- Aug 27, 2024 Playlists: songs featuring humming
- Aug 22, 2024 The whirring mind: songs featuring humming
- Aug 21, 2024 Playlists: songs about chickens and other poultry
- Aug 15, 2024 Fowl play: songs about chickens and other poultry
- Aug 8, 2024 Holiday break: share your musical discoveries of 2024 so far
- Aug 7, 2024 Playlists: songs about ice cream
- Aug 1, 2024 Tempted? Songs about ice cream and sorbet
July 2024
- Jul 31, 2024 Playlists: songs about or featuring national anthems
- Jul 25, 2024 Olympic winners or losers? Songs about or featuring national anthems
- Jul 24, 2024 Playlists: songs about close shaves and near misses
- Jul 18, 2024 All the hits? Not quite: songs about close shaves and near misses
- Jul 17, 2024 Playlists: songs about happiness
- Jul 11, 2024 Collective joy? Songs about happiness
- Jul 10, 2024 Playlists: songs about freedom of expression
- Jul 4, 2024 Election special! Express yourself: songs about freedom of speech and thought
- Jul 3, 2024 Playlists: easy does it – easy listening and lounge music
June 2024
- Jun 27, 2024 Soft furnishings and soothing sounds: easy listening songs and music
- Jun 26, 2024 Playlists: songs featuring finger-clicking, toe-tapping and foot-stomping
- Jun 20, 2024 Make it snappy: songs featuring finger-clicking, toe-tapping and foot stomping
- Jun 18, 2024 Playlists: songs featuring animal sounds
- Jun 13, 2024 Zoomusicology: songs and music featuring animal sounds
- Jun 12, 2024 Playlists: songs about D-Day
- Jun 6, 2024 It's now or never: songs about D-Day (80th anniversary special)
- Jun 5, 2024 Playlists: 7-inch singles that differ from album versions
- Jun 4, 2024 A Tribute to George Boyland (aka webcore) 9/3/53 - 15/5/24
May 2024
- May 30, 2024 Singular differences: 7-inch releases that contrast with album versions
- May 29, 2024 Playlists: songs about football
- May 23, 2024 Can you kick it? The score: songs about football and its culture
- May 22, 2024 Playlists: songs about legs, trousers, pants and other coverings
- May 16, 2024 Out on a limb: songs about legs, trousers/pants and other coverings
- May 14, 2024 Playlists: songs about amphibians
- May 9, 2024 Ponder this: songs about amphibians
- May 8, 2024 Playlists: songs about pockets and their contents
- May 2, 2024 Handy: songs about pockets and their contents
- May 1, 2024 Playlists: songs with tautonyms and other repeat-word phrases
April 2024
- Apr 25, 2024 Hear hear: songs featuring tautonyms and other repeat-word phrases
- Apr 23, 2024 Playlists: songs featuring superlatives
- Apr 18, 2024 Record makers or breakers? Songs about superlatives
- Apr 17, 2024 Playlists: songs using collective nouns
- Apr 11, 2024 Group wisdom? Songs using colourful collective nouns
- Apr 10, 2024 Playlists: songs featuring crooners
- Apr 4, 2024 Microphone closeness? Songs featuring crooners
- Apr 3, 2024 Playlists: songs about lighthouses and guiding lights
March 2024
- Mar 28, 2024 Beckoning beacons: songs about lighthouses and guiding lights
- Mar 27, 2024 Playlists: songs about physical gestures
- Mar 21, 2024 Sign-wave: songs about physical gestures
- Mar 20, 2024 Playlists: Gaelic songs
- Mar 14, 2024 St Patrick's Day special: So what's the craic? Gaelic-influenced songs
- Mar 13, 2024 Playlists: music without percussion
- Mar 7, 2024 You can't beat it: band songs without percussion
- Mar 6, 2024 Playlists: songs about jumping
February 2024
- Feb 29, 2024 29 February? A rare leap ... at songs about jumping
- Feb 28, 2024 Playlists: itchy and scratchy songs
- Feb 22, 2024 Aye, there's the rub: itchy 'n' scratchy songs
- Feb 21, 2024 Playlist: songs about blessings and curses
- Feb 15, 2024 The big balance: songs about blessings and curses
- Feb 14, 2024 Playlists: songs about treasure
- Feb 8, 2024 Song Bar Birthday Special: Pieces of eight? Seeking songs about treasure
- Feb 7, 2024 Playlists: songs with unusual time signatures
- Feb 1, 2024 Just count on this: songs with unusual time signatures
January 2024
- Jan 31, 2024 Playlists: songs about coolness
- Jan 25, 2024 Composed: songs about coolness
- Jan 24, 2024 Playlists: songs about tyranny and dictatorship
- Jan 18, 2024 Warning signs: songs about tyranny and dictatorship
- Jan 16, 2024 Playlists: songs about touch
- Jan 11, 2024 Can you feel it? Songs about touch
- Jan 10, 2024 Playlists: songs with conditional phrases
- Jan 4, 2024 If not now, then when? Songs with conditional phrases
December 2023
- Dec 28, 2023 Playlists: songs for fictional commercials
- Dec 21, 2023 Christmas sale special: give out songs to fit fictional commercials
- Dec 20, 2023 Playlists: songs with psychedelic sounds
- Dec 14, 2023 Mind-bending: songs with psychedelic sounds
- Dec 12, 2023 Playlists: songs about board games
- Dec 7, 2023 It's your move: songs about board games
- Dec 6, 2023 Playlists: songs about fabrics
November 2023
- Nov 30, 2023 Spinning yarns: songs about fabrics
- Nov 29, 2023 Playlists: songs about poison
- Nov 23, 2023 Toxic warning! Songs about poison
- Nov 22, 2023 Playlists: songs and pieces featuring the cello
- Nov 16, 2023 Vocal, warm and mellow? Songs and pieces featuring the cello
- Nov 14, 2023 Playlists: single-minded songs
- Nov 9, 2023 Concentrate! Songs about single-mindedness
- Nov 8, 2023 Playlists: songs about gravity
- Nov 2, 2023 Pulling power: songs about gravity
- Nov 1, 2023 Playlists: songs about teeth
October 2023
- Oct 26, 2023 Fangs for the memories: songs about teeth
- Oct 25, 2023 Playlists: songs that raise or lower your heart rate
- Oct 19, 2023 The beat goes on: songs that raise or lower your heart rate
- Oct 17, 2023 Playlists: songs about pioneers
- Oct 12, 2023 Groundbreaking: songs about pioneers and pioneering
- Oct 11, 2023 Playlists: songs inventively using acronyms
- Oct 5, 2023 Brief notes: songs inventively using acronyms
- Oct 3, 2023 Playlists: songs about prayers and praying
September 2023
- Sep 28, 2023 Dear God! It's songs about prayers and praying …
- Sep 27, 2023 Playlists: songs about the id, ego and superego
- Sep 21, 2023 Tip of the iceberg: songs about the id, ego and superego
- Sep 20, 2023 Playlists: songs about reading
- Sep 14, 2023 Bookmark this: songs about reading
- Sep 13, 2023 Playlists: songs with androgynous vocals
- Sep 7, 2023 Joyous ambiguity: songs with androgynous vocals
- Sep 6, 2023 Playlists: songs in Spanish
August 2023
- Aug 31, 2023 Cántame una canción! It's time for songs in Spanish
- Aug 29, 2023 Playlists: songs about competition and competing
- Aug 24, 2023 Day at the races: songs about competitions and competing
- Aug 23, 2023 Playlists: songs about legacy
- Aug 17, 2023 What's left behind? Songs about legacy
- Aug 15, 2023 Playlists: songs about libraries
- Aug 10, 2023 Lend this your ears: songs about libraries
- Aug 8, 2023 Playlists: songs about preachers, priests and other religious leaders
- Aug 3, 2023 Oh Lord! It's songs about preachers, priests and other religious leaders
- Aug 2, 2023 Playlists: songs with shaggy dog stories and tall tales
