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.

800. LENE LOVICH - LUCKY NUMBER
^ Elvis Costello was on Stiff Records. A labelmate was...

799. ELVIS COSTELLO - I DON'T WANT TO GO TO CHELSEA
^ From one Chelsea to another...

798. JONI MITCHELL - CHELSEA MORNING
^ From the album, 'Clouds'....

797. KATE BUSH - CLOUDBUSTING
^ If The Who could see for miles and miles, there were obviously no clouds in the way. So...

796. THE WHO - I CAN SEE FOR MILES
^ Miles Hunt is the lead singer of The Wonderstuff...hence...

795. THE WONDERSTUFF - WELCOME TO THE CHEAP SEATS
^ Elvis was from Memphis. 'Never Loved Elvis' was an album by...

794. MOTT THE HOOPLE - ALL THE WAY FROM MEMPHIS
^ Where is the stew from, Stuart? Has it come...

793. KING CURTIS - MEMPHIS SOUL STEW
^ From The Searcher's original drummer, the late Chris Curtis, to King Curtis who recorded thje following (which should be one of Stuart's selection of Pot Stews's)...

792. THE SEARCHERS - WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM
^ John Wayne starred in the film 'The Searchers'....

791. HAYSI FANTAYSEE - JOHN WAYNE IS BIG LEGGY
^ Another film star is called...

790. THE PASSIONS - I'M IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR
^ Marlene Dietrich was a German film star...

789. SUZANNE VEGA - MARLENE ON THE WALL
^ From one wall to another...

788. PINK FLOYD - ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PT. 2
^ From one doubl negative to another! "We don't need no education"...

787. BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE - YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET
^ The previous tune is based on Bach's Minuet in G. So...

786. THE TOYS - A LOVERS CONCERTO
^ Spinning tops are toys, so...

785. THE FOUR TOPS - BERNADETTE
^ From jeans to Levi's - Levi Stubbs that is, the lead singer of...

784. DAVID BOWIE - THE JEAN GENIE
^ Status Quo are famed for their love of blue denim... hence...

783. STATUS QUO - CAROLINE
^ A famous pirate radio station was called Radio Caroline... hence...

782. JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES - SHAKIN' ALL OVER
^ Our caller Anthony saw Madonna play once... it made him start...

781. MADONNA - MUSIC
^ Ulysses visited the island of the Ciccones, which is the surname of...

780. CREAM - TALES OF BRAVE ULYSSES
^ James Joyce was a writer from Ireland. He wrote 'Ulysses', hence...

779. THE POGUES - IRISH ROVER
^ A famous type of ship was "The Irish Rover"...

778. CROSBY, STILLS & NASH - WOODEN SHIPS
^ From Nick Drake to Sir Francis Drake, who used to sail in...

777. NICK DRAKE - HAZY JANE II
^ "Life in a Northern Town" was dedicated to Nick Drake....

776. DREAM ACADEMY - LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN
^ Morrissey is from "the North"

775. MORRISSEY - FIRST OF THE GANG TO DIE
^ Stones can come from a quarry, so a track from the album "You are the Quarry"

774. THE STONE ROSES - MADE OF STONE
^ Was the Maid of Orleans 'made of' stone?...

773. OMD - MAID OF ORLEANS
^ And from one Orleans to another...

772. REDBONE - THE WITCH QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS
^ From one witch to another...

771. THE RATTLES - THE WITCH
^ If you have too much cash, all your change might rattle around in your pocket....

770. JOHNNY CASH - FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
^ Slade was the name of the prison in TV series, Porridge...

769. SLADE - MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW
^ From crazy....to crazee...

768. PAUL SIMON - STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
^ Decades are made up of years...

767. JOY DIVISON - DECADES
^ 'Gimme Some Lovin' was in the film Blues Brothers which John Belushi starred in. The night he died he rang Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones who produced a series of paintings called - 'Decades'

766. SPENCER DAVIS GROUP - GIMME SOME LOVIN
^ From 'Gimme Some Truth' to 'Some Lovin'

765. JOHN LENNON - GIMME SOME TRUTH
^ John Lennon's 'Primal Scream' therapy with Arthur Janov influenced him a lot...

764. PRIMAL SCREAM - ROCKS
^ St Mungo is the patron saint of Glasgow from where the following band come...

763. MUNGO JERRY - IN THE SUMMERTIME
^ From one Jerry to another...

762. JERRY LEE LEWIS - ROCKIN' THE LIFE AWAY
^ Jerry Lee Lewis was also known as 'The Killer', hence...

761. QUEEN - KILLER QUEEN
^ The most famous keeper of corgis must surely be the...

760. THE KORGIS - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME
^ A type of dog is...

759. IGGY POP & THE STOOGES - I WANNA BE YOUR DOG
^ Cockney rhyming slang for the telephone? That'll be the dog and bone...

