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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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8285. Louisa Mark – Keep It Like It Is

Louisa Mark

Suggested by Chris in North London

^ Prefab Sprout have an album called ‘Steve McQueen’, so to a track featured on the soundtrack to director Steve McQueen’s film series ‘Small Axe’…

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8284. Prefab Sprout – Cue Fanfare

Prefab Sprout

Suggested by Gordon in Hull

^ Ennio Morricone was a Chess fan who played several Grandmasters, so to American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer who is the subject of this song…

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8283. Ennio Morricone – Fistful Of Dollars – Titles

Ennio Morricone

Suggested by Lana in Greenock, Scotland

^ The Good, The Bad and The Queen’s band name is a reference to the Spaghetti Western ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ which had an Ennio Morricone soundtrack…

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8282. The Good, The Bad and The Queen – The Good, The Bad and The Queen

The Good, The Bad and The Queen

Suggested by Ben in Leicester

^ Paul Simonon of The Clash is also in this band…

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8281. The Clash – The Equaliser

The Clash

Suggested by Claire in Bath (but from Cardiff)

^ Au Pair is French for “equal to”, so to…

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8280. Au Pairs – You

Au Pairs

Suggested by Matt in Northamptonshire

^ A simple You link; from previous song title ‘You & Me’ to …

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