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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1941. Blondie – Eat To The Beat

Blondie

Suggested by Elvis from Mars

From ‘You are what you love’ to ‘You are what you eat’ and an eat link…

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1940. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – You Are What You Love

Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins

Suggested by Dave in Royal Leamington Spa

From bunnymen to rabbit…and a song from Jenny Lewis’ album Rabbit Fur Coat…

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1939. Echo & The Bunnymen – Bring On The Dancing Horses

Echo & The Bunnymen

Suggested by Chris in Cardiff

A horse link…

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1938. The Thrills – One Horse Town

The Thrills

Suggested by Paul in Portsmouth

From one town to another…

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1937. The Jam – Strange Town

The Jam

Suggested by Chris on the edge in Manchester

A joke link… when is a door not a door? When it’s a jar.. a JAM jar…

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1936. The Doors – Light My Fire

The Doors

Suggested by Phil just outside the Rotherhithe Tunnel

The word ‘higher’ was used controversially in the Doors’ song…

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