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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1929. Bo Diddley – You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover

Bo Diddley

Suggested by Geraint in Frome

Lyric link: from ‘Dude Looks Like a Lady’ and its mention of ‘Never judge a book by its cover…’ to….

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1928. Aerosmith – Dude Looks Like A Lady

Aerosmith

Suggested by Andy in Weston-Super-Mare

From the Chemical Brothers to the so-called ‘The Toxic Twins’, Steve Tyler and Joe Perry of…

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1927. The Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy, Hey Girl

The Chemical Brothers

Suggested by Paul Fields in Berkshire

Run DMC were famous for wearing a brand of trainers called ‘Superstar’. Using the main lyric, ‘Superstar DJs…here we go!’, takes us to…

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1926. Run DMC – You Be Illin’

Run DMC

Suggested by the pie-making Vass in Streatham

An MC link…

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1925. Stereo MCs – Connected

Stereo MCs

Suggested by Charlie in Worthing

From mono to stereo…

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1924. The Monotones – Book Of Love

The Monotones

Suggested by Anthony Thomas in Aberystwyth

The last song was from Led Zep’s Physical Graffiti album…so to the film American Graffiti and a song from the soundtrack…

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