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A searchable database for BBC Radio 6 Music – Radcliffe and Maconie's The Chain, officially the longest listener-generated thematically linked sequence of musically based items on the radio.

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8681. Tracey Thorn – Small Town Girl

Tracey Thorn

Suggested by Richard Nr. Shaftesbury

^A shore link: From a Fleet Foxes album ‘Shore’ track to the opening track from Tracy Thorn’s album ‘A Distant Shore’ …

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8680. Fleet Foxes – Sunblind

Fleet Foxes

Suggested by Alex in Totnes

^An art link: From Wham! to an artist who painted a picture called Whaam! called Roy Fox Lichtenstein to the band Fleet Foxes …

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8679. Wham! – Everything She Wants

Wham!

Suggested by Nikki in Lincoln

^ A Double A Side link: From ‘Precious’ by The Jam (a AA side) to the AA side of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ which is this song …

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8678. The Jam – Precious

The Jam

Suggested by Gerry near Newbury

^A type of metal link: From gold which a precious metal to this song by The Jam … 

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8677. Prince – Gold

Prince

Suggested by Mark in Norway

^A gold & metal link: From Orielle which is a feminine name meaning ‘golden’ plus it’s from the album ‘Silver Dollar Moment’ to this song by Prince …

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8676. The Orielles – Let Your Dogtooth Grow

The Orielles

Suggested by Simon from Stafford

^An airplane engine link: A WWII plane the Mosquito used the Rolls Royce Merlin engine which was also used by the Handley Page Halifax, and Halifax is where this band is from …

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Elsewhere on t'web

  • 'I've been on The Chain on Radios 2 or 6' Facebook group
  • Most popular bands on The Chain – data visualisation

Official R&M links

  • Official Chain archive on BBC.co.uk (1 to 3155)
  • Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 Music
  • The Chain submission info

Other shows with Mark or Stuart

  • Mark Radcliffe's Music Club
  • Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
  • Stuart Maconie's Freakier Zone
  • The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe
  • The People's Songs – the story of modern Britain in 50 records

The Chain on Spotify

  • Part 1: 1–1000
  • Part 2: 1001–2000
  • Part 3: 2001–3000
  • Part 4: 3001–4000
  • Part 5: 4001–5000
  • Part 6: 5001–6000
  • Part 7: 6001–7000
  • Part 8: 7001–8000
  • Part 9: 8001–

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