3120. The Smiths – Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Suggested by Mark in Cheltenham

In the 1980s you had to fill out a UB40 form if you were unemployed and wanted to receive unemployment benefit. The slang term for unemployment benefit is ‘the dole’, so to a song that begins ‘From the ice age to the dole age…‘

3116. The Specials – Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Suggested by Hamish from Heston

The title of Th’Arctic Monkeys’ album from which the last link came, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, is a quote from the book/film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, which also influenced the next link…