July 2023
- Jul 27, 2023 Spinning yarns: songs with shaggy dog stories and tall tales
- Jul 25, 2023 Playlists: songs about shame
- Jul 20, 2023 Scandalous! It's songs about shame
- Jul 19, 2023 Playlists: big and 'meaty' songs
- Jul 13, 2023 Flesh this out: big and ‘meaty’ songs and music
- Jul 12, 2023 Playlists: songs about the boring, dull, ordinary and mundane
- Jul 6, 2023 Never far from interesting: songs about the boring, dull, ordinary and mundane
- Jul 5, 2023 Playlists: songs about sunsets and twilight
June 2023
- Jun 29, 2023 The full spectrum: songs about sunset and twilight
- Jun 27, 2023 Playlists: songs about 'everything'
- Jun 22, 2023 Nothing? No, it's only ... songs about 'everything'
- Jun 21, 2023 Playlists: songs about the stomach and guts
- Jun 15, 2023 Gut instinct: songs about the stomach and digestive system
- Jun 13, 2023 Playlists: songs about artificial intelligence (AI)
- Jun 8, 2023 We've got algorithm ('n' blues): songs about artificial intelligence (AI)
- Jun 7, 2023 Playlists: songs about taking recreational and illicit drugs
- Jun 1, 2023 Rush hour: songs about taking recreational and illicit drugs
May 2023
- May 31, 2023 Playlists: songs about immaturity
- May 25, 2023 How childish! It's songs about immaturity
- May 23, 2023 Playlists: lesser-known original versions
- May 18, 2023 Revealed! Lesser-known original songs more famously covered or reworked
- May 17, 2023 Playlists: songs about nudity and nakedness
- May 11, 2023 Bare with us: songs about nudity and nakedness
- May 9, 2023 Playlists: songs about famous or notable duos and couples
- May 4, 2023 Two for the show: songs about famous duos and couples
- May 2, 2023 Playlists: songs about resilience
April 2023
- Apr 27, 2023 Against all odds: songs about resilience
- Apr 26, 2023 Playlists: songs about raptors
- Apr 20, 2023 Talon-spotting? It's songs about raptors
- Apr 18, 2023 Playlists: songs about searching, seeking and quests
- Apr 13, 2023 Look here! Songs about searching, seeking and quests
- Apr 12, 2023 Playlists: ideal songs for driving and road trips
- Apr 6, 2023 The feel of the wheel: ideal driving songs
- Apr 4, 2023 Playlists: songs with notable outros and codas
March 2023
- Mar 30, 2023 How does it end? Songs with notable outros and codas
- Mar 28, 2023 Playlists: songs about the circus
- Mar 23, 2023 Coming to your town: songs about the circus
- Mar 22, 2023 Playlists: songs about illusions
- Mar 16, 2023 Fantastic, it's for real: songs about illusion
- Mar 15, 2023 Playlists: songs about butterflies and moths
- Mar 9, 2023 Fancy a flutter? Songs about butterflies and moths
- Mar 8, 2023 Playlists: songs about indecision
- Mar 2, 2023 Pussy-footing? Perhaps it's songs about indecision. Is it?
- Mar 1, 2023 Playlists: songs about using your imagination
February 2023
- Feb 23, 2023 Think different: songs about using your imagination
- Feb 21, 2023 Playlist: songs about markets and fairs
- Feb 16, 2023 How bazaar: songs about markets and fairs
- Feb 15, 2023 Playlists: songs about everlasting love
- Feb 9, 2023 Song Bar Seventh Birthday Special: songs about everlasting love
- Feb 7, 2023 Playlists: songs about rare events
- Feb 2, 2023 The comet is coming: songs about rare events and experiences
January 2023
- Jan 31, 2023 Playlists: songs featuring conversations
- Jan 26, 2023 Back and forth: songs featuring conversation
- Jan 24, 2023 Playlists: songs about memorabilia and souvenirs
- Jan 19, 2023 These foolish things: songs about memorabilia and souvenirs
- Jan 18, 2023 Playlists: songs about distractions, diversions and digressions
- Jan 12, 2023 Whatever next? Songs about distractions, digressions and diversions
- Jan 10, 2023 Playlists: songs that give you goosebumps
- Jan 5, 2023 Chills and thrills: songs that give you goosebumps
December 2022
- Dec 22, 2022 What goes around: share your 2022 reflections and musical discoveries
- Dec 20, 2022 Playlists: music with ensembles, big bands and orchestras
- Dec 15, 2022 Pieces of eight+: music with ensembles, big bands and orchestras
- Dec 13, 2022 Playlists: songs about winter sports and pastimes
- Dec 8, 2022 Slip sliding away: songs about winter sports and pastimes
- Dec 7, 2022 Playlists: songs about simple pleasures
- Dec 1, 2022 Count to zen: songs about the pleasures of simplicity
November 2022
- Nov 30, 2022 Playlists: songs about the colour pink
- Nov 24, 2022 Tickled? Songs about the colour pink
- Nov 23, 2022 Playlists: songs about space travel
- Nov 17, 2022 To infinity and beyond: songs about space flight
- Nov 16, 2022 Playlists: songs about orgasms
- Nov 10, 2022 Come together: it’s songs about the orgasm
- Nov 8, 2022 Playlists: songs about fear of missing out (FOMO)
- Nov 3, 2022 Be here/there now: songs about the fear of missing out
- Nov 1, 2022 Playlists: songs about gangs
October 2022
- Oct 27, 2022 Join here: songs about gangs
- Oct 26, 2022 Playlists: songs about judges and trials
- Oct 20, 2022 Court in the act: songs about judges and trials
- Oct 19, 2022 Playlists: songs featuring steelpan bands
- Oct 13, 2022 Pan’s people: songs and pieces featuring steel pan
- Oct 11, 2022 Playlists: songs about the meaning of life
- Oct 6, 2022 Like a butterfly: songs about the meaning of life
- Oct 4, 2022 Playlists: songs about taxation and wealth distribution
September 2022
- Sep 29, 2022 Spend it wisely: songs about tax and wealth distribution
- Sep 28, 2022 Playlists: songs with more questions than answers
- Sep 22, 2022 What's going on? Songs with more questions than answers
- Sep 21, 2022 Playlists: songs about wastelands
- Sep 15, 2022 Grounds for imagination: songs about wastelands
- Sep 13, 2022 Playlists: songs about the vertebral column and neck
- Sep 8, 2022 Spinal tap? Get back: songs about the vertebral column and neck
- Sep 6, 2022 Playlists: songs about formal agreements
- Sep 1, 2022 Sign here, please: songs about formal agreements
August 2022
- Aug 31, 2022 Playlists: songs from New Orleans and south Louisiana
- Aug 25, 2022 Bayou tapestry: songs from New Orleans and south Louisiana
- Aug 23, 2022 Playlists: songs and music featuring the double bass
- Aug 18, 2022 Talking in low tones: songs and pieces featuring the double bass
- Aug 16, 2022 Playlist: songs with pick-up lines and marriage proposals
- Aug 11, 2022 Come here often? Songs with pick-up lines and marriage proposals
- Aug 10, 2022 Playlists: songs about life in the 19th century
- Aug 7, 2022 Need to think of a title: a tribute to philipphilip99 aka Philip Trevor Pyke 16 July 1965 – 7 August 2021
- Aug 4, 2022 Great exhibitions: songs about 19th century life and culture
- Aug 3, 2022 Playlists: songs with music as nutrition
July 2022
- Jul 28, 2022 Food for the soul: songs about music as nutrition
- Jul 26, 2022 Playlists: songs about owls
- Jul 21, 2022 Never too witty: songs about owls
- Jul 19, 2022 Playlists: songs about eyewear
- Jul 14, 2022 A spectacle of canticles: songs about eyewear
- Jul 13, 2022 Playlists: songs about paradise
