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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1989. Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph Run

Chuck Berry

Suggested by Graham Edgar at home in Nottingham

If you race, you will probably run…

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1988. The Gun – Race With The Devil

The Gun

Suggested by Phillip in Sheffield

Good Day Sunshine was on The Beatle’s Revolver album…a revolver is a type of gun…

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1987. The Beatles – Good Day Sunshine

The Beatles

Suggested by Ben in Harrow

The last song was written for the Danny Boyle film ‘The Beach’…Also by Danny Boyle was the film ‘Sunshine’, so…

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1986. All Saints – Pure Shores

All Saints

Suggested by Andrew in a vast abandoned grain silo in Sutton, Surrey

From one song produced by William Orbit to another…

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1985. U2 – Electrical Storm

U2

Suggested by Geoff in Bridgend

Lightning occurs during an electrical storm…

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1984. The Lightning Seeds – Sense

The Lightning Seeds

Suggested by Leon in Derby

Jethro Tull (the man) invented the seed drill so, staying with seeds…

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