758. BLONDIE - HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE
^ For those who remember phone boxes and the pips...

757. GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS - MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA
^ Yes it's time to catch that train...

756. THE BABYS - ISN'T IT TIME?
^ From Babies to Babys...

755. PULP - BABIES
^ In the film Pulp Fiction, Samuel L. Jackson's character addresses someone as 'Flock of Seagulls' in reference to their haircut. So lets have a bit of Pulp...

754. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - WISHING (IF I HAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU)
^ Cameras take photographs...

753. AZTEC CAMERA - SOMEWHERE IN MY HEART
^ The first line in this Aztec Camera song is 'Summer in the city where the air is still"...

752. THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL - SUMMER IN THE CITY
^ From summer to summer...

751. EDDIE COCHRAN - SUMMERTIME BLUES
^ "Lazing on a Sunday afternooooooon, in the summertime......in the summertime...".

750. THE KINKS - SUNDAY AFTERNOON
^ Lazy bones! Lazing on a...

749. GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS - BAD TO THE BONE
^ And from one bad to another...

748. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - BAD MOON RISING
^ From one moon to another...

747. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - THE KILLING MOON
^ Another Bruce, Bruce Grobbelaar, was a goalkeeper for Liverpool FC. The following band was formed in Liverpool...

746. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - BORN TO RUN
^ What else is a roadrunner born to do?

745. JONATHAN RICHMAN - ROADRUNNER (ONCE)
^ Pete Wylie was in the Wah!. The Wiley Coyote chased Roadrunner hence...

744. WAH! - SEVEN MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
^ An anagram of money is 'nemoy'. Leonard Nimoy played Spock, who was a character in Star Trek, as was Captain Kirk. 'Where's Captain Kirk' was a song by Spizz Energi, a band who were known for always changing their name. So was the following band...

743. BARRETT STRONG - MONEY (THAT'S WHAT I WANT)
^ Bankrobbers are only after one thing...

742. THE CLASH - BANKROBBER
^ Or maybe a...

741. FREE - THE STEALER
^ And you must be a...

740. JANE'S ADDICTION - BEEN CAUGHT STEALING
^ In jail? Have you...

739. ELVIS PRESLEY - JAILHOUSE ROCK
^ Jail is sometimes known as 'the can'....

738. SUZI QUATRO - CAN THE CAN
^ Peaches are sometimes in cans so...

737. PRESIDENTS OF THE USA - PEACHES
^ Staying in America...

736. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - AMERICA
^ Yes covered America by Simon & Garfunkel...

735. YES - ROUNDABOUT
^ Rick Wakeman was a member of The Strawbs and Yes...

734. THE STRAWBS - PART OF THE UNION
^ And from one union to another...

733. BLONDIE - UNION CITY BLUE
^ From one city to another...

732. DAVID BOWIE - SUFFRAGETTE CITY
^ ..."And jet, i thought the major was a lady suffragette"... hence...

731. PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS - JET
^ From Jett... to...

730. JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS - I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL
^ From rock and roll... to rock and roll!

729. LED ZEPPELIN - ROCK AND ROLL
^ Son of Ringo Starr, Zac Starkey, played drums for Oasis. Son of legendary drummer, John Bonham, namely, Jason Bonham, replaced his dad in Led Zeppelin's latest gig...

