Add to Playlist

This is a repository containing data about Add to Playlist - a BBC Radio 4 show which selects and discusses several tracks for a "playlist" in each episode.

While it's possible to view each individual episode's playlist tracks on the BBC Sounds website, it's not possible to view them all as one big list.

The primary motivation of this project was to create such a list, which is displayed further down on this page.

As well as each track's name and artist(s), included where possible is a link to Spotify (or YouTube when the former is unavailable).

An asterisk (*) next to an episode number indicates a one-off special where the tracks do not connect to the previous/following episodes.

Also included are links to several Spotify playlists: one playlist per series, and one big playlist for the entire series as a whole.

About

Most of the data shown in the tables below was gathered automatically by scraping each episode's BBC Sounds page, parsing the HTML, then querying Spotify's Web API to find a recording.

Due to the nature of Spotify's API, there may be slight inconsistencies between the Spotify link and the version of the track played in the show, e.g. a remixed version may appear before the original version in Spotify's search results.

Care has been taken, however, to find the exact recordings used in the show where possible (by using music identification software such as Shazam and SoundHound).

The descriptions of how the tracks relate to each other were written manually up until series 4, episode 7, when AI was used to speed up the process - first, using Whisper to create transcripts of each episode, then uploading the transcripts to Claude and DeepSeek for analysis. Finally, the AI output was reviewed, corrected when needed, and then added to the tables.

Although care has been taken to make this page as accurate as possible, there will probably be a few mistakes; corrections are therefore very much welcomed!

Source: https://github.com/add-to-playlist/add-to-playlist.github.io

Disclaimer: this project is an independent compilation and analysis of Add to Playlist episodes. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by BBC.

Overview (all series)
Top 25 artists - table
Top 25 artists - charts
Top 10 presenters by tracks picked
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
Series 6
Series 7
Series 8
Series 9
Series 10
Series 11
Series 12
Series 13
Series 14
Series 15
Series 16
Series 17

Overview (all series)

A Spotify playlist containing every track chosen in the series so far can be found here (excluding, of course, the small number of tracks that aren't available on Spotify).

Series	Ep. Overall	Ep. in Series	Tracks Overall	Broadcast	Playlist Link	Ep. Link
1	1	1	5	8 October 2021	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	2	2	10	15 October 2021		BBC Sounds
	3	3	15	22 October 2021		BBC Sounds
	4	4	20	29 October 2021		BBC Sounds
	5	5	25	5 November 2021		BBC Sounds
	6	6	30	12 November 2021		BBC Sounds
	7	7	35	19 November 2021		BBC Sounds
	8	8	40	26 November 2021		BBC Sounds
2	9	1	45	4 February 2022	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	10	2	50	11 February 2022		BBC Sounds
	11	3	55	18 February 2022		BBC Sounds
	12	4	60	25 February 2022		BBC Sounds
	13	5	65	4 March 2022		BBC Sounds
	14	6	70	11 March 2022		BBC Sounds
	15	7	75	18 March 2022		BBC Sounds
	16	8	80	25 March 2022		BBC Sounds
3	17	1*	85	3 June 2022	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	18	2	90	10 June 2022		BBC Sounds
	19	3	95	17 June 2022		BBC Sounds
	20	4	100	24 June 2022		BBC Sounds
	21	5	105	1 July 2022		BBC Sounds
	22	6	110	8 July 2022		BBC Sounds
	23	7	115	15 July 2022		BBC Sounds
	24	8	120	22 July 2022		BBC Sounds
	25	9	125	29 July 2022		BBC Sounds
4	26	1	130	7 October 2022	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	27	2	135	14 October 2022		BBC Sounds
	28	3	140	21 October 2022		BBC Sounds
	29	4	145	28 October 2022		BBC Sounds
	30	5	150	4 November 2022		BBC Sounds
	31	6	155	11 November 2022		BBC Sounds
	32	7	160	18 November 2022		BBC Sounds
	33	8	165	25 November 2022		BBC Sounds
	34	9	170	2 December 2022		BBC Sounds
5	35	1	175	10 February 2023	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	36	2	180	17 February 2023		BBC Sounds
	37	3	185	24 February 2023		BBC Sounds
	38	4	190	3 March 2023		BBC Sounds
	39	5	195	10 March 2023		BBC Sounds
	40	6	200	17 March 2023		BBC Sounds
	41	7	205	24 March 2023		BBC Sounds
	42	8	210	31 March 2023		BBC Sounds
6	43	1	215	9 June 2023	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	44	2	220	16 June 2023		BBC Sounds
	45	3	225	23 June 2023		BBC Sounds
	46	4	230	30 June 2023		BBC Sounds
	47	5	236	7 July 2023		BBC Sounds
	48	6	241	14 July 2023		BBC Sounds
	49	7	246	21 July 2023		BBC Sounds
	50	8	251	28 July 2023		BBC Sounds
	51	9	256	4 August 2023		BBC Sounds
7	52	1	261	13 October 2023	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	53	2	266	20 October 2023		BBC Sounds
	54	3	271	27 October 2023		BBC Sounds
	55	4	276	3 November 2023		BBC Sounds
	56	5	281	10 November 2023		BBC Sounds
	57	6	286	17 November 2023		BBC Sounds
	58	7	291	24 November 2023		BBC Sounds
	59	8	296	1 December 2023		BBC Sounds
	60	9	301	8 December 2023		BBC Sounds
8	61	1	306	9 February 2024	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	62	2	311	16 February 2024		BBC Sounds
	63	3	316	23 February 2024		BBC Sounds
	64	4	321	1 March 2024		BBC Sounds
	65	5	326	8 March 2024		BBC Sounds
	66	6	331	15 March 2024		BBC Sounds
	67	7	336	22 March 2024		BBC Sounds
	68	8	341	29 March 2024		BBC Sounds
9	69	1	346	24 May 2024	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	70	2	351	31 May 2024		BBC Sounds
	71	3	356	7 June 2024		BBC Sounds
	72	4	361	14 June 2024		BBC Sounds
	73	5	366	21 June 2024		BBC Sounds
	74	6	371	28 June 2024		BBC Sounds
10	75	1	376	16 August 2024	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	76	2	381	23 August 2024		BBC Sounds
	77	3	386	30 August 2024		BBC Sounds
	78	4	391	6 September 2024		BBC Sounds
	79	5	396	13 September 2024		BBC Sounds
	80	6	401	20 September 2024		BBC Sounds
	81	7	406	27 September 2024		BBC Sounds
11	82	1	411	26 November 2024	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	83	2	416	3 December 2024		BBC Sounds
	84	3	421	10 December 2024		BBC Sounds
	85	4	426	17 December 2024		BBC Sounds
	86	5*	431	25 December 2024		BBC Sounds
	87	6	436	31 December 2024		BBC Sounds
	88	7	441	7 January 2025		BBC Sounds
12	89	1	446	25 February 2025	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	90	2	451	4 March 2025		BBC Sounds
	91	3	456	11 March 2025		BBC Sounds
	92	4	461	18 March 2025		BBC Sounds
	93	5	466	25 March 2025		BBC Sounds
	94	6	471	1 April 2025		BBC Sounds
	95	7	476	8 April 2025		BBC Sounds
13	96	1	481	27 May 2025	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	97	2	486	3 June 2025		BBC Sounds
	98	3	491	10 June 2025		BBC Sounds
	99	4	496	17 June 2025		BBC Sounds
	100	5	501	24 June 2025		BBC Sounds
	101	6	506	1 July 2025		BBC Sounds
14	102	1	511	19 August 2025	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	103	2	516	26 August 2025		BBC Sounds
	104	3	521	2 September 2025		BBC Sounds
	105	4	526	9 September 2025		BBC Sounds
	106	5	531	16 September 2025		BBC Sounds
	107	6	536	23 September 2025		BBC Sounds
15	108	1	541	18 November 2025	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	109	2	546	25 November 2025		BBC Sounds
	110	3	551	2 December 2025		BBC Sounds
	111	4	556	9 December 2025		BBC Sounds
	112	5	561	12 December 2025		BBC Sounds
	113	6*	566	23 December 2025		BBC Sounds
16	114	1	571	17 February 2026	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	115	2	576	24 February 2026		BBC Sounds
	116	3	581	3 March 2026		BBC Sounds
	117	4	586	10 March 2026		BBC Sounds
	118	5	591	17 March 2026		BBC Sounds
	119	6	596	24 March 2026		BBC Sounds
	120	7	601	31 March 2026		BBC Sounds
17	121	1	606	26 May 2026	Spotify	BBC Sounds
	122	2	611	2 June 2026		BBC Sounds
	123	3	616	9 June 2026		BBC Sounds
	124	4	621	16 June 2026		BBC Sounds
	125	5	626	23 June 2026		BBC Sounds
	126	6	631	30 June 2026		BBC Sounds

Top 25 artists - table

The following table lists the most popular artists who have been featured several times throughout the series.

Although subjective, conductors and orchestras (who have been featured in many recordings on the show) are excluded from this list to provide a more "accurate" ranking - otherwise, the top artists end up being the London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, etc.

Position	Artist(s)	Total	Track	Chosen
1st	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	8	12 Variations in C Major on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman", K. 265: Variation No. 3	Series 2, ep. 1, track 3
			O, wie will ich triumphieren (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)	Series 4, ep. 3, track 5
			The Magic Flute: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher's Song)	Series 6, ep. 9, track 5
			Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro	Series 7, ep. 4, track 1
			Ballet Intermezzo, K. 299c (Compl. & Orch. Smith): VIII. Tambourin	Series 11, ep. 2, track 1
			Requiem, K. 626 (Ed. Beyer/Levin): IIIb. Tuba mirum - Live	Series 14, ep. 4, track 3
			Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207: I. Allegro moderato (Cadenza by Cohen)	Series 16, ep. 1, track 4
			Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 1. Kyrie	Series 17, ep. 2, track 2
Joint 2nd	Johann Sebastian Bach	7	Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565	Series 2, ep. 7, track 1
			Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: 2. Air	Series 5, ep. 6, track 4
			The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846	Series 8, ep. 4, track 1
			Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace	Series 10, ep. 6, track 1
			Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)	Series 14, ep. 5, track 3
			Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 2: No. 10, Sinfonia	Series 15, ep. 6, track 2
			Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. J. Milone for Violin & Orchestra)	Series 17, ep. 1, track 5
Joint 2nd	Ella Fitzgerald	7	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Series 4, ep. 6, track 1
			How High The Moon - 1st Take	Series 8, ep. 7, track 4
			My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean	Series 10, ep. 2, track 5
			Summertime	Series 10, ep. 6, track 4
			Sleigh Ride	Series 15, ep. 6, track 1
			My Reverie	Series 16, ep. 6, track 4
			Slap That Bass	Series 17, ep. 6, track 2
Joint 4th	Claude Debussy	6	Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin	Series 1, ep. 2, track 2
			Clair de lune - Arr. for Theremin and Voice by Carolina Eyck	Series 5, ep. 7, track 4
			Pour le piano, CD 95: II. Sarabande	Series 12, ep. 4, track 2
			Trois chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: No. 1, La flûte de Pan	Series 15, ep. 3, track 2
			Préludes / Book 1, L.117: 10. La cathédrale engloutie - Live	Series 15, ep. 4, track 3
			Images I, CD 105: II. Hommage à Rameau	Series 16, ep. 6, track 3
Joint 4th	Ludwig van Beethoven	6	Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio	Series 3, ep. 1, track 5
			Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale. Presto - Live	Series 6, ep. 9, track 2
			Für Elise, Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59	Series 7, ep. 7, track 2
			March – from A Clockwork Orange	Series 10, ep. 4, track 1
			Piano Sonata No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111: 2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)	Series 13, ep. 4, track 2
			Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace	Series 14, ep. 6, track 3
Joint 6th	Igor Stravinsky	5	L'oiseau de feu, K. 10. Suite 1919: V. Danse infernale du roi Kastchei	Series 2, ep. 5, track 1
			The Rite of Spring (Scenes of Pagan Russia in Two Parts): Part One - Spring Rounds (1921 Version)	Series 5, ep. 2, track 3
			Stravinsky: Petrushka, Pt. 1 "The Shrovetide Fair": The Charlatan's Booth - Russian Dance (1947 Version)	Series 7, ep. 2, track 3
			The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): VII. Finale	Series 7, ep. 9, track 4
			The Rake's Progress: Act III Scene 3: Duet: In a foolish dream… (Tom, Anne)	Series 13, ep. 2, track 4
Joint 6th	George Frideric Handel	5	Scherza infida	Series 4, ep. 7, track 2
			Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria "He was Despised and Rejected of Men" - 2021 Remastered Version	Series 5, ep. 5, track 2
			Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258)	Series 6, ep. 5, track 1
			Eternal Source Of Light Divine (Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Anne), HWV 74	Series 11, ep. 2, track 4
			Messiah: Part 1, Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)	Series 15, ep. 1, track 4
Joint 8th	Louis Armstrong	4	Heebie Jeebies	Series 1, ep. 5, track 2
			When The Saints Go Marching In	Series 4, ep. 4, track 4
			Basin Street Blues	Series 4, ep. 5, track 5
			Summertime	Series 10, ep. 6, track 4
Joint 8th	Elton John	4	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Series 3, ep. 5, track 3
			Bennie And The Jets - Remastered 2014	Series 10, ep. 5, track 1
			Honky Cat	Series 13, ep. 3, track 3
			Step Into Christmas	Series 15, ep. 6, track 4
Joint 8th	Maurice Ravel	4	Boléro, M. 81	Series 6, ep. 8, track 4
			Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro	Series 7, ep. 5, track 4
			Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3: X. Lever du jour "Daybreak"	Series 15, ep. 5, track 2
			La valse, M.72	Series 17, ep. 6, track 3
Joint 8th	John Williams	4	Main Title And First Victim - From "Jaws" Soundtrack	Series 7, ep. 5, track 3
			The Knight Bus - From "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"	Series 9, ep. 1, track 2
			The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)	Series 12, ep. 7, track 1
			Star Wars Suite (arr. H. Feller): V. Throne Room - End Title	Series 13, ep. 5, track 2
Joint 8th	Philip Glass	4	Satyagraha: Act II: Confrontation and Rescue	Series 8, ep. 1, track 2
			Double Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra: Movement I	Series 12, ep. 1, track 5
			Études: No. 6	Series 16, ep. 4, track 1
			Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 5	Series 17, ep. 4, track 5
Joint 8th	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	4	Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy	Series 11, ep. 5, track 3
			Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 14a, Pas de deux. Andante maestoso	Series 12, ep. 5, track 2
			Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso – Andante	Series 17, ep. 4, track 3
			The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: IIf. Dance of the Reed-Pipes	Series 17, ep. 5, track 2
Joint 14th	Stevie Wonder	3	Higher Ground	Series 1, ep. 4, track 3
			Sir Duke	Series 5, ep. 1, track 5
			Fingertips, Pt. 2 - Live/1962	Series 7, ep. 1, track 5
Joint 14th	Dmitri Shostakovich	3	Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Moderato	Series 2, ep. 3, track 2
			Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93: II. Allegro	Series 14, ep. 2, track 2
			String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto	Series 16, ep. 3, track 4
Joint 14th	Sergei Prokofiev	3	Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82: I. Allegro Moderato	Series 2, ep. 6, track 2
			Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (Remastered): The Duck, Dialogue with the Bird, Attack of the Cat	Series 9, ep. 1, track 3
			Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Precipitato	Series 16, ep. 5, track 4
Joint 14th	Duke Ellington	3	Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)	Series 2, ep. 6, track 5
			Liberian Suite / I Like the Sunrise	Series 4, ep. 8, track 2
			Mood Indigo	Series 14, ep. 4, track 2
Joint 14th	Dolly Parton	3	9 to 5	Series 2, ep. 8, track 2
			Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)	Series 6, ep. 1, track 1
			Do I Ever Cross Your Mind	Series 16, ep. 2, track 1
Joint 14th	Lady Gaga	3	Poker Face	Series 3, ep. 1, track 3
			Bad Romance	Series 8, ep. 4, track 2
			Abracadabra	Series 13, ep. 1, track 1
Joint 14th	David Bowie	3	Starman - 2012 Remaster	Series 3, ep. 5, track 4
			Lazarus	Series 8, ep. 4, track 5
			Modern Love - 2002 Remaster	Series 13, ep. 4, track 1
Joint 14th	Frédéric Chopin	3	Études, Op. 10: Etude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys"	Series 3, ep. 6, track 3
			Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.	Series 12, ep. 1, track 2
			Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute" - Remastered	Series 17, ep. 3, track 3
Joint 14th	Kate Bush	3	Wuthering Heights - 2018 Remaster	Series 3, ep. 7, track 5
			Snowflake - 2018 Remaster	Series 5, ep. 7, track 2
			Babooshka - 2018 Remaster	Series 8, ep. 6, track 1
Joint 14th	Leonard Bernstein	3	America	Series 3, ep. 9, track 4
			Overture to Candide	Series 4, ep. 5, track 3
			Maria from West Side Story Suite - Instrumental	Series 12, ep. 7, track 2
Joint 14th	Julie Andrews	3	Songs of Fun and Nonsense	Series 4, ep. 6, track 4
			Do-Re-Mi	Series 4, ep. 6, track 5
			The Lonely Goatherd	Series 15, ep. 4, track 5
Joint 14th	Nat King Cole	3	Deck The Halls	Series 4, ep. 9, track 5
			The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)	Series 11, ep. 5, track 5
			Unforgettable	Series 15, ep. 4, track 1

Top 25 artists - charts

Top 10 presenters by tracks picked

The following table lists presenters in order of total playlist tracks picked.

