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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7253. Visage – Mind Of A Toy

Visage

Suggested by Mark in Leek, Staffordshire

^ 1959 is the year that Steve Strange of Visage was born…

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7252. The Sisters Of Mercy – 1959

Sisters Of Mercy

Suggested by Phil Llewellyn from Shrewsbury

^ From The Great Dominions to Dominion by Sisters Of Mercy, so here’s another tune from them…

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7251. The Teardrop Explodes – The Great Dominions

The Teardrop Explodes

Suggested by Gethin in Nelson, South Wales

^ A Shark link, this song includes the line ‘I stand back from a shark attack and it’s all the same’…

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7250. Split Enz – Shark Attack

Split Enz

Suggested by Sean in Torrington

^Beaches are by the sea, which contain sharks…

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7249. Kirsty MacColl – He’s On The Beach

Kirsty MacColl

Suggested by Reg in Swindon

^ An Australia link: The Go-Betweens are from Australia, and this song is written about a man who has gone to Australia…

 

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7248. The Go-Betweens – Right Here

The Go-Betweens

Suggested by Tim in the Pyrenees

^ A Dropkick is something that occurs in Rugby League – the World Cup Final of which took place last year in Brisbane – so to The Go Betweens who hail from there…

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