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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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1803. Blondie – Denis

Blondie

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Depeche-toi is a lyric in Blondie’s Sunday Girl, which takes us to another French-themed Blondie track…

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1802. Depeche Mode – Dreaming Of Me

Depeche Mode

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Staying with dreaming…

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1801. The Coral – Dreaming Of You

The Coral

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Valerie’ was originally by The Zutons, whose album was produced by Ian Broudie…who also produced the next track…

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1800. Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie

Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse

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An absent friend seems to be that Valerie…when will she ever come over?

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1799. The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends

The Divine Comedy

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The French for butterfly is ‘Papillon’. Steve McQueen starred in the film of the same name, and is given a namecheck in the lyrics of the following song…

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1798. Iron Butterfly – In-a-gadda-da-vida

Iron Butterfly

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From ‘Inner’ to ‘In-A’….we go to….

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