The Chain

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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8799. The Normal – T.V.O.D

The Normal

Suggested by Jan in Selkirk

^A TV link: From ‘‘The Sun Always Shines On T.V.’’ to the title of this track …

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8798. a-ha – The Sun Always Shines on T.V.

A-ha

Suggested by Anthony in Crawley

^A sun link: From ‘When the Sun Hits’ to the title of this track … 

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8797. Slowdive – When The Sun Hits

Slowdive

Suggested by Robert in Holmfirth

^A Backing Vocalist link: From ‘Pearl’ by Chapterhouse that features Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell to another song by Slowdive …

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8796. Chapterhouse – Pearl

Chapterhouse

Suggested by Dominic in Runnymede

^A simple pearl link: From Pearl Jam to the title of this track … 

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8795. Pearl Jam – Even Flow

Pearl Jam

Suggested by Damien in Rochdale

^A cover version link: From ‘Save it For Later’ by The Beat which Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder covered to this track by Pearl Jam themselves …

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8794. The Beat – Save It For Later

The Beat

Suggested by Lex in Somerset

^A Julian Temple link: From ‘Absolute Beginners’, the film of which he directed to this song which he directed the video …

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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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