Position	Presenter	Total	Tracks
1st	Jeffrey Boakye	190	Series 1, ep. 1, track 2 - Rodeo: No. 5, Hoe-Down Series 1, ep. 1, track 4 - Walk on By Series 1, ep. 2, track 1 - The Girl From Ipanema Series 1, ep. 2, track 5 - Take Five Series 1, ep. 3, track 3 - Parce Mihi Domine +185 more Series 1, ep. 4, track 1 - Nka Bom Series 1, ep. 4, track 5 - Despacito - Remix Series 1, ep. 5, track 2 - Heebie Jeebies Series 1, ep. 5, track 4 - Turandot / Act 3: "Nessun dorma!" - Live Series 1, ep. 6, track 1 - It Don't Mean A Thing Series 1, ep. 6, track 5 - Lose My Breath Series 1, ep. 7, track 2 - Trombone Joe Series 1, ep. 7, track 5 - Mask Off Series 1, ep. 8, track 2 - Chariots Of Fire Series 1, ep. 8, track 5 - It's Raining Men Series 2, ep. 1, track 1 - Umbrella Series 2, ep. 1, track 4 - Bam Bam Series 2, ep. 2, track 4 - Cry Me a River Series 2, ep. 3, track 1 - Where Do I Begin - Love Theme from "Love Story" Series 2, ep. 3, track 5 - Gbowo Mi Series 2, ep. 4, track 4 - Aria - Cantilena from Bachiana brasileira No. 5 Series 2, ep. 5, track 1 - L'oiseau de feu, K. 10. Suite 1919: V. Danse infernale du roi Kastchei Series 2, ep. 5, track 5 - You're the Voice Series 2, ep. 6, track 4 - Introvert Series 2, ep. 7, track 1 - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 Series 2, ep. 7, track 5 - Blockbuster Series 2, ep. 8, track 4 - Original Nuttah 25 Series 3, ep. 1, track 3 - Poker Face Series 3, ep. 2, track 4 - Wannabe Series 3, ep. 3, track 1 - Ring of Fire Series 3, ep. 3, track 5 - Jubilee Rag Series 3, ep. 4, track 4 - Get Ur Freak On Series 3, ep. 5, track 1 - Old Molly Metcalfe Series 3, ep. 5, track 5 - Desfado Series 3, ep. 6, track 4 - Shut Up Series 3, ep. 7, track 1 - You Ain't The Problem Series 3, ep. 7, track 5 - Wuthering Heights - 2018 Remaster Series 3, ep. 8, track 3 - Taximen Series 3, ep. 9, track 1 - The Chain - 2004 Remaster Series 3, ep. 9, track 5 - Tangos De La Sultana - Tangos - Remastered 2018 Series 4, ep. 1, track 3 - Don't Tell Me Series 4, ep. 2, track 1 - Under Me Sleng Teng Series 4, ep. 2, track 5 - Alfie - 2003 Remaster Series 4, ep. 3, track 4 - Ain't Got No Home Series 4, ep. 4, track 1 - Night on Bald Mountain Series 4, ep. 4, track 5 - Ché Ché Colé Series 4, ep. 5, track 4 - Khusara Khusara (What a Loss) Series 4, ep. 6, track 1 - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Series 4, ep. 6, track 5 - Do-Re-Mi Series 4, ep. 7, track 3 - Diamond Day Series 4, ep. 8, track 1 - Let It Go - From "Frozen"/Soundtrack Version Series 4, ep. 8, track 5 - Green Onions Series 4, ep. 9, track 3 - Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chœur) Series 5, ep. 1, track 3 - Vogue Series 5, ep. 2, track 1 - Yoruba Series 5, ep. 2, track 5 - Gnossienne No. 1 Series 5, ep. 3, track 3 - Bannaya Series 5, ep. 4, track 1 - Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo Series 5, ep. 4, track 5 - Khnjooyki Yerk / Hars Oo Pesa Series 5, ep. 5, track 3 - U Can't Touch This Series 5, ep. 6, track 2 - Mehter Vuruyor Series 5, ep. 6, track 5 - Many Rivers To Cross Series 5, ep. 7, track 3 - How Soon Is Now? - 2011 Remaster Series 5, ep. 8, track 1 - Love$ick (feat. A$AP Rocky) Series 5, ep. 8, track 5 - Bat Out of Hell Series 6, ep. 1, track 2 - Mes Sto Aigaiou Ta Nisia Series 6, ep. 2, track 1 - Non, je ne regrette rien Series 6, ep. 2, track 5 - The Four Seasons - Four Tangos, Version for Piano Trio: I. Spring in Buenos Aires Series 6, ep. 3, track 4 - Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z) Series 6, ep. 4, track 1 - Rebel No.23 Series 6, ep. 4, track 5 - Batwanes Beek Series 6, ep. 5, track 3 - Let Me Blow Ya Mind Series 6, ep. 5, track 4 - Doja Series 6, ep. 6, track 1 - Belleville rendez-vous - Version française Series 6, ep. 6, track 5 - Cricket on a Line Featuring Rhett Akins Series 6, ep. 7, track 3 - Gangsta's Paradise Series 6, ep. 8, track 1 - Ski Sunday Theme (2018) Series 6, ep. 8, track 5 - I'd Rather Go Blind Series 6, ep. 9, track 3 - Monkey Wrench Series 7, ep. 1, track 3 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011 Series 7, ep. 2, track 1 - Mary Had a Little Lamb Series 7, ep. 2, track 5 - The A-Team Series 7, ep. 3, track 3 - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie Series 7, ep. 4, track 1 - Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro Series 7, ep. 4, track 5 - Let's Go Fly a Kite - From "Mary Poppins"/Soundtrack Version Series 7, ep. 5, track 3 - Main Title And First Victim - From "Jaws" Soundtrack Series 7, ep. 6, track 1 - Gin and Juice Series 7, ep. 6, track 5 - Oye Como Va Series 7, ep. 7, track 3 - Tchintchirote Series 7, ep. 8, track 1 - El hadji n'fa djigui Diabaté Series 7, ep. 8, track 5 - Believe Series 7, ep. 9, track 3 - Yo Soy Cubano Series 8, ep. 1, track 3 - bad guy Series 8, ep. 2, track 1 - In Munchen Steht Ein Hofbrauhaus Series 8, ep. 2, track 5 - Moondance - 2013 Remaster Series 8, ep. 3, track 2 - Nobody Knows (Ladas Road) Series 8, ep. 3, track 5 - In the Mood - Live Series 8, ep. 4, track 3 - A Tayal Folk Song Series 8, ep. 5, track 1 - Grazing In The Grass Series 8, ep. 5, track 5 - The Pink Panther Theme - From "The Pink Panther" Series 8, ep. 6, track 4 - The Roaring Promenade (Live) Series 8, ep. 7, track 1 - Die Fledermaus / Act 1: "Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir!" Series 8, ep. 7, track 5 - Dollar Wine Series 8, ep. 8, track 3 - The Magic Number Series 9, ep. 1, track 3 - Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (Remastered): The Duck, Dialogue with the Bird, Attack of the Cat Series 9, ep. 2, track 1 - Doctor Who (Original Theme) [From "Doctor Who"] Series 9, ep. 2, track 5 - Tusk - 2015 Remaster Series 9, ep. 3, track 4 - Egyptian Reggae (Live) Series 9, ep. 4, track 1 - No, No, No Series 9, ep. 4, track 5 - Happy Birthday to You Series 9, ep. 5, track 3 - Carmina Burana: XIV. In taberna quando sumus Series 9, ep. 6, track 1 - Woody Woodpecker Song Series 9, ep. 6, track 5 - Apache Series 10, ep. 1, track 1 - Can't Get You out of My Head Series 10, ep. 1, track 5 - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Series 10, ep. 2, track 3 - Canarios Series 10, ep. 3, track 1 - Pass The Dutchie Series 10, ep. 3, track 5 - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Series 10, ep. 4, track 3 - When You Dance Series 10, ep. 5, track 1 - Bennie And The Jets - Remastered 2014 Series 10, ep. 5, track 5 - Bapaalaay Series 10, ep. 6, track 3 - Your Woman Series 10, ep. 7, track 1 - Refrain Series 10, ep. 7, track 5 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Series 11, ep. 1, track 3 - The Elements Series 11, ep. 2, track 1 - Ballet Intermezzo, K. 299c (Compl. & Orch. Smith): VIII. Tambourin Series 11, ep. 2, track 5 - Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela) Series 11, ep. 3, track 4 - Ue O Muite Aruko (Sukiyaki) Series 11, ep. 4, track 1 - Prisencolinensinainciusol Series 11, ep. 4, track 5 - You Got The Love Series 11, ep. 5, track 4 - All I Want for Christmas Is You Series 11, ep. 6, track 3 - Trittico Botticelliano for Small Orchestra, P. 151: I. La primavera Series 11, ep. 7, track 1 - Redemption Song (Arr. Kanneh-Mason) Series 11, ep. 7, track 5 - Somethin' Stupid Series 12, ep. 1, track 1 - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey) Series 12, ep. 1, track 5 - Double Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra: Movement I Series 12, ep. 2, track 4 - How High The Moon Series 12, ep. 3, track 1 - (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay Series 12, ep. 3, track 5 - Why Do Fools Fall in Love Series 12, ep. 5, track 1 - Tickle the Ivories Series 12, ep. 5, track 5 - Hoedown Series 12, ep. 7, track 1 - The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) Series 12, ep. 7, track 5 - Mother and Child Reunion Series 13, ep. 1, track 4 - You're So Vain - Live Series 13, ep. 2, track 1 - Sweet Caroline - Live Series 13, ep. 2, track 5 - Rapture Series 13, ep. 3, track 3 - Honky Cat Series 13, ep. 4, track 1 - Modern Love - 2002 Remaster Series 13, ep. 4, track 5 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Series 13, ep. 5, track 3 - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) Series 13, ep. 6, track 1 - Puppet On A String Series 13, ep. 6, track 5 - Overkill Series 14, ep. 1, track 1 - Never Gonna Give You Up Series 14, ep. 1, track 5 - The Lovecats Series 14, ep. 2, track 3 - Superstar Series 14, ep. 3, track 1 - ill Manors Series 14, ep. 3, track 5 - Heaven Series 14, ep. 4, track 3 - Requiem, K. 626 (Ed. Beyer/Levin): IIIb. Tuba mirum - Live Series 14, ep. 5, track 1 - Louie Louie Series 14, ep. 5, track 5 - WHO AM I Series 14, ep. 6, track 3 - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace Series 15, ep. 1, track 3 - Teardrop Series 15, ep. 2, track 1 - Feel Good Inc. Series 15, ep. 2, track 5 - Posee Un Corazon Series 15, ep. 3, track 3 - Cassandra Series 15, ep. 4, track 1 - Unforgettable Series 15, ep. 4, track 5 - The Lonely Goatherd Series 15, ep. 5, track 4 - Madeline Series 15, ep. 6, track 1 - Sleigh Ride Series 15, ep. 6, track 5 - Feliz Navidad Series 16, ep. 1, track 1 - Love Is in the Air Series 16, ep. 1, track 5 - The Outside Series 16, ep. 2, track 3 - Sober Series 16, ep. 3, track 1 - Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean) Series 16, ep. 3, track 5 - Big Yellow Taxi Series 16, ep. 4, track 3 - Hassle Attack Series 16, ep. 5, track 1 - Sexual Healing Series 16, ep. 5, track 5 - Gravel Pit (feat. RZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & U-God) Series 16, ep. 6, track 3 - Images I, CD 105: II. Hommage à Rameau Series 16, ep. 7, track 1 - Mercedes Benz Series 16, ep. 7, track 5 - Say My Name Series 17, ep. 1, track 4 - Ain't It Strange Series 17, ep. 2, track 1 - Mess Around Series 17, ep. 2, track 5 - Proud Mary Series 17, ep. 3, track 4 - Wood, Arthur: My Native Heath, Suite: IV. Barwick Green Series 17, ep. 4, track 1 - Miss Jamaica - Remastered Series 17, ep. 4, track 5 - Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 5 Series 17, ep. 5, track 4 - Boda negra Series 17, ep. 6, track 1 - When Doves Cry Series 17, ep. 6, track 5 - Mundian to Bach Ke
2nd	Cerys Matthews	104	Series 1, ep. 1, track 1 - Old Town Road - Remix Series 1, ep. 1, track 5 - Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry Series 1, ep. 2, track 3 - Sous les ponts de Paris Series 1, ep. 3, track 1 - The Pink Panther Series 1, ep. 3, track 5 - Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples) +99 more Series 1, ep. 4, track 2 - Stayin' Alive - From "Saturday Night Fever" Soundtrack Series 1, ep. 4, track 4 - Variations on a theme by Mozart for four harpsichords Series 1, ep. 5, track 1 - Tu Vuo Fa L' Americano Series 1, ep. 5, track 5 - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Series 1, ep. 6, track 2 - She Taught Me How to Yodel Series 1, ep. 6, track 4 - Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (From "Caravan") Series 1, ep. 7, track 1 - Das Rheingold, Scene 2: Sanft schloß Schlaf dein Aug' Series 1, ep. 7, track 4 - The Coffee Cola Song Series 1, ep. 8, track 1 - O frondens virga (Arr. Missy Mazzoli) Series 1, ep. 8, track 4 - Riders on the Storm Series 2, ep. 1, track 3 - 12 Variations in C Major on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman", K. 265: Variation No. 3 Series 2, ep. 1, track 5 - Show Me The Way Series 2, ep. 2, track 1 - Torn Series 2, ep. 2, track 5 - Čaje, Šukarije Series 2, ep. 3, track 4 - Ashyaneh Series 2, ep. 4, track 1 - Alegria Series 2, ep. 4, track 5 - Thunderball Series 2, ep. 5, track 3 - Toxic Series 2, ep. 6, track 1 - I Can See For Miles - Mono Version Series 2, ep. 6, track 5 - Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues) Series 2, ep. 7, track 3 - Malambo No. 1 Series 2, ep. 8, track 1 - I'm A Woman Series 2, ep. 8, track 5 - God Only Knows - Remastered 1996 Series 3, ep. 1, track 1 - Cwm Rhondda Series 3, ep. 2, track 1 - Blinding Lights Series 3, ep. 2, track 5 - Viva Mexico Series 3, ep. 3, track 4 - Abatina Series 3, ep. 4, track 1 - Coppélia: Coppélia, Act III: Galop final Series 3, ep. 4, track 5 - Eena Meena Deeka (from "Aasha") Series 3, ep. 5, track 3 - Don't Go Breaking My Heart Series 3, ep. 6, track 1 - La Bamba Series 3, ep. 6, track 5 - She's A Lady Series 3, ep. 7, track 3 - The Lark Ascending Series 3, ep. 8, track 1 - Beauty In The River Series 3, ep. 8, track 5 - Jupiter (From The Planets) Series 3, ep. 9, track 4 - America Series 4, ep. 1, track 1 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (Titles) Series 4, ep. 1, track 5 - Afro Blue Series 4, ep. 2, track 4 - Miserere mei, Deus Series 4, ep. 3, track 1 - Pájaro campana (The Bell Bird) Series 4, ep. 3, track 5 - O, wie will ich triumphieren (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Series 4, ep. 4, track 3 - Un petit poisson un petit oiseau Series 4, ep. 5, track 1 - Expansions Series 4, ep. 5, track 5 - Basin Street Blues Series 4, ep. 6, track 4 - Songs of Fun and Nonsense Series 4, ep. 7, track 1 - Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio Series 4, ep. 7, track 5 - Lilac Wine Series 4, ep. 8, track 4 - Aux armes et caetera Series 4, ep. 9, track 1 - Will Soon Be a Woman (Live au Babylon Istanbul, 2013) Series 4, ep. 9, track 5 - Deck The Halls Series 5, ep. 1, track 1 - Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song) Series 5, ep. 1, track 5 - Sir Duke Series 5, ep. 2, track 4 - Havana (feat. Young Thug) Series 5, ep. 3, track 1 - Song For My Father Series 5, ep. 3, track 5 - Kyrie Eleison Series 5, ep. 4, track 3 - I Feel Love - 12" Version Series 5, ep. 5, track 1 - Love Spreads Series 5, ep. 5, track 5 - Makhloogh Series 5, ep. 6, track 4 - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: 2. Air Series 5, ep. 7, track 1 - Kilisee, kilisee kulkunen (Jingling, Jingling Sleigh Bells Ring) - Iloinen joululaulu (Happy Christmas Song) Series 5, ep. 7, track 5 - Huashca De Corales Series 5, ep. 8, track 3 - Sumer Is Icumen In Series 6, ep. 1, track 1 - Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) Series 6, ep. 1, track 5 - Vai de Roda Series 6, ep. 2, track 3 - Train Tour to Rainbow City Series 6, ep. 3, track 1 - Pump Up The Jam Series 6, ep. 3, track 5 - Don't Give up on Us Series 6, ep. 4, track 4 - Misirlou Series 6, ep. 5, track 1 - Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258) Series 6, ep. 5, track 6 - Highway 61 Revisited Series 6, ep. 6, track 3 - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244/2 Series 6, ep. 7, track 1 - Moliannwn Series 6, ep. 7, track 5 - A far l'amore comincia tu Series 6, ep. 8, track 3 - PONTO DAS CABOCLAS Series 6, ep. 9, track 1 - Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968 Series 6, ep. 9, track 5 - The Magic Flute: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher's Song) Series 7, ep. 1, track 1 - Freed From Desire - prod. Molella, Phil Jay Series 7, ep. 1, track 5 - Fingertips, Pt. 2 - Live/1962 Series 7, ep. 2, track 4 - Kui Kivid Olid Veel Pehmed (When the Stones Were Still Soft) Series 7, ep. 3, track 1 - Life Is Fine Series 7, ep. 3, track 5 - Hands Up Series 7, ep. 4, track 4 - Kwa Heri Mafisadi Series 7, ep. 5, track 1 - God Save the Queen (from 1888 and 1898) Series 7, ep. 5, track 5 - I Got The... - 2006 Remaster Series 7, ep. 6, track 4 - String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for String Ensemble) Series 7, ep. 7, track 1 - Under the Boardwalk Series 7, ep. 7, track 5 - Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Sabre Dance Series 7, ep. 8, track 3 - Jingle Bells Series 7, ep. 9, track 1 - Prove It On Me Blues Series 7, ep. 9, track 5 - Lay All Your Love On Me Series 8, ep. 1, track 1 - Povela E Yova / Dilmano Dilbero Series 8, ep. 1, track 5 - Set Fire to the Rain Series 8, ep. 2, track 4 - Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille Series 8, ep. 5, track 4 - Baile De Máscaras (Recarnaval) Series 8, ep. 6, track 1 - Babooshka - 2018 Remaster Series 8, ep. 6, track 5 - Hotel California - 2013 Remaster Series 8, ep. 7, track 3 - Gagliarda Series 8, ep. 8, track 1 - Das Rheingold, Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Woge du Welle! - 2012 Remaster Series 8, ep. 8, track 5 - TEXAS HOLD 'EM
3rd	Anna Phoebe	86	Series 6, ep. 4, track 3 - Nautilus Series 7, ep. 9, track 2 - O Superman Series 9, ep. 1, track 1 - Manic Monday Series 9, ep. 1, track 5 - Call Me Series 9, ep. 2, track 3 - Freedom - Homecoming Live +81 more Series 9, ep. 3, track 1 - Mannish Boy Series 9, ep. 3, track 5 - Bad Reputation Series 9, ep. 4, track 3 - You Can't Always Get What You Want Series 9, ep. 5, track 1 - I Don't Want To Grow Up Series 9, ep. 5, track 5 - Venus as a Boy Series 9, ep. 6, track 3 - Succession (Main Title Theme) Series 10, ep. 1, track 4 - Good Vibrations - Remastered 2001 Series 10, ep. 2, track 1 - Y.M.C.A. Series 10, ep. 2, track 5 - My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean Series 10, ep. 3, track 3 - Maybe This Time Series 10, ep. 4, track 1 - March – from A Clockwork Orange Series 10, ep. 4, track 5 - Slave To The Rhythm - Hot Blooded Version Series 10, ep. 5, track 3 - They Say I'm Different Series 10, ep. 6, track 1 - Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace Series 10, ep. 6, track 5 - Trenulețul (cu Frații Advahov) - Eurovision 2022 Series 10, ep. 7, track 3 - Champagne Supernova Series 11, ep. 1, track 1 - I Feel the Earth Move Series 11, ep. 1, track 5 - Mr. Tambourine Man Series 11, ep. 2, track 3 - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Series 11, ep. 3, track 1 - Jump in the Line Series 11, ep. 3, track 5 - Always Look On the Bright Side of Life (From "Life of Brian") Series 11, ep. 4, track 3 - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Prelude. Sonnenaufgang Series 11, ep. 5, track 1 - Once in Royal David's City Series 11, ep. 6, track 1 - Cindy C. Series 11, ep. 6, track 5 - No Volvere Series 11, ep. 7, track 3 - The Feeling Begins Series 12, ep. 1, track 3 - Could It Be Magic Series 12, ep. 2, track 1 - The Bucket's Got a Hole in It Series 12, ep. 2, track 5 - Sweet Child O' Mine Series 12, ep. 3, track 4 - Blank Space (Taylor's Version) Series 12, ep. 4, track 1 - Love Is A Losing Game Series 12, ep. 4, track 5 - Kaigara Bushi Series 12, ep. 5, track 3 - Stan Series 12, ep. 6, track 1 - Eightsome Reel Series 12, ep. 6, track 5 - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War Series 12, ep. 7, track 3 - Boricua en la Luna Series 13, ep. 1, track 1 - Abracadabra Series 13, ep. 1, track 5 - Rata De Dos Patas Series 13, ep. 2, track 3 - Smoke On The Water - Live In Osaka, Japan / 15th August 1972 / Original 1972 Mix Series 13, ep. 3, track 1 - Spoiler Series 13, ep. 3, track 5 - The Magdalene Laundries Series 13, ep. 4, track 4 - Apple featuring the japanese house Series 13, ep. 5, track 1 - Entrance of the Gladiators Series 13, ep. 6, track 3 - Hai, Dunărea mea Series 14, ep. 1, track 3 - Paper Planes Series 14, ep. 2, track 1 - Born In the U.S.A. - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June/July 2000 Series 14, ep. 2, track 5 - Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir Series 14, ep. 3, track 3 - King Series 14, ep. 4, track 1 - Chasing Pavements Series 14, ep. 4, track 5 - Killing Me Softly With His Song Series 14, ep. 5, track 3 - Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal) Series 14, ep. 6, track 1 - Calypso Queen Series 14, ep. 6, track 5 - Gangnam Style (강남스타일) Series 15, ep. 1, track 1 - Flight of the Bumblebee Series 15, ep. 1, track 5 - Animal Crackers Series 15, ep. 2, track 3 - Another One Bites the Dust - Live At Wembley Stadium / July 1986 Series 15, ep. 3, track 1 - Runaway Series 15, ep. 3, track 5 - Ya Taali'een el-Jabal (Arr. Jonathan Berger) Series 15, ep. 4, track 4 - Stingray Main Titles Series 15, ep. 5, track 1 - Wolf Totem Series 15, ep. 5, track 5 - Ex-Wives Series 15, ep. 6, track 4 - Step Into Christmas Series 16, ep. 1, track 3 - Thor: Ragnarok Series 16, ep. 2, track 1 - Do I Ever Cross Your Mind Series 16, ep. 2, track 5 - Still In Love With You Series 16, ep. 3, track 3 - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 Series 16, ep. 4, track 1 - Études: No. 6 Series 16, ep. 4, track 5 - On the Road Again - Live Series 16, ep. 5, track 3 - Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101 "The Clock": II. Andante Series 16, ep. 6, track 1 - Thunderstruck Series 16, ep. 6, track 5 - Peter Piper Series 16, ep. 7, track 3 - Mambo Bacan Series 17, ep. 1, track 1 - Summer in the City Series 17, ep. 1, track 5 - Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. J. Milone for Violin & Orchestra) Series 17, ep. 2, track 4 - Fields Of Gold (Songbird) Series 17, ep. 3, track 2 - La Flor De La Canela Series 17, ep. 3, track 5 - The Reason Series 17, ep. 4, track 4 - I. — Series 17, ep. 5, track 1 - 5-4-3-2-1 Series 17, ep. 5, track 5 - West End Girls Series 17, ep. 6, track 3 - La valse, M.72
4th	Neil Brand	15	Series 1, ep. 2, track 2 - Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin Series 1, ep. 2, track 4 - It's Oh So Quiet Series 2, ep. 3, track 3 - Suite - Double Indemnity, 1944 Series 2, ep. 6, track 3 - Adagio For Strings Op. 11 Series 3, ep. 4, track 3 - If My Friends Could See Me Now - 1969 Motion Picture Department +10 more Series 4, ep. 3, track 3 - Love And Affection Series 6, ep. 4, track 2 - Bell Boy Series 7, ep. 1, track 2 - Piano Concerto in F Major: 3rd movement Series 7, ep. 9, track 4 - The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): VII. Finale Series 9, ep. 1, track 2 - The Knight Bus - From "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" Series 10, ep. 7, track 4 - Sunny Afternoon Series 12, ep. 2, track 2 - Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Series 13, ep. 1, track 3 - Never Let Her Slip Away - Rerecorded Series 15, ep. 1, track 2 - Hocus Pocus Series 16, ep. 7, track 4 - The Pink Panther Theme - From "The Pink Panther"
5th	Amy Harman	10	Series 5, ep. 5, track 2 - Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria "He was Despised and Rejected of Men" - 2021 Remastered Version Series 6, ep. 1, track 3 - Bellini: Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva" (Norma, Coro) Series 7, ep. 2, track 3 - Stravinsky: Petrushka, Pt. 1 "The Shrovetide Fair": The Charlatan's Booth - Russian Dance (1947 Version) Series 8, ep. 3, track 1 - Nonet in F Minor, Op. 2 "Gradus ad Parnassum": I. Allegro moderato Series 10, ep. 2, track 2 - Scherzo in C Minor for Violin and Piano (from the F-A-E Sonata) +5 more Series 11, ep. 5, track 3 - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Series 13, ep. 4, track 2 - Piano Sonata No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111: 2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile) Series 15, ep. 2, track 2 - The Batman Theme Series 16, ep. 5, track 2 - Clocks Series 17, ep. 4, track 3 - Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso – Andante
6th	Jess Gillam	9	Series 1, ep. 3, track 2 - Englishman In New York Series 1, ep. 3, track 4 - Sinnerman Series 2, ep. 4, track 3 - Les Fleurs Series 3, ep. 5, track 4 - Starman - 2012 Remaster Series 5, ep. 7, track 4 - Clair de lune - Arr. for Theremin and Voice by Carolina Eyck +4 more Series 8, ep. 4, track 1 - The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 Series 8, ep. 4, track 5 - Lazarus Series 11, ep. 1, track 2 - Earth Series 14, ep. 3, track 4 - Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Act II, 7, In the Hall of the Mountain King
Joint 7th	Joe Stilgoe	8	Series 1, ep. 6, track 3 - Edelweiss Series 2, ep. 8, track 2 - 9 to 5 Series 4, ep. 5, track 3 - Overture to Candide Series 6, ep. 2, track 4 - Short Ride in a Fast Machine Series 8, ep. 5, track 2 - You Can Call Me Al +3 more Series 10, ep. 4, track 2 - This Night Series 14, ep. 6, track 4 - Blue Rondo à la Turk Series 15, ep. 6, track 3 - Carol of the Bells
Joint 7th	Anna Lapwood	8	Series 2, ep. 2, track 2 - When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament) Series 3, ep. 2, track 3 - Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op. 40 (Arr. Lemare) Series 5, ep. 1, track 2 - Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps: VIII. Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus Series 6, ep. 7, track 4 - What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World? Series 8, ep. 2, track 3 - Romanian Folk Dances: No.6 Aprózó / Mărunțel / Fast Dance +3 more Series 9, ep. 4, track 2 - The Hanging Tree Series 13, ep. 5, track 2 - Star Wars Suite (arr. H. Feller): V. Throne Room - End Title Series 13, ep. 5, track 5 - Petit Pays
Joint 7th	Keelan Carew	8	Series 6, ep. 3, track 3 - Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam Series 7, ep. 2, track 2 - What a Fool Believes Series 8, ep. 8, track 2 - Nouvelles sonatines No. 3, Op. 87: II. Mouvement de Sicilienne Series 9, ep. 6, track 4 - Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: V. Sonata tragica Series 12, ep. 5, track 2 - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 14a, Pas de deux. Andante maestoso +3 more Series 14, ep. 3, track 2 - Boris Godunov: Opera in Four Acts With a Prologue: Prologue, Scene 2, Introduction Series 15, ep. 4, track 3 - Préludes / Book 1, L.117: 10. La cathédrale engloutie - Live Series 17, ep. 2, track 2 - Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 1. Kyrie
10th	Anne Dudley	7	Series 4, ep. 4, track 4 - When The Saints Go Marching In Series 5, ep. 6, track 3 - She's Gone Series 8, ep. 6, track 2 - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato Series 9, ep. 5, track 2 - The Barleymow Series 12, ep. 4, track 2 - Pour le piano, CD 95: II. Sarabande +2 more Series 14, ep. 6, track 2 - Concrete and Clay Series 16, ep. 6, track 2 - I Got You - 1964 Smash Version

