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The biggest tunes to start the day

The biggest tunes to start the day, a lost love and will your track get a spin on the wheel?

Plus there is a second pick from this week's 5 Before 6 DJ.

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Music Played

  • New Order

    Restless

    • Mute Records.

  • Dry Cleaning

    Joy

    • 4AD.

  • Mantronix

    Got To Have Your Love

    • BEST OF MANTRONIX 1985-1999.
    • Virgin.

  • James

    Hallelujah Anyhow

    • UMC.

  • Sleaford Mods

    No Touch (feat. Sue Tompkins)

    • Rough Trade.

  • Say She She

    Cut and Rewind (6 Music Session, 18 Nov 2025)

  • Tyler Ballgame

    Matter of Taste

    • Rough Trade.

  • OutKast

    Ms. Jackson

    • Incredible.

  • Nas & DJ Premier

    My Life is Real

    • Mass Appeal.

  • Marcia Aitken

    I'm Still In Love (With You)

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • Sampa the Great

    Can't Hold Us (feat. Mwanje Tembo)

    • Loma Vista Recordings.

  • DJ Shadow

    Rocket Fuel (feat. De La Soul)

    • Mass Appeal / Reconstruction Productions Inc..

  • The Last Dinner Party

    Sinner

    • Island.

  • Gretel

    Darkness, be my friend

    • Breadcrumb Records.

  • Radiohead

    High And Dry

    • Virgin.

  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra

    Everyone Acts Crazy Nowadays

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • Dijon

    HIGHER!

    • R&R Digital.

  • Broadcast

    Come On Let's Go

    • The Noise Made By People.
    • Warp.

  • Alfie

    Stuntman

    • Do You Imagine Things?.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 2.

  • Lava La Rue & Foster the People

    JET LAGGED

    • BMG.

  • GANS

    NIGHTWALKING (6 Music Session, 16 Sep 2025)

  • IST IST

    Warning Signs

  • Cassius

    Cassius 99

    • (CD Single).
    • DISTINCTIVE.
    • 1.

  • Robyn

    Talk To Me

    • Konnichiwa / Young.

  • The Runaways

    Cherry Bomb

    • The Best Glam Rock Album In The World...Ever!.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 14.

  • Dead Dads Club

    That's Life

  • Radio Free Alice

    Rule 31

    • Double Drummer.

  • Foo Fighters

    Baker Street.

Broadcast

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