The Chain is our never-ending list of records, with every new track somehow connected to the last.

On each show, Stuart and Mark will play three records and discuss the connections that link them.

You can suggest the next link in The Chain by using the contact form.

Here are the latest records in The Chain:

1282. THE STONE ROSES - WATERFALL
^ The last song was the theme tune of TV classic Twin Peaks. That show featured a waterfall in the titles...

1281. JULEE CRUISE - FALLING
^ Still falling...

1280. THE FALL - HIT THE NORTH PART 1
^ Moving around the compass...

1279. THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH - OLD RED EYES IS BACK
^ Sobbing can give you red eyes...

1278. THE PRETENDERS - STOP YOUR SOBBING
^ From start to stop!...

1277. THE JAM - START!
^ Jump... start! Geddit!?

1276. VAN HALEN - JUMP
^ Double link alert! From one Van to another... and also... Ted Templeman produced both Tupelo Honey and Jump!

1275. VAN MORRISON - TUPELO HONEY
^ Tupelo is mentioned in Ode to Billie Joe, hence...

1274. BOBBIE GENTRY - ODE TO BILLIE JOE
^ From one Bobby to another!

1273. KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - ME & BOBBY MCGEE
^ Kris Kristofferson worked as a janitor in the studio where Bob Dylan recorded his album Blonde On Blonde...

1272. BOB DYLAN - RAINY DAY WOMEN # 12 & 35
^ From rainy night to rainy day...

1271. THE POGUES - A RAINY NIGHT IN SOHO
^ The Clash's video for London Calling was filmed on a rainy night by the Thames. Joe Strummer also went on to sing with the Pogues for a while.  So...

1270. THE CLASH - LONDON CALLING
^ R.E.M. are from Athens, Georgia. The first Olympics were held in Athens and the next Olympics will be in London. Hence...

1269. R.E.M. - NIGHTSWIMMING
^ It's still night time...

1268. NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - MIDNIGHT MAN
^ PiL's John Lydon was on 'I'm A Celebrity...' in the Australian jungle. Nick Cave is Australian...

1267. PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED - RISE
^ Ginger Baker of Cream also played with PiL...

1266. CREAM - SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE
^ In summer, you might reasonably expect some sunshine...

1265. SIMPLE MINDS - SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IN SUMMERTIME
^ If something's very clear, you may say it's "pure and simple", so here's the simple bit...

1264. THE LIGHTNING SEEDS - PURE
^ The Icicle Works hailed from Liverpool, as do the Lightning Seeds...

1263. THE ICICLE WORKS - LOVE IS A WONDERFUL COLOUR
^ The last song appeared on the album Beggar's Banquet. The next one was released on a label of the same name...

1262. THE ROLLING STONES - SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
^ Still feeling sympathetic...

1261. RARE BIRD - SYMPATHY
^ From one bird to another...

1260. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - I'M A CUCKOO
^ The Lovin' Spoonful's lead singer was John Sebastian, which leads us to another Sebastian...

1259. THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL - DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC
^ You can serve jam with a spoon...

1258. THE JAM - DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT
^ Staying with the midnight theme...

1257. WILSON PICKETT - IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
^ Only You was covered by The Flying Pickets, taking us to another picket(t)....

1256. YAZOO - ONLY YOU
^ Vince Clarke was in Depeche Mode and Yazoo...

1255. DEPECHE MODE - ENJOY THE SILENCE
^ Mike Batt produced the previous track. He made a track called 'A Minute's Silence'. So...

1254. THE KURSAAL FLYERS - LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW
^ The Feelgoods and The Kursaal Flyers were both from Essex...

1253. DR. FEELGOOD - BACK IN THE NIGHT
^ Wilko Johnson played in The Blockheads and Dr. Feelgood...

1252. IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS - HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK
^ The Sioux are a Native American tribe, as are the Arapaho, who get mentioned in this tune...

1251. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - HONG KONG GARDEN
^ A Chinese city is Hong Kong...

1250. JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS - CHINESE ROCKS
^ The Chinese calendar names its years after animals in the Chinese Zodiac, so on a Chinese theme...

1249. AL STEWART - YEAR OF THE CAT
^ From dog to cat...

1248. ELVIS PRESLEY - HOUND DOG
^ The Beach Boys did the album Pet Sounds.  One type of pet is.... a hound dog.

1247. THE BEACH BOYS - CALIFORNIA GIRLS
^ Clint Eastwood was Mayor of Carmel, in California....hence....

1246. GORILLAZ - CLINT EASTWOOD
^ Clint Boon was in The Inspiral Carpets. From one Clint to another...

1245. THE INSPIRAL CARPETS - SATURN V
^ Heeeeeeere's Saturn!

1244. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS - (DRAWING) RINGS AROUND THE WORLD
^ Venus is a planet. Saturn is also a planet, which has rings around it....

1243. TELEVISION - VENUS
^ One of the world's most famous sculptures is the Venus De Milo

1242. THE REZILLOS - (MY BABY DOES) GOOD SCULPTURES
^ Don't You Want Me was party written by Joe Callis of The Rezillos

1241. THE HUMAN LEAGUE - DON'T YOU WANT ME
^ Heaven 17's Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh were both previously in The Human League, thus...

1240. HEAVEN 17 - (WE DON'T NEED NO) FASCIST GROOVE THANG
^ Nirvana - a similar concept to heaven. Hence...

1239. NIRVANA - SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT
^ From one teen to another ...

1238. TEENAGE FANCLUB - SPARKY'S DREAM
^ Monaco is home to the Grand Prix. Teenage Fanclub had an album called 'Grand Prix' and the following track is from it...