Series 1

Ep. 6, Track 2

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Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Lil Nas X Billy Ray Cyrus	Old Town Road - Remix	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	Aaron Copland Colorado Symphony	Rodeo: No. 5, Hoe-Down	Samples an existing melody.	Jeffrey Boakye
	3	Run–D.M.C. Aerosmith	Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith)	Collaboration; cross-genre.	Kojo Samuel
	4	Dionne Warwick	Walk on By	Titles reference walking.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Ottilie Patterson Chris Barber's Jazz Band	Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry	Cross-genre.	Cerys Matthews
2	1	Stan Getz João Gilberto Antônio Carlos Jobim	The Girl From Ipanema	"Jazz take" of a traditional song.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Claude Debussy Víkingur Ólafsson	Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin	Relaxed, laid-back "portrait" of a girl.	Neil Brand
	3	Juliette Gréco Melody Gardot	Sous les ponts de Paris	French.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Björk	It's Oh So Quiet	Begins with French-sounding waltz.	Neil Brand
	5	The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Take Five	Popular piece of music not in a 4/4 time signature.	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	The Sachal Studios Orchestra	The Pink Panther	Sachal Studios Orchestra recorded previous track in an Indian classical style.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Sting	Englishman In New York	Famous saxophonists; cross-culture.	Jess Gillam
	3	Jan Garbarek	Parce Mihi Domine	Saxophone.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Nina Simone	Sinnerman	Lyrics reference sinning.	Jess Gillam
	5	Hozier Mavis Staples	Nina Cried Power (feat. Mavis Staples)	Track's title refers to lyric in previous song.	Cerys Matthews
4	1	Edikanfo	Nka Bom	Previous track references song with "distinctly African percussive energy".	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive - From "Saturday Night Fever" Soundtrack	High-octane energy; groove; hi-hats.	Cerys Matthews
	3	Stevie Wonder	Higher Ground	Pentatonic scales; funky basslines; sense of survival.	Soweto Kinch
	4	George Malcolm Valda Aveling Geoffrey Parsons +1 more Simon Preston	Variations on a theme by Mozart for four harpsichords	Valda Aveling was a pupil of Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, who was influential in bringing the clavichord back into fashion (the pre-cursor to the Clavinet, which is associated with Stevie Wonder).	Cerys Matthews
	5	Luis Fonsi Daddy Yankee Justin Bieber	Despacito - Remix	Opening guitar riff sounds like a harpsichord.	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	Sophia Loren Paolo Bacilleri	Tu Vuo Fa L' Americano	Successful song both translated and in its original language.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Louis Armstrong	Heebie Jeebies	Contains unplanned moment (Paolo Bacilleri laughs in previous track; according to popular legend, Louis Armstrong dropped his lyric sheet during recording and improvised his vocals).	Jeffrey Boakye
	3	Sa Dingding	Ha Ha Lili	Sings in a self-created/non-formal language.	Jasmin Kent Rodgman
	4	Giacomo Puccini Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Zubin Mehta	Turandot / Act 3: "Nessun dorma!" - Live	From an opera set in China; features Chinese instruments and a recurring motif from a Chinese folk song.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Doris Day Jack Smith	I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Associated with football.	Cerys Matthews
6	1	The Boswell Sisters	It Don't Mean A Thing	Harmonies between voices.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Frank Ifield	She Taught Me How to Yodel	-	Cerys Matthews
	3	Bill Lee	Edelweiss	Alps mountain range.	Joe Stilgoe
	4	Asha Bhosle R. D. Burman	Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (From "Caravan")	Playback singers.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Destiny's Child	Lose My Breath	Heavy breathing.	Jeffrey Boakye
7	1	Richard Wagner Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Martti Talvela	Das Rheingold, Scene 2: Sanft schloß Schlaf dein Aug'	Brass instrumentation.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Herlin Riley Wycliffe Gordon Wynton Marsalis +3 more Victor Goines Eric Lewis Reginald Veal	Trombone Joe	Brass instrumentation.	Jeffrey Boakye
	3	Carpenters Joe Raposo	Sing	The name "Joe".	Jamie Cullum
	4	Francis Bebey	The Coffee Cola Song	Begins with wind instrument; also uses a simple instrument in a complex way (previous track used "complex" music but was simple/accessible).	Cerys Matthews
	5	Future	Mask Off	Flute.	Jeffrey Boakye
8	1	Hildegard von Bingen Emily D'Angelo Mikayel Hakhnazaryan	O frondens virga (Arr. Missy Mazzoli)	"Overcoming substance abuse and finding spiritual healing".	Cerys Matthews
	2	Vangelis	Chariots Of Fire	Opens with perfect fifth; "repeating electronic pulse".	Jeffrey Boakye
	3	Bob James	Take Me To The Mardi Gras	Slow/gradual build-up.	Dele Sosimi
	4	The Doors	Riders on the Storm	Rhodes piano.	Cerys Matthews
	5	The Weather Girls	It's Raining Men	Titles reference weather/rain.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 2

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Rihanna	Umbrella	-	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	John Coltrane	After The Rain	Minor thirds.	Gary Crosby
	3	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	12 Variations in C Major on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman", K. 265: Variation No. 3	Fifth-based melodies.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Sister Nancy	Bam Bam	Repeated double notes.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Peter Frampton	Show Me The Way	Echo/vocal effects.	Cerys Matthews
2	1	Natalie Imbruglia	Torn	Acoustic guitar opening.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Henry Purcell	When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament)	Recurring chord pattern/ground bass.	Anna Lapwood
	3	Samthing Soweto	Ndofire/Skado	Similar chromatic ground bass.	Abel Selaocoe
	4	Justin Timberlake	Cry Me a River	Overlapping multi-layered vocals.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Paprika	Čaje, Šukarije	Variety of "call and response" vocals.	Cerys Matthews
3	1	Andy Williams	Where Do I Begin - Love Theme from "Love Story"	Minor sixth interval.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Dmitri Shostakovich	Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Moderato	Minor sixth interval.	Rebekah Reid
	3	Miklós Rózsa	Suite - Double Indemnity, 1944	"Distressing"/contrasting harmonies; tri-tone.	Neil Brand
	4	Fereydoon Farrokhzad	Ashyaneh	Distinctive two-beat "bum-bum" pulse.	Cerys Matthews
	5	The Lijadu Sisters	Gbowo Mi	"Free-flowing bass under a very regular rhythm".	Jeffrey Boakye
4	1	Elia y Elizabeth	Alegria	Sister act; defined, striking intro.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Olivier Messiaen Roger Muraro Jean-Jacques Justafré +4 more Francis Petit Renaud Muzzolini Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Myung-Whun Chung	Des Canyons aux étoiles, pour piano solo, cor, xylorimba, glockenspiel et orchestre (1971-74) / Part 3: 11. Omao, leiothrix, elepaio, shama	Brass-led syncopation; same time period (early 1970s); joyful; both artists were Catholic; about the outdoors.	Jeremy Summerly
	3	Minnie Riperton	Les Fleurs	About nature/the natural world.	Jess Gillam
	4	Heitor Villa-Lobos Bidu Sayão Leonard Rose	Aria - Cantilena from Bachiana brasileira No. 5	High and low voices in unison.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Tom Jones	Thunderball	Very long, sustained note at the end.	Cerys Matthews
5	1	Igor Stravinsky Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer	L'oiseau de feu, K. 10. Suite 1919: V. Danse infernale du roi Kastchei	Features orchestral hits.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship	Rimsky-Korsakov mentored Stravinsky; both based on fairy tales.	Bogdan Văcărescu
	3	Britney Spears	Toxic	"Eastern" scale.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Hariprasad Chaurasia	Raga Madhuvanti	Four note hook uses notes from Madhuvanti raga.	Gillian Moore
	5	John Farnham	You're the Voice	Use of drone.	Jeffrey Boakye
6	1	The Who	I Can See For Miles - Mono Version	Repeating same notes (similar to drone).	Cerys Matthews
	2	Sergei Prokofiev Dinara Klinton	Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 82: I. Allegro Moderato	Major-minor juxtaposition.	Dinara Klinton
	3	Samuel Barber	Adagio For Strings Op. 11	Invokes a sense of grieving/sadness (which one feels as a response to war).	Neil Brand
	4	Little Simz	Introvert	"The power of strings to draw introspection and reflection".	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Duke Ellington	Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)	"Strident and impactful" introduction.	Cerys Matthews
7	1	Johann Sebastian Bach Klemens Schnorr	Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565	Chromatic runs.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Hans Zimmer	No Time for Caution	Organ.	Howard Goodall
	3	Moises Vivanco Yma Sumac Billy May	Malambo No. 1	"Dramatic atmosphere".	Cerys Matthews
	4	The Bad Plus	Big Eater	Oscillation between two chords; "tightness" between brass section and the band.	Yshani Perinpanayagam
	5	Sweet	Blockbuster	Previous track's repeated intervals of thirds and fifths reminiscent of sirens.	Jeffrey Boakye
8	1	Koko Taylor	I'm A Woman	Inspired by Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man".	Cerys Matthews
	2	Dolly Parton	9 to 5	Strong/influential women; blues feel.	Joe Stilgoe
	3	Leroy Anderson	The Typewriter	Features typewriter sounds.	Ayanna Witter-Johnson
	4	Uk Apache SHY FX	Original Nuttah 25	Frenetic, high-pulse pace.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	The Beach Boys	God Only Knows - Remastered 1996	Issued as a B-side.	Cerys Matthews

