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Julia Donaldson chooses her final Tracks Of My Years

Britain's bestselling author and the brain behind The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson selects her final two Tracks Of My Years of the week. And two listeners take on Ten To The Top.

Britain's bestselling author and the brain behind The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson selects her final two Tracks Of My Years of the week. And two listeners take on the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top.

Julia is the brilliant writer behind an incredibly successful series of children's books, including The Gruffalo, Stick Man, Zog, Room on the Broom, The Smeds and the Smoos and many more. Her books have sold more than 50 million copies and have been translated into over a hundred languages and dialects across the world. Her latest book, The Magic Feather, will be published in March, and the highly anticipated new Gruffalo adventure, Gruffalo Granny, is coming in September.

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Music Played

  • MC Hammer

    U Can't Touch This

    • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Wham!

    Bad Boys

    • Wham! - Fantastic.
    • Epic.

  • Luke Combs

    Sleepless In A Hotel Room

    • The Way I Am.
    • Columbia Nashville.

  • Coldplay

    Clocks

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Sabrina Carpenter

    Please Please Please

    • Short n' Sweet.
    • Polydor.

  • The Beatles

    Help!

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 010.

  • Michael Jackson

    Beat It

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Alex Warren

    FEVER DREAM

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Kraftwerk

    The Telephone Call

    • Techno Pop (2009 Remaster).
    • Rhino/Elektra.
    • 4.

  • Myles Smith & Niall Horan

    Drive Safe

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Beyoncé

    Halo

    • I Am...Sasha Fierce.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • The Police

    Roxanne

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • RAYE

    Nightingale Lane.

    • THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE..
    • RAYE.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Honky Tonk Women

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Corona

    The Rhythm Of The Night

    • Now 29 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Basement Jaxx

    Red Alert

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Paul Johnson

    Get Get Down

    • Now Dance 2000 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Holly Humberstone

    To Love Somebody

    • Cruel World.
    • Polydor.

  • Macy Gray & BBC Concert Orchestra

    I Try (Radio 2 Piano Room, 5 Feb 2026)

  • Bruno Mars

    On My Soul

    • The Romantic.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 6.

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Keith Urban

    Heart Like A Hometown

    • (CD Single).
    • Hit Red Records.

  • Pink Floyd

    Wish You Were Here

    • Echoes - The Best Of Pink Floyd.
    • EMI.

  • Lola Young

    Grey And Lilac (Intro)

    • Intro.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta

    Save Me Tonight

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

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  • Last Friday09:30
    BBC Radio 2

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