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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4201. The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand

The Beatles

Suggested by Colin in Barnsley

From Radiohead to another part of the body, the hand…

Bonus mega-tenuous link: a radio is often found in a car and a Beetle is a type of car…

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4200. Radiohead – Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was

Radiohead

Suggested by Nev in Exeter

A magazine can be used to hold bullets, so…

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4199. Magazine – Sweetheart Contract

Magazine

Suggested by Miffy in Huddersfield

Double link alert:

  • Howard Devoto of Buzzcocks and went on to form Magazine…
  • A promise is kind of contract…

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4198. Buzzcocks – Promises

Buzzcocks

Suggested by Mark in Solihull

An onomatopoeic link – from The Clash to Buzzcocks…

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4197. The Clash – Career Opportunities

The Clash

Suggested by Ed in Victoria

The last track was from the album ‘Employment’ to a track about being offered awful jobs…

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4196. Kaiser Chiefs – You Can Have It All

Kaiser Chiefs

Suggested by Kenneth Ken Yau

From not being able to have some one to being able to have it all…

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