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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3471. X-Ray Spex – The Day the World Turned Day-Glo

X-Ray Spex

Suggested by Linden in Brighton

‘Black Mirror’ was on the album ‘Neon Bible’. Neon is often referred to as ‘Day-Glo’, so…

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3470. Arcade Fire – Black Mirror

Arcade Fire

Suggested by Graham in Mansfield

From Pet Shop Boys to shops, which are often found in arcades…

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3469. Pet Shop Boys – Being Boring

Pet Shop Boys

Suggested by Paul in Leicester

Public Service Broadcasting’s initials are PSB, as are Pet Shop Boys.

Bonus link: both PSBs are duos.

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3468. Public Service Broadcasting – London Can Take It

Public Service Broadcasting

Suggested by Pete in Weston-super-Mare

There were loads of bombers over London during the Blitz, so to a song that samples the Blitz era propaganda film, London Can Take It!

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3467. Motörhead – Bomber

Motörhead

Suggested by Annie in Dorchester

Lemmy was in Hawkwind, and was also in Motorhead…

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3466. Hawkwind – Master of the Universe

Hawkwind

Suggested by Andrew in the Trent region but from Nantwich

Another wind connection…

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