- Jul 7, 2022 Lost or found? Songs about paradise
- Jul 5, 2022 Playlists: songs about the impossible
June 2022
- Jun 30, 2022 Mission? Songs about the impossible
- Jun 29, 2022 Playlists: songs about punctuality
- Jun 23, 2022 Late, early, or right on time? Songs about punctuality
- Jun 22, 2022 Playlists: songs about perspiration
- Jun 16, 2022 Sweat bands: songs about perspiration
- Jun 15, 2022 Playlists: songs about swimming, bathing and showering
- Jun 9, 2022 Wet legs: songs about swimming, bathing and showering
- Jun 8, 2022 Playlists: songs about awkwardness
- Jun 2, 2022 We are not amused: songs about awkwardness
May 2022
- May 31, 2022 Playlists: songs about the invisible and unseen
- May 26, 2022 See through this: songs about the invisible or unseen
- May 25, 2022 Playlists: songs about heartbreak
- May 19, 2022 Tracks of more tears: songs about heartbreak
- May 17, 2022 Playlists: songs about bees
- May 12, 2022 What's the buzz, hive mind? Songs about bees
- May 11, 2022 Playlists: songs about higher education and graduation
- May 5, 2022 A matter of degree: songs about higher education and graduation
- May 3, 2022 Playlists: basement and underground songs
April 2022
- Apr 28, 2022 Basement tapes: songs set below the ground floor
- Apr 26, 2022 Playlists: songs that reference fairytales
- Apr 21, 2022 Cruel to be kind: songs that reference fairytales
- Apr 19, 2022 Playlists: songs about cetaceans
- Apr 14, 2022 A sense of porpoise: songs about cetaceans
- Apr 12, 2022 Playlists: songs about breaking things
- Apr 7, 2022 A smashing idea: songs about breaking things
- Apr 6, 2022 Playlists: songs and pieces featuring the harpsichord
March 2022
- Mar 31, 2022 Plectrum spectrum: songs and pieces featuring the harpsichord
- Mar 29, 2022 Playlists: songs about nightingales and the song thrush family
- Mar 24, 2022 Joy in repetition: songs about nightingales and song thrushes
- Mar 23, 2022 Playlists: songs about the urban environment
- Mar 17, 2022 There goes the neighbourhood: songs about the urban environment
- Mar 15, 2022 Playlists: songs about omens and prophecies
- Mar 10, 2022 Beware the Ides of March? Songs about prophecies and omens
- Mar 8, 2022 Playlists: love songs to specific places
- Mar 3, 2022 X marks the spot: love songs to specific places
- Mar 2, 2022 Playlists: songs about sisters
February 2022
- Feb 24, 2022 It's all relative: songs about sisters
- Feb 22, 2022 Playlists: songs about perfection
- Feb 17, 2022 Picture, practice and pitch: songs about perfection
- Feb 15, 2022 Playlists: songs about the media of listening to recorded music
- Feb 10, 2022 What goes around: songs about the media of listening to recorded music
- Feb 8, 2022 Playlists: songs about the sixth sense
- Feb 3, 2022 Gut instinct? Songs about the sixth sense
- Feb 2, 2022 Playlists: songs to start the morning
January 2022
- Jan 27, 2022 Dawn chorus? Songs to start the morning
- Jan 26, 2022 Playlists: songs about hope
- Jan 20, 2022 So, who's next? Songs about hope
- Jan 18, 2022 Playlists: songs about eternity
- Jan 13, 2022 For the permanent collection: songs about eternity
- Jan 11, 2022 Playlists: instruments played by hand-held hammers and mallets
- Jan 6, 2022 Non-stop hits: music featuring instruments struck by hand-held hammers and mallets
- Jan 5, 2022 Playlists: songs about gratitude
December 2021
- Dec 30, 2021 Thank you for the music: songs about gratitude
- Dec 23, 2021 Reflections on 2021: in news, music and snakes
- Dec 21, 2021 Playlists: songs about tradition
- Dec 16, 2021 It's that time again: songs about tradition
- Dec 14, 2021 Playlists: songs from and about North East England
- Dec 9, 2021 Sign of the Tyne: songs from and about North East England
- Dec 7, 2021 Playlists: songs about crowds
- Dec 2, 2021 Surf this: songs about crowds
November 2021
- Nov 30, 2021 Playlists: songs about nuts and edible seeds
- Nov 25, 2021 Crack on: songs about nuts and edible seeds
- Nov 24, 2021 Playlists: songs about tomorrow
- Nov 18, 2021 Happening now: songs about tomorrow
- Nov 17, 2021 Playlists: Boastful songs
- Nov 11, 2021 This topic is the greatest! Boastful songs
- Nov 9, 2021 Playlists: songs about elephants and mammoths
- Nov 4, 2021 Trumpet this: songs about elephants and mammoths
- Nov 2, 2021 Playlists: songs about outlaws and rebels
October 2021
- Oct 28, 2021 Wanted, dead or alive: songs about outlaws and rebels
- Oct 26, 2021 Playlists: gothic, creepy, scary, horror-inspired songs
- Oct 21, 2021 Goth, gore and more: scary, creepy, horror-inspired songs
- Oct 19, 2021 Playlists: synth pop and electronic dance 1980-2000
- Oct 14, 2021 Push those buttons: electronic dance and synth pop songs 1980-2000
- Oct 12, 2021 Playlists: songs about tea
- Oct 7, 2021 Ideas brewing? Songs about tea
- Oct 6, 2021 Playlists: street music from buskers to bands
September 2021
- Sep 30, 2021 Stop and listen: street music from buskers to marching bands
- Sep 29, 2021 Playlists: songs about nothing
- Sep 23, 2021 It's something: songs about nothing
- Sep 21, 2021 Playlists: songs about wolves
- Sep 16, 2021 Give them a howl: songs about wolves
- Sep 14, 2021 Playlists: songs about the September 11 attacks
- Sep 9, 2021 Call 9/11: songs relating to the September 11 attacks
- Sep 7, 2021 Playlists: songs about rainbows and the northern lights
- Sep 2, 2021 Celestial phenomena: songs about rainbows and the northern lights
- Sep 1, 2021 Playlists: songs about being single
August 2021
- Aug 26, 2021 Not just 45s: songs about being single
- Aug 24, 2021 Playlists: songs about Liverpool and Merseyside
- Aug 19, 2021 Boss! G’wed, it's songs about Liverpool and Merseyside
- Aug 17, 2021 Playlists: songs about playing cards
- Aug 12, 2021 What's the deal? Songs about playing cards
- Aug 10, 2021 Playlists: music and songs featuring the trombone
- Aug 5, 2021 Slide this way: music and songs featuring the trombone
- Aug 3, 2021 Playlists: songs about wings
July 2021
- Jul 29, 2021 And the beat goes on: songs about wings
- Jul 27, 2021 Playlists: songs about refreshment and cooling down
- Jul 22, 2021 Ice going: songs about refreshment and cooling down
- Jul 20, 2021 Playlists: songs about stereotypes
- Jul 15, 2021 Typecast? Songs about stereotypes
- Jul 13, 2021 Playlists: songs about museums, galleries and exhibitions
- Jul 8, 2021 Public exposure: songs about museums, galleries and exhibitions
- Jul 7, 2021 Playlists: songs about coins
- Jul 1, 2021 Time for change: songs about coins
June 2021
- Jun 30, 2021 Pride playlists: songs about gender and LGBTQ+
- Jun 24, 2021 Gay pride struggles and strides: songs exploring gender and LGBTQ
- Jun 22, 2021 Playlists: songs about switches, buttons, knobs and levers
- Jun 17, 2021 Set the controls: songs about switches, buttons, knobs and levers
- Jun 15, 2021 Playlists: songs about acceptance
- Jun 10, 2021 How will you take it? Songs about acceptance
- Jun 8, 2021 Playlists: songs about horizons
- Jun 3, 2021 Always beyond: songs about horizons
