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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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1367. David Bowie – Cracked Actor

David Bowie

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Someone who ‘pretends’ is an actor…

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1366. The Pretenders – Back On The Chain Gang

The Pretenders

Suggested by Peter McManus from Shardlow

If you ‘break the rules’ you might end up on a chain gang…

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1365. Status Quo – Break The Rules

Status Quo

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The previous song mentions Status Quo, so…

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1364. Teenage Fanclub – The Concept

Teenage Fanclub

Suggested by fisheswilllaugh

From Money to a song from Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque album, which features a bag of money on the front cover…

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1363. The Beatles – Money

The Beatles

Suggested by Chris from Leeds

Another Ebeneezer – Dickens’ Ebeneezer Scrooge was only interested in money, so …

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1362. The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode

The Shamen

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From an artist who added an ‘E’ to his surname to a song about Es…

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