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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4009. Black Box Recorder – The English Motorway System

Black Box Recorder

Suggested by Wendy in Manchester

Orbital were named after the M25 motorway, so…

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4008. Orbital – The Saint

Orbital

Suggested by Andrew in Piccadilly, London

From Hail Bop to the comet Hale-Bopp. Comets are orbital by nature, so…

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4007. Django Django – Hail Bop

Django Django

Suggested by Mike from Ribchester

Ray Charles was played, in the film ‘Ray’, by Jamie Foxx, who also starred in the film ‘Django Unchained’, so…

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4006. Ray Charles – In the Heat of the Night

Ray Charles

Suggested by Kay in Todmorden

The film ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ starred Sidney Poitier, who also starred in ‘In the Heat of the Night’, the title track of which was performed by Ray Charles…

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4005. Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

Black Uhuru

Suggested by Gayton Peawell in Darlington

From Archie Bell to a type of bell, the dinner bell…

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4004. Archie Bell and the Drells – Here I Go Again

Archie Bell And The Drells

Suggested by Lloyd from Wolverhampton

From bells to bell…

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