Series 3

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1*	1	Hughes williams Treorchy Male Voice Choir +1 more John Cynan-Jones	Cwm Rhondda	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	Giuseppe Verdi	La Donna E Mobile - Rigoletto	Ascending phrases; strophic form.	Wynne Evans
	3	Lady Gaga	Poker Face	Repeated "melodic stutter".	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil Jean-Marc Natel +1 more The Texas Tenors	One Day More (From "Les Misérables")	Same note intervals used in chorus.	Anne Denholm
	5	Ludwig van Beethoven Kristiina Poska	Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”: I. Allegro con brio	Victor Hugo (author of Les Misérables) became disillusioned with the French establishment, as did Beethoven several decades earlier.	Patrick Rimes
2	1	The Weeknd	Blinding Lights	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	Vangelis	Blade Runner - End Titles	Synthetic, atmospheric sound similar to film music.	David Arnold
	3	Camille Saint-Saëns Olivier Latry	Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op. 40 (Arr. Lemare)	Organ "similar to synthesisers"; often used in film scores.	Anna Lapwood
	4	Spice Girls	Wannabe	Song lyrics contain "zig-a-zig", similar to the Henri Cazalis poem containing "Zig, zig, zig" which Danse macabre is based on.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Mariachi Las Adelitas UK	Viva Mexico	All-female band; laughter at the beginning.	Cerys Matthews
3	1	Johnny Cash	Ring of Fire	Mariachi horns.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Barry Stoller	Match of the Day Theme (The Original Complete Release)	Trumpets; three note leading melody.	Hannah Peel
	3	Sonny Rollins Sonny Clark Roy Haynes +1 more Percy Heath	Brown Skin Girl	Simple walking bassline that allows syncopation.	Soweto Kinch
	4	Calypso Rose	Abatina	Calypso rhythms.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Winifred Atwell	Jubilee Rag	Trinidadian-born female artist.	Jeffrey Boakye
4	1	Léo Delibes Mark Ermler	Coppélia: Coppélia, Act III: Galop final	"Music that makes you want to move".	Cerys Matthews
	2	Jean-Philippe Rameau Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset	Acante et Céphise, ou La sympathie: Overture: Voeux de la Nation	Celebratory.	Hannah French
	3	Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields Shirley Maclaine +1 more Joseph Gershenson	If My Friends Could See Me Now - 1969 Motion Picture Department	Fireworks (in a figurative sense); delight.	Neil Brand
	4	Missy Elliott	Get Ur Freak On	Syncopation of lyrics (previous song's lyrics fit over this song's beat).	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Kishore Kumar	Eena Meena Deeka (from "Aasha")	Bhangra elements.	Cerys Matthews
5	1	Jake Thackray	Old Molly Metcalfe	Lyrics related to counting.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Ralph Vaughan Williams Nicky Spence Roderick Williams +1 more William Vann	9 English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Ed. C. Sharp): No. 9, The Twelve Apostles	Lyrics related to counting.	Iain Burnside
	3	Elton John Kiki Dee	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Singing duet.	Cerys Matthews
	4	David Bowie	Starman - 2012 Remaster	Guitar; prominent octave interval.	Jess Gillam
	5	Ana Moura	Desfado	Vocal vibrato.	Jeffrey Boakye
6	1	Los Lobos	La Bamba	Cyclical chord progression (I-IV-V).	Cerys Matthews
	2	Florence Beatrice Price Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Symphony No. 1 in E Minor: III. Juba Dance. Allegro	Folk music that's been reworked and made famous in America.	Linton Stephens
	3	Frédéric Chopin Dinara Klinton	Études, Op. 10: Etude No. 5 in G-Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5, "Black Keys"	Pentatonic scale.	Dinara Klinton
	4	Stormzy	Shut Up	Pentatonic scale.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Tom Jones	She's A Lady	Chorus contains similar melody to instrumental from previous track ("Functions on the Low").	Cerys Matthews
7	1	Michael Kiwanuka	You Ain't The Problem	Five quickly-repeated notes occurring every second bar.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Nuyorican Soul	I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun - 4 Hero Remix	Chromatic chord movement; big chorus with choir.	Nitin Sawhney
	3	Ralph Vaughan Williams Nicola Benedetti London Philharmonic Orchestra	The Lark Ascending	Free, cadenza-like opening; "music that emulates things or places"; three-note beginning (previous track stretches the word "sun" to three notes).	Cerys Matthews
	4	Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Romanesca Andrew Manze	Sonata Representativa: Sonata Representativa: VII. Die Katz (Cat)	Music that depicts animals.	Gabriella Swallow
	5	Kate Bush	Wuthering Heights - 2018 Remaster	Sliding notes/glissandi.	Jeffrey Boakye
8	1	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	Beauty In The River	Hand saws, when played as a musical instrument, are capable of glissando (this track uses a saw percussively).	Cerys Matthews
	2	Dervish	The Green Gowned Lass	Unusual instrumentation (this track uses bones percussively).	Camilla George
	3	Amadou Balaké	Taximen	Continuous, unrelenting rhythm.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Incantation	Scarborough Fair	Eclectic mix of cultures and styles.	Sean Shibe
	5	Gustav Holst Owain Arwel Hughes	Jupiter (From The Planets)	Opening three notes of Jupiter's second theme use the same intervals as the "parsley sage" lyric of the previous track.	Cerys Matthews
9	1	Fleetwood Mac	The Chain - 2004 Remaster	"Sounds grand/huge"; "broad and generous arrangement".	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Earth, Wind & Fire	Fantasy	Use of "harmonies/percussion/layers".	Uchenna Ngwe
	3	Hukwe Zawose	Twendeni Sote Na Mwanga WA Amani	Circle of fifths chord progression; use of kalimba (the previous track on its original album precedes an instrumental track, "In the Marketplace (Interlude)", played on kalimba).	Gabriel Prokofiev
	4	Leonard Bernstein Ariana DeBose David Alvarez +30 more Ana Isabelle Jennifer Florentino Natalie Toro Arianna Rosario Ilda Mason Jeanette Delgado Annelise Cepero Tanairi Sade Vazquez Jamila Velazquez Edriz E. Rosa Pérez Melody Martí Gaby Diaz Juliette Feliciano Isabella Ward Maria Alexis Rodriguez Yesenia Ayala Gabriela M. Soto Sebastian Serra Julius Anthony Rubio Ricardo A. Zayas Yurel Echezarreta Kelvin Delgado Ricky Ubeda Carlos Sánchez Falú Adriel Flete Jacob Guzman Carlos E. Gonzalez David Avilés Morales Andrei Chagas David Guzman	America	Starts with solo wooden percussion.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Camaron De La Isla	Tangos De La Sultana - Tangos - Remastered 2018	Hand claps; Latin music.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 4

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Ennio Morricone	The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (Titles)	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	Perfect fourth interval.	Richard Stilgoe
	3	Madonna	Don't Tell Me	Reimagining of an existing song.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Henryk Górecki Dawn Upshaw London Sinfonietta +1 more David Zinman	Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile	Use of strings.	Alina Bzhezhinska
	5	Melanie De Biasio	Afro Blue	Slow, four note beginning of a minor scale.	Cerys Matthews
2	1	Wayne Smith	Under Me Sleng Teng	Simple, synthesised ground bass.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Reynaldo Hahn Susan Graham	À Chloris	Pastiche; borrowing melodies.	Nicky Spence
	3	Deerhoof	Whither the Invisible Birds?	"Influenced by/reflective of music of the past".	Laura Jurd
	4	Gregorio Allegri The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge Richard Marlow	Miserere mei, Deus	High, child-like vocals.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Cilla Black	Alfie - 2003 Remaster	Uses a "U-shape" melodic phrase (similar to an inverted mordent).	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Alfredo Gryciuk Marcelo Rojas Ariel Burgos +1 more Martín Portillo	Pájaro campana (The Bell Bird)	Harp; glissandi.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Birdy	Quietly Yours	Arpeggios.	Catrin Finch
	3	Joan Armatrading	Love And Affection	"Similar singing technique".	Neil Brand
	4	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Singing in low vocal register (previous track had low backing vocals sung by Clarke Peters).	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig Weber	O, wie will ich triumphieren (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)	"Bayreuth bark"; singing in low vocal register.	Cerys Matthews
4	1	Modest Mussorgsky	Night on Bald Mountain	"Melodramatic, operatic tone".	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Jacob Collier	Hideaway	Tension and release; musical "sunrise"; semi-tone key signature change.	Patrick Rimes
	3	Juliette Gréco	Un petit poisson un petit oiseau	High, repeated "bell-like" notes played in the background.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Louis Armstrong	When The Saints Go Marching In	Anacrusis (musical upbeat).	Anne Dudley
	5	Willie Colón Héctor Lavoe	Ché Ché Colé	Call and response.	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	Lonnie Liston Smith The Cosmic Echoes	Expansions	Triangle (musical instrument) playing a similar rhythm.	Cerys Matthews
	2	La Bottine Souriante	Ouverture	Similar Quebec/French-Canadian "foot-tapping" rhythm.	Kathryn Tickell
	3	Leonard Bernstein	Overture to Candide	Overture.	Joe Stilgoe
	4	Hossam Ramzy Egyptian Ensemble	Khusara Khusara (What a Loss)	Similar repeated, emphasised notes that "anchor" the music.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Louis Armstrong	Basin Street Blues	Metallic percussion over a main melody.	Cerys Matthews
6	1	Ella Fitzgerald	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	Scat singing.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Outkast	Hey Ya!	"Pop music of the day"; catchy, very popular hit tune.	Zara McFarlane
	3	Son Lux Lily & Madeleine	Lost It To Trying	Anxious energy; feeling of propulsion; strange sound effects.	Ollie Howell
	4	Moondog Julie Andrews Martyn Green	Songs of Fun and Nonsense	"Strange dance" between top flute line and a "robot auto-sounding" rhythm underneath.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Julie Andrews	Do-Re-Mi	Julie Andrews; playfulness alongside instructive teacher-like sensibility.	Jeffrey Boakye
7	1	Flaco Jimenez	Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio	Polka rhythm in the cello section of Do Re Mi.	Cerys Matthews
	2	George Frideric Handel Musica Sequenza Burak Ozdemir	Scherza infida	Lyrics about betrayal.	Gillian Moore
	3	Vashti Bunyan	Diamond Day	Cyclical melodies.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Benjamin Britten	Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 4, Storm	A storm contrasts the pastoral calm of the previous track; pentatonic melody.	Gavin Higgins
	5	Ana Moura	Lilac Wine	Melodic echo of Britten's pentatonic "glimmer of hope".	Cerys Matthews
8	1	Idina Menzel	Let It Go - From "Frozen"/Soundtrack Version	Recitativo style and three-syllable hook ("Let It Go" / "Lilac Wine").	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Duke Ellington Duke Ellington Orchestra Al Hibbler	Liberian Suite / I Like the Sunrise	Harmonic progression (I-V-vi-IV) in "Let It Go" mirrors Ellington's piece.	Giacomo Smith
	3	Ethel Smyth Chorus Of The Plymouth Music Series Eiddwen Harrhy +1 more Philip Brunelle	Smyth: Songs of Sunrise: No. 3, The March of the Women. "Shout, Shout, Up with Your Song!"	"Sunrise" theme links to hope/new day; simple melody like Ellington's track.	Esther Abrami
	4	Serge Gainsbourg	Aux armes et caetera	Anthem-like quality ties to Gainsbourg's reggae "La Marseillaise".	Cerys Matthews
	5	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	Green Onions	Hammond organ.	Jeffrey Boakye
9	1	Ibrahim Maalouf	Will Soon Be a Woman (Live au Babylon Istanbul, 2013)	Live audience sounds becoming part of the recording.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Leonard Cohen	Dance Me to the End of Love	Communal voices/choral element and descending melodic line ("falling line").	Isobel Waller-Bridge
	3	Georges Bizet Choeurs Rene Duclos Georges Prêtre +1 more Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris	Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chœur)	Greek Hasapico dance rhythm in Cohen's track and Maria Callas' Greek heritage.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Wiley	Eskimo	Direct musical inspiration from Bizet's "Habanera" bassline, creating the grime genre's foundational sound.	Michael 'Mikey J' Asante
	5	Nat King Cole	Deck The Halls	Linked through Wiley's use of Christmas lyrics in "Eskimo" and shared non-lexical vocables ("fa-la-la").	Cerys Matthews

Series 5

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Yiddish Glory Loyko Alexander Sevastian +1 more Psoy Korolenko	Nitsokhn Lid (Victory Song)	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	Olivier Messiaen Jeanne Hourez Zongheng Zhang	Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps: VIII. Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus	Music born from war experiences.	Anna Lapwood
	3	Madonna	Vogue	Similar melodic structure to Messiaen's opening.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Douglas Sills	The Creation of Man	Themes of flamboyance.	Linton Stephens
	5	Stevie Wonder	Sir Duke	Doubled melodies technique from Scarlet Pimpernel.	Cerys Matthews
2	1	Gangbé Brass Band Femi Kuti	Yoruba	Use of brass instruments.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Eliza Carthy	Rolling Sea	Shares a similar chord pattern and is in Dorian mode.	Gareth Malone
	3	Igor Stravinsky	The Rite of Spring (Scenes of Pagan Russia in Two Parts): Part One - Spring Rounds (1921 Version)	Dorian mode and folk elements in "Rolling Sea"; features dramatic orchestration.	Gillian Moore
	4	Camila Cabello Young Thug	Havana (feat. Young Thug)	Descending melodic motif reminiscent of the Stravinsky piece.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Erik Satie Alena Cherny	Gnossienne No. 1	Shares a swaying, piano-driven rhythm and mysterious quality with "Havana."	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Horace Silver	Song For My Father	Melodic continuity and F minor key.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Earth, Wind & Fire	Africano / Power - Live	Live performance energy, call-and-response, and rhythmic intensity.	James Taylor
	3	Sona Jobarteh	Bannaya	Tension-and-release structure; features the Gambian kora.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Sergei Rachmaninoff Vladimir Ashkenazy	Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto - Remastered 2013	Ascending melodic motifs and the kora's resemblance to piano virtuosity.	Dinara Klinton
	5	Bachar Mar-Khalifé	Kyrie Eleison	Percussive piano intensity and emotional force.	Cerys Matthews
4	1	Antonio Vivaldi	Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo	Liturgical text (Kyrie/Gloria) and triumphant release.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Music Without Borders Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska Rony Barrak +6 more Anubrata Chatterjee Prabhu Raj Dhakal Bjørn Ole Rasch Sigurd Brokke Kirsten Bråten Berg Annbjørg Lien	Nordafjells/Liti Kjersti	Repetitive ostinato rhythms and Norwegian hardanger fiddle's drone-like resonance.	Bjarte Eike
	3	Donna Summer	I Feel Love - 12" Version	Rhythmic propulsion, Moog bassline's drone-like sustain, and global collaboration ethos.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Michael Jackson	The Way You Make Me Feel - 2012 Remaster	Similar bassline and minor pentatonic ambiguity, with added swing rhythm.	Natalie Duncan
	5	String Harmonies	Khnjooyki Yerk / Hars Oo Pesa	Rhythmic innovation (10/8 time signature mirroring Jackson's scat syllables).	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	The Stone Roses	Love Spreads	Previous track features an unusual 10/8 time signature, which connects to the prominent quaver rhythm; shared key signature of D.	Cerys Matthews
	2	George Frideric Handel Marian Anderson Charles O'Connell +1 more Victor Symphony Orchestra	Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Aria "He was Despised and Rejected of Men" - 2021 Remastered Version	The lyrics of "Love Spreads" portray Jesus as a black woman, linking to Marian Anderson's rendition of Handel's Messiah.	Amy Harman
	3	MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This	Dramatic word painting.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Miles Davis	So What (feat. John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans)	Energy and charisma of MC Hammer's performance reminiscent of Miles Davis' innovative jazz style.	Julian Joseph
	5	Googoosh	Makhloogh	The twinkling metal work on the drums in "So What" connects to the Persian instrumentation in "Makhloogh.".	Cerys Matthews
6	1	Imamyar Hasanov Hamid Motebassem Pejman Hadadi	Infinity	Kamanche (Persian bowed string instrument) and rhythmic metalwork.	Ruairi Glasheen
	2	Mehter Takimi	Mehter Vuruyor	Percussion focus (clashing cymbals, military rhythms) and shared Turkish/Persian instrumentation.	Jeffrey Boakye
	3	Daryl Hall & John Oates	She's Gone	Octave doubling in vocals (mirroring the octaves in the Turkish march’s pipe melody).	Anne Dudley
	4	Johann Sebastian Bach Janine Jansen Boris Brovtsyn +10 more Cindy Albracht Frederik Paulsson Julia-Maria Kretz Tijmen Huisingh Monika Urbonaite Nimrod Guez Pauline Sachse Maarten Jansen Rick Stotijn Jan Jansen	Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: 2. Air	Descending bassline.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Jimmy Cliff	Many Rivers To Cross	"Spiritual" organ intro similar to Bach's church music roots and shared themes of yearning/resilience.	Jeffrey Boakye
7	1	Tapiola Choir	Kilisee, kilisee kulkunen (Jingling, Jingling Sleigh Bells Ring) - Iloinen joululaulu (Happy Christmas Song)	Group vocal harmonies.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Kate Bush	Snowflake - 2018 Remaster	Children's voices and winter theme.	John Lunn
	3	The Smiths	How Soon Is Now? - 2011 Remaster	Tremolo/oscillations.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Claude Debussy Carolina Eyck	Clair de lune - Arr. for Theremin and Voice by Carolina Eyck	Theremin's ethereal oscillations (like Morrissey's voice).	Jess Gillam
	5	Biluka y Los Canibales	Huashca De Corales	Unconventional instrumentation (played on a leaf).	Cerys Matthews
8	1	Mura Masa A$AP Rocky	Love$ick (feat. A$AP Rocky)	"Parade of instruments" technique; focuses on repeated melodies played by different instruments.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Claudio Monteverdi	Madrigals - Book 6: Zefiro Torna E Di Soavi Accenti	Harmonic groove and rhythmic drive (continuo); playful word-painting.	Roderick Williams
	3	Esbe	Sumer Is Icumen In	Zephyr (west wind) theme and the use of rounds/canons; highlights spring's arrival and vocal weaving.	Cerys Matthews
	4	David Byrne	A Long Time Ago	Nature sounds (birds) and the "cuckoo" motif; explores nostalgia and sonic storytelling.	Isobel Waller-Bridge
	5	Meat Loaf	Bat Out of Hell	Inverted "cuckoo" motif and dramatic narrative scope.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 6

Ep. 5, Track 3

Both this track and the next were chosen as similar yet separate playlist tracks (dubbed "3a" and "3b"), bringing the episode's track total to six.

