# Live Lounge

The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio stations BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. It was originally hosted by Simon Mayo, and later by Jo Whiley on her weekday mid-morning, and later weekend lunchtime radio shows, then by Fearne Cotton from 2009 until 2015, and then by Clara Amfo from May 2015 to August 2021. Since September 2021 the segment is now hosted by Rickie Haywood-Williams, Melvin Odoom and Charlie Hedges.
It exhibits well-known artists usually performing one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format. The Live Lounge itself is also a physical room in the Radio 1 studios, from where some of the performances are broadcast; however, due to its size, many are done from the BBC Maida Vale Studios. From 2009, Trevor Nelson began hosting Live Lounges on his BBC Radio 1Xtra show, and was replaced in that slot by DJ Ace in 2017.
The songs chosen as cover versions are often a completely different genre to that which the artist usually performs, and offer a new perspective on the original. Jamie Cullum's cover of Pharrell Williams's "Frontin'" led to Cullum being signed to Pharrell's label Star Trak when played to him at a later visit to The Jo Whiley Show, and was added to his 2003 album Twentysomething.

## Performances and albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | IRE |
| Volume 1 | Released: 16 October 2006 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, download | 1 | — |
| Volume 2 | Released: 22 October 2007 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, download | 1 | — |
| Volume 3 | Released: 20 October 2008 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, download | 2 | — |
| Volume 4 | Released: 26 October 2009 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Formats: CD, download | 1 | — |
| Volume 5 | Released: 25 October 2010 Label: Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group Formats: CD, download | 1 | — |
| The Best Of | Released: 6 June 2011 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 2 | — |
| Volume 6 | Released: 31 October 2011 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 1 | — |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2012 | Released: 29 October 2012 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 1 | — |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2013 | Released: 28 October 2013 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 1 | — |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2014 | Released: 27 October 2014 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 1 | 2 |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2015 | Released: 30 October 2015 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 1 | 2 |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2016 | Released: 11 November 2016 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 2 | 8 |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2017 | Released: 17 November 2017 Label: Sony CMG Formats: CD, download | 2 | 7 |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2018 | Released: 23 November 2018 Label: Ministry of Sound Formats: CD, download | 6 | 18 |
| BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge: The Collection | Released 8 November 2019 Label: Ministry of Sound Formats: CD, download | 6 |
| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released ||||

## Live Lounge Features

Over the years of Live Lounge, various Radio 1 features have involved this segment, these include:
* Live Lounge Tour
* Ultimate Live Lounge
* Live Lounge of 2010
* A-Z of the Live Lounge
* List of Live Lounge cover versions

## Live Lounge Special

On 27 January 2011 BBC Radio 1 launched a new extended version of the popular Live Lounge dubbed 'Live Lounge Special with...' or sometimes referred to as 'Live Lounge XL'. The extended live lounge performance differs from the normal performance with an interview at the very beginning of the set rather than at the beginning of each track. Then the artist performs 5 or 6 tracks uninterrupted, which can include a cover.

### 2011

| Broadcast Date | Artist | Set List |
| 27 January 2011 | Adele | "Rolling in the Deep |
| 27 January 2011 | Adele | "Don't You Remember" |
| 27 January 2011 | Adele | "Promise This" (Cheryl Cole) |
| 27 January 2011 | Adele | "Hometown Glory" |
| 27 January 2011 | Adele | "Chasing Pavements" |
| 27 January 2011 | Adele | "Someone Like You" |
| 30 September 2011 | Cee Lo Green | "Bright Lights Bigger City" |
| 30 September 2011 | Cee Lo Green | "It's OK" |
| 30 September 2011 | Cee Lo Green | "Inhaler" (Miles Kane) |
| 30 September 2011 | Cee Lo Green | "I Want You" |
| 30 September 2011 | Cee Lo Green | "Cry Baby" |
| 30 September 2011 | Cee Lo Green | "Forget You" |
| 30 September 2011 | Cee Lo Green | "Crazy" (Gnarls Barkley)/"Natural Blues" (Moby) |
| 25 November 2011 | Florence and the Machine | "Shake It Out" |
| 25 November 2011 | Florence and the Machine | "What the Water Gave Me" |
| 25 November 2011 | Florence and the Machine | "Take Care" (Drake) |
| 25 November 2011 | Florence and the Machine | "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" |
| 25 November 2011 | Florence and the Machine | "Dog Days Are Over" |
| 25 November 2011 | Florence and the Machine | "No Light, No Light" |

### 2012

| Broadcast Date | Artist | Set List |
| 19 March 2012 | Katy Perry | "Part of Me" |
| 19 March 2012 | Katy Perry | "The One That Got Away" |
| 19 March 2012 | Katy Perry | "Firework" |
| 19 March 2012 | Katy Perry | "Thinking of You" |
| 19 March 2012 | Katy Perry | "Paris" (Jay-Z & Kanye West) |
| 13 June 2012 | Usher | "Scream" |
| 13 June 2012 | Usher | "U Remind Me" |
| 13 June 2012 | Usher | "Yeah!" |
| 13 June 2012 | Usher | "OMG" |
| 13 June 2012 | Usher | "Pumped Up Kicks" (Foster the People) |
| 13 June 2012 | Usher | "Climax" |
| 25 September 2012 | Mumford & Sons | "Roll Away Your Stone" |
| 25 September 2012 | Mumford & Sons | "Below My Feet" |
| 25 September 2012 | Mumford & Sons | "The Cave" |
| 25 September 2012 | Mumford & Sons | "Tessellate"(Alt-J (∆)) |
| 25 September 2012 | Mumford & Sons | "Ghosts That We Knew" |
| 25 September 2012 | Mumford & Sons | "I Will Wait" |
| 28 September 2012 | Muse | "Madness" |
| 28 September 2012 | Muse | "Uprising" |
| 28 September 2012 | Muse | "Follow Me" |
| 28 September 2012 | Muse | "Panic Station" |
| 28 September 2012 | Muse | "Sign o' the Times"(Prince) |
| 28 September 2012 | Muse | "Starlight" |
| 12 December 2012 | Ben Howard | "Esmerelda" |
| 12 December 2012 | Ben Howard | "Only Love" |
| 12 December 2012 | Ben Howard | "Keep Your Head Up" |
| 12 December 2012 | Ben Howard | "Oats In The Water" |
| 12 December 2012 | Ben Howard | "Figure 8"(Ellie Goulding) |