- Jun 2, 2021 Playlists: Welcome to the Festival of Drone
May 2021
- May 27, 2021 Make extensive notes: drone songs and music
- May 25, 2021 Playlists: songs about roses
- May 20, 2021 Soft and sharp: songs about roses
- May 18, 2021 Playlists: songs with a distinctly retro style
- May 13, 2021 Out of their time: original songs with a striking retro style
- May 11, 2021 Playlists: songs that offer advice
- May 6, 2021 Take a piece: songs that quote or offer advice
- May 5, 2021 Playlists: songs about fun
April 2021
- Apr 29, 2021 Get your kicks: songs about fun
- Apr 27, 2021 Playlists: songs by underrated, unsung and overlooked bands and artists
- Apr 22, 2021 Unsung: songs by underrated, overlooked artists and bands
- Apr 20, 2021 Playlists: songs about tigers
- Apr 15, 2021 Easy, or burning bright? Songs about tigers
- Apr 14, 2021 Playlists: songs about wells
- Apr 8, 2021 Deep or wishful thinking? Songs about wells
- Apr 6, 2021 Playlists: songs about indifference
- Apr 1, 2021 Just ignore this: songs about indifference
March 2021
- Mar 31, 2021 Playlists: songs about the tide
- Mar 25, 2021 Highs and lows: songs about the tide
- Mar 23, 2021 Playlists: songs about adultery and infidelity
- Mar 18, 2021 Affairs in order: songs about adultery and infidelity
- Mar 16, 2021 Playlists: songs about underwear
- Mar 11, 2021 Can you pull this off? Songs about underwear
- Mar 9, 2021 Playlists: songs about surprise encounters
- Mar 4, 2021 Visit this: songs about surprise encounters
- Mar 2, 2021 Playlists: songs about body language and gestures
February 2021
- Feb 25, 2021 Sound waves and signals: songs about body language and gestures
- Feb 23, 2021 Playlists: songs about zombies and the undead
- Feb 18, 2021 Feed on this: songs about zombies and the undead
- Feb 17, 2021 Song Bar Fifth Birthday Special: Playlists – songs about jukeboxes
- Feb 11, 2021 Make your Song Bar Fifth Birthday selections! Songs about jukeboxes
- Feb 9, 2021 Playlists: songs about regressing, reversing and relapsing
- Feb 4, 2021 Back-tracking: songs about regressing, reversing and relapsing
- Feb 2, 2021 Playlists: songs about wheels
January 2021
- Jan 28, 2021 What comes around ... songs about wheels
- Jan 26, 2021 Playlists: songs about edges, ledges and thresholds
- Jan 21, 2021 Enjoy the view: songs about edges, ledges and thresholds
- Jan 19, 2021 Playlists: Aeolian airs – songs with audible breaths and breeze
- Jan 14, 2021 Aeolian airs: songs with audible breaths, breathing, wind or breeze
- Jan 12, 2021 Playlists: meta-songs or songs that reference themselves
- Jan 7, 2021 Reflect back on this: meta songs
- Jan 6, 2021 Playlists: songs for the spirit of 2021
- Jan 5, 2021 Pip-pip old chap: a tribute to John aka 9hairs9knots
December 2020
- Dec 31, 2020 Goodbye 2020: songs for the spirit of 2021
- Dec 29, 2020 Playlists: no words, just dance instrumentals
- Dec 24, 2020 No words, just movement: dance instrumentals through the ages
- Dec 22, 2020 Playlists: songs about knots, ties and untying
- Dec 17, 2020 Take a bow: songs about knots, ties and untying
- Dec 16, 2020 Playlists: songs about bodily motion, exercise and physiotherapy
- Dec 10, 2020 Let's get physio: songs about bodily motion and exercise
- Dec 9, 2020 Playlists: songs from or about Italy
- Dec 3, 2020 Cantata! Espressivo! Andiamo! Songs from or about Italy
- Dec 2, 2020 Playlists: 'new normal'? Songs about what is or isn't regular, typical or natural
November 2020
- Nov 26, 2020 Notes on the new normal: songs about what is or isn't regular, typical or natural
- Nov 25, 2020 Playlists: songs about eureka moments, realisation, discovery and enlightenment
- Nov 19, 2020 Eureka! Songs about realisation, discovery and enlightenment
- Nov 18, 2020 Playlists – two's company: songs by duos
- Nov 12, 2020 Dynamic duos: songs with just two performers
- Nov 11, 2020 Playlists: songs about denial
- Nov 5, 2020 Who are you kidding? It's songs about denial
- Nov 4, 2020 Playlists: songs with a pagan theme
October 2020
- Oct 29, 2020 Wiccan work it out: pagan-themed songs – a Halloween special
- Oct 28, 2020 Playlists: songs about written correspondence
- Oct 22, 2020 Letters of note: songs about written correspondence
- Oct 21, 2020 Playlists: songs about social mobility
- Oct 15, 2020 Great expectations: songs about social mobility
- Oct 14, 2020 Playlists: songs about babies
- Oct 8, 2020 The mighty waaahh: songs about babies
- Oct 7, 2020 Playlists: songs with insults and sentiments that may offend
- Oct 1, 2020 A sharper tone: songs with insults and sentiments that may offend
September 2020
- Sep 30, 2020 Playlists: slow, intimate, sexy love songs
- Sep 24, 2020 Move closer: slow, intimate, sexy love songs
- Sep 23, 2020 Playlists: songs about masks
- Sep 19, 2020 Playlists: songs about getting brighter
- Sep 17, 2020 Face the music: songs about masks
- Sep 10, 2020 How illuminating: songs about getting brighter
- Sep 9, 2020 Playlists: songs about the evening
- Sep 3, 2020 The remains of the day: songs about the evening
- Sep 2, 2020 Playlists: songs featuring choirs
August 2020
- Aug 27, 2020 The sum of its parts: songs featuring choirs
- Aug 26, 2020 Playlists: songs about the rhythm, beat or boogie
- Aug 20, 2020 Hear, hit or blame? Songs that lyrically refer to rhythm, beat or boogie
- Aug 19, 2020 Playlists: songs about eggs
- Aug 13, 2020 Let's get cracking: songs about eggs
- Aug 12, 2020 Playlists: songs featuring steel guitar
- Aug 6, 2020 Slide this way: songs featuring steel guitar
- Aug 5, 2020 Playlists: songs about being or feeling fat
July 2020
- Jul 30, 2020 The bigger picture: songs about being or feeling fat
- Jul 29, 2020 Playlists: songs where instruments imitate the voice, and vice versa
- Jul 23, 2020 Almost human: songs where instruments sound like the voice, and vice versa
- Jul 22, 2020 Playlists: songs about eyes
- Jul 16, 2020 Sound and vision: songs about eyes
- Jul 15, 2020 Playlists: songs about sand
- Jul 9, 2020 That sinking feeling: songs about sand
- Jul 8, 2020 Playlists: songs where old and new eras combine
- Jul 2, 2020 New meets old: songs where different-era elements combine
- Jul 1, 2020 Playlists: songs about fallen 'heroes'
June 2020
- Jun 25, 2020 You let me down: songs about fallen ‘heroes’
- Jun 24, 2020 Playlists: songs with non sequiturs
- Jun 18, 2020 Not following? Spin this fish, biscuit: songs with non sequiturs
- Jun 17, 2020 Playlists: songs and music in three-four time signatures
- Jun 11, 2020 Waltz this way: songs and music in three-four time signatures
- Jun 10, 2020 Playlists: songs about wide, open spaces
- Jun 4, 2020 Places to breathe: songs about wide, open spaces
- Jun 3, 2020 Playlists: adult lullabies and other songs about inducing sleep
May 2020
- May 28, 2020 Pass these out: adult lullabies and other songs about inducing sleep
- May 27, 2020 Playlists: songs applied to Covid-19 lockdown
- May 21, 2020 Please release me: songs that could apply to Covid-19 lockdown
- May 20, 2020 Playlist: songs about maps