1237. MONACO - WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
^ Peter Hook was in New Order. Another Hooky band....

1236. NEW ORDER - BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
^ From one Bernard (Butler) to another (Sumner)!

1235. MCALMONT & BUTLER - YES
^ From a one-word song title...to another!

1234. RADIOHEAD - JUST
^ Mark Ronson covered 'Stop Me', the previous song. He also did a cover of the next song...

1233.  THE SMITHS - STOP ME IF YOU THINK YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE
^ From one Stop! to another...

1232. THE HOLLIES - STOP! STOP! STOP!
^ A hoochie coochie is a lascivious dance. Here's a song about a lascivious belly dance...

1231. MUDDY WATERS - HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN
^ Bluesmen travelled up Highways 51 and 61 to Chicago...

1230. BOB DYLAN - HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
^ Autobahns are roads, like highways...

1229. KRAFTWERK - AUTOBAHN
^ Kraftwerk sound like they're singing 'Farne' when they sing 'Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der autobahn'... 

1228. LINDISFARNE - MEET ME ON THE CORNER
^ The previous song was allegedly about waiting for a drugs dealer. Many people think that the next song is too!

1227. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - I'M WAITING FOR MY MAN
^ From one who "waits" to another...

1226. TOM WAITS - MARTHA
^ From one Martha to another...

1225. MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS - DANCING IN THE STREET
^ And continuing down the same street...

1224. THE ROLLING STONES - STREET FIGHTING MAN
^ Continuing with the fighting theme...

1223. ELTON JOHN - SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT (FOR FIGHTING)
^ Bowie's pupil was damaged by a punch in a fight.

1222. DAVID BOWIE - SPACE ODDITY
^ From Space to space!

1221. SPACE - FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
^ Yuri Gagarin went into space. So...

1220. OI VA VOI - YURI
^ Hallelujah is an old Hebrew word. Another Yiddish-derived exclamation popular in modern Hebrew is... 

1219. HAPPY MONDAYS - HALLELUJAH
^ From one Hallelujah to another...

1218. JEFF BUCKLEY - HALLELUJAH
^ Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah, famously covered by Jeff Buckley...

1217. LEONARD COHEN - TOWER OF SONG
^ Hank Williams gets a mention in the following song...

1216. HANK WILLIAMS - HEY GOOD LOOKIN'
^ The B-52's are encouraging their friends to go to a party... Hank's trying to get a particular friend to come to a party in the following song...

1215. THE B-52S - LOVE SHACK
^ To continue the aircraft theme...

1214. LED ZEPPELIN - DAZED & CONFUSED
^ If you were wide-eyed and legless, you might also be....dazed and confused!

1213. ANDY FAIRWEATHER-LOW - WIDE-EYED AND LEGLESS
^ Previous song was about being drunk. So is...

1212. ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS - I CAN'T STAND UP FOR FALLING DOWN
^ Ann Peebles can't stand the rain. Elvis Costello can't stand up!

1211. ANN PEEBLES - I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN
^ Oasis were formerly known as The Rain...

1210. OASIS - WHATEVER
^ Positively 4th Street was only ever released as a single. As was...

1209. BOB DYLAN - POSITIVELY 4TH STREET
^ From one street to another....

1208. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E-STREET BAND - 10TH AVENUE FREEZE OUT
- The theme tune to The Sopranos is ‘Woke Up This Morning’. Miama Steve Aka Steve Van Zandt plays the character Silvio Dante in The Sopranos. He’s also famous as Playing With Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and arranged the horn part on...

1207. ALABAMA 3 - WOKE UP THIS MORNING
^ From one Alabama to...3 of them!

1206. NEIL YOUNG - ALABAMA
^ From one U.S. state to another...

1205. THE BEE GEES - MASSACHUSETTS
^ The second song ('Song No. 2') to be played on Radio 1 was...

1204. BLUR - SONG 2
^ Haze? Ooh it's all a bit of a Blur to me...

1203. JIMI HENDRIX - PURPLE HAZE
^ Geoffrey Hayes was in children's TV programme, 'Rainbow'. From Hayes to Haze...

1202. SHED SEVEN - CHASING RAINBOWS
^ Keeping with the meteorological theme...

1201. THE ORB - LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUDS
^ From 'The Orb' to The Orb...

1200. ROY ORBISON - ONLY THE LONELY
^ From one lonely heart to another...

1199. YES - OWNER OF A LONELY HEART
^ Buggles' Trevor Horn later joined Yes...

1198. BUGGLES - VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR
^ From TV to video...

1197. BLUR - COFFEE AND TV
^ Some put cream in their coffee....so....

1196. CREAM - BADGE
^ On top of full-fat milk, you get cream...hence...

1195. HERMAN'S HERMITS - NO MILK TODAY
^ It was also written by Graham Gouldman... 

1194. 10CC - DREADLOCK HOLIDAY
^ You can play cricket on the village green, even if you don't like it!

1193. THE KINKS - THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY
^ From one society to another!

1192. THE LEISURE SOCIETY - THE LAST OF THE MELTING SNOW
^ A meteorological link...

1191. DAVID BOWIE - WILD IS THE WIND
^ 'Stay' is also the title of a track from Bowie's 'Station to Station' LP. So, from the same record, how about...

