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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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4581. Tintern Abbey – Vacuum Cleaner

Tintern Abbey

Suggested by Mark in Chippenham

A dirtbag might be used with an old-fashioned vacuum cleaner, so…

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4580. Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag

Wheatus

Suggested by Ellie in Edinburgh

From turtles to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to teenage dirtbag…

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4579. The Turtles – She’d Rather Be With Me

The Turtles

Suggested by Nick from Bristol now from Chicago

Tenuous link alert: From XTC’s Andy Partridge to the line ‘a partridge in a pear tree’ from The Twelve Days of Christmas, thence to two turtle doves, so to The Turtles…

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4578. XTC – Are You Receiving Me?

XTC

Suggested by Alice in Oban

From broadcasting/transmitting to receiving…

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4577. Public Service Broadcasting – Signal 30

Public Service Broadcasting

Suggested by Karen in Cardiff

From The Art of Driving to a song that features excerpts from a public service broadcast about driving safety…

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4576. Black Box Recorder – The Art of Driving

Black Box Recorder

Suggested by Colin in Sheffield

From flight to a flight recorder, often known as a black box recorder, so…

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