728. OASIS - WONDERWALL
^ Time is told on clocks. Oasis' album 'Stop the Clocks' contains this song...

727. CYNDI LAUPER - TIME AFTER TIME
^ Dave Clark produced 1986 musical 'Time'...

726. THE DAVE CLARK FIVE - BITS & PIECES
^ A tom-tom is a drum. Dave Clark is a drummer so...

725. TOM TOM CLUB - WORDY RAPPINGHOOD
^ From Tom to Tom Tom...

724. TOM WAITS - HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT
^ Sticking with Saturday nights...

723. SUEDE - SATURDAY NIGHT
^ The Bee Gees did the music for Saturday Night Fever, so...

722. THE BEE GEES - JIVE TALKIN'
^ From dancing to talking. Or talkin', even...

721. WIZZARD - SEE MY BABY JIVE
^ From a wizard to...

720. THE WHO - PINBALL WIZARD
^ Who wins it all? He sure plays a mean pinball...

719. ABBA - THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
^ Whoever wins the race for the prize is...

718. THE FLAMING LIPS - RACE FOR THE PRIZE
^ From sealed lips to flaming ones...

717. FUN BOY THREE - OUR LIPS ARE SEALED
^ Letters are sealed... so are...

716. STEVIE WONDER - SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED
^ Sticking with the mail connection...

715. ELVIS PRESLEY - RETURN TO SENDER
^ A postal themed connection now...

714. THE BROTHERS JOHNSON - STRAWBERRY LETTER 23
^ Continuing the Pick-Your-Own theme...

713. STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK - INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS
^ Sticking with strawberries...

712. THE BEATLES - STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
^ Sticking with summer fruits...

711. YOUSSOU N'DOUR & NENEH CHERRY - SEVEN SECONDS
^ From Nena to Neneh...

710. NENA - 99 RED BALLOONS
^ Add 3 to 96...

709. ? & THE MYSTERIANS - 96 TEARS
^ "Why" is a question, needing a question mark hence...

708. CARLY SIMON - WHY
^ Nancy Sinatra and Carly Simon both sang Bond themes so...

707. NANCY SINATRA - THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING
^ Frankie Goes To Hollywood took their name from a magazine headline about Frank Sinatra. Here's his daughter...

706. FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - TWO TRIBES
^ "Two tribes go to war..."

705. EDWIN STARR - WAR
^ Sticking with the war theme... all together now: "HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?"

704. TENPOLE TUDOR - SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN
^ Smiths made crisps, as did Tudor, so...

703. THE SMITHS - CEMETERY GATES
^ Oscar Wilde said he could resist anything, except temptation. Wilde appears in this Smiths song...

702. HEAVEN 17 - TEMPTATION
^ Sticking with temptations...

701. THE TEMPTATIONS - CLOUD NINE
^ Sticking with clouds...

700. ROLLING STONES - GET OFF OF MY CLOUD
^ Keith Richards is rumoured to have removed the 's' at the end of his name (for a period) to emulate Cliff Richard...

699. CLIFF RICHARD & THE DRIFTERS - MOVE IT
^ From one Drifters to another...

698. THE DRIFTERS - UP ON THE ROOF
^ If your house was crowded you might want to get some space up on the roof...

697. CROWDED HOUSE - PINEAPPLE HEAD
^ On a fruity theme, we go from grape to pineapple...

696. BLACK GRAPE - REVEREND BLACK GRAPE
^ From funny little frog... to Kermit the frog... to Kermit the rapper in Black Grape...

695. BELLE AND SEBASTIEN - FUNNY LITTLE FROG
^ You might cough if you get a frog in your throat...

694. PINK FLOYD - WISH YOU WERE HERE
^ The last song began with a cough. This next song also features a cough near the start...

693. BLACK SABBATH - SWEET LEAF
^ 'Got To Get You Into My Life' is allegedly about cannabis, as is...

692. CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS - GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE
^ 'Bennetts' could be rhyming slang for trousers, i.e. Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers = trousers! Or if you prefer, 'trousers' just rhymes with 'rousers'...

691. MADNESS - BAGGY TROUSERS
^ Insufficient elastic? That might cause you to have baggy trousers...

690. ELASTICA - CONNECTION
^ From rubber to elastic! Also, if you had a gun full of rubber bullets you might be 'trigger happy', and the theme to TV show 'Trigger Happy TV' was 'Connection'...

689. 10 CC - RUBBER BULLETS
^ Goodyear make tyres with rubber, so...

688. ELVIS COSTELLO - GOOD YEAR FOR THE ROSES
^ Sticking with bittersweet love songs with roses in the title...

687. LYNN ANDERSON - ROSE GARDEN
^ Split Rosalyn in two, and you get Rose, and Lynn, so...

686. THE PRETTY THINGS - ROSALYN
^ More pretty things...

685. DAVID BOWIE - OH YOU PRETTY THINGS
^ From young things to pretty things...

684. JESUS JONES - INTERNATIONAL BRIGHT YOUNG THING
^ Sticking with the international theme...

683. MORRISSEY - THE LAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS
^ Reggie Kray, a well-known villain, is mentioned on this song...