1190. MAURICE WILLIAMS & THE ZODIAC
^ The Hollies were one of many groups to cover 'Stay', which was...

1189. THE HOLLIES - KING MIDAS IN REVERSE
^ King Midas had a golden touch....

1188. SHIRLEY BASSEY - GOLDFINGER
^ The most obvious connection.....

1187. THE BAR KAYS - SOULFINGER
^ From De La SOUL and EYE Know, to another soulful body part…

1186. DE LA SOUL - EYE KNOW
^ A sample of Steely Dan is in the following song...

1185. STEELY DAN - DEACON BLUE
^ 'The Crimson Tide' is a lyric mentioned in the following tune...

1184. KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
^ Green is opposite red in the colour spectrum. A type of red is crimson...

1183. JONI MITCHELL - LITTLE GREEN
^ From Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green to Joni Mitchell's....

1182. FLEETWOOD MAC - OH WELL PART 1
^ To acquiesce is to concede defeat. And you find a well in an oasis. Oh well....

1181. OASIS - ACQUIESCE
^ Rebel Rebel sounds like Neville Neville: and he is Man United's Gary Neville's Dad. Another Manchester Football Club is Man City - spme well-known City fans are...

1180. DAVID BOWIE - REBEL REBEL
^ From one rebel to another...

1179. STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL - JUDY TEEN
^ From Jude to Judy...

1178. THE BEATLES - HEY JUDE
^ The next track in the Love album is 'Revelations', the chapter before in the Bible is 'Jude'....so...

1177. LOVE - SHE COMES IN COLORS
^ From Luv to Love...

1176. SLADE - COZ I LUV YOU
^ A Moneymaker is a variety of tomato, a variety of lettuce is cos (coz)....

1175. ELMORE JAMES - SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER
^ Double link alert! From a James to a James, and in 'Get Up', James Brown sings 'Shake your moneymaker'....

1174. JAMES BROWN - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A) SEX MACHINE
^ Double link alert! From Sit Down to Get Up by James Brown. 

1173. JAMES - SIT DOWN
^ Leading on from 'Stand and deliver', why not have 'Sit Down' by James - 'Stand/Sit' geddit?

1172. ADAM & THE ANTS - STAND & DELIVER
^ A highwayman is also fighting against the law hence...

1171. THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR - I FOUGHT THE LAW
^ The protagonist in I Shot The Sheriff is having a battle with the law...

1170. ERIC CLAPTON - I SHOT THE SHERIFF
^ Redemption Song was a cover of a Bob Marley tune. So is this...

1169. JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS - REDEMPTION SONG
^ Here's another great Joe...

1168. JIMI HENDRIX - HEY JOE
^ A famous boxer is Joe Calzaghe...

1167. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - THE BOXER
^ The Wanderer had 'fists of iron'... so does a boxer...

1166. DION - THE WANDERER
^ An albatross is a wandering seabird so...

1165. FLEETWOOD MAC - ALBATROSS
^ From one bird to another...

1164. THE BEATLES - BLACKBIRD
^ From a black night to a blackbird...

1163. DEEP PURPLE - BLACK NIGHT
^ Stevie sang: 'Uptight, out of sight'. Everything would be ‘out of sight’ on a ‘black night’…!

1162. STEVIE WONDER - UPTIGHT
^ If you find it hard to relax, you might be a bit uptight...

1161. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - RELAX
^ From a band to.... a record that was banned ('band', geddit)...

1160. WINGS - BAND ON THE RUN
^ From runaway....to run!

1159. DEL SHANNON - RUNAWAY
^ From the lyrics of the previous tune ('Run Away)...

1158. BRONSKI BEAT - SMALLTOWN BOY
^ Staying on the subject of leaving home...

1157. THE BEATLES - SHE'S LEAVING HOME
^ 'Wednesday morning at five o'clock' was when she left home....

1156. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - WEDNESDAY MORNING 3AM
^ From 4am to...3am....

1155. CHERRY GHOST - 4AM
^ The previous song was about Faron Young singing about 'Four in the Morning'...so...

1154. PREFAB SPROUT - FARON YOUNG
^ Thomas Dolby produced Prefab Sprout....such as....

1153. THOMAS DOLBY - SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE
^ Pipettes are used in science so....

1152. THE PIPETTES - PULL SHAPES
^ Pulling shapes is what one does out on the floor...

1151. DOBIE GRAY - OUT ON THE FLOOR
^ Black and white mixed together make grey....

1150. DOVES - BLACK AND WHITE TOWN
^ The Specials' label, Two Tone, was black and white...

1149. THE SPECIALS - TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG
^ From The Undertones to "Two Tone"....

1148. THE UNDERTONES - WEDNESDAY WEEK
^ Danny Wilson played for (and managed) Sheffield Wednesday, so…

1147. DANNY WILSON - MARY'S PRAYER
^ From Lady Madonna to the Virgin Mary... 

1146. THE BEATLES - LADY MADONNA
^ UB40's track, Food For Thought', starts with 'Ivory Madonna', so....

1145. UB40 - KING
^ From one King to another...

1144. CAROLE KING - YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATURAL WOMAN
^ From Nature to Natural...

1143. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - NATURE BOY
^ From the environmental theme of 'Beds Are Burning' to nature...and fellow Antipodean...

1142. MIDNIGHT OIL - BEDS ARE BURNING
^ From Double Barrel… oil is kept in barrels…

1141. DAVE & ANSELL COLLINS  - DOUBLE BARREL
^ A cooper makes barrels....so...

1140. ALICE COOPER - POISON
^ If something is tainted, you could say it's been poisoned, hence...

1139. SOFT CELL - TAINTED LOVE
^ People say something is ‘like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut’. A type of nut is an almond, so…

1138. PETER GABRIEL - SLEDGEHAMMER
^ The music video to 'Reet Petite' featured plasticine characters...so did...

1137. JACKIE WILSON - REET PETITE
^ Dexy's Midnight Runners sing 'Jackie Wilson Said'. The tongue-rolling technique is also used....'Rrrrrrrr-eet Petite'...hence...