Ep. 9, Track 4

The second guest presenter was ill and did not appear in this episode. They still contributed a track to the playlist, but their identity was not revealed.

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Dolly Parton	Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	Glykeria	Mes Sto Aigaiou Ta Nisia	Vocal technique (melisma); extended vocal ornamentation.	Jeffrey Boakye
	3	Vincenzo Bellini Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano Tullio Serafin	Bellini: Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva" (Norma, Coro)	Glykeria's Greek origins (Maria Callas was Greek) and continued focus on melismatic singing.	Amy Harman
	4	Noordpool Orchestra	Weird Fishes	Arpeggiated accompaniment style.	Gavin Higgins
	5	Duarte	Vai de Roda	Cross-rhythms.	Cerys Matthews
2	1	Édith Piaf	Non, je ne regrette rien	Rolling "R" vocal delivery (Duarte’s Portuguese fado-style phrasing/Piaf’s dramatic French articulation).	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Claudio Villa	Claudio Villa a mezza voce (Stornelli amorosi - Parte I)	Triplet rhythms.	Kate St. John
	3	The Pyramids	Train Tour to Rainbow City	Claudio Villa’s guitar rhythm similar to ska’s offbeat momentum.	Cerys Matthews
	4	John Adams Marin Alsop	Short Ride in a Fast Machine	Echoes The Pyramids’ clave rhythm via relentless woodblock pulse (mechanical vs. ska’s shuffle).	Joe Stilgoe
	5	Ástor Piazzolla José Bragato Zürcher Klaviertrio	The Four Seasons - Four Tangos, Version for Piano Trio: I. Spring in Buenos Aires	Mirrors Adams’ disjunctive melody (jagged horn leaps/Piazzolla’s zigzagging nuevo tango violin).	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Technotronic	Pump Up The Jam	Rhythmic intensity (tango's staccato chords → techno's punchy synth stabs).	Cerys Matthews
	2	Bernard Herrmann	The Murder	Short, repetitive "stabs" (synth chords → Herrmann’s violent string slashes).	Hannah Peel
	3	Gustav Mahler Claudio Abbado	Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam	Contrasts Herrmann’s dissonance with resolving suspensions (minor seconds → lush major sevenths), using the same string ensemble.	Keelan Carew
	4	Beyoncé JAY-Z	Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)	Ambiguous minor-third opening (C–A oscillation → Beyoncé’s sampled horn riff).	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	David Soul	Don't Give up on Us	Brass motif (sampled from The Chi-Lites → echoed in Soul’s soaring string/piano arrangement).	Cerys Matthews
4	1	Chip Wickham	Rebel No.23	"Understated but definite chord repetition" (piano nudge effect).	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	The Who	Bell Boy	Shared "percussion driving the track" and "maintained harmony."	Neil Brand
	3	Anna Meredith	Nautilus	"Swagger" and relentless rhythm; chromatic experimentation.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Dick Dale	Misirlou	"Repeating notes and ascending melody" structure.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Warda	Batwanes Beek	Links to Misirlou's tremolo guitar (mimicking an oud) and Middle Eastern scales.	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	George Frideric Handel	Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258)	Grand orchestral introductions and "emotional string arrangements".	Cerys Matthews
	2	Bolivia Manta	Carnaval Ayacuchano	Ostinato patterns and semi-quaver rhythms.	Rakhi Singh
	3	Eve Gwen Stefani	Let Me Blow Ya Mind	Opens with excited crowd chatter (studio voices vs. festival sounds); shared pentatonic scale usage.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Central Cee	Doja	Direct sample/sped-up version of Eve's track that went viral on TikTok.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Kaija Saariaho Peter Herresthal Clément Mao-Takacs	Vers toi qui es si loin	Pentatonic exploration and microtonal "in-between notes" sensibility.	Alexis Ffrench
	6	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Sliding pitch techniques (slide whistle/violin harmonics); biblical lyrical themes.	Cerys Matthews
6	1	-M-	Belleville rendez-vous - Version française	Lead guitar's "pocket" improvisation in song gaps.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Aretha Franklin	Spirit in the Dark	Call-and-response structure (like Belleville's vocal/instrument dialogue); shared gospel/jazz energy.	Natalie Duncan
	3	Franz Liszt Vladimir Horowitz	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244/2	Shares "gears" concept with Aretha - building intensity through tempo shifts and virtuosic flair.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Miles Davis Michel Legrand	Concert on the Runway	Both tracks showcase virtuosic spectacle.	Gabriella Swallow
	5	Colt Ford	Cricket on a Line Featuring Rhett Akins	Inspired by insect sounds in Miles' track (Outback flies → Southern crickets).	Jeffrey Boakye
7	1	Ghazalaw	Moliannwn	Shared theme of birds (the "whip-poor-will" in the lyrics).	Cerys Matthews
	2	James Taylor	My Blue Heaven	Mention of "whip-poor-will" in the lyrics.	Rick Wakeman
	3	Coolio L.V.	Gangsta's Paradise	The use of strings in the arrangement connects to the violin in James Taylor's version of "My Blue Heaven."	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Hans Zimmer	What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?	Ostinato violin figure similar in key and rhythm to the strings in "Gangsta's Paradise."	Anna Lapwood
	5	Raffaella Carrà	A far l'amore comincia tu	Punctuated, rhythmic drums.	Cerys Matthews
8	1	Sam Fonteyn	Ski Sunday Theme (2018)	Staccato rhythms and percussive energy.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Spiro	We Will Be Absorbed	Minimalist technique of repeating motifs ("bouncing off" notes).	Sam Sweeney
	3	Moça Prosa	PONTO DAS CABOCLAS	Layering of rhythmic patterns (like clockwork mechanics); hypnotic, revolving nature of the music.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Maurice Ravel Arpad Joo	Boléro, M. 81	Insistent, dance-like rhythm (samba → bolero); gradual orchestral build mirroring the vocal layers in the previous track.	Debbie Wiseman
	5	Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind	Repeating triplets (piano/organ) that sustain tension, mirroring Ravel's snare drum motif.	Jeffrey Boakye
9	1	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968	Prison narrative (both songs involve incarceration).	Cerys Matthews
	2	Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale. Presto - Live	Four-note motif and thematic shift from incarceration to freedom (Berlin Wall performance).	Richard Stilgoe
	3	Foo Fighters	Monkey Wrench	Emphatic, on-beat vocal delivery (matching "Ode to Joy"’s pounding rhythm) and melodic hooks.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Tina Turner	What's Love Got to Do with It - 2015 Remaster	Key of B major and synthetic instrumentation (synth harmonica mimicking Dave Grohl’s guitar energy).	?
	5	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Teddy Tahu Rhodes Ola Rudner	The Magic Flute: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher's Song)	Dialogue between voice and wind-like sounds (synth pipes in Turner → panpipes/flute in The Magic Flute).	Cerys Matthews

Series 7

Ep. 9, Track 4

Stravinsky's "Firebird" was also selected as track #1 in series 2, episode 5 ("Infernal Dance" movement).

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Gala Molella Phil Jay	Freed From Desire - prod. Molella, Phil Jay	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	George Gershwin Oscar Levant Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra +1 more Paul Whiteman	Piano Concerto in F Major: 3rd movement	Repetitive nature and jazzy chords; organ's early jump-ins to the beat.	Neil Brand
	3	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody - Remastered 2011	Dramatic switch-ups in style connect to Gershwin's unpredictable changes; both have "agitated" sections.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Gustav Mahler Borodin Quartet	Piano Quartet in A Minor: I. Allegro	Mahler was born in Bohemia; symphonic nature and sweeping intervals.	Isata Kanneh-Mason
	5	Stevie Wonder	Fingertips, Pt. 2 - Live/1962	"Unexpected musical sections and scale runs"; similar motif in minor and major key.	Cerys Matthews
2	1	Ramona Singh	Mary Had a Little Lamb	Stevie teased the melody of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on harmonica during the live recording.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	The Doobie Brothers	What a Fool Believes	"Mary Had a Little Lamb" melody virtually identical to the piano riff of "What a Fool Believes".	Keelan Carew
	3	Igor Stravinsky Peter Donohoe	Stravinsky: Petrushka, Pt. 1 "The Shrovetide Fair": The Charlatan's Booth - Russian Dance (1947 Version)	Repeating piano chord pattern/riff.	Amy Harman
	4	Mari Kalkun	Kui Kivid Olid Veel Pehmed (When the Stones Were Still Soft)	The orchestral stabs and brass work in "Petrushka" connect to the experimental brass sounds (trumpet and tuba).	Cerys Matthews
	5	Mike Post	The A-Team	Brass harmonies and powerful horns reminiscent of colliery bands and military-style brass; helicopter sounds.	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Eric Mingus David Amram Larry Simon +1 more The Langston Hughes Project	Life Is Fine	Spoken-word narration; use of rhythmic speech as a musical texture.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Alberto Ginastera Gustavo Dudamel	Estancia / Danzas del Ballet: IV. Danza final (Malambo) - Live	Percussive taps and groove, "supersized" into orchestral energy.	Ben Gernon
	3	Baccara	Yes Sir, I Can Boogie	Ascending glissando/xylophone runs mirror Ginastera’s orchestral flourishes.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Madison Cunningham	Something To Believe In	Shares the harmonic movement (5th → sharp 5th → 6th) from Baccara’s chorus.	Emma Rawicz
	5	Cherry Bullet	Hands Up	Samples Beethoven’s "Für Elise", echoing Cunningham’s classical-inspired tension in hyper-pop.	Cerys Matthews
4	1	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Daniel Barenboim English Chamber Orchestra	Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro	Similar, repeated-note melodic hook.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Oscar Peterson Trio	Easy Does It	Reinterprets Mozart’s chromatic second theme as a jazz "walking bass" line.	Matilda Lloyd
	3	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	Neighboring tones and emotional phrasing.	Leon Foster Thomas
	4	Mwana Cotide	Kwa Heri Mafisadi	"Sound world" of electronic keyboards; "goodbye" songs.	Cerys Matthews
	5	David Tomlinson Dick Van Dyke The Londoners	Let's Go Fly a Kite - From "Mary Poppins"/Soundtrack Version	3/4 waltz rhythm and "communal joy".	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	Unknown	God Save the Queen (from 1888 and 1898)	Three-note melodic motif and descending chorus interval; lyrical imperatives (e.g., "Let's go..." vs. "Send him...").	Cerys Matthews
	2	Charles Ives Patrick Carfizzi J.J. Penna	In Flanders Fields	Five-note melodic fragment from "God Save the Queen" transformed into a dissonant, anti-war setting with ironic references to national anthems.	Roderick Williams
	3	John Williams	Main Title And First Victim - From "Jaws" Soundtrack	Two alternating notes creating suspense.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Maurice Ravel Jennifer Pike Martin Roscoe	Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major, M. 77: III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro	Semitones, silences, and ostinato.	Jennifer Pike
	5	Labi Siffre	I Got The... - 2006 Remaster	Minimal notes, pauses, and bluesy harmonies.	Cerys Matthews
6	1	Snoop Dogg	Gin and Juice	High-pitched sustained whistle motif.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	McCoy Tyner	Passion Dance	Phrygian mode; tonal ambiguity and quartal harmony.	Amanda Whiting
	3	Steely Dan	Deacon Blues	Quartal harmony and layering techniques (e.g. saxophone/piano interplay).	Fraser T. Smith
	4	Florence Beatrice Price Sphinx Virtuosi	String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for String Ensemble)	Two-note motif mirroring the song’s foundational melody.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Eliane Elias	Oye Como Va	Shifts from two-note motifs to two-chord progressions.	Jeffrey Boakye
7	1	The Drifters	Under the Boardwalk	Guiro percussion and Latin rhythmic feel.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Ludwig van Beethoven	Für Elise, Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59	Chromatic melody.	Debbie Wiseman
	3	Cesária Evora	Tchintchirote	Melodic suspense (two-note motif mirrored in Evora’s vocals).	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Golden Birdies	Lyrical bird imagery ("golden birdies" → Cape Verde warbler).	Rhodri Marsden
	5	Aram Khachaturian Constantin Silvestri	Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Sabre Dance	Wooden percussion prominence (xylophone in "Sabre Dance" and marimba in "Golden Birdies").	Cerys Matthews
8	1	Salimata Diabaté	El hadji n'fa djigui Diabaté	Use of idiophones (xylophone and balafon).	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Matt Calvert	Mute Heart	Interplay of instruments creating a "wash of sonic warmth".	Natalie Duncan
	3	Dean Shostak	Jingle Bells	Playful ascending lines and the glass harmonica sound.	Cerys Matthews
	4	Gaetano Donizetti Tullio Serafin	Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act 3: "Il dolce suono" (Lucia)	Glass harmonica; simplicity of the opening minor chord.	Martin Phipps
	5	Cher	Believe	Melisma (natural in opera, artificially created with Auto-Tune in this pop song).	Jeffrey Boakye
9	1	Ma Rainey	Prove It On Me Blues	Themes of resilience and LGBTQ+ anthems.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Laurie Anderson	O Superman	Pioneering women in music and the use of vocal manipulation.	Anna Phoebe
	3	The Chakachas	Yo Soy Cubano	Sampled robotic vocal phrase in Kendrick Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle", linking back to Anderson's vocoder effects.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Igor Stravinsky Brussels Philharmonic Alexander Rahbari	The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): VII. Finale	Use of major seventh chords and celebratory, joyful transitions.	Neil Brand
	5	ABBA	Lay All Your Love On Me	Grandiose chord progressions and orchestral-like arrangements in disco.	Cerys Matthews

Series 8

Ep. 1, Track 1

Sung live in the studio.

Ep. 3

Linton Stephens sat in for Cerys (who was recovering from surgery on a broken arm).

Ep. 4

Jess Gillam sat in for Cerys.

Ep. 8

Although indicating she would return in six months (i.e. November 2024), this is Cerys' last appearance on the show as of January 2026.

