Radio 2 Playlist



Week Commencing: 18 May 2013

A List

  1. Bon Jovi - What About Now
  2. Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me
  3. Caro Emerald - Liquid Lunch
  4. Daft Punk -
    Get Lucky ft. Pharrell Williams
  5. Fleetwood Mac - Sad Angel / Without You / It Takes Time / Miss Fantasy
  6. Jamie Cullum - Everything You Didn’t Do
  7. Passenger - Let Her Go
  8. Phillip Phillips - Home
  9. Stereophonics - Graffiti on The Train
  10. Texas - The Conversation

B List

  1. Agnetha Fältskog -
    When You Really Loved Someone
  2. Bastille - Laura Palmer
  3. Black Star Riders - Bound For Glory
  4. Depeche Mode - Soothe My Soul
  5. Josh Groban - I Believe
    (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)
  6. Lady Antebellum - Downtown
  7. Olly Murs - Dear Darlin’
  8. Status Quo - Bula Bula Quo
  9. Stooshe - Slip
  10. Tegan And Sara - I Was A Fool
  11. The Band Perry - Done

C List

  1. Goo Goo Dolls - Rebel Beat
  2. Josephine - Last Minute
  3. KT Tunstall - Feel It All
  4. Nell Bryden - Echoes
  5. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Dresden
  6. Sinéad O’Connor - Old Lady
  7. The Script - Millionaires

Record of the Week

Hear this track every day this week with Ken Bruce and Alex Lester

Leanne Mitchell - Pride
Decca Records Single release: 17th June 2013

Album of the Week

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Texas - The Conversation
PIAS Recordings Single release: 20th May 2013

How is the playlist selected?

The Playlist Committee, made up of producers and chaired by Jeff Smith, Head of Music Radio 2, meet each week to decide which new releases will be added to the station's playlist.

The playlist contains about 30 tracks which are divided into three levels: A list which receives the most plays, between 15 and 20 per week; B list between 5 and 10 plays and up to 5 plays per week for the C list.

The Radio 2 playlist is one of the most varied of any radio station in the UK and can include albums as well as singles. Before any track can be considered it must be commercially available or be within 3 weeks of commercial availability.

:: BBC Radio Blog: Who chooses the Radio 2 Playlist?
:: Radio 4's Feedback: Roger Bolton investigates how music is chosen for the Radio 2 Playlist

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