1136. DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - GENO
^ Both 'Give Me Just a Little More Time' and 'Geno''s lead singer's both sing 'rrrrrrr', employing the tongue-rolling technique...

1135. CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME
^ You might ask the parking meter maid to give you....

1134. THE BEATLES - LOVELY RITA
^ Rod Stewart sang about a Rita in 'Stay with Me'....here's another Rita...

1133. THE FACES - STAY WITH ME
^ 'In the morning' is the first line of the next song....

1132. THE CORAL - IN THE MORNING
^ The Teardrop Explodes' 'Reward' is covered by the following during their gigs...

1131. THE TEARDROP EXPLODES - REWARD
^ From tears to a teardrop...

1130. TEARS FOR FEARS - MAD WORLD
^ From crazy to mad...

1129. PRINCE - LET'S GO CRAZY
^ And from madness to craziness...

1128. MADNESS - EMBARRASSMENT
^ Oh the shame of it! I'm embarrassed...

1127. THE DETROIT SPINNERS - IT'S A SHAME
^ From Detroit....to Detroit....

1126. DAVID BOWIE - PANIC IN DETROIT
^ From one Panic to another...

1125. THE SMITHS - PANIC
^ The DJ in The Smiths' song 'Panic' is going to be hanged! Blimey...

1124. IN DEEP - LAST NIGHT A D.J. SAVED MY LIFE
^ D.Js appear on the radio so.....

1123. RADIOHEAD - MY IRON LUNG
^ You need lungs to breath so...

1122. KATE BUSH - BREATHING
^ A song about breathing toxic nuclear air was....

1121. THE ORB - TOXYGENE
^ From Oxygene to Toxygene...

1120. JEAN-MICHEL JARRE - OXYGENE IV
^ From Michelle to Michel....

1119. THE BEATLES - MICHELLE
^ Laura Bush was the last President of America's wife - the current First Lady's name is...

1118. SCISSOR SISTERS - LAURA
^ We play 'Paper, Scissors, Stone', so let's have some scissors...

1117. TRAFFIC - PAPER SUN
^ From cars...to lots of cars equalling traffic

1116. GARY NUMAN - CARS
^ As Chuck once sang, 'Driving along in my automobile'...

1115. CHUCK BERRY - NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO
^ To Chuck Berry via 'Bury' Saint Edmunds...geddit...

1114. THE SAINTS - THIS PERFECT DAY
^ From one perfect day to another...

1113. LOU REED - PERFECT DAY
^ 'Atomic' (as covered by Sleeper) plays in the nightclub sceen in Trainspotting. This song is also on the soundtrack...

1112. BLONDIE - ATOMIC
^ From the Breeders to Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor...

1111. THE BREEDERS - CANNONBALL
^ 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' was covered by...

1110. THE BEATLES - HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN
^ From one gun to another...

1109. JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS -SHOTGUN
^ Phil Collins co-wrote some songs with Motown’s Lamont Dozier, including ‘Two Hearts’, and ‘Loco In Apapulco’ (performed by The Four Tops). So here’s a Motown record...

1108. GENESIS - TRICK OF THE TAIL
^ From one trick to another...

1107. CHEAP TRICK - I WANT YOU TO WANT ME
^ From a rabbit to Cheap Trick's drummer, 'Bun. E' Carlos...

1106. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - WHITE RABBIT
^ Grace Slick was in Jefferson Airplane so...

1105. THE POGUES - IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD
^ If you were to miss a rung on the stairs heavenwards you might fall...

1104. EDDIE COCHRAN - THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN
^ Putting his 'steps to heaven' in order is...

1103. NEW ORDER - TRUE FAITH
^ If you haven't lost your religion, you'd probably have...

1102. R.E.M. - LOSING MY RELIGION
^ The biggest hit song with a mandolin since Rod Stewart's Maggie May in 1971 is...

1101. ROD STEWART - MAGGIE MAY
^ Another Hot Rod is Rod Stewart so...

1100. EDDIE & THE HOT RODS - DO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO
^ A coupe is a type of car. So is a hot rod....

1099. THE BEACH BOYS - LITTLE DEUCE COUPE
^ Chickens also live in a coop...so from one coop to another...And Dennis Wilson 'had a thing' with Christine Perfect....so...

1098. CHICKEN SHACK - I'D RATHER GO BLIND
^ Christine Perfect was the lead singer in....

1097. SIOUSXIE & THE BANSHEES - CHRISTINE
^ Helter Skelter was covered by....

1096. THE BEATLES - HELTER SKELTER
^ Charles Manson's 'Family' was a cult. Allegedly the next song inspired him to commit murder...

1095. THE CULT - SHE SELLS SANCTUARY
^ From Squeeze which featured Jools Hooland who introduced the first public performance of the Cult on the Channel 4 TV programme, The Tube...so...

1094. SQUEEZE - BLACK COFFEE IN BED
^ Ground... ground coffee...

1093. STEVIE WONDER - HIGHER GROUND
^ 'Got to Get You Into My Life' was allegedly about drugs...if you take drugs you might get high or higher...

1092. THE BEATLES - GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE
^ From a shotgun to a track from the Revolver album...