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	London Bulgarian Choir	Povela E Yova / Dilmano Dilbero	-	Cerys Matthews
	2	Philip Glass Christopher Keene	Satyagraha: Act II: Confrontation and Rescue	Primal vocal techniques and anatomical resonance.	Nicky Spence
	3	Billie Eilish	bad guy	Syncopation and offbeat vocal rhythms.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Antônio Carlos Jobim Frank Sinatra	Meditation (Meditação)	Syncopation and bossa nova's rhythmic interplay.	Corinne Bailey Rae
	5	Adele	Set Fire to the Rain	Physically impossible lyrical themes (sun falling out of the sky; setting fire to rain); themes of longing and a shared "U-shaped" melodic motif.	Cerys Matthews
2	1	The Bavarian Oompah Band	In Munchen Steht Ein Hofbrauhaus	Dactyl rhythm pattern (strong-weak-weak) found in both the bridge of Adele's song and the oompa rhythm.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Georg Philipp Telemann Collegium Musicum 90 Simon Standage	Orchestral Suite in B-Flat Major, TWV 55:B8, "Ouverture burlesque": I. Ouverture	Dactyl rhythm pattern; folkloric vibe.	Benjamin Appl
	3	Béla Bartók Eytan Arditi Rea Meir	Romanian Folk Dances: No.6 Aprózó / Mărunțel / Fast Dance	Folkloric element; percussive drive.	Anna Lapwood
	4	Jacques Dutronc	Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille	Relentless energy and action that "forces you out of slumber".	Cerys Matthews
	5	Van Morrison	Moondance - 2013 Remaster	Prominent flute parts.	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective	Nonet in F Minor, Op. 2 "Gradus ad Parnassum": I. Allegro moderato	Minor third piano riff that goes round and round.	Amy Harman
	2	Loyle Carner	Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)	Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Loyle Carner are artists from Croydon with mixed heritage.	Jeffrey Boakye
	3	Clara Schumann Isata Kanneh-Mason	Piano Sonata in G Minor: II. Adagio	Descending bassline; thematic connection contrasting absent father (Loyle Carner) with domineering father (Clara Schumann).	Debbie Wiseman
	4	Alicia Keys	If I Ain't Got You	Connected through the use of diminished seventh chords, which appear prominently in both Clara Schumann's piece and this song.	Linton Stephens
	5	Glenn Miller	In the Mood - Live	Melodic climb followed by a single low note at the end of both tracks.	Jeffrey Boakye
4	1	Johann Sebastian Bach András Schiff	The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846	Straightening out the swinging arpeggios leads to Bach's broken chord arpeggios.	Jess Gillam
	2	Lady Gaga	Bad Romance	Music video opens with Bach's B minor fugue from the same Well-Tempered Clavier collection.	Leo Geyer
	3	Ming Flute Ensemble	A Tayal Folk Song	"Ra Ra Ra Ra" hook in "Bad Romance" has similar rhythmic pattern (one-two, one-two-three) and uses the same perfect fifth interval.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Gustav Mahler	Symphony No. 9 in D Major: Ia. Andante comodo	Human/heartbeat connection - the Tayal word meaning "human" connects to music based on the human heartbeat, specifically Mahler's arrhythmic heartbeat rhythm.	Gillian Moore
	5	David Bowie	Lazarus	Final works/swan songs - both Mahler's 9th and Bowie's "Lazarus" were the composers' final completed works before death.	Jess Gillam
5	1	Hugh Masekela	Grazing In The Grass	Three descending notes from "Lazarus" by David Bowie, but creating an uplifting effect with brass instead of the mournful sound.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Paul Simon	You Can Call Me Al	Three note descent in pentatonic scale; South African musical connection.	Joe Stilgoe
	3	Guillaume de Machaut	Ma fin est mon commencement, Rondeau 14	Forward and backward musical movement, like the reversed bass solo in "You Can Call Me Al".	Anna Meredith
	4	Bala Desejo Dora Morelenbaum Julia Mestre +2 more Lucas Nunes Zé Ibarra	Baile De Máscaras (Recarnaval)	Momentum and perpetual motion; walking bassline.	Cerys Matthews
	5	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther Theme - From "The Pink Panther"	"Sloping da da-da, da da-da" rhythm pattern.	Jeffrey Boakye
6	1	Kate Bush	Babooshka - 2018 Remaster	Shared "swing medium" rhythm.	Cerys Matthews
	2	Edvard Grieg Radu Lupu	Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato	Descending riff pattern; first inversions both present in Babooshka.	Anne Dudley
	3	Lalo Schifrin Alan Silvestri Erich Kunzel	Theme from "Mission Impossible" (Arr. A. Silvestri)	The "spy chord" (minor major seventh) found in the opening piano flourish of the Grieg concerto (A-G♯-E-C).	Emily Sun
	4	Brendan Quinn John McSherry Francis Mc Iduff	The Roaring Promenade (Live)	Similar energetic five-beat pulse; wind instruments taking flight after rhythm established.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Eagles	Hotel California - 2013 Remaster	Dueling soloists.	Cerys Matthews
7	1	Johann Strauss II Kiri Te Kanawa Edita Gruberova	Die Fledermaus / Act 1: "Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir!"	Twin instruments (guitars vs. twin operatic sopranos) playing off each other in competition.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Trallaleri of Genoa Alan Lomax	La Partenza (The Parting)	Thematic connection with comedy, partings, and reunions in "Die Fledermaus"; musical form featuring voices competing and complementing each other.	Eliza Carthy
	3	Giorgio Mainerio Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini	Gagliarda	Wayward tuning and harmonies that don't happen at exactly the same time, deliberately seeking "wayward musical children".	Cerys Matthews
	4	Ella Fitzgerald	How High The Moon - 1st Take	Level of ornamentation and improvisation, connecting the recorder player's improvisational style to Ella Fitzgerald's jazz improvisation mastery.	Tim Rhys-Evans
	5	Colin Lucas	Dollar Wine	Volume of drum hits that announce tempo changes and repeated single words to "keep the party going", similar to Ella's performance style.	Jeffrey Boakye
8	1	Richard Wagner Oda Balsborg Hetty Plümacher +3 more Ira Malaniuk Gustav Neidlinger Sir Georg Solti	Das Rheingold, Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Woge du Welle! - 2012 Remaster	Shares core chord changes; theme of precious commodities (gold vs. money).	Cerys Matthews
	2	Charles Koechlin Mireille Guillaume	Nouvelles sonatines No. 3, Op. 87: II. Mouvement de Sicilienne	The swinging rhythm pattern is identical to the Renaissance Sicilian dance rhythm.	Keelan Carew
	3	De La Soul	The Magic Number	The four-note descending melody from Koechlin's piece becomes a three-note melody when compressed, which matches the "magic number" theme.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Toufic Farroukh	Ya nassim alrouh	Fun, infectious beat that links to the hip-hop rhythm.	Maya Youssef
	5	Beyoncé	TEXAS HOLD 'EM	Same tempo and strong beat as the Farroukh track, with acoustic guitar-picking replacing the bubbling sequencer.	Cerys Matthews

Series 9

Ep. 4, Track 5

No recording selected as it was sang live in the studio.

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	The Bangles	Manic Monday	-	Anna Phoebe
	2	John Williams James Fitzpatrick	The Knight Bus - From "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"	The "manic" theme - looking for what sounds truly manic in music.	Neil Brand
	3	Sergei Prokofiev	Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (Remastered): The Duck, Dialogue with the Bird, Attack of the Cat	Opening clarinet in "Knight Bus" reminiscent of the cartoon-like clarinet/oboe interplay in "Peter and the Wolf".	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	King Crimson	Matte Kudasai	Animals and music theme - music that draws directly from sounds in the animal kingdom (seagull noises).	Natalie Duncan
	5	Blondie	Call Me	12/8 time signature - speeding up the triplet rhythm from the previous track.	Anna Phoebe
2	1	Ron Grainer Delia Derbyshire	Doctor Who (Original Theme) [From "Doctor Who"]	Synth solo similarity.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Felix Mendelssohn	Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 9, Wedding March	Triplet rhythm pattern.	Debbie Wiseman
	3	Beyoncé	Freedom - Homecoming Live	Bold brass fanfare opening.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Lisa Knapp	Padstow May Song	Tribal/community drumming and group singing.	Sam Lee
	5	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk - 2015 Remaster	Pounding drums and enigmatic opening.	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	Three notes (A-C-D) from the hypnotic repeating bass riff in "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Benjamin Britten Andrew Davis	Britten: Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op. 33b	Ostinato bassline (repeated pattern) similar to "Mannish Boy"; both use the "passacaglia" form.	Gavin Higgins
	3	Marius Neset The Danish Radio Big Band Miho Hazama	Bicycle Town, Pt. 1	Bell chords in the brass section that descend, connecting to the orchestration and layering techniques in the Britten piece.	Emma Rawicz
	4	Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	Egyptian Reggae (Live)	Near-identical melodic pattern to "Bicycle Town".	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	Bad Reputation	Producer Kenny Laguna worked on both "Egyptian Reggae" and "Bad Reputation".	Anna Phoebe
4	1	Dawn Penn	No, No, No	Repeated guitar chords and the word "no" being repeated over and over again.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	James Newton Howard Jennifer Lawrence	The Hanging Tree	Endless repetition creating a trance-like quality; themes of social justice and people coming together to fight oppression.	Anna Lapwood
	3	The Rolling Stones	You Can't Always Get What You Want	Use of classical choir to create cinematic grandeur and epic quality.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Tabu Ley Rochereau	Ngonga Ebeti	Guitar and keyboard work, particularly the flowery guitar riffs reminiscent of West African music.	Andrew Roachford
	5	n/a	Happy Birthday to You	Opening vocal phrases that have the same melodic pattern.	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	Ramones	I Don't Want To Grow Up	Theme of aging and celebrating another year on earth.	Anna Phoebe
	2	The Irish Rovers	The Barleymow	Cumulative songs where verses build by adding new elements each time.	Anne Dudley
	3	Carl Orff Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin +1 more Eugen Jochum	Carmina Burana: XIV. In taberna quando sumus	Drinking songs - "The Barleymow" celebrates beer while "In taberna" means "when we are in the tavern".	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Shobha Gurtu	Humri Atariyape Aajare ( Dadra : Bhairavi )	Melodic motif in the Carl Orff piece matches Bhairavi raga in Indian classical music.	Jasdeep Singh Degun
	5	Björk	Venus as a Boy	Instrumentation using Indian strings and tabla; sensual romantic theme linking to Thumri tradition.	Anna Phoebe
6	1	Kay Kyser & His Orchestra	Woody Woodpecker Song	Subtle climbing melody introduced on celeste reminiscent of the "Woody Woodpecker" theme.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Anonymous Stefan Temmingh	The Division Flute: Faronell's Ground	Repetition as a musical feature, connecting the repeated "pecking" sounds to the repetitive nature of baroque variations.	Heidi Fardell
	3	Nicholas Britell	Succession (Main Title Theme)	Courtly grandeur and use of variations on a theme (both hallmarks of baroque music).	Anna Phoebe
	4	Nikolai Medtner Geoffrey Tozer	Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39: V. Sonata tragica	C minor key signature; similar falling bassline patterns.	Keelan Carew
	5	Incredible Bongo Band	Apache	Uneven staccato chord stabs that punctuate the Medtner sonata, connecting to the rhythmic emphasis in "Apache".	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 10

Ep. 4, Track 1

Does not appear to be on any streaming services.

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Kylie Minogue	Can't Get You out of My Head	-	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Stephen Sondheim Bernadette Peters	Losing My Mind	Theme of obsessive thoughts about someone you can't forget.	Isata Kanneh-Mason
	3	Alfred Deller Gustav Leonhardt	John Blow: The Self-Banished --	Themes of lost love; falsetto/male voice register.	Richard Stilgoe
	4	The Beach Boys	Good Vibrations - Remastered 2001	The ethereal nature of the countertenor voice; Brian Wilson's high vocals.	Anna Phoebe
	5	Nina Simone	Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	Andalusian cadence chord progression.	Jeffrey Boakye
2	1	Village People	Y.M.C.A.	String arrangements by Horace Ott, same arranger as "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".	Anna Phoebe
	2	Johannes Brahms Leonidas Kavakos Yuja Wang	Scherzo in C Minor for Violin and Piano (from the F-A-E Sonata)	Acronyms - Y.M.C.A. connects to F-A-E ("Frei aber einsam").	Amy Harman
	3	John C. Williams	Canarios	Hemiola rhythmic patterns present in both pieces.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Jules Massenet Alfredo Kraus Georges Prêtre	Werther: Act III, "Pourquoi me réveiller"	Geographic connection - Canary Islands (Canarios dance origins, Alfredo Kraus from Canary Islands).	Roderick Williams
	5	Ella Fitzgerald Bobby Orton's Teen-Aces	My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean	Major sixth interval featured prominently in both pieces.	Anna Phoebe
3	1	Musical Youth	Pass The Dutchie	Young musicians deliberately assembled for commercial purposes.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Domenico Scarlatti Yuja Wang	Keyboard Sonata in G Major, KK. 455	Repeated notes technique; youthful/playful sound.	Dinara Klinton
	3	Liza Minnelli	Maybe This Time	Famous parent-child pairing in same profession.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Andrew Lloyd Webber Phantom Of The Opera Original London Cast Michael Crawford +1 more Sarah Brightman	The Phantom Of The Opera	Theatricality and chromatic musical lifts.	Nicky Spence
	5	Daft Punk	Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger	Robotic synthesized production with pulsing rhythm.	Jeffrey Boakye
4	1	Ludwig van Beethoven Wendy Carlos Rachel Elkind	March – from A Clockwork Orange	Use of the vocoder.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Billy Joel	This Night	Features Beethoven (Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Sonata Pathétique").	Joe Stilgoe
	3	The Turbans	When You Dance	Doo-wop style/genre.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Yma Sumac Billy May Gozzo	Gopher Mambo - Remastered 2009	Mambo rhythm.	Gabriella Swallow
	5	Grace Jones	Slave To The Rhythm - Hot Blooded Version	Both artists as fashion icons and style muses, connected through Greg Gorman's sunglasses photography campaigns.	Anna Phoebe
5	1	Elton John	Bennie And The Jets - Remastered 2014	Artificial applause added in post-production, similar to Grace Jones' "Slave To The Rhythm".	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Sean Mason	SilkyM	Piano-driven stomping groove reminiscent of Elton John's style.	Julian Joseph
	3	Betty Davis	They Say I'm Different	North Carolina heritage connection to Sean Mason's Southern roots.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Sam Amidon	Walkin' Boss	Static musical backdrop allowing focus on storytelling, similar to Betty Davis' approach.	Emma Rawicz
	5	Esukolaal	Bapaalaay	Banjo's ancestral connection to West African akonting instrument.	Jeffrey Boakye
6	1	Johann Sebastian Bach Isabelle Faust Bernhard Forck +1 more Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin	Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace	Both the West African akonting and Baroque violins used gut strings.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Gryphon	A Futuristic Auntyquarian	Baroque musical elements and musicians showing off their skill.	Rick Wakeman
	3	White Town	Your Woman	Progressive rock recipe: combining old music with new sounds, cutting it up and adding heavy drums.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong	Summertime	Trumpet sample at the beginning and similar bass line intervals.	Fenella Humphreys
	5	Zdob si Zdub Fratii Advahov	Trenulețul (cu Frații Advahov) - Eurovision 2022	Norman Granz (producer of previous track) was born to Jewish immigrants from Tiraspol, Moldova - linking to Moldova musical heritage.	Anna Phoebe
7	1	Lys Assia	Refrain	Both Eurovision entries.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Stanley Holloway	The Honeysuckle and the Bee	Nostalgia and themes of pure love in gardens with scented flowers.	Errollyn Wallen
	3	Oasis	Champagne Supernova	Stanley Holloway's cinematic association with Ealing Studios (where Oasis' music video was filmed).	Anna Phoebe
	4	The Kinks	Sunny Afternoon	Warring brothers in bands; melodica instrument appearance.	Neil Brand
	5	Marvin Gaye Tammi Terrell	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Descending bass line in the opening.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 11

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Carole King	I Feel the Earth Move	-	Anna Phoebe
	2	Joe Henderson Alice Coltrane	Earth	Main melody of chorus slowed down resembles the melodic phrase.	Jess Gillam
	3	Tom Lehrer	The Elements	From concept album about four elements (earth, water, wind, fire) to scientific elements.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Billy Watson And His International Silver String Submarine Band	Shave and a Haircut	Both tracks feature the seven-note musical resolution phrase.	Richard Stilgoe
	5	Bob Dylan	Mr. Tambourine Man	Musicians who are both visual artists and harmonica players (Billy Watson and Bob Dylan).	Anna Phoebe
2	1	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner	Ballet Intermezzo, K. 299c (Compl. & Orch. Smith): VIII. Tambourin	Early tambourine use in classical music.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Mary Bergin Alec Finn Johnny McDonagh	Ríl Gan Ainm / Ah Surely / The Union Reel	Lively melody and folk ties to Mozart.	Sam Amidon
	3	Jimi Hendrix	Voodoo Child (Slight Return)	Left-handed virtuosos (Bergin and Hendrix).	Anna Phoebe
	4	George Frideric Handel	Eternal Source Of Light Divine (Ode For The Birthday Of Queen Anne), HWV 74	Shared London address (25 Brook Street, Mayfair).	Heidi Fardell
	5	Hugh Masekela	Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)	Songs for world leaders (Queen Anne and Mandela).	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Harry Belafonte	Jump in the Line	Biographical link: Hugh Masekela's friendship with Belafonte during exile.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Danny Elfman	Theme - From "The Simpsons"	Featured in Beetlejuice which uses Belafonte's "Jump in the Line".	Rhodri Marsden
	3	Majaz	Ala Wain	Arabic scales (Lydian dominant) tied to The Simpsons theme's harmonic structure.	Yazz Ahmed
	4	Kyu Sakamoto	Ue O Muite Aruko (Sukiyaki)	Sakamoto's song uses cheerful whistling to mask lyrics about political despair, mirroring Ala Wain's satire about musicians resisting societal stigma in the Persian Gulf/Arabian Peninsula.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	James Conway Eric Idle	Always Look On the Bright Side of Life (From "Life of Brian")	Whistling as resilience (extending Sukiyaki's theme).	Anna Phoebe
4	1	Adriano Celentano	Prisencolinensinainciusol	Use of playful nonsense language/vocals (Celentano's fake English vs. cockney affectation).	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	György Ligeti Reinbert de Leeuw Asko Ensemble +2 more Cappella Amsterdam Schönberg Ensemble	Ligeti: Clocks and Clouds	Experimental vocal treatments (Ligeti's choir vs. Celentano's gibberish).	Lucy Shaw
	3	Richard Strauss	Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Prelude. Sonnenaufgang	Kubrick's use of both Ligeti and Strauss in "2001: A Space Odyssey".	Anna Phoebe
	4	John Coltrane	A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement	Spiritual grandeur (Strauss's cosmic dawn vs. Coltrane's divine offering).	Ben Nobuto
	5	Candi Staton	You Got The Love	Direct spiritual appeals (Coltrane's jazz prayer vs. Staton's gospel house anthem).	Jeffrey Boakye
5*	1	Henry Gauntlet Choir of King's College, Cambridge Stephen Cleobury +2 more Guy Johnston David Goode	Once in Royal David's City	-	Anna Phoebe
	2	Moishe Oysher	Drei Dreidel	Both written for children; Hanukkah coincided with Christmas for the year of this episode's broadcast (2024).	Francesca Ter-Berg
	3	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Lior Rosner Scott Dunn	Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy	Eastern European traditions; E minor key; toys theme.	Amy Harman
	4	Mariah Carey	All I Want for Christmas Is You	Features a celeste.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Nat King Cole	The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)	Both written in summer heat waves; Christmas list imagery.	Roderick Williams
6	1	Prince	Cindy C.	Both "You Got The Love" and "Cindy C" had popular bootleg versions.	Anna Phoebe
	2	David Wise	Donkey Kong Country Theme	Prince's multimedia interests - he released a PC video game in 1994, the same year as "Donkey Kong Country".	Tess Tyler
	3	Ottorino Respighi Tamás Vásáry Bournemouth Sinfonietta	Trittico Botticelliano for Small Orchestra, P. 151: I. La primavera	Music inspired by images (Respighi composed after seeing Botticelli paintings).	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Mory Kanté	Yeke Yeke	Both Respighi and Kanté achieved worldwide fame with pieces written at age 37.	Seckou Keita
	5	Gipsy Kings	No Volvere	Producer Nick Patrick produced both "Yeke Yeke" and the Gipsy Kings album "Este Mundo".	Anna Phoebe
7	1	Isata Kanneh-Mason Jeneba Kanneh-Mason Braimah Kanneh-Mason +4 more Konya Kanneh-Mason Aminata Kanneh-Mason Sheku Kanneh-Mason Mariatu Kanneh-Mason	Redemption Song (Arr. Kanneh-Mason)	Family musical dynasty with multiple members; genre fusion; strings and instruments in conversation.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Ishmael Ensemble	Cold Light	Themes of redemption and artist struggle with pain.	Georgie Ward
	3	Peter Gabriel	The Feeling Begins	Recorded at the same studio as Cold Light (Real World Studios), founded by Peter Gabriel.	Anna Phoebe
	4	The Zawose Queens	Mapendo	Hugo Zawose worked with Peter Gabriel; intergenerational musical family (daughter and grandchild).	Abel Selaocoe
	5	Frank Sinatra Nancy Sinatra	Somethin' Stupid	Two-part harmony; intergenerational family duet (father and daughter).	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 12

Ep. 5, Track 5

Jeffrey picked the original Copland "Hoe-Down" in the first ever episode.