- May 14, 2020 Get cartography: songs about maps
- May 13, 2020 Playlists: songs with great keyboard solos and riffs
- May 7, 2020 Clever digits: songs with great keyboard solos and riffs
- May 6, 2020 Playlists: distinctively quiet songs
April 2020
- Apr 30, 2020 Softly, softly, it's still here: distinctively quiet songs
- Apr 29, 2020 Playlists: songs about quiet
- Apr 23, 2020 The undercurrent world: songs about quiet
- Apr 22, 2020 Playlists: songs about Hollywood
- Apr 16, 2020 A whole heap of dreams: songs about Hollywood
- Apr 15, 2020 Playlists: songs about spring cleaning and household chores
- Apr 9, 2020 Lockdown relief: songs about spring cleaning and household chores
- Apr 8, 2020 Playlists: songs about the brain
- Apr 2, 2020 Here's a thought: songs about the brain
- Apr 1, 2020 Playlists: songs about stars
March 2020
- Mar 26, 2020 Reach out for: songs about stars of all kinds
- Mar 25, 2020 Playlists: songs about decor
- Mar 19, 2020 Staying in? Get things done with songs about decor
- Mar 18, 2020 Playlists: songs with self-deprecation
- Mar 12, 2020 Try putting this down: songs with self-deprecation
- Mar 11, 2020 Playlists: songs that quote Shakespeare
- Mar 5, 2020 The game is afoot: songs that quote Shakespeare
- Mar 4, 2020 Playlists: songs about singing
February 2020
- Feb 27, 2020 Take a chanson me: songs about singing
- Feb 26, 2020 Playlists: songs about hats and other accessories
- Feb 20, 2020 The way you wear your ... songs about hats and other accessories
- Feb 19, 2020 Playlists: songs about gentleness
- Feb 13, 2020 Gently does it: songs about gentleness
- Feb 12, 2020 Playlists: songs that reference nursery rhymes
- Feb 6, 2020 Rockabye Baby to Pop Goes the Weasel: songs that reference nursery rhymes
- Feb 5, 2020 Playlists: songs about being stubborn and ignoring advice
January 2020
- Jan 30, 2020 I'll do it my way: songs about being stubborn and ignoring advice
- Jan 29, 2020 Playlists: songs featuring alarm and alert sounds
- Jan 23, 2020 Beep, rattle and wail: songs featuring alarm and alert sounds
- Jan 22, 2020 Playlists: songs about deliberate fire starting
- Jan 16, 2020 Incendiary notes: songs about deliberate fire starting
- Jan 15, 2020 Playlists: songs about nicknames and pseudonyms
- Jan 9, 2020 You can call me Alias: songs about nicknames and pseudonyms
- Jan 8, 2020 Playlists: songs about or inspiring motivation
- Jan 2, 2020 Get on up: songs about or inspiring motivation
December 2019
- Dec 26, 2019 Post your favourite musical finds of 2019: heard, shared, live or purchased
- Dec 25, 2019 Playlists: songs about furniture
- Dec 19, 2019 It's got legs: songs about furniture
- Dec 18, 2019 Playlists: songs about trust
- Dec 12, 2019 Vote on what lies beneath: songs about trust
- Dec 11, 2019 Playlists: songs with great arrangements
- Dec 5, 2019 Take parts: songs with great arrangements
- Dec 4, 2019 Playlists: songs with similes
November 2019
- Nov 28, 2019 It's like this: songs with similes
- Nov 27, 2019 Playlists: songs from supergroup albums
- Nov 21, 2019 Come together: songs from supergroup albums
- Nov 20, 2019 Playlists: songs about different jobs
- Nov 14, 2019 Vote labour: choose songs about different jobs
- Nov 13, 2019 Playlists: songs by girl groups and all-female bands
- Nov 7, 2019 Women at work: songs by girl groups and all-female bands
- Nov 6, 2019 Playlists: songs about stalking, following and chasing
October 2019
- Oct 31, 2019 Halloween? What comes after? Songs about stalking, following and chasing
- Oct 30, 2019 Playlists: songs about the colour white
- Oct 24, 2019 Blanc expression: songs about the colour white
- Oct 23, 2019 Playlists: songs about charisma
- Oct 17, 2019 My brilliant friend: songs about charisma
- Oct 16, 2019 Playlists: songs about footwear
- Oct 10, 2019 Sole power: songs about footwear
- Oct 9, 2019 Playlists: songs with notable key changes
- Oct 3, 2019 Can you hear it? Songs with notable key changes
- Oct 2, 2019 Playlists: songs about September and October
September 2019
- Sep 26, 2019 Heading for a fall: songs about September and October
- Sep 25, 2019 Playlists: songs with wordless vocals
- Sep 19, 2019 A very sound idea: songs with wordless vocals
- Sep 18, 2019 Playlists: songs about collecting, cataloguing and listing
- Sep 12, 2019 Take your pick: songs about collecting, cataloguing and lists
- Sep 11, 2019 Playlists: songs about cocktails and spirits
- Sep 5, 2019 High spirits: songs about cocktails and strong liquor
- Sep 4, 2019 Playlists: songs about inversions – upside down to inside out
August 2019
- Aug 29, 2019 Inverted world: songs about the upside down to the inside out
- Aug 28, 2019 Playlists: songs about famous or notable animals
- Aug 22, 2019 You Tarzan, Me Cheeta: songs about famous or specific animals
- Aug 21, 2019 Playlists: songs about or expressing empathy
- Aug 15, 2019 I know why the caged bird sings: songs about or expressing empathy
- Aug 14, 2019 Playlists: songs about four-legged livestock
- Aug 8, 2019 Herd this one? Songs about four-legged livestock
- Aug 7, 2019 Playlists: songs containing indirect messages
- Aug 1, 2019 Tell my wife I love her so: songs containing indirect messages
July 2019
- Jul 31, 2019 Playlists: songs about puppets and puppetry
- Jul 25, 2019 Who's pulling the strings? Songs about puppets and puppetry
- Jul 24, 2019 Playlists: songs from New York City
- Jul 18, 2019 In full swing: songs and instrumentals from New York City
- Jul 17, 2019 Playlists: songs with and about ambiguity
- Jul 11, 2019 What does this mean? Songs about ambiguity
- Jul 10, 2019 Playlists: songs about parades and processions
- Jul 4, 2019 Fourth of July? Songs about parades and processions
- Jul 3, 2019 Playlists: songs about hitchhiking
June 2019
- Jun 27, 2019 Thumbs up: catch songs about hitchhiking
- Jun 26, 2019 Playlists: songs about the lost and found
- Jun 20, 2019 Keep looking: songs about the lost and found
- Jun 19, 2019 Playlists: songs about compromise
- Jun 13, 2019 Meet me in the middle? Songs about compromise
- Jun 12, 2019 Playlists: songs about spiders
- Jun 6, 2019 Search the web: spin your songs about spiders
- Jun 5, 2019 Playlists: songs about the colour orange
May 2019
- May 30, 2019 Bright and beautiful: songs about the colour orange
- May 29, 2019 Playlists: songs about urban wildlife and nature
- May 23, 2019 Cracks in the concrete: songs about urban wildlife and nature
- May 22, 2019 Playlists: songs about deceptive appearances
- May 16, 2019 Game of Tones? Songs about deceptive appearances
- May 15, 2019 Playlists: songs from/about Birmingham and The Black Country
- May 9, 2019 Bostin'! Songs from or about Birmingham and The Black Country
- May 8, 2019 Playlists: songs about electricity
- May 2, 2019 Current topic: songs about electricity
- May 1, 2019 Playlists: songs enhanced by impressive videos
April 2019
- Apr 25, 2019 The gift of sound and vision: songs enhanced by impressive videos
- Apr 24, 2019 Playlists: songs that defy genre definition