682. THE BEACH BOYS - HEROES & VILLAINS
^ Opposites...police and thieves to.....

681. JUNIOR MARVIN - POLICE & THIEVES
^ 'Pig' is an offensive slang term for the police so...

680. SUEDE - WE ARE THE PIGS
^ From the canine-entitled album, 'Dog Star Man'....

679. BOW WOW WOW - GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY
^ If you go up the country, you might go wild...

678. CANNED HEAT - GOING UP THE COUNTRY
^ Canned Heat did a version of that song 'Let's Work Together'. Here's another Canned Heat song...

677. BRYAN FERRY - LET'S STICK TOGETHER
^ Tearing apart, sticking together...

676. JOY DIVISION - LOVE WILL TEARS US APART
^ Another band on Factory Records were...

675. HAPPY MONDAYS - STEP ON
^ Stepping stones are for stepping on, so...

674. THE MONKEES - (I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE
^ Badly Drawn Boy famously wears a woolly hat. Another famous woolly hat wearer was Mike Nesmith of...

673. BADLY DRAWN BOY - SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
^ From one boy to another...

672. BJORK - VENUS AS A BOY
^ Another planet is Venus... so...

671. THE ONLY ONES - ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET
^ From the only one (singular)... to...

670. THE CHARLATANS - THE ONLY ONE I KNOW
^ "The Brothers" was a Sunday night TV Drama featuring a company called Hammond Transport. The Hammond Organ features heavily in...

669. THE WALKER BROTHERS - NO REGRETS
^ Smiths made crisps. So do Walkers...

668. THE SMITHS - WILLIAM IT WAS REALLY NOTHING
^ The next song was rumoured to be about Billy MacKenzie of The Associates...

667. THE ASSOCIATES - PARTY FEARS TWO
^ AC/DC's lead guitarist is Angus Young. Dundee is in Angus in Scotland, and The Associates were from Dundee...

666. AC/DC - HIGHWAY TO HELL
^ After the death of singer Ian Curtis, Joy Division continued successfully as New Order. AC/DC also continued successfully after the death of their original frontman. So, for link 666, a hellish track...

665. NEW ORDER - PERFECT KISS
^ Staying with kisses...

664. LUCINDA WILLIAMS - PASSIONATE KISSES
^ Lucinda Williams is on Lost Highway Records, so...

663. ELVIS PRESLEY - IT'S A LONG LONELY HIGHWAY
^ Sticking with the long journey theme...

662. SUPERTRAMP - TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME
^ Campbell is a famous type of soup producer. Soup-er!

661. GLEN CAMPBELL - WICHITA LINEMAN
^ From Joni Mitchell to "Mitchell and Webb" to Jimmy Webb who wrote the following song for...

660. JONI MITCHELL - RAISED ON ROBBERY
^ Buster Edwards was in the Great Train Robbery....

659. SWEET - BLOCKBUSTER
^ From one sweet to another...

658. ARTHUR CONLEY - SWEET SOUL MUSIC
^ David Byrne sings 'fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa'....Arthur Conley sings the same in honour of Otis Redding...^

657. TALKING HEADS - PSYCHO KILLER
^ Wreckless Eric had another single with a French title ('Reconnaissez Cherie'). David Byrne speaks French in the following...^

656. WRECKLESS ERIC - WHOLE WIDE WORLD
^ And another!

655. SAM COOKE - WONDERFUL WORLD
^ Another wonderful world...

654.JIMMY CLIFF - WONDERFUL WORLD, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
^ From love...to people...

653. JULIAN COPE - BEAUTIFUL LOVE
^ Julian Cope likes dolls and released the China Doll EP, so...

652. NEW YORK DOLLS - PERSONALITY CRISIS
^ Morrissey was once chairman of the New York Dolls fanclub!

651. MORRISSEY - EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY
^ "Sally MacLennane" is based on the pub that Shane Macgowan's uncle used to run in Dagenham. "Dagenham Dave" is a song by Morrissey, who also sang...

