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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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4415. Miriam Makeba – Pata Pata

Miriam Makeba

Suggested by Paul from somewhere in Manchester

Johannesburg was the birthplace of Miriam Makeba, so…

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4414. Gil Scott Heron – Johannesburg

Gil Scott Heron

Suggested by Craig in Tooting

I.O.U. is sampled on Girl by Jamie XX. Jamie XX has worked with Gil Scott Heron, so…

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4413. Freeez – I.O.U.

Freeez

Suggested by Jez in Alverstoke

From Enz, a word that’s misspelt and ending in z, to Freeez…

Bonus link: from I Got You to the album Gonna Get You by Freeez, which contains this track…

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4412. Split Enz – I Got You

Split Enz

Suggested by Nick originally from Bristol now from Chicago

From one New Zealand band to another…

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4411. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – So Good at Being in Trouble

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Suggested by Woody in Milton Keynes

An orchestra link…

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4410. The Electric Light Orchestra – 10538 Overture

Electric Light Orchestra, ELO

Suggested by Gareth in Forest Hill

AC and DC are the two methods of electric power distribution, so…

Note added for search purposes: The Electric Light Orchestra was the original name for ELO.

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