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Ezra Collective Yazmin Lacey	God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (feat. Yazmin Lacey)	-	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Frédéric Chopin Mikhail Pletnev	Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.	Opening piano riff similarity.	Aoife Ní Bhriain
	3	Barry Manilow	Could It Be Magic	Uses Chopin's Prelude Op. 28, No. 20 as its foundation.	Anna Phoebe
	4	John McLaughlin Shankar Mahadevan Zakir Hussain	Kabir	Both artists took existing material and transformed it into something new.	Julian Joseph
	5	Philip Glass Marielle Labèque Katia Labèque +2 more Gustavo Dudamel Los Angeles Philharmonic	Double Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra: Movement I	John McLaughlin's personal relationship with Katia Labèque (one of the Labèque sisters who perform this piece).	Jeffrey Boakye
2	1	Kid Ory	The Bucket's Got a Hole in It	Architecture - the previous track was premiered at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, designed by Frank Gehry, who is a jazz fan and spent time with Kid Ory in Hollywood jazz bars.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Ronald Goodwin Central Band Of The Royal Air Force	Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines	Trombone slide technique - connecting Kid Ory's trombone glissandos to the musical representation of planes going up and down in the film score.	Neil Brand
	3	Joni Mitchell	Conversation	Word painting and wide intervals - both tracks use musical techniques where the melody reflects the lyrical content (going up/down musically matching the words).	Emma Rawicz
	4	Les Paul Mary Ford	How High The Moon	Multi-tracking recording techniques - both tracks use innovative layering of vocals and instruments.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine	Gibson Les Paul guitar - connecting Les Paul the inventor/musician to the famous guitar that bears his name, which Slash used on this track.	Anna Phoebe
3	1	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	Departure from band or artist's image; both songs feature "placeholder" lyrics or ad libs that were kept in the final version.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Lena Chamamyan	Ala Mowj El-Bahr	Themes of the sea and leisurely pacing.	Maya Youssef
	3	Felix Mendelssohn MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus GewandhausKinderchor +2 more Gewandhausorchester Kurt Masur	Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14 / Part 1: No. 15 Chor: "Mache dich auf! Werde Licht!"	Damascus link: Shamamyan’s birthplace; Mendelssohn’s oratorio depicts St. Paul’s "Damascene conversion".	Ben Gernon
	4	Taylor Swift	Blank Space (Taylor's Version)	Mendelssohn had (and Taylor Swift has) scoliosis.	Anna Phoebe
	5	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Similar chord progression (I-vi-IV-V vs. I-vi-ii-V).	Jeffrey Boakye
4	1	Amy Winehouse	Love Is A Losing Game	Shares the lyric "love is a losing game" with Frankie Lyman's song.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Claude Debussy Pascal Rogé	Pour le piano, CD 95: II. Sarabande	The use of rich seventh chords, similar to those in Amy Winehouse's song.	Anne Dudley
	3	Pinduca	Lambada	The sarabande's origins as a banned dance led to another controversial dance, the lambada.	Geoffrey Boakye
	4	John Kirkpatrick	The Bristol Sailorman / Will the Waggoner	The two-chord structure of the lambada mirrors the limited chord options on the one-row melodeon.	Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
	5	Mitsune	Kaigara Bushi	A rhythmic work song for fishermen, modernised with folk fusion instrumentation.	Anna Phoebe
5	1	Winifred Atwell	Tickle the Ivories	Instruments made from ivory (shamisen tuning pegs to piano keys).	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 14a, Pas de deux. Andante maestoso	Descending major scale (F major in Atwell's piece to G major in Tchaikovsky).	Keelan Carew
	3	Eminem Dido	Stan	Letter writing (Tchaikovsky's correspondence with Nadezhda von Meck to Stan's fan letters).	Anna Phoebe
	4	Clean Bandit Jess Glynne	Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)	Key signature (both in G-sharp minor).	Carol Jarvis
	5	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Hoedown	Classical-electronic crossover genre.	Jeffrey Boakye
6	1	The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra	Eightsome Reel	Folk dancing traditions, evolving from the hoedown's roots in social gatherings and plantation culture.	Anna Phoebe
	2	William Walton The English Opera Group Ensemble Dame Edith Sitwell +2 more Anthony Collins Sir Peter Pears	Facade: Scotch Rhapsody	Shifting from communal folk music to an avant-garde, upper-class spoken-word performance.	Richard Stilgoe
	3	Sheryl Crow	All I Wanna Do	Poetry being used as inspiration for a song.	Geoffrey Boakye
	4	The Rolling Stones	Gimme Shelter	Percussion focus, particularly the guiro used in both tracks.	Natalie Duncan
	5	Gustav Holst London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult	Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War	War themes.	Anna Phoebe
7	1	John Williams	The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)	Holst's "Mars, Bringer of War" influence on film music; dramatic military might.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Leonard Bernstein David Zinman Philharmonia	Maria from West Side Story Suite - Instrumental	Leitmotif - musical themes representing characters.	Linton Stephens
	3	Roy Brown	Boricua en la Luna	Identity and immigration themes; Puerto Rican diaspora experience.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Erykah Badu	Orange Moon	Songs about the moon; spiritual reflection.	Tawiah
	5	Paul Simon	Mother and Child Reunion	Mother's love interpretation; parent-child relationships.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 13

Ep. 6, Track 4

Grieg's piano concerto was also selected as track #2 in series 8, episode 6 (1st movement).

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Lady Gaga	Abracadabra	-	Anna Phoebe
	2	Paul Dukas Charles Münch Boston Symphony Orchestra	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Magical mystery theme; same key as "Abracadabra".	Errollyn Wallen
	3	Andrew Gold	Never Let Her Slip Away - Rerecorded	Similar triplet rhythm pattern.	Neil Brand
	4	Carly Simon	You're So Vain - Live	Alleged uncredited backing vocals by Freddie Mercury.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Paquita La Del Barrio	Rata De Dos Patas	Songs about insults and revenge.	Anna Phoebe
2	1	Neil Diamond André Rieu Johann Strauss Orchestra +1 more Phil Bee	Sweet Caroline - Live	Crowd participation and sing-along tradition.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Ben Salisbury Geoff Barrow	The Alien	Iconic, short melodic motifs that become instantly recognisable.	Gavin Higgins
	3	Deep Purple Martin Pullan	Smoke On The Water - Live In Osaka, Japan / 15th August 1972 / Original 1972 Mix	Four to five-note memorable phrases/riffs, focusing on the power of simple, iconic musical motifs in rock music.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Igor Stravinsky Jayne West Jon Garrison +7 more Arthur Woodley John Cheek Shirley Love Wendy White Melvin Lowery Jeffrey Johnson Gregg Smith Singers	The Rake's Progress: Act III Scene 3: Duet: In a foolish dream… (Tom, Anne)	Geographic link to Montreux (Stravinsky performed at the classical festival there before it became known for jazz).	Claire Booth
	5	Blondie	Rapture	Music inspired by visual art in urban settings (Stravinsky's opera was based on Hogarth's London paintings, while this track captures 1970s/80s New York street art and graffiti culture).	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Baloji	Spoiler	French language hip-hop connection; Debbie Harry's French line in "Rapture" referencing DJ François Kevorkian.	Anna Phoebe
	2	César Franck Wandsworth School Boys Choir National Philharmonic Orchestra +1 more Kurt Herbert Adler	Franck: Panis angelicus, CFF 209 (Re-Orch. Gamley)	Belgian connection; both Baloji and César Franck are from Belgium (Baloji moved there as a child, Franck born in Liège).	Nicky Spence
	3	Elton John	Honky Cat	Hands connection; contrasting César Franck's notably large hands with Elton John's famously small "cocktail sausage" fingers.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Antonio Vivaldi Lucie Horsch Amsterdam Vivaldi Players	Flautino Concerto In C, RV 443 - Arr. in G Major for Recorder: 2. Largo	Student support connection; Elton John's Global Exchange Program for young artists parallels Vivaldi's teaching role at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice.	Heidi Fardell
	5	Joni Mitchell	The Magdalene Laundries	Institutional care for abandoned girls; both the Ospedale della Pietà and Ireland's Magdalene Laundries housed unwanted or "fallen" women and girls.	Anna Phoebe
4	1	David Bowie	Modern Love - 2002 Remaster	Both artists released influential 15th studio albums that redefined their careers.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Ludwig van Beethoven Daniel Barenboim	Piano Sonata No. 32 In C Minor, Op. 111: 2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)	Boogie-woogie piano style; argued that Beethoven's syncopated bass line and blues harmonics in the Arietta prefigure the genre.	Amy Harman
	3	Thelonious Monk	Epistrophy - Live	Both composers were revolutionary bridge figures who modernised musical forms through unconventional harmonic approaches and syncopated rhythmic figures.	Ashley Henry
	4	Charli xcx The Japanese House	Apple featuring the japanese house	Musical manifestos; Thelonious Monk famously wrote handwritten manifesto advice for band members, while Charli XCX launched her album with a social media manifesto.	Anna Phoebe
	5	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Both songs use fruit-related idioms ("the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" vs "heard it through the grapevine") to convey how information spreads through families and communities.	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	Julius Fučík Phil Kelsall	Entrance of the Gladiators	Wurlitzer organ sounds.	Anna Phoebe
	2	John Williams Harald Feller	Star Wars Suite (arr. H. Feller): V. Throne Room - End Title	Theatre organs in early film music.	Anna Lapwood
	3	A.R. Rahman The Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger	Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)	Oscar-winning end credits songs.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Israel Kamakawiwo'ole	Over the Rainbow	Both Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls lead singer) and Israel Kamakawiwo'ole were born in Honolulu, Hawaii.	Andrew Roachford
	5	Cesária Evora	Petit Pays	Island nation cultural ambassadors.	Anna Lapwood
6	1	Sandie Shaw	Puppet On A String	Musicians known for performing barefoot.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Johann Strauss II Christian Thielemann	An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer, Op. 314	Eurovision 1967 held in Vienna at Hofburg Palace, where Strauss was court music director.	Ben Gernon
	3	Elena Roizen	Hai, Dunărea mea	The River Danube flowing through Romania.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Edvard Grieg Radu Lupu	Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato	Folk music inspiring classical composers.	Debbie Wiseman
	5	Motörhead	Overkill	Songs with dramatic false endings that restart unexpectedly.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 14

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up	-	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Georges Bizet	Au fond du temple saint	Songs about fidelity and swearing devotion; baritone vocals.	Roderick Williams
	3	M.I.A.	Paper Planes	Sri Lankan connection: the opera is set in Ceylon (which became Sri Lanka), and MIA is Sri Lankan Tamil.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Fiona Apple	Paper Bag	"Paper" in the title; themes of feminine rage and lack of apology.	Victoria Canal
	5	The Cure	The Lovecats	Brush drums.	Jeffrey Boakye
2	1	Bruce Springsteen	Born In the U.S.A. - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - June/July 2000	Epic live shows; The Cure are known for multi-hour performances, and Robert Smith attempted to break Springsteen's record of 4 hours and 6 minutes.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Dmitri Shostakovich Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Vasily Petrenko	Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93: II. Allegro	E minor key signature.	Alison Balsom
	3	Andrew Lloyd Webber Murray Head Tim Rice	Superstar	Shostakovich saw Jesus Christ Superstar twice on consecutive nights during his 1975 London visit; he told Julian Lloyd Webber he might have written similarly "but for Stalin."	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Felix Mendelssohn Augustin Hadelich Miguel Harth-Bedoya +1 more The Norwegian Radio Orchestra	Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante	Scottish inspiration; Mendelssohn's travels in Scotland and Scottish folk tradition.	Linton Stephens
	5	Julie Fowlis	Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir	Steel-stringed instruments; bouzouki connects back to Springsteen's 12-string guitar.	Anna Phoebe
3	1	Plan B	ill Manors	Landscape inspiration; shift from rural Outer Hebrides to urban London.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Modest Mussorgsky	Boris Godunov: Opera in Four Acts With a Prologue: Prologue, Scene 2, Introduction	"Boris"; Plan B references Boris Johnson, leading to Boris Godunov opera.	Keelan Carew
	3	Olly Alexander (Years & Years)	King	Coronation and kingship; featured on King Charles III's official Coronation playlist (2023).	Anna Phoebe
	4	Edvard Grieg	Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Act II, 7, In the Hall of the Mountain King	Melodic similarity; the hook/riff resembles "In the Hall of the Mountain King" when slowed down.	Jess Gillam
	5	Emeli Sandé	Heaven	Composed/produced in a shed; Grieg wrote in his shed, Naughty Boy produced in his parents' garden shed.	Jeffrey Boakye
4	1	Adele	Chasing Pavements	Stage names; the artist's real name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, and the track continues a theme of artists who changed their names.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Duke Ellington	Mood Indigo	The word "Blue" in Adele's full name links to jazz "blue notes" and the opening lyric of "Mood Indigo" ("You ain't been blue, no, no, no")	Callum Au
	3	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem, K. 626 (Ed. Beyer/Levin): IIIb. Tuba mirum - Live	Prominent trombone solos.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Roberta Flack Donny Hathaway	Back Together Again (feat. Donny Hathaway)	Posthumous completion; Mozart's "Requiem" was finished after his death; "Back Together Again" was completed by Roberta Flack after Donny Hathaway's death.	Natalie Duncan
	5	Fugees Ms. Lauryn Hill	Killing Me Softly With His Song	Cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly", reimagined as a hip-hop track.	Anna Phoebe
5	1	The Kingsmen	Louie Louie	Written on whatever surface was available: "Killing Me Softly" on a napkin, "Louie Louie" on a scrap of toilet paper.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Gloria Gaynor	I Will Survive	Both originally appeared as B-sides ("Louie Louie" as B-side to "Haunted Castle", "I Will Survive" as B-side to "Substitute").	Roddy Marsden
	3	Johann Sebastian Bach	Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)	Based on the circle of fifths chord progression.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Ivor Novello Mary Ellis	My Dearest Dear	Both composers spent time in jail (Bach for resigning from his position as Konzertmeister, Novello for misuse of petrol coupons).	Catherine Finch
	5	BERWYN	WHO AM I	Won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Album, named after Ivor Novello.	Jeffrey Boakye
6	1	Calypso Rose	Calypso Queen	Builds from Berwyn's Trinidadian origins to another Trinidadian artist, Calypso Rose, exploring themes of identity and resilience from the Caribbean diaspora.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Unit 4 + 2	Concrete and Clay	Uses the same bayou rhythm (clave rhythm) as Calypso Rose's music, which was popularized in 1970s Western pop.	Anne Dudley
	3	Ludwig van Beethoven	Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace	The music video for "Concrete and Clay" was filmed at the construction site of the Barbican Centre; Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 was performed at the Barbican's opening concert in 1982.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Blue Rondo à la Turk	Rondo form (musical form with a recurring main theme), with Brubeck's piece being a jazz interpretation of the classical rondo structure.	Joe Stilgoe
	5	PSY	Gangnam Style (강남스타일)	Dave Brubeck was a U.S. cultural ambassador in the 1950s; Psy became a 21st-century cultural ambassador for South Korea, with both using music as soft power.	Anna Phoebe

Series 15

Ep. 3

Unusually, the same musical group (the Kronos Quartet) appears in two consecutive tracks.

Ep. 4, Track 3

Debussy picked for two consecutive episodes.