650. THE POGUES - SALLY MACLENNANE
^ Brown Sugar makes molasses, which are used to make rum. The album "Rum, Sodomy And The Lash" has this song....

649. THE ROLLING STONES - BROWN SUGAR
^ Andy Warhol designed the cover for Velvet Underground and then Sticky Fingers by The Stones, so...

648. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES
^ Nick Cave covered the following track...

647. NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - RED RIGHT HAND
^ From one hand to another...

646. STEVE EARLE - THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND
^ The subject of Steve Earle's song fought the law....

645. THE CLASH - I FOUGHT THE LAW
^ From criminals...to the law....

644. FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS - SCOOBY SNACKS
^ "Scooby doobie doo, where are you"...

643. THE DOOBIE BROTHERS - LONG TRAIN RUNNING
^ From one train to another....

642. TOM WAITS - DOWNTOWN TRAIN
^ Rod Stewart was in The Faces and also sang this song, as did...

641. THE FACES - CINDY INCIDENTALLY
^ Gram Parsons was in The Byrds. Another band, The Birds, featured Ronnie Wood. Ronnie Wood was later in The Faces...

640. EMMYLOU HARRIS & GRAM PARSONS - LOVE HURTS
^ The last song opened The Joshua Tree album. Gram Parsons died at Joshua Tree in the Mojave desert...

639. U2 - WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME
^ Belfast was allegedly the town behind this song...

638. SIMPLE MINDS - BELFAST CHILD
^ Mamas and papas... have children!

637. MAMA CASS - DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME
^ From one Mama to another...

636. ELVIS PRESLEY - THATS ALRIGHT MAMA
^ Johnny Cash was on Sun Records, as was...

635. JOHNNY CASH - RING OF FIRE
^ From money to cash...

634. THE FLYING LIZARDS - MONEY
^ The taxman wants your...

633. THE BEATLES - TAXMAN
^ As Benjamin Franklin once said, "Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes"...

632. DAVE DAVIES (THE KINKS) - DEATH OF A CLOWN
^ From tears... to a mortality...

631. SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - TEARS OF A CLOWN
^ Tears? Laughter? That'll be a clown then...

630. BOB DYLAN - IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY
^ From ghosts... to the original title of this tune, 'The Phantom Engineer'...

629. R. DEAN TAYLOR - THERE'S A GHOST IN MY HOUSE
^ Ashes to Ashes was on the Scary Monsters album, so on a scary theme...

628. DAVID BOWIE - ASHES TO ASHES
^ From cricket to The Ashes...

627. BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS - THAT'LL BE THE DAY
^ In the film 'That'll Be The Day', David Essex worked on a fairground...

626. FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION - PERFECT
^ Elvis Costello's band was called The Attractions, so why not play...

625. ELVIS COSTELLO - (WHAT'S SO FUNNY 'BOUT) PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING
^ One of the first artists signed to the record label Stiff was Elvis Costello...

624. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - SUSPECT DEVICE
^ Stiff Little fingers also had a song called 'Tin Soldiers'. So why not play another Stiff Little Fingers track...

623. SMALL FACES - TIN SOLDIER
^ From a buffalo soldier to a metallic one...

622. BOB MARLEY - BUFFALO SOLDIER
^ Kate Bush also sang 'Army Dreamers'. So, keeping with the military theme:

621. KATE BUSH - SAT IN YOUR LAP
^ Kate Bush once duetted with Peter Gabriel...

620. PETER GABRIEL - SOLSBURY HILL
^ From flat land, to hills...

619. FLATLANDERS - DALLAS
^ There was a massive gap between two of Vashti Bunyan's albums, as there was with the Flatlanders...

618. VASHTI BUNYAN - DIAMOND DAY
^ That track featured in an advert for a mobile phone company, as did...

617. THE DANDY WARHOLS - BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU
^ B. Eno to Beano to Dandy to Dandy Warhols...

616. BRIAN ENO - KING'S LEAD HAT
^ An anagram of Talking Heads is...

615. TALKING HEADS - ROAD TO NOWHERE
^ From Head to Heads... and roads have bends so...

614. RADIOHEAD - THE BENDS
^ Kink... bend...

613. THE KINKS - DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION
^ Someone who likes their gladrags could be a....

612. CHRIS FARLOWE - HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS
^ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote 'As Tears Go By' for Marianne Faithfull. They also wrote 'Out of Time' for Chris Farlowe, who also recorded....