- Apr 18, 2019 Out of this oeuvre? Songs and music that defy genre definition
- Apr 17, 2019 Playlists: songs about witches and witchcraft
- Apr 11, 2019 Put in a spell on this: songs about witches and witchcraft
- Apr 10, 2019 Playlists: songs about joints of the body
- Apr 4, 2019 Joint effort: songs about knees, hips, elbows, wrists & toes …
- Apr 3, 2019 Playlists: worst songs outside the comfort zone
March 2019
- Mar 28, 2019 Do your wonderful worst: songs out of the comfort zone
- Mar 27, 2019 Playlists: songs about months of the year
- Mar 21, 2019 Time for this: songs about months of the year
- Mar 19, 2019 Playlists: songs featuring personification
- Mar 14, 2019 We're only human: songs using lyrical personification
- Mar 13, 2019 Playlists: songs about suicide
- Mar 7, 2019 Back to black: songs about suicide
- Mar 6, 2019 Playlists: songs about photographs and photography
February 2019
- Feb 28, 2019 Exposed! Songs about photographs and photography
- Feb 27, 2019 Playlists: songs that contain words of wisdom
- Feb 21, 2019 Songs that contain words of wisdom, this week’s topic is
- Feb 20, 2019 Playlists: songs about secret admirers
- Feb 14, 2019 Valentine's Day? Reveal your songs about secret admirers
- Feb 13, 2019 Playlists: songs about Paris
- Feb 7, 2019 We'll always have ... songs about Paris
- Feb 6, 2019 Playlists: songs about banks and banking
January 2019
- Jan 31, 2019 Sound investments? Songs about banks and banking
- Jan 30, 2019 Playlists: songs pertaining to music venues and spaces
- Jan 24, 2019 Hello Wembley! Songs pertaining to live music venues and spaces
- Jan 23, 2019 Playlists: songs about crisis
- Jan 17, 2019 Where did it all go wrong? Songs about crisis …
- Jan 16, 2019 Playlists: songs about long-distance relationships
- Jan 10, 2019 Have love will travel: songs about long-distance relationships
- Jan 9, 2019 Playlists: songs about fixing, repairing and solving
- Jan 3, 2019 Tune up for 2019: songs about fixing, repairing and solving
- Jan 2, 2019 Playlists: songs that sound like other songs
December 2018
- Dec 20, 2018 Familiar? It's a Christmas special: songs that sound like other songs
- Dec 19, 2018 Playlists: songs about platonic love
- Dec 13, 2018 All you need is: songs about platonic love
- Dec 12, 2018 Playlists: songs influenced by gospel
- Dec 6, 2018 How great thou art: songs influenced by gospel
- Dec 5, 2018 Not playlists? Yes playlists: songs with misleading or incongruous titles
November 2018
- Nov 29, 2018 Get on the wrong foot: songs with misleading or incongruous titles
- Nov 28, 2018 Playlists: songs and music by trios
- Nov 22, 2018 A magic number: songs and music by trios
- Nov 21, 2018 Playlists: songs about shooting
- Nov 15, 2018 Bang! Trigger your ideas for: songs about shooting
- Nov 14, 2018 Playlists: songs about determination
- Nov 8, 2018 Pack up your troubles: songs about determination
- Nov 7, 2018 Playlists: songs that express the movement and feeling of walking
- Nov 1, 2018 Strident in song: music that expresses the movement and feeling of walking
October 2018
- Oct 31, 2018 Playlists: songs about the Devil, Satan, Lucifer …
- Oct 25, 2018 Just for the hell of it: songs about the Devil, Satan, Lucifer …
- Oct 24, 2018 Playlists: songs about equality
- Oct 18, 2018 Stand up for your mics: songs about equality
- Oct 17, 2018 Playlists: songs and music with harps, lyres or zithers
- Oct 11, 2018 Pluck up courage: songs and music with harps, lyres and zithers
- Oct 10, 2018 Playlists: songs using idioms, common phrases and expressions
- Oct 4, 2018 Going for a song: lyrics using idioms, common phrases and expressions
- Oct 3, 2018 Playlists: songs about England … and the English
September 2018
- Sep 27, 2018 Merry? Divided? Dreaming? It's songs about England
- Sep 26, 2018 Playlists: songs about fractions and portions
- Sep 20, 2018 Cheeky half? Semi-quaver? Songs about fractions and portions
- Sep 19, 2018 Playlists: song lyrics with strange, rare or unlikely words
- Sep 13, 2018 Grandiloquent to gavotte: song lyrics with strange, rare or unlikely words
- Sep 12, 2018 Playlists: songs about authenticity and fakery
- Sep 6, 2018 The real thing? Songs about authenticity and fakery
- Sep 5, 2018 Playlists: songs about brevity
August 2018
- Aug 30, 2018 Time is short: songs about brevity
- Aug 29, 2018 Playlists: songs about oddballs, outcasts and outsiders
- Aug 23, 2018 Let them all in: songs about oddballs, outcasts and outsiders
- Aug 22, 2018 Playlists: songs about silver and other non-ferrous metals
- Aug 16, 2018 Shiny, shiny: songs about silver and other non-ferrous metals
- Aug 15, 2018 Playlists: 12-inch singles and remixes up to 1979
- Aug 9, 2018 Spread the groove: 12-inch singles and remixes up to 1979
- Aug 8, 2018 Playlists: songs about stairs, ladders, steps, elevators or escalators
- Aug 2, 2018 Going up? Songs about stairs, ladders, steps, elevators or escalators
- Aug 1, 2018 Playlists, poetry, and polyethylene: songs about plastic
July 2018
- Jul 26, 2018 Got the bottle? The last straw? It's songs about plastic
- Jul 25, 2018 Playlists: songs about staying and remaining
- Jul 19, 2018 Just keep on dancing: songs about staying and remaining
- Jul 18, 2018 Playlists: songs about caves and other subterranean places
- Jul 12, 2018 Going underground: songs about caves and other subterranean places
- Jul 11, 2018 Playlists: songs about nursing and healthcare
- Jul 5, 2018 Notes for the NHS: songs about nursing and healthcare
- Jul 4, 2018 Playlists: songs about substitutes
June 2018
- Jun 28, 2018 World Cup? Not quite. It's songs about substitutes
- Jun 27, 2018 Playlists: songs about conspiracy theories and paranoia
- Jun 21, 2018 Foul play? Songs about conspiracy theories and paranoia
- Jun 20, 2018 Playlists: striking songs that end albums
- Jun 14, 2018 Late goals: striking song and album endings
- Jun 13, 2018 Playlists: songs about cannabis / marijuana
- Jun 7, 2018 Joint effort? Let's weed the stoned grass: songs about marijuana / cannabis
- Jun 6, 2018 Playlists: electronic music and songs up to 1983
May 2018
- May 31, 2018 The art of noises: electronic music and songs up to 1983
- May 30, 2018 Playlists: songs about milk and other non-alcoholic drinks
- May 24, 2018 Refresh your page: songs about milk and other non-alcoholic drinks
- May 23, 2018 Playlists: music that marks artistic trends of the 21st century
- May 17, 2018 Made post-millennium: music that marks artistic trends of the 21st century
- May 16, 2018 Playlists: bright songs about dark subjects
- May 10, 2018 Always look on the … bright songs about dark subjects
- May 9, 2018 Playlists: songs about bags and other portable, personal containers
- May 3, 2018 It’s in the bag: songs about portable, personal containers
- May 2, 2018 Playlists: songs about immortality and longevity
April 2018
- Apr 26, 2018 Float this idea: songs about immortality and longevity
- Apr 25, 2018 Playlists: songs about confidence
- Apr 19, 2018 Reflections on … songs about confidence. Is that OK?