1091. ROY C - SHOTGUN WEDDING
^ Dave and Ansel Collins' other big hit was 'Double Barrel'....so...

1090. DAVE AND ANSEL COLLINS - MONKEY SPANNER
^ Portishead's lead singer is Beth Gibbons - which is a type of ape - so how about...

1089. PORTISHEAD - SOUR TIMES
^ A placebo is a dummy drug, Dummy is the album by Portishead, and a track from it is...

1088. PLACEBO - NANCY BOY
^ A placebo is a drug that doesn't intentionally work...

1087. THE VERVE - THE DRUGS DON'T WORK
^ The Small Faces' song was allegedly a song about a drug dealer...

1086. THE SMALL FACES - HERE COMES THE NICE
^ From one Nice to another...

1085. THE BEACH BOYS - WOULDN'T IT BE NICE
^ 'Smile' was the title of an album by the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson...so...

1084. LILY ALLEN - SMILE
^ Keith Allen was part of Fat Les who did the classic world cup song Vindaloo, Vindaloo, Vindaloo...his daughter is...

1083. NEW ORDER - WORLD IN MOTION
^ From a hawk to another bird of prey: the hobby. The Latin for "hobby" is "Subbuteo" and Subbuteo is a football game so...

1082. HAWKWIND - HURRY ON SUNDOWN
^ If you were going to spend the night together, you might think...

1081. THE ROLLING STONES - LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER
^ The previous song was banned from Top of the Pops...as was...

1080. DAVID BOWIE - JOHN, I'M ONLY DANCING
^ From one John to another...

1079. LONG JOHN BALDRY - LET THE HEARTACHES BEGIN
^ A very tall person is....

1078. THE HUMAN LEAGUE - EMPIRE STATE HUMAN
^ If you held your head up high, you would be tall, so...

1077. ARGENT - HOLD YOUR HEAD UP
^ Colin Blunstone was in The Zombies, as was Rod Argent, who went on to form...

1076. COLIN BLUNSTONE - I DON'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
^ Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' includes the line 'I don't believe (in an interventionist God)...'

1075. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - INTO MY ARMS
^ Into your arms....into mine!

1074. THE LEMONHEADS - INTO YOUR ARMS
^ 'Luka' was also covered by....

1073. SUZANNA VEGA - LUKA
^ John Travolta's character in Pulp Fiction was called Vincent Vega...

1072. URGE OVERKILL - GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON
^ John Travolta was in the film 'Get Shorty'. He was also in Pulp Fiction, which also had the following tune in its soundtrack...

1071. EDDIE COCHRAN - CUT ACROSS SHORTY
^ From one song about a race to another...

1070. YELLO - THE RACE
^ From Yellow to Yello...

1069. COLDPLAY - YELLOW
^ From the Housemartins to Chris Martin of...

1068. THE HOUSEMARTINS - HAPPY HOUR
^ Billy Fury was a birdwatcher. The Housemartins were named after Paul Heaton's favourite bird, he's another famous birder, so lets have...

1067. BILLY FURY - HALFWAY TO PARADISE
^ Amen Corner also sang 'If Paradise is Half as Night'...

1066. AMEN CORNER - BEND ME, SHAPE ME
^ From skweeze ME, pleeze ME to...

1065. SLADE - SKWEEZE ME, PLEEZE ME
^ From one squeeze to another...

1064. SQUEEZE - GOODBYE GIRL
^ And from 'goodbye' to 'goodbye'...

1063. SOFT CELL - SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE
^ From 'say' to 'say'...

1062. RAY CHARLES - WHAT I'D SAY
^ 'What I'd Say?' is a lyric in the previous song, so...

1061. SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET - SHE'S ABOUT A MOVER
^ Sticking with knighthoods...

1060. STEVIE WONDER - SIR DUKE
^ From an Earle to a Duke (and a Sir)...

1059. STEVE EARLE - GUITAR TOWN
^ The opening line of 'Ziggy Stardust' is 'Ziggy played guitar'...

1058. DAVID BOWIE - ZIGGY STARDUST
^ Stevie Nicks shared a birthday with Mick Ronson (David Bowie's guitarist)...

1057. STEVIE NICKS - LEATHER & LACE
^ From Suede to...

1056. SUEDE - BEAUTIFUL ONES
^ The girls on film were the...

1055. DURAN DURAN - GIRLS ON FILM
^ Use might use a camera to make a film...

1054. AZTEC CAMERA - WALK OUT TO WINTER
^ From snow, continuing the wintry theme...

1053. SCRITTI POLITTI - SNOW IN SUN
^ From Al Green to Scritti Politti's lead singer, Green Gartside...

1052. AL GREEN - I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
^ From some Preachers to a preacher...

1051. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - MOTORCYCLE EMPTINESS
^ From the leader of a pack of motorbiking boys, to...

1050. THE SHANGRI LAS - LEADER OF THE PACK
^ Sha la la la... Shangri Las!

1049. THE SMALL FACES - SHA LA LA LA LEE
^ Kenny Lynch had a hit with Up On The Roof. He also wrote this...

1048. JAMES TAYLOR - UP ON THE ROOF
^ The Beatles recorded the previous tune on the roof of the Apple Building in London...

1047. THE BEATLES - GET BACK
^ The following tune starts 'Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner'...

1046. JO JO GUNNE - RUN RUN RUN
^ From one run to another...

1045. AEROSMITH FEAT. RUN DMC - WALK THIS WAY
^ From the Stones' 'Glimmer Twins' (Mick Jagger and Keith Richards) to the 'Toxic Twins' (Steve Tyler and Joe Perry) of...