611. MARIANNE FAITHFULL - AS TEARS GO BY
^ 'And Your Bird Can Sing' was allegedly about Mick Jagger, whose 'bird' at the time was...

610. THE BEATLES - AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
^ The housemartin is a type of bird. And it can sing. Hence....

609. THE HOUSEMARTINS - ME AND THE FARMER
^ Blur's Alex James is now a farmer so....

608. BLUR - MUSIC IS MY RADAR
^ Radars transmit signals, so...

607. JOY DIVISION - TRANSMISSION
^ Another Curtis, Ian Curtis, fronted Joy Division...

606. CURTIS MAYFIELD - MOVE ON UP
^ From The Move to Move On Up...

605. THE MOVE - FIRE BRIGADE
^ Blimey! Keith Flint's started a fire. Better call the...

604. PRODIGY - FIRESTARTER
^ A matchbox contains matches... they start fire...

603. CARL PERKINS - MATCHBOX
^ Carl Perkins wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes'. He also wrote this:

602. ELVIS PRESLEY - BLUE SUEDE SHOES
^ From holey shoes to...

601. TRAFFIC - HOLE IN MY SHOE
^ From traffic to... er... traffic!

600. JIMI HENDRIX - CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC
^ A Corvette is a model of car, and lots of cars = traffic, so...

599. PRINCE - LITTLE RED CORVETTE
^ From a big yellow taxi to a...

598. JONI MITCHELL - BIG YELLOW TAXI
^ From a 'Van' to another type of transport....

597. VAN MORRISON - MOONDANCE
^ That would be a Moondance then, right?

596. THIN LIZZY - DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT
^ Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy had a mirrored bass...

595. THE BEAT - MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM
^ You might wash your face and then look at it in the...

594. DREAM WARRIORS - I WASH YOUR FACE IN MY SINK
^ A Day In The Life details what you do when you get up (comb your hair, etc.) but makes no reference to face washing! Tut tut. So to correct the balance...

593. THE BEATLES - A DAY IN THE LIFE
^ Double Link Alert! 'Sowing The Seeds Of Love' is a Beatles pastiche of 'I Am The Walrus', and Tears For Fears were named after a type of psychotherapy, the inventor of which (Arthur Janov) treated John Lennon. So...

592. TEARS FOR FEARS - SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE
^ Another band recorded a song called 'Shout'...

591. LULU - SHOUT
^ 'Buzz' is a sound made by Bees. One of the BEE Gees was married to...

590. BUZZCOCKS - EVER FALLEN IN LOVE (WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN'T'VE)
^ From inspiral to spiral... Buzzcocks first single EP was Spiral Scratch, so...

589. THE INSPIRAL CARPETS - THIS IS HOW IT FEELS TO BE LONELY
^ Milk comes from cows, and this band had the cow as their logo...

588. BILLY BRAGG - THE MILKMAN OF HUMAN KINDNESS
^ Moloko is Russian for milk....

587. MOLOKO - PURE PLEASURE SEEKER
^ From 'Life's What You Make It' to a single from Moloko's album 'Things To Make And Do'...

586. TALK TALK - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT
^ From Talkin' to Talk Talk...

585. NILSSON - EVERYBODY'S TALKIN'
^ Randy Newman had a song turned down for the soundtrack of Midnight Cowboy. From that soundtrack...

584. RANDY NEWMAN - SHORT PEOPLE
^ Pixies are short, right?

583. PIXIES - WHERE IS MY MIND?
^ Sticking with the insanity theme...

582. CYPRESS HILL - INSANE IN THE BRAIN
^ German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche introduced a concept known as Superman (Übermensch). Nietzsche is thought to have contracted syphilis and died insane. So...

581. LAURIE ANDERSON - O SUPERMAN
^ From heroes... to a hero...

580. DAVID BOWIE - HEROES
^ Brian Eno was in Roxy Music. And he produced...

579. ROXY MUSIC - LADYTRON
^ Radiohead took their name from a song (by Talking Heads). Another band, Ladytron, took their name from this Roxy Music song...

578. RADIOHEAD - CREEP
^ Jim Morrison was featured in the lyrics of Radiohead's 'Anyone Can Play Guitar', from the Pablo Honey album. Also on that album is...