- Apr 18, 2018 Playlists: great songwriting 1900-1955
- Apr 12, 2018 Anything goes before rock'n'roll: great songwriting 1900-1955
- Apr 11, 2018 Playlists: music that mentions, mimics or samples birdsong
- Apr 5, 2018 Tweet, trill and warble: music that mentions, mimics or samples birdsong
- Apr 4, 2018 Playlists: songs about waking up
March 2018
- Mar 29, 2018 Morning glory? Songs about waking up
- Mar 28, 2018 Playlists: songs about anonymity
- Mar 22, 2018 Diary of a nobody? Songs about anonymity
- Mar 21, 2018 Playlists: songs featuring the harmonica
- Mar 15, 2018 Every breath you take: songs featuring the harmonica
- Mar 14, 2018 Playlists: songs influenced by reggae, ska and rocksteady
- Mar 8, 2018 Serene syncopation: songs influenced by reggae, ska and rocksteady
- Mar 7, 2018 Playlists: songs about travelling in time
- Mar 1, 2018 Second nature: songs about travelling in time
February 2018
- Feb 28, 2018 Playlists: songs with unusual narrators
- Feb 22, 2018 I told it my way: songs with unusual narrators
- Feb 21, 2018 Playlists: personal theme and entrance songs
- Feb 15, 2018 What's the next stage? Personal theme and entrance songs
- Feb 14, 2018 Playlists: songs featuring honorific titles
- Feb 8, 2018 Doctor, doctor! Bang goes the knighthood: songs featuring honorific titles
- Feb 7, 2018 Playlists: songs with provocative, strange or humorous titles
- Feb 1, 2018 Titular spectacular: songs with provocative, strange, or humorous titles
January 2018
- Jan 31, 2018 Playlists: songs and music featuring the violin
- Jan 25, 2018 We're on the fiddle: songs and music featuring the violin
- Jan 24, 2018 Playlists: songs about hanging - swung in all directions
- Jan 18, 2018 Kept in suspense? Songs about hanging – in all senses
- Jan 17, 2018 Going once, going twice … playlists: songs about sales, selling and bargains
- Jan 11, 2018 Special offer! Going for a song – about sales, selling and bargains
- Jan 10, 2018 Playlists: great tracks to begin albums, mixtapes or radio shows
- Jan 4, 2018 Grand openings: great tracks to begin albums, mixtapes or radio shows
- Jan 3, 2018 Playlists: songs with great backing vocals
December 2017
- Dec 28, 2017 Sing out for unsung heroes: songs with great backing vocals
- Dec 21, 2017 Paws and play: share your musical discoveries of 2017
- Dec 20, 2017 Playlists: songs about snow and ice
- Dec 14, 2017 Slippery people: songs about snow and ice
- Dec 13, 2017 Playlists: songs with lyrical or musical onomatopoeia
- Dec 7, 2017 Whizz, wham and wah-wah: songs with lyrical or musical onomatopoeia
- Dec 6, 2017 Playlists: songs about reunions
November 2017
- Nov 30, 2017 We'll meet again: songs about reunions
- Nov 29, 2017 Playlists: Songs about sitting and standing
- Nov 23, 2017 In the lap of the gods: songs about sitting or standing
- Nov 22, 2017 Playlists: songs about windows
- Nov 16, 2017 Pleasure and pane: songs about windows
- Nov 15, 2017 Playlists: songs about mythical beasts and creatures
- Nov 9, 2017 Troll! (but no trolling): songs about mythical beasts and creatures
- Nov 8, 2017 Playlists: songs about guitars
- Nov 2, 2017 Don't fret about the riff: it's songs about guitars
- Nov 1, 2017 Playlists: songs about bread, cakes, pastry and biscuits
October 2017
- Oct 26, 2017 Bake-off? No, far better: songs about bread, cake, pastry and biscuits
- Oct 25, 2017 Playlists: songs about alternative outcomes
- Oct 19, 2017 Would, could or should? Songs about alternative outcomes
- Oct 18, 2017 Playlists: songs about innocence
- Oct 12, 2017 Not merely playing it: songs about innocence
- Oct 11, 2017 Playlists: songs about unexplained phenomena
- Oct 5, 2017 People are strange … songs about unexplained phenomena
- Oct 4, 2017 Playlists: biographical and autobiographical songs
September 2017
- Sep 28, 2017 Born this way … biographical and autobiographical songs
- Sep 27, 2017 Playlists: songs about asking, begging or pleading
- Sep 21, 2017 Any requests? Songs about asking, begging or pleading
- Sep 20, 2017 Playlists: songs about natural disasters and climate events
- Sep 14, 2017 Storm warning: songs about natural disasters and climate events
- Sep 13, 2017 Playlists: songs about bones
- Sep 7, 2017 Making the connection: songs about bones
- Sep 6, 2017 Playlists: songs with whistling
August 2017
- Aug 31, 2017 While you work? Songs with whistling
- Aug 30, 2017 Playlists: songs about rooms
- Aug 24, 2017 Wall of sound? Let's enter some songs about rooms
- Aug 23, 2017 Playlists: songs about the obvious …
- Aug 17, 2017 Elephants and more: songs about the obvious
- Aug 16, 2017 Playlists: songs about waiting
- Aug 10, 2017 Hang on a minute … it's songs about waiting
- Aug 9, 2017 Playlists: soaring songs with high-pitched vocals
- Aug 3, 2017 Take me higher: soaring songs with high-pitched vocals
- Aug 2, 2017 Playlists: songs with arresting opening lines
July 2017
- Jul 27, 2017 Take a deep breath: songs with arresting opening lines
- Jul 26, 2017 Playlists: songs about love songs
- Jul 20, 2017 Reflect on this: songs about love songs
- Jul 19, 2017 Playlists: incidental music and songs
- Jul 13, 2017 What's going on now? Incidental music and songs …
- Jul 12, 2017 Playlists: songs and music for funerals
- Jul 6, 2017 To reflect on life's passing: songs and music to play at funerals
- Jul 5, 2017 Playlists: songs about pirates and piracy
June 2017
- Jun 29, 2017 Arrr! It's songs about pirates and piracy
- Jun 28, 2017 Playlists: songs about painters, painting and drawing
- Jun 22, 2017 Picture this: songs about painters, painting and drawing
- Jun 21, 2017 Playlists: krautrock songs and beyond
- Jun 15, 2017 Was ist Krautrock? Kosmische to Maschine – songs that say 'we go our own way’
- Jun 14, 2017 Playlists: songs about news, reporting and media
- Jun 8, 2017 Election? Publish and be damned: songs about news, reporting and media
- Jun 7, 2017 Playlists: songs about propaganda
- Jun 1, 2017 Who can't handle the truth? Songs about propaganda, liars and lying
May 2017
- May 31, 2017 Playlists for this place: songs from and about Manchester
- May 25, 2017 This is the place: songs about and from Manchester
- May 24, 2017 Playlists: songs with dynamic volume changes
- May 18, 2017 A whisper to a scream: songs with dynamic volume changes
- May 17, 2017 Playlists: songs about the rough and the smooth
- May 11, 2017 Ready to rock? Or roll? Songs about all things rough and smooth
- May 10, 2017 Playlists: songs about multitasking and being busy
- May 4, 2017 On the to-do list: suggest songs about multitasking and being busy
- May 3, 2017 Playlists: songs about the strange, disturbing and surreal
April 2017
- Apr 27, 2017 My log saw something … songs about the strange, disturbing and surreal
- Apr 26, 2017 Playlists: Who's got the funk?
- Apr 20, 2017 Who's got the funk? Prince, Parliament and more – elect your favourites
- Apr 19, 2017 Playlists: Easter egg songs – hidden or ghost album tracks
- Apr 13, 2017 Easter egg songs? Find those hidden or ghost album tracks …
- Apr 12, 2017 Playlists: songs inspired by movie and TV stars
- Apr 6, 2017 Play that again: songs inspired by movie and TV stars
- Apr 5, 2017 Playlists: songs about bad decisions, poor judgement and U-turns
March 2017
- Mar 30, 2017 Look or leap? Songs about bad decisions, poor judgement and U-turns
- Mar 29, 2017 Playlists: songs about channelling mental and physical pain
- Mar 23, 2017 Hurt so good: songs about channelling mental and physical pain
- Mar 22, 2017 Playlists: songs about contentment and tranquility
- Mar 16, 2017 Calm waters: songs about contentment and tranquility
- Mar 15, 2017 Playlists: songs about days of the week
- Mar 9, 2017 Go ahead, punk, make my … songs about days of the week
- Mar 8, 2017 Playlists: songs with close harmony singing
- Mar 2, 2017 Sweet intervals: songs with close harmony singing
- Mar 1, 2017 Playlists: songs about chance and coincidence
February 2017
- Feb 23, 2017 Of all the bars, in all the world … songs about chance and coincidence
- Feb 22, 2017 Playlists brave and brilliant: uncharacteristic, genre-switch songs
- Feb 16, 2017 Brave, brilliant or embarrassing? ‘Uncharacteristic’ genre-switch songs
- Feb 15, 2017 Song Bar 1st Birthday playlists: songs about the number one
- Feb 9, 2017 Song Bar 1st Birthday special: songs about the number one!