1044. THE ROLLING STONES - IT'S ALL OVER NOW
^ Bobby Womack co-wrote the following tune...

1043. BOBBY WOMACK - ACROSS 110TH STREET
^ Sam Cooke and Bobby Womack shared a long-suffering wife in Barbara Cooke. Not at the same time, though!

1042. SAM COOKE - A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
^ Still changing...

1041. BOB DYLAN - THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING
^ Twelve pennies was a shilling, aka a bob...

1040. THE BEATLES - PENNY LANE
^ We throw pennies into wishing wells, so...

1039. FREE - WISHING WELL
^ Paul Kossoff played on John Martyn's 'Live At Leeds' album. He was also guitarist in...

1038. JOHN MARTYN - OVER THE HILL
^ Both The Who and John Martyn had 'Live at Leeds' albums...

1037. THE WHO - MY GENERATION
^ From one generation to another...

1036. RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS - BLANK GENERATION
^ The Ramones were a famous band from CBGBs in New York, as was Television and co-founding member Richard Hell...

1035. THE RAMONES - BABY I LOVE YOU
^ From one baby to another...

1034. THE RONETTES - BE MY BABY
^ Ronnie (short for Veronica) Spector was in the...

1033. ELVIS COSTELLO - VERONICA
^ The bulldog in Tom & Jerry was called Spike, which is an album by Elvis Costello. Here's the track from it that he co-wrote with one P. McCartney (double link alert!)...

1032. THE BEATLES - HEY BULLDOG
^ Keeping with canines...

1031. RUFUS THOMAS - WALKING THE DOG
^ Walk on by, walking the dog...

1030. DIONNE WARWICK - WALK ON BY
^ The Stranglers did a cover of the following song, originally sung by...

1029. THE STRANGLERS - GOLDEN BROWN
^ From one Golden to another...

1028. DAVID BOWIE - GOLDEN YEARS
^ 'Trans-Europe Express' mentions the lyrics 'Station to Station'...

1027. KRAFTWERK - TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS
^ And from one train to another...

1026. LITTLE EVA - THE LOCOMOTION
^ From one little singer to another...

1025. LITTLE STEVIE WONDER - FINGERTIPS PT. 2
^ Marvin Gaye plays drums on this...

1024. MARVIN GAYE - LET'S GET IT ON
^ CCR did a cover of the Marvin Gaye classic, 'I Heard it Through the Grapevine', so...

1023. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - UP AROUND THE BEND
^ From one 'up' to another...

1022. ELVIS COSTELLO - PUMP IT UP
^ Simply, from pumping to pump...

1021. SUPERGRASS - PUMPING ON YOUR STEREO
^ XTC were from Swindon. Swindon Town's arch rivals are Oxford United. Supergrass are from Oxford...

1020. XTC - THE MAYOR OF SIMPLETON
^ Here's another song about not having an education...

1019. THE SPECIALS - RAT RACE
^ Bob Marley played a song called Rat Race. Here's another song called Rat Race...

1018. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - JAMMING
^ KLF also were known as the JAMMs, or the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu...

1017. KLF FEAT. TAMMY WYNETTE - JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT
^ From Tams to Tammy...

1016. THE TAMS - HEY GIRL DON'T BOTHER ME
^ Like a Needles in a haystack, you'll need to search hard for this Chain link. From 'hay' to 'hey'....

1015. NEIL YOUNG - THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE
^ From needles to a needle...

1014. THE SEARCHERS - NEEDLES AND PINS
^ If your arm goes numb, it might be because you have pins and needles, or...

1013. PINK FLOYD - COMFORTABLY NUMB
^ Kate Bush was discovered by David Gilmour of....

1012. KATE BUSH - RUNNING UP THAT HILL
^ Peter Gabriel duetted with Kate Bush so...

1011. PETER GABRIEL - RED RAIN
^ From one type of rain to another...

1010. BRYAN FERRY - A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL
^ …Dante wrote Divine Comedy, he also wrote Inferno…The line "I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'" in A Hard Rain… is a possible reference to Dante's Inferno where a group of sinners are doomed for eternity to be trapped in black trees. When Dante breaks one of the branches the tree bleeds and cries out…

1009. THE DIVINE COMEDY - BECOMING MORE LIKE ALFIE
^ Madness did a song called 'Michael Caine', who starred in...

1008. MADNESS - HOUSE OF FUN
^ From a house of love to a house...of....

1007. THE HOUSE OF LOVE - SHINE ON
^...contains the line, 'And we all shine on'...as does...

1006. JOHN LENNON - INSTANT KARMA
^ 'Louie Louie' was once investigated by the FBI. As was...

1005. THE KINGSMEN - LOUIE LOUIE
^ Short for Lewis/Louis is...

1004. THE LONG RYDERS - LOOKING FOR LEWIS & CLARK
^ Some well-known athletes are Carl Lewis and Rob Clark....

1003. ATHLETE - WIRES
^ Too many prunes give you the runs. An athlete runs....hence...

1002. THE ELECTRIC PRUNES - I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM (LAST NIGHT)
^ The first song on 'Nuggets', which was compiled by Lenny Kaye, who was also guitarist with the Patti Smith Group is...

1001. PATTI SMITH - BECAUSE THE NIGHT
^ 'Chuck' was the name used by Peppermint Patty for Charlie Brown in the 'Peanuts' cartoon...

