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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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355. Pink Floyd – Cymbaline

Pink Floyd

Suggested by Jo in Brighton

Richard the Third was a play by Shakespeare. So was…

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354. Supergrass – Richard III

Supergrass

Suggested by Bob in Pembrokeshire, West Wales

“Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain” is a mnemonic to remember the colours of a rainbow. Richard of York was also known as Richard the Third….

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353. Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser

Nirvana

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Staying with rainbows…

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352. Rainbow – Since You’ve Been Gone

Rainbow

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From the other side of the relationship…

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351. The Avalanches – Since I Left You

The Avalanches

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Landslides, stuff slipping down hills, avalanches…

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350. Dixie Chicks – Landslide

Dixie Chicks

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A band that named themselves after Dixie Chicken were…

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