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Flight of the Bumblebee	-	Anna Phoebe
	2	Focus	Hocus Pocus	Speed, and virtuosic/fast-paced playing.	Neil Brand
	3	Massive Attack Elizabeth Fraser	Teardrop	Bands using self-sufficient, off-grid power sources on tour.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	George Frideric Handel	Messiah: Part 1, Glory to God in the highest (Chorus)	Themes of birth and celebration, inspired by the "Teardrop" video featuring a fetus.	Imogen Whitehead
	5	Melanie	Animal Crackers	Audience performance traditions (standing for Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus; lighting candles/lighters, which started at Melanie's Woodstock performance).	Anna Phoebe
2	1	Gorillaz	Feel Good Inc.	Laughter used as an instrumental or lyrical element.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Danny Elfman	The Batman Theme	Bass line from "Feel Good Inc" played down a third matches the opening riff of the Batman theme.	Amy Harman
	3	Queen	Another One Bites the Dust - Live At Wembley Stadium / July 1986	Filming location (Wayne Manor) was Knebworth House, which also hosted the Queen concert.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Dizzy Gillespie	One Bass Hit, Pt. 2	Bass player wrote the track.	Peter Long
	5	Leonor Dely	Posee Un Corazon	Dizzy Gillespie was a follower of the Baháʼí faith; this track is by a Baháʼí musician inspired by its teachings.	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	The Corrs	Runaway	Family bands; The Corrs are a multi-instrumentalist Irish family band, similar to Leonor Dely's family group.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Claude Debussy	Trois chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: No. 1, La flûte de Pan	Modal harmony; focuses on the Lydian mode, specifically the raised fourth degree heard at the end of "Runaway".	Claire Wickes
	3	Florence + The Machine	Cassandra	Greek myths in music; inspired by the fabricated ancient Greek poetry story behind the Debussy piece, linking to the myth of Cassandra.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Clint Mansell Kronos Quartet	Stay with Me (feat. Kronos Quartet)	Music about predicting the future; connects the Cassandra myth to film scores dealing with precognition.	Vince Pope
	5	Kronos Quartet	Ya Taali'een el-Jabal (Arr. Jonathan Berger)	The Kronos Quartet; continues from their appearance on the Clint Mansell track, highlighting their genre-bending versatility and recent collaboration.	Anna Phoebe
4	1	Natalie Cole Nat King Cole	Unforgettable	Uses the recorded voice of a deceased person (Nat King Cole) to create a new duet with his daughter, Natalie Cole, paralleling the posthumous vocal use in the previous episode's track.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Gary Burton Chick Corea	Senor Mouse	The prominent use of the vibraphone.	Emma Rawicz
	3	Claude Debussy	Préludes / Book 1, L.117: 10. La cathédrale engloutie - Live	Explores parallel fourths and fifths (chordal harmonies) heard in "Señor Mouse", a technique popularised in classical music by Debussy.	Keelan Carew
	4	Barry Gray Mike Sammes Singers	Stingray Main Titles	Underwater theme, inspired by the submerged cathedral imagery in Debussy's piece. Links to the 1960s puppet TV series "Stingray" set in an undersea world.	Anna Phoebe
	5	Julie Andrews Charmian Carr Heather Menzies +5 more Nicholas Hammond Duane Chase Angela Cartwright Debbie Turner Kym Karath	The Lonely Goatherd	Continues the puppet theme from "Stingray"; the song is performed with puppets in the film "The Sound of Music".	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	The HU	Wolf Totem	Vocal techniques; yodeling in "The Lonely Goatherd" and Mongolian throat singing in "Wolf Totem".	Anna Phoebe
	2	Maurice Ravel	Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3: X. Lever du jour "Daybreak"	Nature-inspired soundscapes and layered, evolving orchestration evoking a sunrise.	Ben Gernon
	3	Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein	Stranger Things	Repetitive, looping arpeggiated patterns in the flutes (Ravel) compared to the synthesised arpeggiator in the theme.	Katy Richardson
	4	Lily Allen	Madeline	Actor David Harbour, who stars in "Stranger Things", is married to Lily Allen and features in her album.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	SIX	Ex-Wives	Musical set in London's West End, linking to Lily Allen's album title "West End Girl"; theme of public breakups.	Anna Phoebe
6*	1	Ella Fitzgerald	Sleigh Ride	-	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Johann Sebastian Bach	Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 2: No. 10, Sinfonia	Space theme; both Ella Fitzgerald and Bach have had music used as astronaut wake-up calls.	Heidi Fardell
	3	Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych Peter J. Wilhousky The Sixteen	Carol of the Bells	Bach's reuse of secular music for the oratorio; this piece also began as a non-Christmas folk tune.	Joe Stilgoe
	4	Elton John	Step Into Christmas	Bells; moving from vocal imitation of bells to prominent use of sleigh bells and tubular bells.	Anna Phoebe
	5	José Feliciano	Feliz Navidad	Celebrating winter celebrations worldwide; shifting from a Christmas pop song to a bilingual Christmas classic from Puerto Rico.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 16

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	John Paul Young	Love Is in the Air	-	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Rick Wakeman Roger Daltrey	Love's Dream - From "Lisztomania" Soundtrack	Theme of love (track title translates to "love's dream"); Liszt as a romantic figure akin to a rock star.	Rick Wakeman
	3	Mark Mothersbaugh	Thor: Ragnarok	Rick Wakeman's role as Thor in the film "Lisztomania" leads to the Marvel superhero Thor and its theme music.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207: I. Allegro moderato (Cadenza by Cohen)	Composer Mark Mothersbaugh's openness about having ADHD connects to speculation that Mozart was neurodivergent; both composers display humor and quirkiness in their music.	Aoife Ní Bhriain
	5	Taylor Swift	The Outside	Mozart composed music from age five; Taylor Swift wrote "The Outside" at age twelve, highlighting prodigious young talent.	Jeffrey Boakye
2	1	Chet Atkins Dolly Parton	Do I Ever Cross Your Mind	Geographical link to Nashville, where Taylor Swift moved to pursue her music career; both artists associated with the Grand Ole Opry and country music scene.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Giacomo Puccini	Tosca, Act I: Tre sbirri, una carrozza, presto – Te Deum	Dolly Parton's Welsh ancestry (Conwy) connects to Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, who sang the role of Scarpia in Puccini's "Tosca".	Errollyn Wallen
	3	Lorde	Sober	The plot of "Tosca" spans roughly 18 hours from afternoon to dawn; Lorde's album "Melodrama" tracks a single house party from evening into the following morning.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Andrew Lloyd Webber Elaine Paige	Memory - From "Cats"	The word "midnight" in Lorde's "Sober" ("midnight, lose my mind") links to "Memory" from the musical "Cats", which begins with the line "Midnight, not a sound from the pavement".	Richard Stilgoe
	5	Thin Lizzy	Still In Love With You	The first commercial release of "Memory" was an instrumental by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, who was a member of Thin Lizzy; both tracks share Irish rock and blues influences.	Anna Phoebe
3	1	Shakira Wyclef Jean	Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)	Both musicians have been honored with large bronze statues: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) in Dublin, and Shakira in her hometown of Barranquilla, Colombia.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Freshlyground	Zithande	Shakira performed "Hips Don't Lie" at the 2006 World Cup closing ceremony; she later co-wrote and performed the official 2010 World Cup song "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" with South African band Freshlyground.	Debbie Wiseman
	3	Pink Floyd	Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2	Use of a children's choir in "Zithande" to amplify emotional weight; similar use of a children's choir in Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" as a protest against educational oppression.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Dmitri Shostakovich	String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto	Protagonist and protest theme in Pink Floyd's song leads to Shostakovich as a reluctant hero using his musical signature (DSCH cryptogram) to protest under the Soviet regime without lyrics.	Jay Capperauld
	5	Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	Shostakovich's quartet was partly inspired by the Allied bombing of Dresden; Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" laments environmental destruction, specifically the loss of natural beauty to urban development in Hawaii.	Jeffrey Boakye
4	1	Philip Glass Yuja Wang	Études: No. 6	Both linked to taxis: Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" leads to Philip Glass, who worked as a taxi driver in New York while building his music career.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Radiohead	Pyramid Song	Metric displacement in Glass's Etude No. 6 is also a key feature in Radiohead's "Pyramid Song," where the rhythm disorients the listener.	Carol Jarvis
	3	Ann Rabson	Hassle Attack	Radiohead's Thom Yorke started playing piano in his early 30s; blues artist Ann Rabson also began playing piano in her mid-30s after establishing herself as a guitarist.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Sona Jobarteh Ballaké Sissoko	Ballaké Sissoko	Blues has roots in African music and the pentatonic scale; Sona Jobarteh is a virtuoso of the kora (West African harp) and the first prominent female kora player in a male-dominated tradition.	Andrew Roachford
	5	Willie Nelson	On the Road Again - Live	Sona Jobarteh's musical lineage comes through her grandfather (Amadu Bansang Jobarteh); Willie Nelson was raised by his paternal grandparents, who fostered his musical education and gave him his first guitar at age six.	Anna Phoebe
5	1	Marvin Gaye	Sexual Healing	Both Marvin Gaye and Willie Nelson recorded albums to pay off substantial debts to the IRS (Gaye's "Midnight Love" and Nelson's "The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?").	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Coldplay	Clocks	The habanera rhythm (1-2-3-1-2) in Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" is the same rhythmic pattern that drives the piano riff in Coldplay's "Clocks".	Amy Harman
	3	Joseph Haydn	Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101 "The Clock": II. Andante	Coldplay's "Clocks" uses a repeating piano motif to express the idea of time; Haydn's Symphony No. 101, second movement, is nicknamed "The Clock" and depicts ticking through rhythm and orchestration.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Sergei Prokofiev	Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: III. Precipitato	Repetition as a musical device: Haydn's gentle ticking clock contrasts with Prokofiev's relentless, menacing repeated figures in the third movement of Piano Sonata No. 7 ("Precipitato"), written during WWII.	Nicholas McCarthy
	5	Wu-Tang Clan RZA Method Man +3 more Ghostface Killah Raekwon U-God	Gravel Pit (feat. RZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & U-God)	Prokofiev was a master-level chess player who defeated a world champion; RZA (of Wu-Tang Clan) is a devoted chess player, director of the Hip-Hop Chess Federation, and incorporates chess references into his music and production strategy.	Jeffrey Boakye
6	1	AC/DC	Thunderstruck	Abbreviations: RZA (of Wu-Tang Clan) stands for "Ruler, Zig-Zag-Zig, Allah"; AC/DC stands for "Alternating Current/Direct Current", taken from a sewing machine.	Anna Phoebe
	2	James Brown	I Got You - 1964 Smash Version	Signature stage moves: Angus Young of AC/DC performs a one-legged hopping move while playing guitar, inspired by Chuck Berry and James Brown, whose signature moves included leaping into the splits and using the microphone stand as an accessory.	Anne Dudley
	3	Claude Debussy	Images I, CD 105: II. Hommage à Rameau	The dominant ninth chord appears in James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and also features prominently in Debussy's "Hommage à Rameau", creating harmonic ambiguity and a floating quality.	Jeffrey Boakye
	4	Ella Fitzgerald	My Reverie	Debussy's harmonic language inspired jazz musicians; Larry Clinton based his song "My Reverie" on Debussy's "Rêverie", keeping the melody virtually identical, and Ella Fitzgerald recorded a famous version.	Guy Barker
	5	Run–D.M.C.	Peter Piper	Nursery rhymes: Ella Fitzgerald's first breakout hit in 1938 was "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", based on a children's nursery rhyme; Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper" samples and references at least eight nursery rhymes and children's stories.	Anna Phoebe
7	1	Janis Joplin	Mercedes Benz	Commercial relationships with brands: Run-D.M.C. signed a $1.6 million endorsement deal with Adidas; Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" critiques consumerism but was later used in a Mercedes ad.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Giovanni Battista Pergolesi	Pergolesi: Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa	Untimely death at a young age: Janis Joplin died at 27; Pergolesi died at 26 while writing his "Stabat Mater", which became his most famous piece.	Matilda Lloyd
	3	Sophia Loren Orchestra Armando Trovajoli	Mambo Bacan	Geographical location: Pergolesi died in Pozzuoli, Italy; Sophia Loren grew up there as a child, and "Mambo Bacan" is from her early career.	Anna Phoebe
	4	Henry Mancini Plas Johnson	The Pink Panther Theme - From "The Pink Panther"	Sophia Loren had a relationship with Peter Sellers; Sellers starred as Inspector Clouseau in "The Pink Panther", for which Henry Mancini composed the iconic theme.	Neil Brand
	5	Destiny's Child	Say My Name	Grammy Awards: Henry Mancini had 72 nominations and 20 wins; Beyoncé (of Destiny's Child) holds the record for most Grammy wins (35) and most nominations (99), and "Say My Name" won two Grammys in 2001.	Jeffrey Boakye

Series 17

Ep. 4, Track 3

Second time a heartbeat-related connection has been made (Mahler's arrhythmic heartbeat was used as a connection in series 8, episode 4).

Ep.	Track	Artist(s)	Name	Connection to Previous Track	Chosen By
1	1	The Lovin' Spoonful	Summer in the City	-	Anna Phoebe
	2	George Gershwin Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Louis Langrée	An American in Paris (Ed. M. Clauge) - Live	Both feature city soundscapes with car horns (real taxi horns in Gershwin, recorded car horns and pneumatic drill in The Lovin' Spoonful).	Ben Gernon
	3	Jean-Baptiste Lully	Overture: Gay - Lentement	Cultural hub of Paris as a setting; an Italian in Paris (Lully) following an American in Paris (Gershwin).	Heidi Fardell
	4	Patti Smith	Ain't It Strange	Musicians injured on stage: Lully stabbed his foot with a conducting staff; Patti Smith fell off stage, breaking vertebrae and skull.	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Johann Sebastian Bach Joshua Bell Academy of St. Martin in the Fields	Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. J. Milone for Violin & Orchestra)	Busking: Patti Smith busked in Paris (1969) and Manhattan (2020); Joshua Bell (performing Bach's Chaconne) busked in a Washington D.C. subway station.	Anna Phoebe
2	1	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Both Bach and Ray Charles were orphaned as children (Bach at 10, Ray Charles at 15).	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe" (Rev. and Reconstr. A. Schmitt & E. Gardiner): 1. Kyrie	Genius and biopics: Ray Charles (film "Ray") and Mozart (film "Amadeus").	Keelan Carew
	3	Nick Drake	From The Morning	Both Mozart and Nick Drake created profoundly meaningful work at age 26.	Fiona Bevan
	4	Eva Cassidy	Fields Of Gold (Songbird)	Posthumous success: Nick Drake sold few copies in his lifetime but became hugely streamed; Eva Cassidy only found global fame after her death.	Anna Phoebe
	5	Ike & Tina Turner	Proud Mary	Covers that outshine or rival the original: Eva Cassidy's "Fields of Gold" (Sting cover) and Ike & Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" (Credence Clearwater Revival cover).	Jeffrey Boakye
3	1	Giuseppe Verdi	Quartett (From "Rigoletto")	Steamboats: the "Proud Mary" was a real steam-powered boat, and a steamboat features prominently in the film "Fitzcarraldo", which uses Verdi's music.	Nicky Spence
	2	Chabuca Granda	La Flor De La Canela	Peru and its rivers: the Amazon river system in "Fitzcarraldo" and the Rímac river in Lima, celebrated in Chabuca Granda's song "La Flor de la Canela".	Anna Phoebe
	3	Frédéric Chopin	Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute" - Remastered	The waltz: Chabuca Granda's "Vals Criollo" (Peruvian waltz) adapts European waltzes, exemplified by Chopin's "Minute Waltz".	Lucy Parham
	4	Arthur Wood Sidney Torch	Wood, Arthur: My Native Heath, Suite: IV. Barwick Green	Classic BBC Radio 4 theme tunes: Chopin's "Minute Waltz" is the theme for "Just a Minute"; Arthur Wood's "Barwick Green" is the theme for "The Archers".	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Céline Dion	The Reason	Producers: "Barwick Green" was produced (as a recording) by Sir George Martin, who also produced Celine Dion's "The Reason".	Anna Phoebe
4	1	Jimmy Cliff	Miss Jamaica - Remastered	Celine Dion is beloved in Jamaica (honorary Jamaican) and Jimmy Cliff's "Miss Jamaica" is an ode to the country.	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	David Essex	Rock On	Bass guitar: the bass is barely audible in Jimmy Cliff's 1962 recording due to recording quality, so Guy chose "Rock On" which is built entirely around prominent bass guitar.	Guy Pratt
	3	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Finale. Adagio lamentoso – Andante	Heartbeat rhythm: the hypnotic heartbeat opening of "Rock On" connects to the heartbeat motif at the end of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony finale.	Amy Harman
	4	Meara O'Reilly	I. —	Hocketing technique: Tchaikovsky uses hocketing (alternating notes between first and second violins) in the Pathétique opening; Meara O'Reilly's "Hockets for Two Voices" is built entirely on this device.	Anna Phoebe
	5	Philip Glass	Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 5	The Kitchen (New York avant-garde arts centre): Meara O'Reilly performed "Hockets for Two Voices" there in 2016; Philip Glass developed and performed "Einstein on the Beach" (including "Knee Play 5") there in the 1970s.	Jeffrey Boakye
5	1	Manfred Mann	5-4-3-2-1	Counting in songs: Philip Glass's "Knee Play 5" features counting (originally placeholders for lyrics); Manfred Mann's "5-4-3-2-1" counts down.	Anna Phoebe
	2	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: IIf. Dance of the Reed-Pipes	Chocolate bar adverts: Manfred Mann's "5-4-3-2-1" was used in an advert for a chocolate bar of the same name; Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Mirlitons" was used in Cadbury's Fruit and Nut adverts.	Claire Wickes
	3	Langston Hughes	The Weary Blues	Literature adapted into music: Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" is based on Hoffmann's story; Langston Hughes's "The Weary Blues" is a sonic adaptation of his own poem, with music by Charles Mingus.	Ashley Henry
	4	Maria Teresa Vera	Boda negra	Cultural movements celebrating Black heritage: the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes) and the Cuban Negrismo movement (María Teresa Vera's "Boda Negra").	Jeffrey Boakye
	5	Pet Shop Boys	West End Girls	Long-standing musical partnerships: María Teresa Vera's duo with Lorenzo Hierrezuelo lasted 27 years; Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe) have worked together continuously since 1981.	Anna Phoebe
6	1	Prince	When Doves Cry	Yamaha DX7 synthesizer: central to the sound of "West End Girls" and also featured prominently on Prince's "When Doves Cry".	Jeffrey Boakye
	2	Ella Fitzgerald	Slap That Bass	The bass: Prince famously removed the bass line from "When Doves Cry"; Ella Fitzgerald's "Slap That Bass" celebrates the instrument.	Tom Seals
	3	Maurice Ravel	La valse, M.72	Gershwin and Ravel: Gershwin wanted to study with Ravel, who refused, saying "why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?"; the track moves from Gershwin ("Slap That Bass") to Ravel ("La Valse").	Anna Phoebe
	4	The Boomtown Rats	Like Clockwork	Ravel's fascination with mechanical clocks and timepieces links to The Boomtown Rats' "Like Clockwork", with its rhythmic, clock-like pulse.	Debbie Wiseman
	5	Panjabi MC	Mundian to Bach Ke	Songs that launched radio stations: "Like Clockwork" was the first track played on RTÉ Radio 2 in 1979; "Mundian To Bach Ke" was the first track played on the BBC Asian Network's digital relaunch in 2002.	Jeffrey Boakye

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Overview (all series)

Top 25 artists - table

Top 25 artists - charts

Top 10 presenters by tracks picked

Series 1

Ep. 6, Track 2

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 6

Ep. 5, Track 3

Ep. 9, Track 4

Series 7

Ep. 9, Track 4

Series 8

Ep. 1, Track 1

Ep. 3

Ep. 4

Ep. 8

Series 9

Ep. 4, Track 5

Series 10

Ep. 4, Track 1

Series 11

Series 12

Ep. 5, Track 5

Series 13

Ep. 6, Track 4

Series 14

Series 15

Ep. 3

Ep. 4, Track 3

Series 16

Series 17

Ep. 4, Track 3