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6763. The Divine Comedy – Catherine The Great

The Divine Comedy

Suggested by Vicki in Milton Keynes

^ Virginia Astley’s dad was a composer called Ted, so to Father Ted, the theme of which was written by The Divine Comedy…

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6762. Virginia Astley – Love’s A Lonely Place To Be

Virginia Astley

Suggested by Nick from Kidderminster

^ Orbital covered the theme from The Saint which was written by Edwin Astley, the father of…

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6761. Orbital – Are We Here?

Orbital

Suggested by Ian from Basingstoke

^ Man At C&A is sampled in Are We Here?…

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6760. The Specials – Man At C&A

The Specials

Suggested by Marc in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire

^ From one shop to another, from Top Man to C&A…

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6759. Blur – Top Man

Blur

Suggested by Emma in Edinburgh

^ A ‘homosapien’ could be considered a Top Man…

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6758. Del The Funky Homosapien – Mistadobalina

Del The Funky Homosapien

Suggested by Jim Phillimore of Creativeworld, Accrington

^ The Monkees were sampled in this song…

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