577. THE DOORS - LOVE HER MADLY
^ The 'Prince Charming' video featured Diana Dors, so how about...

576. ADAM & THE ANTS - PRINCE CHARMING
^ Manic Monday was written by Prince... hence...

575. THE BANGLES - MANIC MONDAY
^ The Honeycombs had a female drummer (Honey Lantree). How about a track from the all-female Bangles...

574. THE HONEYCOMBS - HAVE I THE RIGHT
^ Bees produce honeycombs...

573. THE BEES - CHICKEN PAYBACK
^ From the Byrds to the Bees!

572. THE BYRDS - TURN, TURN, TURN
^ A kite is a type of bird, so...

571. SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND - KITES
^ From Simon to Simon...

570. PAUL SIMON - GRACELAND
^ The home of The King, aka Elvis, was Graceland, so...

569. FOCUS - THE HOUSE OF THE KING
^ Andy Partridge was lead singer with XTC. Alan Partridge was created by Steve Coogan who also played Saxondale. The theme for Saxondale was...

568. XTC - MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL
^ Kirsty Maccoll was married to Steve Lillywhite, who produced XTC and...

567. KIRSTY MACCOLL - THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIPSHOP...
^ From one Elvis to another...

566. ELVIS COSTELLO - ALISON
^ From Alley, to Ali, or Alison...

565. ROD STEWART - GASOLINE ALLEY
^ Joe Cocker was a gas fitter. So...

564. JOE COCKER - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
^ From Pulp's Jarvis Cocker to fellow Sheffielder Joe Cocker (no relation)...

563. PULP - A LITTLE SOUL
^ Soul to soul...

562. SAM & DAVE - SOUL MAN
^ Ray Charles had a music shop in the Blues Brothers film. A song from its soundtrack is...

561. RAY CHARLES - GEORGIA ON MY MIND
^ Still thinking about American states...

560. THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS - CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
^ Keith Moon of The Who and Mama Cass Eliott died in the same flat at 9 Curzon Place, London...

559. THE WHO - WHO ARE YOU?
^ The Ventures did the theme to Hawaii 5-0. Another US cop show, CSI, had this Who track as its theme...

558. VENTURES - WALK DON'T RUN
^ We're still walking...

557. SHANGRI-LAS - REMEMBER (WALKIN' IN THE SAND)
^ From Sandie (sandy) Shaw (shore) to sand...

556. SANDIE SHAW - ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
^ Souvenirs remind us of things...

555. O.M.D. - SOUVENIR
^ From the Electric LIGHT Orchestra to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DARK...

554. E.L.O. - MR. BLUE SKY
^

553. AC/DC - YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
^ Sticking with the night time...

552. MARIA MULDAUR - MIDNIGHT AT THE OASIS
^ From sultans, to deserts, and an oasis...

551. DIRE STRAITS - SULTANS OF SWING
^ David Byrne of Talking Heads and Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits were both born in Scotland, so...

550. TALKING HEADS - BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE
^ From burning to burning...

549. THE RUTS - BABYLON'S BURNING
^ Dante's Inferno is from The Divine Comedy, so here's something else that's on fire...

548. THE DIVINE COMEDY - SONGS OF LOVE
^ Ah, finally a meatier link. Dylan was a rabbit in The Magic Roundabout, and another character in that was Dougal the dog. Father Dougal was a character in Father Ted, and the theme to that programme was...

547. BOB DYLAN - JUST LIKE A WOMAN
^ A female connection...

546. WHITE TOWN - YOUR WOMAN
^ Sticking with the town connection...

545. ALTHEA & DONNA - UPTOWN TOP RANKING
^ From downtown... going... uptown...

544. PETULA CLARK - DOWNTOWN
^ Going from the suburbs and going downtown...

543. THE MEMBERS - THE SOUND OF THE SUBURBS
^ An echo is a repeated sound...

542. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - THE CUTTER
^ Blades cut...and Ian McCulloch was known as Mack the Mouth... double link! Wooh

541. BOBBY DARIN - MACK THE KNIFE
^ From a blade to a knife...

540. STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE - SINCE YESTERDAY
^ Jam....strawberry... strawberry jam?

539. THE JAM - THE MODERN WORLD
^ From world to world...

538. NEIL YOUNG - ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD
^ Neil Young played this at the Nelson Mandela concert at Wembley...