1000. CHUCK BERRY - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
^ The River Doe runs through Tennessee...

999. ERNIE K. DOE - HERE COME THE GIRLS
^ And here come...

998. THE BEATLES - HERE COMES THE SUN
^ The Times is a type of newspaper. So is the Sun...

997. PRINCE - SIGN 'O' THE TIMES
^ Sticking with signs...

996. RICHARD HAWLEY - BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN
^ Sticking with birthplaces...

995. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - BORN IN THE USA
^ From The King to The Boss...

994. ELVIS PRESLEY - KING CREOLE
^ Kid Creole adapted his name from the film of the same name...

993. KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS - STOOL PIGEON
^ A person acting as a decoy or as an informer, especially one who is a spy for the police can be a supergrass or a...

992. SUPERGRASS - ALRIGHT
^ 'Keep their teeth nice and clean'...a hymn to adolescents....

991. X-RAY SPEX - GERM FREE ADOLESCENTS
^ You get white stripes in toothpaste. The following record mentions teeth-cleaning...

990. THE WHITE STRIPES - BLUE ORCHID
^ From one white to another...

989. CREAM - THE WHITE ROOM
^ One of many things you can whip is...

988. DEVO - WHIP IT
^ Chrissie Hynde is from Akron, Ohio, as are...

987. THE PRETENDERS - I GO TO SLEEP
^ You dream when you sleep...

986. ROY ORBISON - IN DREAMS
^ From one dream to another...

985. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - RUNNING DOWN A DREAM
^ Keep on running, and running, and running...

984. SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - KEEP ON RUNNING
^ If you train, you probably run a lot...

983. THE CLASH - TRAIN IN VAIN
^ From one train to another...

982. GOLDFRAPP - TRAIN
^ You will need a ticket to ride on a...

981. THE BEATLES - TICKET TO RIDE
^ Remake/Remodel contains a bass reference by the Beatles so...

980. ROXY MUSIC - REMAKE/REMODEL
^ Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry was an art teacher (of pottery)....

979. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - THE ART TEACHER
^ Rufus Wainwright also had a song called Little Sister. But the next track on his album 'Want Two' is...

978. ELVIS PRESLEY - LITTLE SISTER
^ As Ry Cooder also recorded Little Sister, and it's Elvis's birthday...

977. RY COODER - GET RHYTHM
^ Ry Cooder was rumoured to have co-written 'Honky Tonk Woman', hence...

976. THE ROLLING STONES - HONKY TONK WOMAN
^ From one woman to another....(plus a hefty dose of cowbell in both tracks!)...

975. SANTANA - BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
^ From one kind of magic to another...

974. STEPPENWOLF - MAGIC CARPET RIDE
^ "A tack" attaches the floor to the carpet...so...

973. MASSIVE ATTACK - TEARDROP
^ From one teardrop to another...

972. JULIAN COPE - WORLD SHUT YOUR MOUTH
^ The world would be a lot quiter if everybody shut up...

971. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - THE SOUND OF SILENCE
^ Spirit of Radio borrows lyrics from...

970. RUSH - SPIRIT OF RADIO
^ Nick Lowe is a singing bass player, as is Geddy Lee of the band Rush...

969. NICK LOWE - I LOVE THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS
^ You might drink said gin from a glass, which often results in this lovable noise...

968. THE DIVINE COMEDY - GIN-SOAKED BOY
^ You might put lemon in your gin and tonic....

967. LEMON JELLY - NICE WEATHER FOR DUCKS
^ A drake is a male duck...

966. NICK DRAKE - TIME HAS TOLD ME
^ Millie was looked after by Chris Blackwell of Island Records, to which was signed Nick Drake...

965. MILLIE - MY BOY LOLLIPOP
^ There's a rumour that Rod played the harmonica solo on this...

964. ROD STEWART - MANDOLIN WIND
^ A fisherman uses a rod. So...

963. THE WATERBOYS - FISHERMAN'S BLUES
^ Karl Wallinger was a member of the Waterboys before forming World Party and there is a track on the Fisherman’s Blues album entitled ‘World Party’ so....

962. WORLD PARTY - PUT THE MESSAGE IN THE BOX
^ Where to put that message? Erm.....how about...

961. GRANDMASTER FLASH - THE MESSAGE
^ A letter is a message...

960. THE BOX TOPS - THE LETTER
^ From Little Star to Big Star, which featured Alex Chilton, who was also in The Box Tops...

959. STINA NORDENSTAM - LITTLE STAR
^ From Norway to Sweden's Stina Nordenstam...

958. THE BEATLES - NORWEGIAN WOOD
^ From one wood to another...

957. SCRITTI POLITTI - WOOD BEEZ
^ In The Hives live....

956. THE HIVES - MAIN OFFENDER
^ Poison ivy might give you...

955. THE COASTERS - POISON IVY
^ From the holly...to the...

954. THE HOLLIES - BUS STOP
^ A type of shelter is a...

953. THE ROLLING STONES - GIMME SHELTER
^ Another Smith, Delia Smith, baked the cake which was on the front of the Stones' 'Let It Bleed' album...hence...

952. ELLIOTT SMITH - WALTZ #2
^ A 'line' is a type of dance (er, line-dancing), so is a waltz hence...

951. JOHNNY CASH - I WALK THE LINE
^ Given that Tom Petty recorded with Johnny Cash when the Man in Black was in his American Recordings phase....

950. TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS - AMERICAN GIRL
^ Bob Dylan toured with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, so...

