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Reasons To Be Cheerful People's Playlist

Taking inspiration from David Byrne's Reasons To Be Cheerful project, we play listeners' favourite songs on this theme. Includes The Pointer Sisters, Bjork, Buzzcocks and Chic.

Taking inspiration from David Byrne's Reasons To Be Cheerful project, we play listeners' favourite songs on this theme. Includes The Pointer Sisters, Bjork, Buzzcocks and Chic.

There's a Just Added tune from Insecure Men, a Headphones Moment from Khruangbin, while Nils Frahm provides the Album of the Day.

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Thu 1 Feb 2018 10:00

Music Played

  • William Onyeabor

    Fantastic Man

    • World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?.
    • Luaka Bop.
    • 9.
  • Hookworms

    Static Resistance

    • Domino.
  • David Byrne

    Everybody's Coming To My House (edit)

    • American Utopia.
    • Nonesuch Records Inc..
  • Marcia Griffiths

    Feel Like Jumping

  • Bryan Ferry

    The 'In' Crowd

    • Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present: Only After Dark.
    • EMI.
  • Riton & 碍补丑鈥怢辞

    Fake ID

    • Riton Time.
  • Julia Jacklin

    Coming Of Age (6 Music Session, 04 Nov 2016)

  • Gaz Coombes

    Deep Pockets

    • Hot Fruit/Caroline International.
  • The Pointer Sisters

    Happiness

    • The Collection.
    • RCA.
    • 4.
  • Edwin Hawkins Singers

    Oh Happy Day

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1969 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.
  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Alarm Call

    • Music From The MGM Motion Picture: The Mod Squad.
    • 7.
  • Buzzcocks

    Everybody's Happy Nowadays

    • EMI.
  • Chic

    Happy Man

    • Happy Man (Original Mix).
    • 1.
  • Matt Monro

    On Days Like These

    • Matt Monro Sings Don Black.
    • EMI.
  • Friends Of Distinction

    Grazing In The Grass

    • ARIOLA.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Feel The Love Go

    • DOMINO RECORDING CO LTD.
  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Progress (feat. Tracyanne Campbell)

    • Play It Again Sam.
  • Palace Winter

    Take Shelter

    • Tambourhinoceros.
  • Wooden Shjips

    Staring At The Sun

    • Staring At The Sun.
    • Thrill Jockey.
  • The Zombies

    This Will Be Our Year

    • The Zombies And Beyond.
    • Marquis Enterprises Ltd.
    • 7.
  • First Aid Kit

    Fireworks

    • Columbia.
  • Khruangbin

    Friday Morning

    • Con Todo El Mundo.
    • Night Time Stories.
  • Darondo

    Didn't I

    • Ace.
  • Insecure Men

    I Don't Wanna Dance (With My Baby)

    • Fat Possum..
  • Marvin Gaye

    Can I Get A Witness

    • Universal.
  • Childhood

    Too Old For My Tears

    • Marathon Artists.
  • Bob & Marcia

    Young Gifted & Black

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Hollie Cook

    Stay Alive

    • Merge Records.
  • Ultimate Painting

    Not Gonna Burn Myself Anymore

    • Not Gonna Burn Myself Anymore.
    • Bella Union.
  • Palm

    Dog Milk

    • Carpark.
  • Nils Frahm

    A Place

    • All Melody.
    • Erased Tapes.
  • BADBADNOTGOOD

    Time Moves Slow

    • Innovative Leisure.
  • A.R. & Machines

    I'll Be Your Singer, You'll Be My Song

  • Hot Chip

    Huarache Lights

    • DOMINO RECORDING CO LTD.
  • Django Django

    In Your Beat

    • Because Music.
  • Daniel Avery

    Slow Fade

    • Phantasy.
  • The Lovely Eggs

    Wiggy Giggy

    • Egg Records.
  • Childish Gambino

    Have Some Love

    • Glassnote.
  • Fatback

    Yum Yum (Gimme Some)

    • VIRGIN.

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Feb 2018 10:00