- Feb 8, 2017 Playlists: songs about migrants, immigrants and refugees
- Feb 2, 2017 Movement of the people: songs about migrants, immigrants and refugees
- Feb 1, 2017 Playlists: songs about the first and last time
January 2017
- Jan 26, 2017 Unforgettable? Songs about the first time … or last time
- Jan 25, 2017 Playlists: songs and music from or about Russia
- Jan 19, 2017 Putin on the Ritz: songs and music from or about Russia
- Jan 18, 2017 Playlists: songs about fish and other life aquatic
- Jan 12, 2017 In the swim of it: songs about fish and other life aquatic
- Jan 11, 2017 Playlists: ironic songs
- Jan 5, 2017 Don't read or listen to this: ironic songs
- Jan 4, 2017 Playlists: positive songs for the new year
December 2016
- Dec 31, 2016 The Song Bar's Musical Tribute: Celebrity Deaths of 2016
- Dec 29, 2016 Definitely needed for 2017: positive songs
- Dec 28, 2016 Playlists: spiritual and sacred songs
- Dec 22, 2016 Peaceful presents: spiritual and sacred songs
- Dec 21, 2016 Playlists: whimsical, strange and silly songs
- Dec 15, 2016 Now for something completely different: whimsical, strange and silly songs
- Dec 14, 2016 Playlists: songs about meals and mealtimes
- Dec 8, 2016 Well tasty: songs about meals and mealtimes
- Dec 7, 2016 Playlists: songs about intelligence
- Dec 1, 2016 Think on: songs about intelligence
November 2016
- Nov 30, 2016 Playlists: songs about winter
- Nov 24, 2016 Winter is coming … in the form of song
- Nov 23, 2016 Playlists: songs about misunderstanding
- Nov 17, 2016 How ironic? Songs about misunderstanding
- Nov 16, 2016 Playlists: elegies and other remembrance songs
- Nov 10, 2016 At the cemetery gates: elegies and other songs of remembrance
- Nov 9, 2016 Playlists: songs about the apocalypse
- Nov 3, 2016 The naked truth is nigh – again: songs about the apocalypse
- Nov 2, 2016 Playlists: songs about the colour or term yellow
October 2016
- Oct 27, 2016 Pumpkin up the volume: songs about the colour or term yellow
- Oct 26, 2016 Playlists: songs with a gripping or intriguing narrative
- Oct 20, 2016 What happened next? Songs with a gripping or intriguing narrative
- Oct 19, 2016 Playlists: songs about fear
- Oct 13, 2016 Shears of a clown: songs about fear
- Oct 12, 2016 Playlists: songs about tools
- Oct 6, 2016 Fork handles to four Handels: songs about tools
- Oct 5, 2016 Playlists: songs about the colour or term green
September 2016
- Sep 29, 2016 Grow to ... go! Songs about the colour or term green
- Sep 28, 2016 Playlists: songs that seem to fit every topic
- Sep 22, 2016 Timelessly returning? Songs that seem to fit every topic
- Sep 21, 2016 Playlists: songs about renewal, rebirth and starting over
- Sep 15, 2016 Crisis? What mid-life crisis? Songs about renewal, rebirth and starting over
- Sep 14, 2016 Playlists: songs with surprising, strange or disguised intros
- Sep 8, 2016 What comes next? Songs with surprising, strange or disguised intros
- Sep 7, 2016 Playlists: songs about addiction
- Sep 1, 2016 Reach for your smartphone: it's songs about addiction
August 2016
- Aug 31, 2016 Playlists: successful out-of-tune songs
- Aug 25, 2016 Flatter, sharper, stranger, stronger: successful out-of-tune songs
- Aug 24, 2016 Playlists: songs about skin
- Aug 18, 2016 Tattoo you? Songs about skin
- Aug 17, 2016 Playlists: songs that finish where they began
- Aug 11, 2016 Cyclical to cynical? Songs that finish where they began
- Aug 10, 2016 Playlists: songs featuring male names
- Aug 4, 2016 Don't call me Shirley? Songs featuring male names
- Aug 3, 2016 Playlists: songs inspired by machinery, industry and technology
July 2016
- Jul 28, 2016 Moving parts? Songs inspired by machinery, industry and technology
- Jul 27, 2016 Playlists: songs about or containing laughter
- Jul 21, 2016 Songs about or containing laughter? Funny you should say that …
- Jul 20, 2016 Playlists: songs about leadership
- Jul 14, 2016 Songs about leadership ... where is this leading?
- Jul 13, 2016 Playlists: songs about lust
- Jul 7, 2016 Songs about lust: what do you fancy?
- Jul 6, 2016 Playlists: songs about relaxation and leisure
June 2016
- Jun 30, 2016 Songs about relaxation and leisure
- Jun 29, 2016 Playlists: songs about borders, barriers, walls and fences
- Jun 23, 2016 EU referendum? Now vote for songs about borders, barriers, walls and fences
- Jun 22, 2016 Playlists: songs with screams, howls, grunts and shrieks
- Jun 16, 2016 Songs with screams, grunts, howls and shrieks …
- Jun 15, 2016 Playlists: songs about fighting
- Jun 9, 2016 Suggest: songs about fighting
- Jun 8, 2016 Playlists: songs with patterns and sequential lyrical lists
- Jun 2, 2016 Suggest: songs with lists and sequential lyrical patterns
- Jun 1, 2016 Playlists: songs from collaborations and side projects
May 2016
- May 26, 2016 Share: songs from side projects and unusual collaborations
- May 26, 2016 Playlists: songs about teachers
- May 19, 2016 Share: songs about teachers
- May 18, 2016 Playlists: songs about curves and spheres
- May 12, 2016 Share: songs about curves and spheres
- May 11, 2016 Playlists: songs about wanting to be someone else
- May 5, 2016 Share: songs about wanting to be someone else
- May 4, 2016 Playlists: songs about flavour
April 2016
- Apr 28, 2016 Share: songs about flavours
- Apr 27, 2016 Playlists: musically adventurous songs
- Apr 21, 2016 Share: musically adventurous songs
- Apr 20, 2016 Playlists: cover versions by the opposite sex
- Apr 14, 2016 Share: cover versions by the opposite sex
- Apr 13, 2016 Playlists: songs that inspire pathos
- Apr 7, 2016 Share: songs that inspire pathos
- Apr 6, 2016 Playlists: songs that mention specific or obscure locations
March 2016
- Mar 31, 2016 Share: songs that mention specific or obscure locations
- Mar 30, 2016 Playlists: songs with outstanding percussion
- Mar 24, 2016 Share: songs with outstanding percussion
- Mar 23, 2016 Playlists: songs about saints and martyrs
- Mar 17, 2016 Share: Songs about saints and martyrs
- Mar 16, 2016 Playlists: songs from or about Nordic countries
- Mar 10, 2016 Share: songs from or about Nordic countries
- Mar 9, 2016 Playlists: Songs with misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics
- Mar 3, 2016 Share: songs with misheard, nonsense or inaudible lyrics
- Mar 3, 2016 Playlists: Upbeat breakup songs
February 2016
- Feb 25, 2016 So hard to do? Upbeat breakup songs
- Feb 24, 2016 Playlist: songs that trigger dancing
- Feb 18, 2016 Songs that trigger dancing
- Feb 17, 2016 Playlist: Songs about moving on ...
- Feb 11, 2016 Songs about moving on ...
- Feb 11, 2016 Welcome to The Song Bar!

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