949. BOB DYLAN - LAY LADY LAY
^ From one lady to another...

948. JIMI HENDRIX - FOXY LADY
^ 'Touch Me' was a hit for Sam Fox. Let's not play that though. Let's have...

947. THE DOORS - TOUCH ME
^ From that family TV favourite ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ to another Jim, Mr Morrison and his band...

946. ELBOW - THE FIX
^ From betting to fixing a horse race...

945. THE WHO - THE BETTER YOU BET
^ The Who had an album called 'Face Dances', so...

944. THE FACES - YOU CAN MAKE ME DANCE, SING OR ANYTHING
^ The Bees are Brentford F.C. - Rod Stewart had a trial for them. He of course fronted The Faces...

943. THE BEES - A MINHA MENINA
^ More bees... PLUS! A brazil is a type of nut. And this was originally a Brazilian song...

942. B BUMBLE & THE STINGERS - NUT ROCKER
^ From the birds to the bees...

941. THE BYRDS - CHESTNUT MARE
^ Horses have withers, so...

940. BILL WITHERS - GRANDMA'S HANDS
^ From Grandaddy to Grandma...

939. GRANDADDY - THE CRYSTAL LAKE
^ Edwyn Collins was in Orange Juice. Orange Juice is in a Bucks Fizz, as is champagne. Cristal is a type of champagne...

938. EDWYN COLLINS - A GIRL LIKE YOU
^ '123' by Len Barry is sampled at the start of this song...

937. LEN BARRY - 123
^ ABC, it's as easy as 123...

936. ABC - THE LOOK OF LOVE
^ Eggs get laid. They also get fried. Martin Fry is the singer in ABC...

935. JAMES - LAID
^ From "may you never lay your head down..." to Laid...

934. JOHN MARTYN - MAY YOU NEVER
^ From beds to a song with the line "...make your bed out in the cold..."

933. MADNESS - BED AND BREAKFAST MAN
^ People drink orange juice with their breakfast...

932. ORANGE JUICE - FELICITY
^ From one Captain James Kirk to another, via the following song (written by James T Kirk, the band's original guitarist)...

931. SPIZZ ENERGI - WHERE'S CAPTAIN KIRK
^ Khan was the enemy of Captain Kirk...

930. CHAKA KHAN - I'M EVERY WOMAN
^ From a man... to a woman...

929. SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - I'M A MAN
^ "I'm a maaaan!" was an assertion of Frank Spencer...

928. MUDDY WATERS - MANNISH BOY
^ At The Band's 'Last Waltz', they were joined by, amongst others, Muddy Waters...

927. THE BAND - STAGE FRIGHT
^ Andy Partridge from XTC suffered from stage fright...

926. XTC - RADIOS IN MOTION
^ From Radio to Radios...

925. RADIOHEAD - FAKE PLASTIC TREES
^ Pretend equals fake hence...

924. THE PRETENDERS - I'LL STAND BY YOU
^ Buddy Holly played with his band The Crickets. Crickets are also known as Katydids. The guitarist in the band, The Katydids, Adam Seymour, latterly played with The Pretenders... so...

923. BUDDY HOLLY - RAVE ON
^ The opening line of 'Rave On' starts: "A-weller-weller..."

922. PAUL WELLER - WILD WOOD
^ Davey Jones of The Monkees was in Coronation Street,as was Sally Lindsay, who's about to wed Steve White, who played for...

921. THE MONKEES - RANDY SCOUSE GIT
^ From gorillas to monkeys...

920. GORILLAZ - DIRTY HARRY
^ From Debbie Harry to...

919. BLONDIE - SUNDAY GIRL
^ From the Sabbath, aka Sunday...

918. BLACK SABBATH - WAR PIGS
^ Pigs like mud. Hence...

917. MUD - TIGER FEET
^ Sticking with feet...

916. CROWDED HOUSE - FALL AT YOUR FEET
^ Suzanne Vega was married to Mitchell Froom, who produced Crowded House...

915. SUZANNE VEGA - SMALL BLUE THING
^ Another miniature primary-coloured object...

914. SAM COOKE - LITTLE RED ROOSTER
^ From one bird to another...

913. MANFRED MANN - PRETTY FLAMINGO
^ From Led Zep's John Paul Jones to Manfred Mann's Paul Jones...

912. LED ZEPPELIN - WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS
^ Elvis was from Memphis. Memphis Minnie wrote the following song...

911. ELVIS PRESLEY - ALWAYS ON MY MIND
^ There is an eternal flame that burns over Elvis' grave at Graceland. So how about...

910. THE SMITHS - THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
^ Nancy and Morrissey collaborated on a single. Therefore...

909. NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD - SUMMER WINE
^ Lee Hazlewood was the producer of the original version of 'Peter Gunn', hence...

908. THE ART OF NOISE FEAT. DUANE EDDY - PETER GUNN
^ Eddy Grant wrote 'Baby Come Back' for the Equals so another 'Eddy' takes the Chain to...

907. THE EQUALS - BABY COME BACK
^ If baby doesn't go, then it might...

906. THEM - BABY PLEASE DON'T GO
^ Keith, don't go - baby, please don't go either!

905. NILS LOFGREN - KEITH DON'T GO
^ Let's have a song about Rolling Stone Keith Richards...

904. THE ROLLING STONE - (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
^ On a grammatical theme, we go from one double negative to another...

903. BOB DYLAN - YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE
^ "Tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come" is a line in...

902. DAVE EDMUNDS - I KNEW THE BRIDE
^ Chuck Berry's You Never Can Tell was adapted into this song, first by Nick Lowe, then by...

901. CHUCK BERRY - JOHNNY B. GOODE
^ A juniper is a type of berry...