537. THE SPECIAL AKA - NELSON MANDELA
^ The Very Rev Horace Dammers had a son called Jerry, who was in The Special AKA...

536. DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - SON OF A PREACHER MAN
^ From the preachers to a preacher...

535. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - A DESIGN FOR LIFE
^ The previous song was covered by the Manics, so...

534. B.J. THOMAS - RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD
^ Gary Numan fronted the Tubeway Army, Paul 'sounds like Numan' Newman starred in Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, which featured this song...

533. TUBEWAY ARMY - ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC?
^ Costello wrote Oliver's Army, so here's another army...

532. ELVIS COSTELLO - EVERY DAY I WRITE THE BOOK
^ From stories to books...

531. THE SUNDAYS - HERE'S WHERE THE STORY ENDS
^ From Fontella to fonts, and writing, and a track from the album 'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic'...

530. FONTELLA BASS - RESCUE ME
^ Tintin was a character in Thunderbirds, which featured the exploits of International Rescue, so...

529. STEPHEN 'TIN TIN' DUFFY - KISS ME
^ From one kiss to another...

528. STEAM - NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE
^ Smoke on water could be mistaken for steam, so...

527. DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER
^ From over water to...

526. SIMON & GARFUNKLE - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
^ From under to over the bridge...

525. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - UNDER THE BRIDGE
^ The City of Angels, Los Angeles, is mentioned in the following song...

524. U2 - ANGEL OF HARLEM
^ A Harlem connection...

523. BOB & EARL - HARLEM SHUFFLE
^ From one Bob-including-duo to another Bob-including-duo...

522. BOB & MARCIA - YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK
^ The skinhead movement liked its reggae, and this was a particular favourite...

521. CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN - TAKE THE SKINHEADS BOWLING
^ From caravans to camper vans...

520. THE HOUSEMARTINS - CARAVAN OF LOVE
^ A house link...

519. SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - HAPPY HOUSE
^ A happy link...

518. HAPPY MONDAYS - KINKY AFRO
^ From kinks... to...

517. THE KINKS - YOU REALLY GOT ME
^ I got you... and you... well...

516. JAMES BROWN - I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)
^ James Brown... he feels good too...

515. DR FEELGOOD - SHE DOES IT RIGHT
^ Lindisfarne is an island off the mainland as is Canvey Island, home of Dr Feelgood...

514. LINDISFARNE - LADY ELEANOR
^ From one Eleanor to another...

513. THE BEATLES - ELEANOR RIGBY
^ The Beastie Boys were infamous for their Volkswagen-themed jewellery...Volkswagen Beetles...to...

512. THE BEASTIE BOYS - INTERGALACTIC
^ The moon is in space. Space has galaxies....

511. THE WATERBOYS - WHOLE OF THE MOON
^ 'M' was fronted by Robin Scott...Mike Scott was frontman of...

510. M - POP MUSIK
^ From Pop....to pop...

509. IGGY POP - I'M BORED
^ Board... sounds like... bored... so...

508. THE DRIFTERS - UNDER THE BOARDWALK
^ Bruce Willis was in the film Sin City. He covered Under The Boardwalk, originally by The Drifters...

507. THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS - SIN CITY
^ From birds to The Byrds, who Gram Parsons once played with. He was also a member of the Flying Burrito Brothers...

506. BOB MARLEY - THREE LITTLE BIRDS
^ David Bowie gave the previous song to Mott the Hoople. Bowie's alter-ego was Ziggy Stardust. Bob Marley named a son Ziggy, so...

505. MOTT THE HOOPLE - ALL THE YOUNG DUDES
^ Roy 'The Big O' Orbison was known for wearing sunglasses, as was Ian Hunter of Mott The Hoople...

504. ROY ORBISON - CRYING
^ Sticking with the weeping theme...

503. THE BEATLES - WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
^ Derek and the Dominoes was Eric Clapton. Eric Clapton dedicated the song to Patti Boyd who, at the time, was George Harrison's wife. This song is written by George Harrison and Eric Clapton played guitar on it...

502. DEREK & THE DOMINOES - LAYLA
^ From one Domino to a lot of 'em...

501. FATS DOMINO - BLUEBERRY HILL
^ 'Trex' is a type of cooking fat...

***500*** T.REX - 20TH CENTURY BOY
^ 1999 was the end of the 20th century...